, 1881-12-11
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.

Report or the Dearborn larK *o"'.'A1':o
-'rhe Chicago, Bo~tons saf1d tlAcha1s"'a
Libraries Compared.
4 regular meeting Of thePublic Library Board
was held yesterday afternoon Ihelo "ele
preseut Mcssrs Walker. Armstrong, Allen. Cal-
ia-han. Loewenthal, kadlec, and Schmidt Os'
Walker occupied the chair
After several minor applications acd cotnmu-
n1ca,ions had been disposed OF, TIE Library
Committee recommended the payment OF ui's
Il, the amount Of Sill, which was concus1eo 'a"
The Committees propos1non III opuecnAoe esA's@AA
| buoks WAS inu0rsed.
| The Committee uu Buildings and Grounds rec
| o+omen,]el thu paymcnt Of bills to tho amount
| OF Si1s which was c0ncnrrcd IN; <.,-
| Mr. .utues Lane Alien tneu suun'i1@c" @Ao AVA
| loving report irom
| THE COMMITTEE ON FUTURE LIBRARY
| BUILDING:
TO the Honorable U@.rl 9f Directors Of fHS Gn,
| etIno Public Ll,r,lY1t: THE Connitte0 on fututo
| [iGrvrv uuildiug be;. leave to SUBMIT th3 1oi-
| inyinv written report Of their Acts ana uoinES
IN accordance viii the Recommendations con-
tanned iii their asr report anu naopteu uy y.t yvuts
your committee arranged Pupils st mamtcrs Of
| Congress ia the Palmer House pat!oss Hos. w. -
lust. Your committee, together WIN 'srs,t, inc It
,.ent1n.nen. met Senator Logan 1nd CONGRESS-
tna,, Ahlrch ut that place. ana pressnte.. lie ..,. 10
Tsurt to lie presented TO- Congress. tosethes a,s,
Win fhe action ur this poarl lit relation thcret;
and received h4ct1" 1Etsm ooAA Tag
gentlemen the warmest assurance OF ootn tno'a ,
sympa1hy and cordial aid in the passnge of me
"Sa Vemr conlnitlee regret that tho other honor
able gentlemen representing us in eons.ess s,e'
we're unayoidauy prevented from pe.en,,, 1rn
snrh p1,nlic meeting, but your connaattee "oue
SUI nrp that ike copies Of the hill, ETC. were
presented to them privately. and they oec!artu ht
nd .1e1 nro;nise,i a in the procurement thorc"f
aud, since said time at! nave p.lpaicy nvImc
. what they hnve already assured your committee
= | fslFR{
n further conpiia1,ce with yo,r instructions.
your committee waited ur%9!' thS ,h9. ". wv.
! an.i after the seemingly unnecessary .l'1lty
! III referring the same 70 !! S"nma ..''ntt,c d
rss",,,t,un was reported t" and a9"Ited ~ 1 tn9
t:o,l,,c not only nlorsing our mnvenS pa pne
aapK sne5so ea Of M sbat public
!; 5 sronnd commonly known AS 'tne LIKE toH|
n yp,,r 'om,n,ttee disayowed any completely 1n
:. | rho uctIGn OF the Council relative 70 sueu
amendment, b,'t, on tho contrary, n,,,.,t of
t ,Sa rcsdtion offered it, iniorsng the olll herc
: tufore adopted by this bonsd- ..;o, IF thu
u II would be idle to critfcise tho act1on VI tuo .
, fonrr;, and regrets would be vain. bur yoaEs
>, committee beg leave to say th:t[ tncy c; w IN
crtticise and regret me ,e. u which
meets with universal syinpathy IN nnu ,,sI
with scheme which Is not thus in!y tSar r
Tnrr rn1nmlttce however, recognizing tnat ".
x ,1niy and trust is solely rs to the fuoc ios.9
- | and lis interests, would most earnestly VIZ VIZ
- such prompt anu vigorous actio. - rc,u,rr
Fl ihs furthcr duties ntruste to your commst.ee
X arc being performed Tut arc NOT IN sfn ~
nr cnmpIctlon us to wNrrstlt q report tnoteoA III
10 m ths tiu,c. Respectfully submitted.
i 'A' JAMES LANE xAfLES.
70 {E0HGE B. ARMSTRONG,
- Il. CSE.IAGtfAS-
~ Committee Future Library nnssa'ns1 o.;
e. I'm motion this report WAS accepted 9ae
10 adopted x,<or.,
IN LIBRARIAN FooLt.
rn submitted his report for tho month OF Sosen a
a. Her as follows: Number OF books tAkcn oue ~.
po1,t ,,se. N0s; daily average: .16o visitors u
the reference sTi s; oatcnts III c
of It.nr.. ~ the rcuGlug- stG3t: pe1ioucat
eosks III: f:oe n;aSef Il ftSS booss iae d
d ors ut!,, ,.ar I nj: fatal number OF books fl
III iia library : Ut present. so,tl' The report ~o
So adopted. .-o.o,+o,, Tim fo,owin
statistics Of the three eu'iinx public ~ |
the United CnGlonat 1n "a ad ina. fa
on cago-fr,,m their reports OF 1851 ZOE tao '"A'A
<hot t,nnF