The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-12-06
MORE ROOM NEEDED.
ron THE PUBLIC PUBLIC, READING ROOM
And L.lbrary-A Good Plan TO Secure Ample
Accommodations Suggested by Lsbrnr.
Ian i@ndieton-A2 1eni Need for
Spacc md nettsr arrangements

Inc lime IL nOt lar distant WEeH lhe
Board Of Education must provide more
room for the Public Library and Reading
or the Reading Room will have to
be dispensed with, which would not be-
short Of n calamity to tho community.
The Library Inns, since established two
years ago, grown rapidly, but not AZ rap.
Idly rs the revenues would warrant or ~
Librarian Pendleton and the public would
have liked, owing to tho lack OF room.
The number Of books Is at present be-
tween seven and eight thousand, and soy.
eral hundred will DO purchased ms 0 o us
room can be made for them, Mr.. Icndle.
ton intends further contracting tho space
reserved Tor reading in order to allow M.
other case TO be placed in the room, but
even that addition will not accommodate
the books which arc now doubled up in
fully onc.thifd OF the cases.
Alr. penllpion has u good idea, which, II
carried into execution would relieve I'LL
trouble from crowding for years to come.
1t Is to lease the room next to the one nj
present occupied, now occupied by Iaik-
cr's laundry, and fit it upas n Library, re-
serving tho present room for II reading
room. II this snr0Aa room were secured
and 1t il said that it could he at n r"..'
reasonable rate, 1t could be fitted up I'D
mirably. At least III. ccn NJ o.es eouiaD t
arranged in it tllat would accommodate
over 10000 volumes. and When that space
was occupied, further room could be mad'
by pla sing books OF reference and other
thai arc seldom called for in the readin.
room. Az 1t is now, 1t Is Impossible t
keep the various classes by themselves
and thereby much Inconvenience !
caused to the Librarian and reader,
MIR. pcndlcton's idea further would b,
to- connect the two rooms BY two arcliet
openings, one Mt the Market street end II
which should swing..a lmize door, and on
II, The other end through which the lab
rarian's quarters shoull extend, SO tha
that official could keep q watch over boil
rooms while ut his desk. lie would NJ
range for II separate entrance TO the tih
rary, 50 TINT those having business tller
lwould not disturb those i'll the readln
room.
In speaking Of this plan Mr.. Pendlcto'
said:
"As it is now, the usefulness OF the read
ing mart OF this institution is largely in
paired by the noise o%ccasioned by til
iihrury part, The largest number Of book
we l,ayc nut ottt lit a day was On a receE
Saturday, when 3D went ont. Now ulmo.
as MANY If not more books came in
total say OF 500 books handled in Il da,
That was II hir run, it is true. butt won.
he long Judging from the wayi in which tn
circulation has Increased before that nun
Der will be handled every day. Now-tli
oncninp and closing of cases connccte
viii handling those books made Il 200
Ie.j oj mise Int when YOU add to iths
the noise made by those who came for Il.
hnots Won can readily seq that it woul
NO. Gs nleosant for n reader. I know til:
~" naners md ncr;odicuis would be m1c
mn mor. aenerallv Road we're il not ior thi
no;se Gentlemen have told me so-tha
, not r.,I viii Measure her,
a~;n WV have not now the room 10
ro,J;n, that wc should have, All thi