The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-25
Name Boulevard for
Col. W. E. Cutshaw
Leading business Men Make Such Re-
eommCndation Before Street
Committee

Leading business Wen Make sucn TIC
s,omn,cndation Before Street
Committee
After listening TO eloquent
pleas urging that the memory OF
Colonel William T.. Cutshaw.
former city engineer, famous
Confederate soldier and states
man. be honored by naming the
stately avenue after the man who
planned it. the streets committee
az rho city council recommended
yesterday afternoon that the
council should adopt n substitute
ordinance, making the name OF
the boulevard Cntshaw Bouie-
ward instead of Jackson Boufs-
ward rs was first recommended
General Charles J. Anderson. Col
onei w. Gordon NcCabe. Captain A
n. Guigon and Director Charles f..
Boiling spoke before the committee in
favor of the ordinance. They paid
glowing tributes to Colonel Cutshaw,
and gave as their reason for desiring
the change in the proposed name OF
the Boulevard that General jackson
was already honored by the erection
of magnificent statue With his LIFE
Ei&H NEuFS 1Si 0A%GA<tt<hs ~htAE So@AA-
ing of Importance had been done to
honor the memory OF Colonel Cut
shaw, who was described as having
done more for the city OF Richmond
than any one man.
Colonel Cutshaw. said General An
derson, was one of the most able Of
sicers on General Jackson's staff. Be-
sides his ability as a soldier, he ac-
com plished wonders In municipal af-
T..ss x~stt er a Ne
city by designing "a system of parks,
avenues and boulcvards.
Colonel McCabe who was friend
OF Colonel Cutshaw for fifty years
told tho committee that he believed
IL General jackson could speak. he
would himself approve OF the plan 10
name the boulevard after his faithful
leader He, himself, he said, read a
letter which the Colonel had received
from Jackson recommending him fof
,s''.Ssg- ,.s9 hees' s>'''ee tr,t
of erecting a statue to Colonel Cut
shaw. he said. but he did not believe
! II would be done. owing TO so many
I calls on the public on account of the
recent war, therefore II was the least
the council could do to grant this re-
/ quest.
| Captain Guigon and Mr.. Boiling
/ told of the great things Colonel Cut
shaw mad accom- pilSneo Tor the City
} Since his election to city engineer II
/ 1873 Some of the things he acton
plished were the planning of Monu-
ment avenue. the present city water
| works, parks and the Boulevard in
| the West end. Colonel Cutshaw was
! once commandant of cadets at ths
/ Virginia Military Institute. and served
| the city in various capacities for q
| number Of years.
! The substitute ordinance which wal
recommended changing the name ol
| the boulevard was unanimously
passed by the committee. The pro
posai was made by Marx Gunst and
| seconded by John W. Moore.
recommendation was also made q
| yesterdays meeting that permission
| be granted to the United States rail
road administration allowing the AT
lantic Coast Line railroad to run 4
spur track to the plant Of the Vir
ginia Baking company at Ninth ant
| Perry streets.
| A request from Kirk Parrish AND
others that the blind alley between
| Broad and Grace streets. and Sixth
! and seventh, be closed with gait
was referred to committee consistini
OF Messrs. Atkinson and Moore