New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-25
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
AGREEMENT OF CONSOLIDATION FILED.

UNION or THE GREAT LIBRARY INTERESTS
ErrEcrEp-NAMEs OF THE TRUSTEES
Albany. May 2i-An agreement was filed with the
Secreary OF State to-day OF the consolidation OF the
trustees OF the Aston and Lenox libraries and the
Tildcn Trust in pursuance of the enabling act
passed by the last Legislature. The name of the
consolidated corporation Is THE New-lork Public
Library. Aston Lcnox and Tilden Foundations.
The trustees are Thomas NJ. Markoe. Henry Dris-
ler John l.. Cadwaader. Henry c. Potter s. Van
Rensselaer, Cruger Stephen r. DIN. Edward King,
Daniel Huntington. Frederick Sturges Alexander
Kennedy. William Allen Butler George L. Riyes.
John BsOT Andrf% H. Green Samuel F.
Avery and Philip Schuyler
The agreement OF consolidation also filed
yesterday in the office of the County Clerk. The
agreement was executed Thursday by Thomas
NJ. Markoe, the president OF the Astor Library
John s. Kennedy. the president Of the Lenox LII
brary and Alexander E. Orr. the vce-president OF
the Tilden Trust.
The purposes Of the new corporation as set fortn
in the agreement to establish and maintain
flee public library and reading-room In this CITY,
with such branches may be deemed advisable
and to continue and promote the several objects ana
purposes set forth in the respective acts OF In
corporation Of each organization.
The first meeting OF the trustees Is to be caiied
by John L. Cadwaader. George l.. Rves and Lewis
Cass Ledyard. or any two OF them At this meet
ing an organization Is to be effected by the eIec
ton OF a president. vicepresidents, secretary ahu
treasurer The trustees shall then, IN Denail VI
the new corporation. receive and enter INTO pos-
session and management OF the libraries OF tn n
several corporations. and also OF all the properly
owned by each and the boards OF. trustees OF
each corporation shall take such action as may
be found necessary In order to transfer 10 the
new CORPORATION the title to all real estate Sc
curlties and all other property standing IN their
names or owned by them. 1t Is provided then that
the boards of trustees shall meet ana carry OUT
the purposes of this agreement. and the trustees
OF the new corporation shall adopt suitable by.
laws for the general management ana cohuuct
OF the new corporation -, 49,. , Yono~
Since the project Of uniting the Astor and Lenox
libraries with the Tilden Trust Fund was first mace
publc many sensational rumors have peen III
Circulation to the effect that the consolidation
scheme had fallen through. or that the trustees
OF the several library interests concerned were
been started by people who were unfriendiy TO the
interests OF the great library scheme and me ru-
mors were intended 10 be stumbling blocks IN tne
way of the proposed consolidation. II IL now ap.
parent that these rumors were entirely without
foundation. v,..,..
The final steps in the matter of consolidation
having now been taken. the new Board OF trustees
will have a number of important questions 10 de-
eide upon The first and foremost OF these is that
of "A home for the great library. Several sites nave
been carefully considered. the Two most prom,
nenty mentioned being the site OF the reservoir, al
Fifth-avc and Forty-second-st? and the present
horne OF the LenOx Library. which is on the Diock
Of ground bounded by Fifth and Madison ayes. ana
BIZ SEVENTEEN and Seventy-frst SITS Both or these
sites were carefully considered, and u was nnaliy
agreed that the Lenox site was TO be the hrst nome
Of the Public Library. This site IL admifapiy
suited FOR the purposes OF the library. the only
difficulty standing In the way being the removal
OF certain legal restrictions on the land