The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-08-17
The STONE Laid.
Mayor Hoos Welded the
Trowel Yesterday at the
New Public Library.
ONLY TIE TRUSTEES PRESENT
Congratulatory Address By
the Mayor-Dr. Gordon
Complimented.

Without any fuss. feathers or dun1s
merry. the cornerstone of the new Free
Public Library was laid yesterday after-
noon by Mayor Hoos, in the presence ox
the Free Library Trustees, DR.. L. ]. Gor<
don and Messrs. J. j. Voorhees,. s. 4.
Harvey and James Luby
The stone proper is feet long and
feet in width and in this was the cavity
containing a sealed copper box. the COM
tents OF which were published in ias<
nights News Over this stone was =
cap feet 6xS and on it's face fronting on
Jersey avenue were cut in relief .1sss =
a powerful derrick raised this cap tive
or three feet and when the box was plax,~
ed IN the cavity of the lower stone tbs
men began to put on the bed of cement
WIN the Mayor try his hand?" said
lT. l. j. Gordon, and his Honor being
MASON, and a thirty-second degree one at
lhat' seized trowel and slapped on tha
cement IN approved style. The bed being
nnisned the cap was slowly lowered into
! us place and the box was hidden in it's
STONE envelope, where it will stay it is
hoped, for centuries TO come
Then all barred their heads while Mavors
Hoos declared the stone well and truly
laid Turning to the Trustees his Honor
said
This day marks the beginning OF Z
new era in our city's history. This
building whose corner stone we have
just laid will forever be an ornameu1
and source of pride and satisfaction
TO Jersey Citys inhabitants That our
Free Public Library is popular is most
elequently attested by the thousands OF
books that it circulates annually. and BY
the large number OF people who daily
visit the reading room.
"A large and eommodious building
means greatly increased facilities for
the dissemination of knowledge and
consequent intellectual growth ON
the part of our city. There are abso-
lutely no bounds to the usefulness OF
Free Public Library. Such an in
stitution, TO say the least, stimulates
the universal craving for knowledge.
and the courses of reading opened
thereby supplement and round out the
rudimentary education which all have
had the privilege to enjoy
May our citizens take advantage Of
the opportunities presented to them,
and the future welfare Of our city is
assured
ITO you. Dr. Gordon, and you, gentIe-
men of the Board of Trustees, the city
owes big debt of gratitude for the
good work you have done / personally
wish to express my appreciation of your
noble labors and perseverance IN adding
this new building to the city Besides
being agency for much good, it is
a splendid ornament to our city and will
be lasting monument to the faithful la
bors of the Board of Free Public Library
Trustees
The Mayor then shook hands with each
of the Trustees and thanked them indi-
vidually. To President Gordon the Mayor
paid hattering compliment for without
the efforts Of that energetic and public
spirited gentleman the chances are that
there would never have. even been pub
he library for years to come.
The Mayor and Trustees inspected the
building thus far advanced, Inspector
Carlin pointing out the features CT tha
construction work with which the officials
were much gratifed Whatever may he
said of other public work the most cap
uous critic will have his hands full TO ind
flaws In the new Library.