The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-12

The board of trustees of the public
library held a meeting yesterday fore
noon to elect a permanent library staff
! and to pass upon the annual report to
be submitted TO the city council. The
full membership of the board was pres
ent, Messrs. Weber, Hall, Igleheart,
/ Park, Piper and Madams Miller. Dart.
/ Mccormick and Hampstead. The cleo
| ton of the library staff resulted as fol-
/ lows: Librarian, Miss Annie E. Chap
man; assistants, Miss Joan Fl. Sprague
and Miss Julia t. Lynch: clerk, Miss
Mabel Anderson.
THE RESULT A SURPRISE.
The result of the election in the dis
/ placement of Miss Anna L. Cash for
! Miss Sprague was a distinct surprise
/ to the trustees themselves and occa-
/ stoned an emphatic expression of opin-
! ion from several of the board mem
bers, not because they had any objec-
ton to Miss Sprague, but for the rea-
son. as they stated, that it was the
wrong principle to Gust. for no cause
whatever, one who had proved her
ability, was faithful to duty and who
was uniformly and exceptionally cour-
teous and accommodating in dealing
with the patrons of the library. Those
of the trustees who so declared them
! selves, announced a Willingness to vote
for Miss SpragUe whenever there was
vacancy or whenever il was deemed
necessary TO increase the number on
the staff.
THE BALLOTING IN DETAIL.
1t was a secret ballot. Miss Chap
man received Z votes; Miss Ella Law
son. the expert catsloguer recently
from California, received 1 vote ard
MI. Lee of Denver l vote.
Five votes were cast for Miss Sprague,
3 for Miss Cash and 1 for Miss Lynch.
a second ballot was required to deter
mine the other assistant librarian. This
ballot resulted in votes for Miss
Lynch and for Miss Cash.
July 1 was the time set foD the per-
manent staff to commence their en-
ployment. which. however, will be dur
! ing the pleasure of the board.
All but Miss Sprague have been on
the temporary staff of the library since
the opening.
The secretary was directed to return
been unsucce ssful in securing a posi-
ton with the library.
RESUME OF THE LIBRARY'S OP-
ERATIONS.
The boards report for the first year,
that is from Feb. II. when the library
was opened. until June 80, was referred
to President Webber, Mr.. Igleheart and
Major Hill for revision and amend
nent.
The librarians report will Show that
1881 bound volumes were received from
the Pioneer Library association, to
which were added 126 acquired by CO.
nation and 1.074 by purchase. Two
books have been lost and paid for and
Il 4 o.
in the library. During this period 1t,S0S
books have been loaned Tor home read
ing and 11,576 have been consulted in
the reference room. The number of
cards issued to borrowers it 2.754, only
81 of which have been Cancelled and
surrendered. The total number OF Wis
itOrs to the free library and reading
room is 2z.005, daily average of 225.
The financial report will show that
$10,943.30 was received from last years
Is mill tax levy and $3.50 for fines.
The disbursements for maintenance
and book purchases aggregate i,409. rs,
leaving $6,5S9.62 on hand. An estimate
shows that about $4,000 of the balance
will be necessary for maintenance until
another tax levy yields revenue. leav-
ing something like 50. eco available now
for additional book purchases
Exclusive of the estimated cost of
cataloguing, $1,000. the monthly payroll
is sos. ranging from s75 for the libra
rian. down to $50 for the assistants and
$45 for the clerk.
PROGRESS OF CATALOGUE.
With reference to the card catalogue,
the administration committee reported
that an average of 20 books per day
were being catalogued and that The
work seems to be progressing as fast es
could be expected under the existing
circumstances. The committee recon-
mended that no change be made fer the
present mnnth at least