St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-04
LIBRARY ANNUAL.
Old Officers Neglected and Hos
mar,s Rennrt Read.

Old Officers Neglected and Hos
mer's Report Read.
Yesterday the quiet. aristocratic, es-
thetic library board organized. L. NJ.
Johnson and c. R. Cameron. the newly
elected members, were present early,
and Cameron secured the seat Thomas
Lowry always used to occupy whenever
he attended the board meetings. Mr..
johnson. so accustomed to presiding
over all bodies OF which he is a member,
got near the presidents end of the
table. President Walker was busy with
the business unions annual meeting,
so A. L. Ankeny was elected temporary
chairman. The old officers were unani-
mOusly reelected on organization, L.
B. Walker for president and A. NJ.
Goodrich secretary. Librarian Hosmer
presented his first annual report. in,
GLIDING the following figures:
The circulation OF books from the library.
IN 1891. for home use, was ~ 1913 volumes
In 1892. there were circulated for home use
333. 557 volumes, and there were $4,000 more
volumes given out for reading room use, OF
a total tor the year OF 363.037 volumes given
out to the public. Indeed. the total number
is something like 1000 more volumes for
one of the branches has not as yet reported
the years business. In 1891, the volumes
given out for reading room use were not
counted i'll the totals. so That the 80, 200 vol
umes credited to 1892 were not clear gain
over the preceding year. Nevertheless. the
increase OF 1892 over 1891, in the matter of
volumes taken home, was 1864.
There was spent OH books by the city in
1892 Sl6.259. n for 1854 books and 81, 625
for l524 books by the Ath@neum. making q
total of 14.338 books bought a a cost OF S2s.-
s84 a The city bought s. III books III 1891 at
cost of 81. 20, and the Ath9neum
bought l. rs books at cost of $40, l25. or
total number OF books bought Ill 1891 Of
6,535 at q cost of Sl9,3l420, or an increase OF
7S03 books for 1892 al i cost OF 50, so 81.
There was thus nearly twice the amount eX
pended for books last year than was ex-
pended in 1891.
The rest of his report was almost en-
tirtly an essay on the value of good tic-
ton and the eleyating influence Of
beautiful books ike the $4,000 collec-
ton Of art works purchased for the
library by Herbert Putnam.
Secretary GoOdrich's annual report
showed that the receipts for The past
year were as follows:
Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1892 ......S 1L121.32
Received from taxes. Northumberland. 81 951 .U3
Received from penaInes and inter
cst...-- ....--.-----....- l, IO0. %
Received from librarian, collections
from desk ......... -.-.. ..... 80. l,5l6 10
Received from medical suDscrp-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. .-.. 1S5 90
Received from Minneapolis Gas
company (rebate) ......... -. &c. 10
Total. ........... -, ...........Stu, .0O
The total disbursements were SOS. 564.
the biggest expenses being SO, 328 Is for
salaries. SIC, 25974 for books. S3,Sl8.I
for binding and s.. .O2 for janitorial
service. The balance now on hand IS
S12.216.
The matter of preparing something to
represent Minneapolis i'll the library eX-
hibit at the worlds fair was referred to
the building committee. The old water
color Of St. Anthony falls as they were
before either bank had been built upon,
presented by E. P. Aver, of Chicago,
was accepted. This is said to be the
first carefully correct picture ever made
Of the ia lis