Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-05
ALDERMAN DALEY OBJECTS
At a Meeting of The Committee On
 Free Public Library Held Last Even-


 ing.
 The committee appointed by the Common Council and the directors of the Young Mems Institute to hear parties objecting to the proposed plan for 8 free public library for the city of New Haven met at the Mayors office in the City Hall last evening, Alder man States acting as chairman. The other members of the committee were: T. Atw ater Barnes, Attorney E. P. Arvine and Judge H. E. Pardee on the part of the Institute and Alderman States and Councilmen Wat rous and Mansfield. Alderman Daley ap- peared before the committee and stated that the Common Council were not opposed to a free public library, as stated by the papers, but to the terms on which it was proposed that the library sheald be carried on, they being such as careful business man would not draw up. Mr. Daley then said that if the city should appropriate $6,000 year for the support of the library that in eight or ten years the city would have as much prop erty in the library as the institute directors, and that it would not be fair that the Insti- tute should have six directors as well as the city six; and Mir. Daley thought that if the city should pay $6, 900 year for this pur- pose, at the end of three years one of the h. stitute's directors should be done away with, and the same thing be continued, one Insti-
  until ali the Institute directors should go. Mr. Daley then went over the plans and ob- iected to section first which reads as follows: ssThe Institute shall lease to the city for the termEsof ninety nine years all its lands, buildings, library and furniture on the terms of this agreement at a nominal rental, or an actual one. In the latter case the sum re- ceived to be devoted to the purchase of books to be used in the library"
 He said that he thought this section gave the Institute an unfair advantage over the city, as after a contract was signed for a lease of the land to the city for term of years, the..Institute would not be obliged to include in the lease what property or money they should obtain in the future. MT. Daley then said that after the word furniture" in section one should be added the words (which it has now in it's possession and what it may obtain in the future"
 MT. Daley then favored leaving out sec- ton six, which reads: "The funds ef the Institute which are being set aside for addi- tional buildings, together with any future additions thereto, shall be expended for that purpose as fast the trustees shall deem proper, and the additional buildings when completed or purchased shall be included in this agreement"
 13, which reads: 'EOn the breach of any of the foregoing conditions, said lease shall termi- nate and the Institute shall be entitled to the immediate possession of it's real and per- sonaI property leased, and to any unexpend- ed money on hand derived from the income of it's property" or else make q more definite statement of what the meaning of the section was
 Alder man Bradley appeared and agreed with Mr Dailey's stats9ent, and added that he thought the free library should ke sepa- rate institution from the Institute. Councilman Grinnell said that he did not object to free public library, but that he opposed it being put over at the last meeting of the Common Council, because he knew that it would not have been carried at that time.
 Councilman Palmer said that he thought the present plans gave the Institute an ad- vantage over the city in case any trouble should arise between the two.
 CouncilmanWatr moved that a commit tee consisting of one member of the city committee and one menber,of the Institute be instrueted to act with thg chair and make such changes in the plans es they thought necessary At this junoture the chairman Repeated the request that the gentlemen of the psess leave the room, as the committee had gone into executive session and there would be nothing of public interest done further.