The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-13

sfy One OF the Most Urgent Needs.
The Board OF Trustees Of the Public Ii
hrary of the District Of Columbia in their
annual report describe the new library
building as follows:
''The building to be provided under the
contract and now IN course Of eonstruc-
ton is to Uonsist OF a rectangular central
pavilion III feet inches long north and
SOUTH. and so feet 10 inches broad, with
equal wings east and west. respectively,
each 63 feet 6 Inches long north and
south. and 81 fest 10 inches broad The
structure will thus have a maximum width
On the basement line of Z19 feet 10 inches
at It's trent feast and west}, and maxi
mt N depth Of III feet inches in its cen
tral pavilion ca the north and south line.
The building is to stand in the centre Of
Mount Vernon Square, east and west but
is TO approach at its rear close to the north
line Of the square, thus placing eonsIdera-
BILE park space south Of the structure and
enhancing its architectural effect as its long
south font and main entrance are aD-
preached.
The area of Mount Vernon Square is
I3G- PIP square 4eet f5G9 feet inches by 255
feet inches) The area to be occupied by
the library Is Il, 307 square feet Thus
nearly seven-eighths Of Mount Vernon
Square are untouched by the new build
ing and the park space available for public
use includes the ground upon which the
best trees are growing. The park sur
rounding the library building viii furnish
1t setting Of green and viii Increase both
its comfort and its attraeiYeness. On the
ether hand. the location Of the library upon
a small fraction Ct the square VIII insure
greater care and attention and expenditure
Of money in developing the remainder Of the
park for the purposes CT public use and
recreation. Il VIII not be permitted to re-
main neglected ard unkempt
The basement is but partly below the
ground level and IS admirably lighted,
well ventilated, and IN every way service
able fer any library use In the central
pavilion the basement is occupied by the
entrance hall and bicycle room, the Ia
vatOries packing room. receiving rooms,
lunch room, bindeTy, and the boiler room
extending down TO tie subbasement. The
east wing is devoted to stoTerooms and
rooms for the 5anitoT and house cleaners
and scrubw0men- In the west wing the
basement is one entire room not yet as
signed This may ultimately become the
childTen's reading room when the demand
for juvenile accommodations outgrows the
space provided CT the first floor for this
purpose or when the chiIdren's room On
the first floor IS needed to enlarge the
open-shef accommodations.
In the first or principal story the cen
trail pavilion contains The entrance and
general delivery hall, in which also are
the staircases to The second floor. Here
also are the so-caIled reception, which is
really an annex CT the open shelf room,
public catalogue room, and the librarians
office. Behind the long delivery counter
for the service Of books 10 readers is a
vide passage 10 the book stack that oceaI-
pies the whcle ncrth eEd of this pavilion
extending up through both the first and
second stories. On one side OF this pas
sage is located the accessfOns room and
on the ether the catalogue room.
The east wing IS used as The general
public reading room, ard the
west wing Is divided equally by
partition between the chiIdren's
reading room and the main opel-
shelf room. The latter and the two
reading rooms viii be provided vi 4 wall
shelving all around within easy reach Of
readers. There IS considerable Il zXibility
IL the area available for the open=shelf
AID chiidren's rCOas. which are among
the notable features OF the new building
Ample provision is made for future ex-
pansicn IN these two directions
In the second story the central pa
Tilion contains a memorial or exhibition
hall, several private study rooms, and the
trustees rooms The east wing in this
story contains the public reading rooms
for periodicals and newspapers, and the
west ring Ray also be used as q read NJ
room. but Is designed as lecture or
classroom.
There are altogether Sc rooms and
halls, Of which Il are in the Basement,
10 in the first story, and in the second
story, beside the main boekroom or book
stack, occupying the north end of the
central pavilion and, as stated. extending
from the frst-story floor TO the rooi"
OF books wanted for the Public Library
the report says:
The appropriations for the year 1901
1902 10 be made by the approaching session
OF Congress, viii probably cove the date
OF occupying the new building and per-
haps four or FIVE months of such occupancy
Within the same fiscal year viii certainly
be included the preliminary period Of Sc
curing the books with which to fill the
shelves of the new building The library
IS enjoying healthy growth in its present
cTamped quarters. but everything in the
new building WIZ ~ IN SO much larger
scale that special attention must be given
TO the labor Of securing very great in
crease in the number OF books The pres
ent library contains less than 10 600 vol
umes. While they overflow the shelves OF
the building now in use they will be lost
IN the structure on Mount Vernon Square
The wall shelves and book stack on the
first floor alone of the new library will ac-
commodate 7I,670 volumes, as follows:
First tier book stack, Sc, 600; public reading
room, 200; ehiidren's room, $500; open
shelf room, $500 The permanent wall
shelving and book stack viii accommodate
zSS,2 volumes, leaving portable cases OF
BOOK presses out OF the calculation. The
special labor OF all friends of the library
will be to so increase the number of ,,oI-
umes on its list that the shelves of the new
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