The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1892-09-24

OF the &. +. X. X. as the best conducted
division on the line of the road. George
IL. tdnnt, master mechanic, assisted by
A. r. Ciippenger as foreman, keeps the
machine department. shining. j. f..
colt, of the car shops, helps maintain a
nigh standard of excellence in that
branch. The writer is in the sixth
e A of his residence here, and finds a
charm in the library, elm ate, people
and children, potent enough to make
him wish to lingtr. Nadsworlh is repre-
scented by Stood worth Of property.
ENGINEERs' AND MECHANICS IBRARY
ISOLATION.
On June %, 1879, Master Mechanic
George Gregg, a lib. ral-nlll.ded man OF
large brain, and one of the recognized
best mechanics on the Pacific coast,
took the first step to found a library
here. With him to think was to act,
and on the 30. h of June, one week la.er,
the Engineers and Mechanics Library
Association was organized, with the fol-
lowing char.er nlenlbt RS: George Gregg,
James fAbbay, George Abbay, Charles
Archembanlt, Richard Atkinson, James
Bird, W iiliam Bird, Sol Brown, Richard
Blundell, j. +. Crosby, A. /. Clippinger,
Nick Cole, l.. S. Clark, Nj. Coyle, Tom
Cullen, T. Il. Cardine!l, N. 5. Church,
\. J.. Davis, Robert Drought, b. 4.
Uolan, Humphrey Draper, John Dunn,
Martin Dux. led, ii. ID. Esden, j.. G. Erb,
sd farley, john Il. Forrest, j. t..
l%arcia, ". W. Geery, j. Hutchinson,
| James Hul>apple, j. W. Hall, 5. X.
! Jenkins, Frank jenkins, Charles Jen-
lins, NJ. kierns, W. j. LANCER, Gilbert
i.emery, w ID. Leach, W. W. Mather,
,Iatt Maisenbacker, Ed McDarran, 4.
LcAevin. Charles 4>evin, Warren Norris,
William Nor.hrop. Mienael lurceli.
James Purcell, Antoine Peterson, y. s.
ieck, James Richmond, 5. 5. Robinson
f.. II. Smith, Jonn w. Smith. Jonn Stu
b r, II. Stewart, Frank Shepherd, James
Sterling, James rhompson, James
" right. George Warner, j. +. Warner,
S. A. Young, l.. w. Young, I. j. Year
gin.
These gentlemen met, signed the roll,
and adopted the Constitution June 80.
1879. With The dues collected III al
vance and the donations ma le, I'D vol
unIes We're placed on the shelves.
..elped along by Gregg's untireless
%etior,s, and many early courtesies ex
tended by j. a.. Stevens, the number Oh
volumes grew and the membership in.
creased. rhe library room was i'll the
old round-house. hen the town was
destroyed by fire the library vas passed,
and We reach } uly, 1884. hen the new
,own was laid out and the new railroad
buildings constructed, the Central Pacific
Railroad Company, in token OF their
appreciation OF the labors OF their EN-
ployes, erected this building for the ust
t t re Engineers and Mechanics Lii
brary AssO 'iatiOn, where it sand to-day
do d reward OF merit.
On entering the building we Fl Il ur-
elves in II large, airy and cuinim d.our
room. BOOK; asses in black, trimmed III
gold, and filled With $500 we'll sci. ctei
and we'll bound volumes OF the standard
and highest grades oil literature, line tn
sides. Two nicely ornamental steam
eaters respectively occupy the nor,h
and south ends OF the room, while be-
,ween them are two large and well-tin-
lsled tables, upon which are to be found
all the principal magazines of the United
states, and the daily papers AND period
lcals of the lacitic coast. Heavy linoi-
eum cpvers the floor, and ~easy-chairs
and lounges give the place a home-like,
appearance. Interesting and instructive
siatuettes, mounted on white ard gilded
pedestals, placed in appropriate hooks,
crafty esthetic and refined taste. On a
black walnut altar is an elegant and
beautifully bound Billie, the gift OF A. j..
Stevens, a man venerated and loved by
all who knew him and a massive chan
,Ielitr is a token from the same generous
neart. Large oil paintings OF landscape
scenes, photographs of engines and en-
.inetra. of prominent civilians and rail
road officials, grace the wall. Here in a
'aree frame are the photographs oil
lne OF. anizerd of the lihrarN. and