The evening times., 1898-12-02
MR.. DOYES' REPORT ON
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Cash Contributions for the
Institutions Support.
THE LIST OF OFFICERS
s..J-s..= aio-y4-.-
Many Donations of Books and Pam
phlets Made.
Outlook fer the Success of the
Enterprise. in the Opinion of the
President, Is Encouraging.

Theodore w Noyes. the president of the
board of trustees of the public library of
the District, today submitted his first
annual report TO the Board of Commits
sio-ers.
The report opens with the statement
that the idea of a taX-sustained library
Of the modern type for Washington,
which would be a supplement of the
public schools, for the benefit of i5.e00
school children, and which should be
open at night for workingmen, was first
suggested by the local press, and advo-
Gated by the Board OF Trade. The Com
missioners, the school trustees, the work
ingmen's associations and citizens or
gauizatioas co-operated to promote the
movement, and finally. by act of Con-
gress. passed June g. 1896. the library was
established ON the basis desired.
This act carried no appropriation, and
the first maintenance provision for the
/ library appeared in the appropriations act
| Of June 30. 1898. which allowed the institu-
ton Sc, 40.
The library organization is as follows
TrusteesS. w. Woodward, B. H War
ner, j. B. Larner. A r. Spofford, j.. T.
Dubois r. r. Perry. T w Noyes, C. j.
Bell and R. H. Thayer.
Officers-Theodore w. Moves president.
b. III. Warner, vice president; Weston
| Flint. librarian, secretary and treasurer:
Miss Irene Gibson, first assistant libra
rian; Miss Emma A. Spilman, second as
sistant librarian.
The committees are as follows: Books,
| Spofford, Thayer and Woodward; en-
ploses, Dubois, Woodward and Warner:
rules, Perry, Spofford and Larner; build
ing, Warner, Dubois and Thayer: fl
nances, Larner, Bell and Perry; bookbind-
ing, Thayer, Spofford and Larner; Iegis-
| lation, Bell, Warner and Thayer; dena-
/ tions, Woodward, Warner and Bell.
/ The trustees have recommended, and
the Commissioners have designated, as the
location of the library No. 1926 New York
Avenue This building, well lighted, ad-
mirably located, in close proximity to a
street railroad center and easily accessi-
BILE to the people of all sections of the
District. has been materially altered and
repaired in order to make it more suitable
for library purposes and is now reason
ably well adapted to this use 1t was oc-
cupied by the library early in November
I and will be opened to the public this
month.
The books constituting the present Ii
| braray are entirely private donations.
There are now on the shelves Is, 600 vol
! umes- The largest single donation is the
collection of the Incorporated Washing
| ton City Free Library, which transferred
to the Commissioners all its books
The largest cash donations for the pur-
chase of books have, been made as fol-
lows: Crosby S. Noyes s., 900; Woo iward
, & Lothrop, 81, 600; John r. Mclean, $3.50:
Charles C. Glover, $3.50
James T. Dubois has donated to the
library the sum of s., 900, which he agrees
later to increase to S., 000 provided it be
known as the Henry Pastor Memorial
Fund" the annual interest of which is to
be devoted to the purchase Of scientific
periodicals. This collection Will be of
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