The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-01
dgRARFE REPORT, !,
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INTERESTING TABLES AND STATISTICS
sPast Year

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INTERESTING TABLES AND STATISTICS
the Foundation Laid 4 Fund
fsD Anew Bqildiass Not !
Room Enough
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The Trustees ofathe Free Public Library
a havs astscomplstsd their third annual re-
& port TO the Board Of Aldermen TheSdocu7
Spent Is interesting, and shows that jersey.
SsSEity's library IS magnificent institution,
and one of which every member may Justly
i be proud. "a big introduction to the report,
Dr. Leonard Gordon produces some in
-. structise tables to shoH fhe relative standing
of jersey City among iether leading cities of
s. sthe country Among THE ten cities having
Apublic hbfaries which eircalate otter a5G,QOO
volumes, Jersey City STANDS fourth, with a
circdlhtion of S36, SS7 Volumes and is sur
passed in this respect only by Chicago, BSsa
ston and Baltimore. Invthes matter of th8
number Of branches and deliveries, she
stands third, with twelve to Chicago's thirty
sand Bostons twenty two; and az to salaries
Q paid, she stands eighth, with slI6l457.
JERSEY CITY II THE EEAR
When it comes to the avsrage n1fnber of
books per capftal used by Their citizFhs,s Jerr
@sey CITY stands second among these ten cit
les with an average of 2.06, Los Angeles,
4 Cal, jsith an average OF $50, being the
In sbeaking of the financial conditioner
, the library, Mr.. Gordon says
y, early in 1893, under the decree of the Su-
u prelne Court ttleasum otf 70, ,262 78 was or
dered paid to the Board 9 Trustees as ar
rearages due them by the citys OF this
$4,000 was set aside as aninvestment fund.-
having for its purpose the providing of
permanent library btIildingFa Accumulated
interest amounting to 81, 15T9S, fines. col
lected for overtime on books, amoantdDg to
s952.74 together with 1.-THE cash sum OF
$416.28 from the appropriation OF 1892 and
1893, have been added thereto, resulting in
the sum of S27, 500, invested in or upon Jer-s
City securities as the nucleus for q building
fund. This we trust may result in the fu
ture in establishing the library in perma-
nent quarters
The receipts Of the library from all sources
amounted to $50. .0s5. 20 during the year. OF
this amount SIS, ,417.30 was expended,
S9,697 SO going for books and binding,
s9,697 50 for salaries, the rest going for rent
and other expenses
BOOKS READ IN A YEAR,
The year covered by the report ended
November 20, 1898.
During this time 1885,, ,SS7 volumes haye
been circulated for home reading, Of whicA
= number 1o5, 6i4 were sent through the dellv-
cry stations.
The reading room was used by So, TAT per-
SONS during the year, an increase OF i, ,9o3
over the year 1S91-92.
There were $50 books and 146 pamphlets
added to the library, making the total num-
ber now available to the public, IS, TBS vol
umes and All pamphlets.
The shelves are now much too crowded to
permit of the work of the library being car
ried on to the best advantage, and there is,
moreover, no opportunity for adequately in
creasing its shelving capacity in the present
quarters.
Large additions have been made to the
bound sets of periodicals indexed in Poole's
Index to Periodicals" and its continue
tions.
COMPLETE SETS OF DOCUMENTS
There is complete list of the Poole sets,
now in the library, comprising about $3.50
volumes. The use of these sets in the Refer
ence Room is constantly increasing, and
their possession has already given the library
a considerable local reputation among the
more scholarly class in this city and its vicin-
ity, thus justifying the endeavors of the
trustees in attempting to make this feature
of the library as complete and prominent as
possible.
Efforts to complete the sets of public docu-
ments now in the library have been vigor-
ously carried on and with gratifying results.
The library now contains complete sets Of
the United States Statutes at Large; the
United States Consular Reports, both the
regular and special series, besides many
separately printed; the Reports and Bulle-
tins of the United States Fish Commission,
and the Miscellaneous Collections of the
Smithsonian Institution.
The recent publication by the United
States Commissioner of Labor of an index
to his own reports and those of the Labor
Commissioners of the various States has
rendered these valuable reports available by
unlocking the information which they con-
tain upon all questions relating to the inter
ests of capital and labor.
WORKS ON CAPITAL AND LABOR.
The library now possesses over 100
volumes of these reports, and hopes soon to
be able to complete the entire collection.
The reports of the following States have.
been completed, viz
Connecticut Kansas Maine Michigan,
New Jersey, North Dakota, Rhode Island,
United States and Wisconsin, and we are in
receipt of the current reports of all the
States as soon as they are issued.
The library has added largely to its docu-
nents, both municipal, county and State. 1t
has completed the New Jersey Geological
Survey proceedings of the New Jersey His
torica1 Society, Riparian Commissioners,
Legislative Manuals, and is in receipt OF the
Legislative Documents as issued, of which it
has complete set from 1881 to date, files OF
the Jersey City Times, and other papers, in
73 vols. forming nearly an unbroken series
from 1857 to date, a very complete set OF the
minutes of the various municipal boards
and reports of public officers for the past
thirty-seven years.
The library has been extremely fortunate,
also in collecting an almost complete set OF
Jersey City Directories, from the first copy
in ls49 to the present time, only three of
which are wanted those for 1850, 1862, and
1857 to make the set complete.
DONORS TO THE LIBRAY.
Among the donors to the library during
past year were: American Swedenborg
Pf ing and Publishing Society of New
Yor2 volumes, Columbia College Library
ef Ne, Nork, II volumes Superintendent
q the St. House, 16 volumes: DR.. L. j.
Gordon, 30 volumes: the Rev Patrick Hen
nessey. 1876 volumes; Gen. W. G.
Deppenheilmer, 40 voluines j. 81.
Hickcox, Washington, D. c., 12..volumes;
Senator John r. Mcpherson, S5 volumes;
Newark Street and w ater Boark, II volumes;
bernard .Quaritch, London, England, II
volumes. Mrs George R. Richardson, z vol
nnes: Miss Grace G. Sandford, II volumes;
civ Clerk John E. Scott ~ volumes; Henry
Snyder. u volumes; F. w. Varburton, IS
vainn,es. and Jacob Weart 6 volumes
seyenty.five volumes of Italian literature in
he original tongue were added to the
IT. Hon OH with