St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-20

rage and engine company fully equipped, to
be located in the Fifth ward, on or near
Seventh street and east of Maple street
A steam fire engine and hose carriage with
engine company fully equipped to be located
at the Central Headquarters Engine House
corner of Eighth and Minnesota streets.
An addition to Engine House No. 2 on
Wacouta street in the First ward, in which to
locate Chemical Engine No. now located al
Central Headquarters Engine House.
By order of the Board
F. R. DELANo, President.
March 10, 1885
Committee on Fire Department.
REPORT OF DIRECTORS OF THE PUBLIC Ii
BRARY.
10 the Honorable the Mem bers of the Council
of the City of St. Paul:
GENTLEMEN: The Board of Directors OF
the Public Library respectfully submit their
third annual report.
In conformity with section of the act of
the Legislature, approved March 4, 1879,
which requires that ''the Board OF Directors
shall make, on or before the 1st day of April
In each year, an annual report to the City
Council, stating the condition of their trust
on the 1st day of March of that year," we
library fund $S,S56.04; from fines collected,
lost books paid for and other sources,
S5S3.97; total, $9,440.01, which has been ex-
pended as follows: Rent. $1,000; salaries,
2,OS9 .43; books and periodicals, 81 ,562. SO I;
gas and fuel, 1859 81; binding. $5149 90; fur
niture and repairs, s267.95; stationery and
printing, S172.67; insurance, 800; postage
and express, S12. IL; miscellaneous, $40. Is,
ptc
S2,911.36. Our last annual report will show
that this Indebtedness was caused through
the necessity of securing larger accommoda-
tions, preparing the hall for occupancy, and
the necessary assistance for the library SER
vice, the $50 readershps of the Library Asso-
citation having been increased ten fold under
the Public Library management, and the
first appropriation of S., 900 having to cover
period OF seventeen months proving to
be too small for the purpose. A more de-
tailed statement of the disbursements is
shown in the hereunto annexed report of
the Secretary of the Board:
The number of books and periodicals on
hand is 9,59S, the purchases having been
7o5 and the gifts 361, making a total of
1.146. Two books have been stolen from
the reference library. Seven others from
the circulating department were unaccounted
for on the date of the Librarians report to
the Board. but of the have been found
since, and 255 have been worn out and dis
carded. The readerships number 4, Jas.
The number of books taken home have been
81, 945. Two thousand three hundred and
eighty-three have been used in the reading
room on week days and 667 on Sundays.
OF the number taken home, 5,S79 have been
history 4
travels, 1,66S science and arts, l, 154 poetry
and drama, 4,098 miscellaneous, and 46,0S1
fiction and Juveniles. For other inform alton
the report of the Librarian, hereunto an
nexed, gives full particulars, showing an in
crease in every department when compared
with the report of last year.
During the past year several classified lists
have been prepared OF the books in the Ii
brary that are the most suitable for advanced
pupils in the public schools, and there has
been constant demand for them since they
were printed. a half dozen copies each of
few of the books have been purchased, and
the Directors will always keep in mind the
welfare of this class of readers in their Sc
lections for the increase of the Library.
A determination to have the cost of admin
istration kept to the lowest point consistent
comparison with similar institutions, using
the latest report of each that has been re
ceived A computation to show the percent
age Of salaries to expenditures, also the cost
of books and binding to expenditures, gives
the following result with six libraries:
No. l, salaries 81 per cent; books and
binding, "a per cent.
No. 2, salaries 46 per cent books and
binding, "a per cent.
No. 3, salaries 80 per cent; books and
binding, 80 per cent.
No. 4, salaries, 81 per cent; books and
binding, 81 per cent.
No. 5. salaries, "a per cent; books and
binding, 32 per cent.
No. 8. salaries, SO per cent; books and
binding, 80 per cent
st, Paul, salaries, 80 sper cent; books and
binding, 32 per cent.
The ample appropriation made by your
Honorable Council for the support of the
Library for its ensuing financial year war
rants the assurance on the part OF the Direc-
tors that the percentage of books purchased
will be largely in excess of any of the iiura-
ries in the above list. There needs no as
surance that the character of the books
will be of the best, as among the l, LAG
added last year there were only 167 of
prose fiction, about 1419 per cent.
In conclusion, we repeat from our last re-
port that ''the Board will be gratified to have
the assistance of the Council or City author
tiles, or the public, in the further additions to
the library.
ALEX. RAMSEY, President.
WM. Fl. KELLEY, Secretary.
st. Paul, March II, 1885.
The following are the reports referred to
in the foregoing:
Report of the Secretary for the year end
ing Feb. %, 1885
1884
March g. Balance in City
Treasury, library fund.-. 81 &c
April, March settlement,
library fund. ............ 5000 80
July, June settlement, IL
brary fund. 5000 90
1885.
January, October settlement,
library fund. .... 667 70
Feb. 2s fines collected.
library fund. ............ 537 IL
Feb. %. received for lost
and damaged books, libra
Feb. %. received for old
stove, library fund.-. 900
Feb. 2S received for finding
lists, library fund. ....... 351
1885.
Expenditures, 1856
Feb. rs. Paid for rent. .. $1,000 90
Paid for salaries 1859 43
Paid for books. 1905 81
Paid for periodicals. 257 05
Paid for gas....... 364 OF
Paid for fuel ...... 1876 so
Paid for binding