, 1880-10-07
TILE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Why It Should Occupy the Old
POST Office Building.
Why the Board Of Education Il In Honor
Bound to Lot It 60 There.


Bound to Lot It Go There.
Tho Subject Talked Over by Committees oi the
: Boards and Number OF citizons.
| Tho 8ncotal COMMITTEES Of tho Librnty noartl
| -ASErTylc, Onnllnli. aud l.Oewcnthn1-nnl tho
Conltnttco OH Sehoul Fund rroperty-KcIth,
Erlnkenthaf lllchheru, md stilcs-hrld n 1ulht
tnotinE ut tho rooms nf tho itoarl OF Education
yrstGrttny afternoon with reference To tho old
Post Usiioo Building. 1hero wcru nfso prescott
tho lion. Chnrles u. FarweI Thonns lfoyno, D.
/. shorcy. william II. King, N. r. T,ilcy, Joseph
sfedtll, licrh,anu fAster. and wiliam F. Ioolo.
Mr. Keith begun tho Talk by RaytnR thht tho
Committee had met to recoIvc bhls for let,siug
| tho structure, but 1t had beuu H1lgerstcd thut
tho Library Board desired tn be honrd. auu .hey
would l'o Rtvcn Hi opportunity.
DIR. Onnhnn stated that number nj Rcntlo-
tncn who wore prominent Il, tho negotiations for
tue exchntgc Of tho old 1,rIdewell lot fur tho old
Pnst-0lllco bud boou invited 10 attend, and he
called OH Mr. IIoyne to stnte
T1lR CLAIMS or THE Library.
3tr. 1loyno, III response, Bnitl tbure hnl always
bcon technical question nbnut tho proprietor.
shlp uf tho Old post-O Ofllco property, bt,t
thcro ncyor Ind been my question
In the mind Of the public. liz at1-
sfRs aetsp Sf "tsS 5o Hq pr1y .e
when Il bccan,9 known tl,at; T6oinas iiishSss
Mns VIZ ;, collecting % boo!.s n England; un1 nlso to
done with View of obtait,lng site % and bsilid.
n sides that tho ol Fost. oicc witch @ ad ta Seo l
n1aidSncd by tho uoveEmsnout, as not larNo
E lid wo,d u aa1 'oaanent @ to Il Tirs to IT,. S1sh
me,norsni w"s e. rotten up md sent to tho Secro-
pa 81 sty T5ssary Hs ss By 1ho
seerctnry replied that tho Govcrneat co,iii
81 L wS & M VIII fno Thyy fsy
9ra a1 M rr Edcnton n t' Owned @ pess ot property
tho oh !rl.!ewull h,ld stoo.- vac,t,t lot, worth
very little th9n. 1,It which ill time might t,e
FrSe HSn tan IN 2s 10, p' NJ
1sS Il q Wins s0Msssn the so
nude. It tever occurred to my mo TINT tic
Library IoAr1 wuultl hnvo to ask the School
tho H. oeons eoany nR shns c 1brxrs s
| DoaFd wNs 10 hnyo It..
IT WOULD DE a BREACH or FAITH
Sr Ttsb e ay Gas. % us ts 5
the l'oard q Eincatloa: ani IN inepnle ioriystt
tsn. .h y ae .n5ilated TINT tho rental should 20
'o!as aspaetar aa@ S.ies s ske ii tho Library oaras
ctaIM n I" a9e - gto of tho property was based ou
nj ll4yIo replied thet L wa.. and the spirit
| lcKnl or not wAs another question. Tia iii
| think tho Library Dunrd had boon treated with
| neKlcet.
| Inspector Stiles asked what he thought tho
DDnrd would coustlor its fair rcntal value.
MIR. Iiuyuc answered ttMt that wis Il ,nnttcr Of
| prcaldunt nr tho Libr1sry Eunrt tho Directors
were always roady and willing, md at one tino
Br nastcr thought tho a,.tli syas 400 q rcor.
! prOve,l tho Boari Ut Edllcntton would but thn
b,lng In Bk,tpe for uso. Tho Doard pf E!uca.
tho rxpet,sr-sonio yDo,tV Or 51UtUI Taat rntgeii
tic negotiations, rs accoptuncu wu,liti havn s,x.
! hNtlstch tho funds Tor four or flVo Years and
been utterly rti,tous to tho Ltbr7try, ''-'N'
| Mr.. liictbcrg ruMnrkuff tlint thu Iibrnrv
| D0ar1l nKrrgI 10 my 36UO0 a ynar. Thprm vHrJ,
two GstIInatCs VI tho cost OF ropairs.-SS..
0OU md $63,OoD.-nnd tue Hourti OF Educntion Ind
no funds Ni, could utlt huno Ia obtnin mn Snnnn
nr]ntion ffotn tho Council. ~ ooSa''"" "pp6o~
| 'llr, Furweii sniJ he was ttstr,,n,entn, In Inv.