New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-04
A BOON FOR SCIENTISTS.
PLACES FOR ORIGINAL WORK IN THE
PROPOSED PUBLIC LIBRARY.

THE TRUSTEES OF THE AsToR-LENoXTlLDEN
INSTITUTION TO ENCOURAGE REsEARCH-AP-
p.RATUs AND ROOMS TO BE PLACED AT
THE DISPOSAL OF LEARNED MEN
OTHER DETAILs-A BRIGHT PICT-
uRE OF THE FUTURE.
A number Of additional details regarding the
plan of consolidating the Tilden Trust Fund with
the Aston and Lenox Libraries were made puohc
yesterday. which furnish additional evidences
that all the men concerned in this movement nave
been actuated by the highest sense of patriotism
and bv the most earnest desire 10 do the greatest
possible good with the large funds and resources
at their disposal One of the most important Cd
jects which the Joint committee representing
these three library funds had In view was not
only TO provide a suitable home for great COL
lection Of books, but 20 provide faciht!es lot
scientists who are engaged in original expert
ments and researches in various departments OF
science.
Andrew II Green. who, with Alexander z. Orr
and Lewis Cass Ledyard. represented the Tilden
Trust Fund in the Joint committee, was seen AT
his home No 81 Park-ave., yesterday by IT'D
une rcnorter and In speaking Of the PROJECT
said: 1.-The full details of the plan of consonda-
ton cannot be made known yet. as they are
numerous and other matters of more pressing
Importance should be attended to first. Our llrs'
business is to get the idea Of consolidation car
red into effect The regular meetings OF the three
boards Of trustees represented will not be nd
for some time; perhaps not for two weeks But
il is not likely that they will wait for these
regular meetings. We did not intend to have the
plan made public so soon. but now that the con-
solidation scheme has been published we propose
to push it through as rapidly as possible In all
probability the chairmen of these three boards
OF trustees will call special meetings for the puf-
pose of acting on the plan, and 1t is likely that
decisive action will be taken by all OF thenn oe-
fore the END OF the week
MORE DETAILS OF THE PLAN.
"rhe additional details Of the pan of consolida-
ton which the individual members OF the JOINT
committee have cannot properly be acted upon
until the several boards Of trustees have given
their approval to the general plan of consolida-
ton But 1t will do no harm to give you some or
the more important of these details. One is to
have rooms set aside in the new building Of the
New-York Public Library for the exclusive use OF
scientific men who are making Investigations and
are in search of new knowledge This. In fact, is
one of the most important features of this con-
sordation scheme OF course, the library part or
II will be appreciated by a far greater NUMBER
OF people but If we can give stimulus 10 1resh
investigations in the several departments OF
science we feel that we shall be doing a great
and lasting good, not only to this city Out 10
the whole world. One Of the greatest drawbacks
70 the progress of science is the diff1cuIty ana
cost Of making experiments and getting al the
right class Of books II e the general ldea OF
the committee to reserve several rooms FOR each
important department Of science where every
facility and every apparatus necessary Tor the
pursuit of new knowledge Will be placed at the
disposal Of properly accredited persons win
this announcement we may expect great progress
IN these several departments OF science Scien-
t,hc societies can here find 4 convenient head
ouarters where a vast collection will be within
easy reach"
Much admiration was expressed yesterday by
several members Of the joint committee for the
wav in which William Waldorf Aston ard other
representatives Of the Astor family had given
their aid in bringing about the plan Of consolida-
ton One member Of the committee Sald 10
Tribune reporter: TOO much cannot be sala III
praise Of the magnanmouc spirit shown by THESE
men, To appreciate II vol must remember that
their family has expended over s2OOOooo IN estao-
fishing the Aston Library. BY the plan OF con-
sondation the name Aston Will be lost In the
nu,lic mind for the new library will be known
no known that the Aston Library is one Of its
three component parts but Il must necessarily
lose some Of its i:lriduality. Both William
Waldorf Aston and John Jacob Astor not only
intinated their Willingness TO consent to the con-
soudation plan but did everything in their power
N hiring about the meetings Of the joint COM
mittee"
The plan Of consolidating these libraries has
been in the minds of several members OF the
Joint committee some years. AS early as 1881
Andrew H. Green prepared a bill for the Legis-
Iature which removes all legal difficulties from
the way Of the proposed consolidation.
MR. GREEN'S BILL
The following is the act which will govern the
consolidation of these three libraries;
Any corporation, heretofore or herea''err ,S Or
ganized under any general or SPECIAL law 90 ens s
carrying on any library In the city ana County ..
NeWYOrk is here6y Wh any other cor
poration organized for the same or similar tIi
State into single corporation In the manner fol,
lowing The respective boards OF directors or %. %
trustees OF the said corporations may enter mo
and make an agreement for the consolidauon 81
the SAID ms n csrr rG the same
into effect the name OF the new corporation me
more than twelve. and the names OF the trustees
who shall manage the concerns OF the new com
pei sHy 0f in the places Il either Of he companies
So incorpora ting shall be stock company theh
The said agreement shall further prescribe the
amount Of capital Of the new corPoratihon' The the
is 10 be divided (Which capital shall not be Larger
in amount than the fair aggregate value or the
-1roDertv franchises and rights OF the severa! com
panies thus 10 be consolidated, and the manner
OF distributing such capita among tAe consequences
corDoratons or the holders OF the stock or the
same with such other particulars as they may
deem necessary.
The act provides that the corporations shall be
merged in the new corporation when copies of
ALL NTH tba o1fyfv
Clerk of New-York and with the Secretary OF
State. It also provides that the new corporation
shall have the right TO maintain any form Of
library authorized by the charter Of either or any