Morning journal and courier., 1884-05-14
Our Library Agitators.


 Their Meeting Last EveninR-who the
 Solicitors for Funds Are to Be-LibrarS
 Day Not Yet Fixei-Progress in Vari-
 Ous Details.
 Last evening the Board of AIdermen's cham Der in City Hall was occupied by the free public library committee. Mayor Lewis pre- sided over the meeting, which was not largely attended. The various chairmen of the sub~ districts in which the city has been divided for convenience in making collections re. ported as follows:
 District No. I, A. H. Kellam, chairman; George H. Ford, Wallace B. Fenn, William O. Chandler, Enos s. Kimberly. l.. D. Chidsey, B. E. Brown, George s. Arnold, C. s. Thompson, assistants.
 District No. 2, Benjamin R. English, chair man; Frank H. Hooker, Charles Kimberly, Samuel A. York, John B. Adrianee, Fred erick c. Lam, Oscar Dikeman, Nelson E. Barker; Joseph c. Earl, Herbert 0. Warren, assistants
 District No.5, John c Gallagher, chair ma; Thomas 0. Hollis, jr., Harry Leigh, L. W. Cleaveland, Mathew Flanagan, Benjamin H. Douglass, ir., assistant.
 District No. 6, E. 0. Beecher, chairman John E. Heaton, George H. Mallory, RusseI Hotchkiss, Frank M. Ward, Frederick Bost- wick, John H. Taylor, Frank H. Mann, Frederick A. Betts, A. J. Harmount, Louis A. Babcock, Charles H. Wilson, Edward P. Brett, William G. Cowell Charles E. Beecher, assistant.
 District No. 9, Burton Mansfield, chair man; M. M. Cover, F. B. Root, O. H. R. Mott, l.. B. Brown, F. B. Brill, F. B. Bun nell, Joseph R. French, William O'Keefe, R. M. Sheridan, A. M. Bartlett, Philip Hugo, s. B. Dibble, O. s. Wright, James Reynolds Myron R. Durham, Arthur s. WeIch, James D. Havey, George E. Nettleton, Frank D. Miss Lottie Jadson, Miss Annie E. Hayes Miss Katie Osborn, assistants.
 District No. 1O George s. Barnum, George Wykes, jr., Benjamin E. Brown, Frederick B. Farnsworth, George H. Sutton, James D Whitmore, William M. Geary, W. F. Hop son, Adolph Asher. Salmon G. Pease, Fred erick Bostford, assistants. District No. II, Eli Whitney, jr chair man; J. M. B. Dwight. Birdsey Warner Joseph T. Whittelsey, Rev. J. G. Ross William J. Weld, James A. Fuller, William E. Jackson, Charles T. Townsend, George D. Watrous. William M. Frisbie, William H Beecher, John Nolan, assistants.
 District No. 12, Alonzo A. Townsend chairman; John Pierpont, W. H. Bouton, A l.. Howard, J. o. Donovan, w. s. Walls, J D. Bradley, Mrs. Hurd, Miss Emma Kinds ley, Miss Ella Reed, Miss Hattie Bill, ss sistants.
 District No. Is, George R. Burton, chair man; Charles H. Webb, Rufus s. Pickett, Charles S. BunneIl, Dr. F. O. White, David O'Donnell, Michael Dillon, George R. Bill, assistants.
 District Mo- 24, H. C. Rowe, chairman H. H. Strong, Hon. Charles E. Mitchell Herbert Barnes, William P. Niles, Arthur Hemingway, Hobart B. Ives, Asahel Thomp- son, Collis Granniss, Asa l. Fabrique, Mrs Lucius Rowe, Misses Lottie Lanoraft, Lizzie Hotchkiss, Mary Smith, M. c. Livermore Grace Brown, Fife Tyler, Ida Hemingway, Mrs. George Black, assistants. District No. 8, S. Harrison Wagner, chair man; Luther E. Jerome, Clarence B. Damn, Frederick G. Cooper, Frank E. Stevens, Sey. Goodenough, George s. Thomas, George R Cooley, George A. Dickerman, James P. Pigott, Ernest Klenke, Dr. M. A. Cremin, as- sistants.
 The following partial lists were handed in;
 District No. 16, Charles L. Hamilton chairman; Richard I. Lyon, George H. Scran. ton, jr., James Bishop, Harry P. Earle, as sistants.
 District No. IT, J. G. Healey, chairman; James E. McGann, Isaac F. Davis, Miss Annt Burwell, Miss Maggie Dillon, Mrs. M. l. Breen, assistants.
 District No. 20, A. Foote, chairman; Henry c. Long, Gerard Harrison, assistants. It was voted that it is the sense of the con- mittee that the library shall be so admins tered that it's privileges shall be extended as far as possible to the residents of the outly. ing districts. This motion was made with reference to the citizens of Fair Haven and West Haven.
 MT. Don Thompson, who has been ap pointed chairman of the West Haven district was present and said he would appoint his assistants and report them as soon as prac- l ticable.
 MT. H. C. Rowe, chairman of the Fail Haven district, said the people in his district wanted @ reading room and district station for leaving orders for books from the library 1 NIT. JE. Earle, of the committee on fixing 1 the day, reported that the day had not beer fixed. MT. Burton Mansfield said it had beer suggested to him that it would be well to | have the day set as near the pay day of I teachers, city officials and workmen in shops as possible.
 l It was voted to ask the principals of the public schools to keep 8 complete list of all 1 the school ehildren's contributions. The following list was read by the sec 1 retary:
 NEW HAVEN, May 12, 1884. l T. Attwater Barnes Esq: Dear Sir-Please find enclosed check ot l kbirkv-six dollars &95 as my own subscriptiou