The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-01-21
JONES LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.
The Report of tho President Of the As
S0ciatiOn

Pursuant to the By laws Of the Asso-
citation, L submit to you on behalf of the
Board of Trustees, their first annual re-
port:
The Association owes it's existence PR
marty, to the generous donation made by
Col. Killer K. Jones of Quincy ILL.,, for
merry a resident of Manitowoc, of the
lot and building now occupied by the As
ISOLATION as library and reading room.
On the first day of January 1868, Col.
Jones, writing from his home in Quincy,
announced his intention to donate to any
association which should be formed for
the purpose set forth in our act of incor-
poration, valuable property to aid in
building up at his old home and among
his old neighbors, an institution for the
intellectual and moral advancement of
all classes, but especially OF the youth of
this community. Steps were immedi
ately taken to perfect an organization to
carry out the benevolent designs of Col.
Jones. On the 21st day of February
1868, an act incorporating 1.-The Jones
Library Association of Manitowoc," hay
ing passed both houses of the Legisla-
ture, was signed by the Governor and be-
came law
On the 9th day of February 1868 the
first election was held under the Charter,
and resulted in the choice of the present
Board of Directors. After the organiza-
ton was properly perfected, Col. Jones duly
conveyed to the association the lot and
building now occupied by it. He has
also within short time donated to the
Association lots one and two in Block $50
in this village, property Of considerable
value, the deed for which will be execu-
ted as soon as the same can be prepared
and forwarded to him.
The first duty imposed upon the Board
of Directors was the raising Of sufficient
funds and make necessary repairs upon
the building, to fit it Cor the purposes of
the Association, and to secure nevspa-
pers and periodicals for the reading room
and make beginning upon the Library
The success realized in that effort by far
exceeded our most Sanguine expecta tons.
During the year which has just closed
there was raised money, or offers by the
report Of the Treasurer, the sum of two
thousand two hundred and ninety dollars
and thirty-six cents or as follows:
For memberships $2lOO 90
For fines and rent of books rs So
For hay scales donated by
Col. Jones IS 90
For cash donations 81 90
From other sources 80 0I
The funds raised have been disbursed
for the following purposes:
Paid for books 1856 90
Paid for Newspapers and Peri
odlcals 90 90
Paid for expenses, including
furniture and repairs S3S is
$227O IS
Leaving a balance in the Treasury of
SPOTS.
The building now occupied, when con
Yeyed TO the Association required exten-
sive repairs and alterations to adapt 1t to
the wants of the Association. A new
roof and new sill were required. The
building was raised, newly pla stored,
painted and papered. New eases were
made for the books, and tables and other
furnitures provided for the readingroom.
The number of members belonging to
the Association is l59 of which number
there are 81 life members, annual mem
bers o..
The sum of one thousand three hun
dred aud thirty-six dollars have been ex-
pended in the purchase of books. The
library consists of pine hundred and
twenty-three volumes, besides an extensive
collection of State and Congressional pub
locations, which are not numbered and
prepared for circulation, but which are
valuable as books of reference. The
greater portion of the books have been
purchased new, from the extensive es
Enlistment Of S. e. Griggs & Co. Of
Chicago, at very favorable rates; often
below the wholesale rates of the publish
ing houses. It is but justice to say. that
the Board have been greatly aided in the
difficult task of selecting the proper edi-
tious of books for their shelves, from. the
many in the market, by the judgment
and experience OF Messrs. Griggs & Co.
Their liberal terms and honorable dealing
commend them to the favor of the Asso-
citation. In the selection Of works, it has
been the aim of the Board of Directors.
to put upon the shelves of the Library,
those Of the best authors in the various
departments Of literature Owing to the
limited means at their command, they
have not been able to make as numerous
selections in the several departments as
might be desirable. But they have en-
deavored to secure the best in each de-
Partment, and to exclude every book of
doubtful character. Quite large num-
Der of books have been donated by mem
bers of the Association. and citizens of
Nanitowoc. The Hon. Philetus Sawyer
has contributed large number of vol
umes of Congressional publications And
the Association is also indebted his excel
lency Gov Fairchild for contributions cf
| State documents.
There is also in the Library room fine
portrait Of Col X. X. Jones, procured