St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-06
SITE FOR The LIBRARY
Mrs. Stewart Offers a Very
Eligible Tract Of Central
Property
On Market, Between Third
aud Fourth Streets, for
the Sum Of $4,000.
Members Of the Library Board
Favorably Impressed by
the Proposition.
Several Accidents Result
Several Accidents Result
From the Bad Footing
of Yesterday.

At Yesterday afternoons meeting Of
the library board written proposition
from Mrs. Catherine F. Stewart, offer
ing the Stewart property on the west
side of Market street. between Third
and Fourth streets. for a library
building at $4,000, was read and re-
ferred to the committee on library site.
This property extends from Third to
Fourth street. and is 100 feet wide. The
expression of the directors present,
Messrs. Auerbach, Carver, Monfort, Peet
and Upham, was that it is the IDEAL To-
cation for the proposed library building.
Mrs. Stewart will accept half cash, the
balance to run three years, secured by
mortgage OH the property. with inter-
est at z per cent, payaDly semi=annually.
The movement for library building
has not yet taken definite shape, but it
is the hope of the board that it will be
able to put the scheme through before
very long. Two years ago j. j. Hill Of
fered to donate $4,000 toward the prof.
ect if building was to be erected cost
ing not less than $4,000. ID. G. Shep-
ard agreed to give $500 to the fund.
Many other capitalists asserted that
they would donate literally, their
amounts ranging from 5000 to $4,000.
1t is hoped that the movement may be
placed upon such popular basis that
every capitalist in the city will gladly
donate literally.
The committee on new bylaws re-
ported, presenting corrected proofs Of
the list settled upon. In October the
general outline of the new bylaws was
agreed upon. 1t was voted then that
the library in the future should be kept
open TIL 10 O'Clock at nights, instead OF
being closed at o'clock. The views OF
Mrs. McCaine, the librarian, were asked
yesterday. She said the elevators stop
running at O'clock, and very few
would care to remain in the library
after that hour. and certainly no one
would walk up the four flights of stairs
to visit it after 9; besides, if the library
is kept open this extra hour, additional
help must be hired. She did not think
it profitable change. Ii the library
were OH the ground floor it would be
different. The board agreed with her
views, and an amendment was adopted
changing the hour of closing back to the
Old one.
The November report of the librarian
follows: Number Of books issued for
home use, history and biography, l,219;
voyages and travels, 533; arts and
sciences, S19; poetry and drama, $40;
language and literature, ISL; religion,
1914; law and medicine, 81; miscellane-
Gus, 46; prose fiction, 1926; jul
venile literature, 3,130; reference
books, 2,740; reading room on
week days, 1885; reading room
on Sundays n: total, IT, 49, Sunday
visitors, 25S; neutrality-suspicious.
reported, S,2lS- Cancelled in November,
1879; leaving 7,779. New registrations.
males, 1856; females. 215; total number
entitled to draw books, S.179. ''-
Cash Account-Received for fines,
SS6.69; 20 finding lists, 40 cents each, IS;
postal cards, $l.50; 3 bulletins, 6 cents;
total, S96.25.