From the Richmond Dispatch, 10/27/1874, p. 1, c. 2

THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN.

A meeting of the Board of Aldermen was held yesterday afternoon in the Council chamber. President Meredith in the chair. Present: Messrs. Carrington, Kellam, Williams, Ordway, Spangenburg, Bass, Tanner, Wagner, Vandervall, Forrester, Lipscomb, Todd, and Manly.
…Resolved (the Common Council concurring), That the Committee on Finance are hereby instructed to negotiate the sale of the amount of bonds appropriated by the foregoing resolutions and place the proceeds to the credit of the respective appropriations on the books of the city, and that the Committee on Public Grounds and Buildings are hereby instructed to proceed as soon as the necessary funds are provided to carry out these resolutions by the purchase or condemnation of the lands required for the purposes indicated.”
    Mr. Tanner moved that the report be adopted, and urged the importance of immediate action.
    Mr. Wagner moved to have the report printed.
    Mr. Kellam moved to amend the resolution in reference to Chimborazo so as to take in thirty-five acres for $35,000, instead of twenty-five acres.
    Mr. Williams favored the amendment, and urged the importance of adopting the resolution in reference to Chimborazo.
The amendment was agreed to.
    Mr. Todd said he was very favorably impressed with the idea of having a park, but he thought it would be expedient to lay the resolutions on the table until the next meeting, in order to allow each member to consider the subject. He therefore moved that the report be so disposed of. Lost.
    Mr. Manly moved to include two squares in Jackson Ward instead of one, as now contemplated in the report. Lost.
    Mr. Manly presented the following, to come in as an independent resolution:
    “Resolved, That in all purchases of property for public parks within the city of Richmond, and all improvements of the same, a proportion of the expense be borne by the property adjacent thereto and benefited thereby.”
    Mr. Ordway spoke on the resolutions generally. He believed it would be eminently judicious for the city to purchase the property on the eastern end, and on the west end, and hold the same without improving it. He hardly thought the city able to improve the parks at present. He was opposed to the other resolutions. He did not believe the present the time to adopt Mr. Manly’s resolution; but would favor it when the subject of the improvement of parks came up.
    Mr. Manly withdrew his resolution.
    Mr. Wagner renewed his motion to lay the resolutions on the table and print. Agreed to.

[remainder of column, on unrelated matters, was not transcribed. – MDG]

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