The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-27
FREE LIBRARY TO CLOSE,
The Holmes Institution in Berke.
ley Will Be Locked
Up.
About $4,000 Paid in Taxes for the
Year, Leaving Balance
of $22 1000.

BERKELEY, CAL, Nov. &c. - The
Holmes Free Library is about to be closed
after one year and nine months of useful
service to the town. Its doors will be
locked against the public on December l..
The directors of the Library Association
have issued an order that no more books
be loaned, and calling for the immediate
return of such books as are now out.
1--WE have no alternative" said w. H.
Waste, president of the association, last
night. 1.-The library has up to the present
time been supported by contributions
from members of the association, but
since the Town Trustees have levied a
tax for library purposes our income has
ceased. People do not care to give pri-
vate donations and pay a public
tax for the same purpose at the
same time. By the first of November our
bank account was overdrawn 81 cents, SO
that we are now running on nothing. 1t
costs about $3.50 a month to maintain the
library, and as we have no money now
and none in sight we are compelled to
close.
at is understood that the Town Trustees
are preparing to accept our offer of the
library and all its appurtenances and close
it until library trustees are chosen at the
next regular election. They claim that
they have no right to appoint them. The
Trustees desire US to sue out writ of man.
damus compelling them to appoint library
trustees, thus testing their power to do SO.
This, however, we cannot do.
GAS the matter now stands there is about
$4,000 in the town treasury collected as
tax for library purposes, and which cam
not be used for anything else. In the
created a public library, and consequently
vacancies now actually exist in the offices
of library trustees.
"The Town Board has undoubtedly the
right to fill such vacancies"
Last Day of Grace.
To-day was the last day of grace for
property-owners of Berkeley to settle their
first installm ent of municipal taxes for the
current year.
Treasurer Squires was overwhelmed from
morning till night with those who did not
wish to have their names appear on the
delinquent list.
The total tax for the year is $61OS7 TO- of
which $45, 900 has been paid in.
Since the first installment is $34, 1893 Sc
and the second $50, 1873 a. it will be seen
that only about $4,000 remains yet to be
paid. The date for payment of the last
installment commences January 1, 1896,
and the time runs until the first Monday
in April, after which all unpaid taxes will
come under the head OF delinquents.
Smith Is Still at Large.
Smith, the alleged companion of Burglar
Bradley, who was arrested in Berkeley last
week for petty larceny, is still at large. A
photograph of the supposed accomplice of
Bradley has been received by Marshal
Lloyd from the authorities in San Jose.
Bradley, who is in jail, says that the photo
bears no resem blance to his partner.
wedding Bells.
The wedding of Dorothea G. Jacobsen
and r. G. Ralston took place last ev ening
at the residence of the brides father on
Bristol street, Rev. DR.. Wendte OF Oakland
officiating Many friends of the contract
ing parties from San Francisco, Oakland
and Alameda were present.
The couple will dwell permanently in
North Berkeley.