The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-16
OVER $5,OOO,OOO more OF
CARNECIE'S MONEY GOES
Steel King Offers to Establish Sixty-FiYe Public
Libraries in Greater New York.
Magnificent Gift is Only Burdened With Usual Conditions
Regarding Maintenance.

sus- Boston, with 560922 people, has If
teen branch Libraries and reading rooms
and fourteen delivery stations, and ap-
prOprlates $ZSS,64 for library purposes,
being at the rate of over cents per head
OF population, and of about 5-1O of the
valuation of the property Chicago has
sixty delivery stations besides stations in
the public schools and apprOpriates 1858,
~ for library purposes, being at the rate
OF 10 BIO cents per head OF population and
seven one-hundredths Of one per cent of
P,,eei go ~ 81 30. 20 Iloll OF the properly
buHalO mas Sez,SSl people, and appro-
PIRATES S145,23S for library purposes. being
at the rate of Al cents per head Of pOpula-
ton ana nVe one-hundredrhs of one per
cent on the assessed value OF property
New York City Borough of Manhattan
and the Bronx has 2.050. COO population
and apprOpriates $3.50, 935 Cor library pur-
poses, being at the rate of s $40 cents per
mead OF population and siN-tenths one
hundredths of one per cent of the as
SeSseu value OF the property Greater
New York has s. 437.Z02 population and
approprlates $299'66S for library purposes.
Delng at the rote OF 40 cents per head
OF population and eight-tenths one-hun-
uredths or one per cent of the assessed
value of property
q The contract made by the city OF
Buffalo with the Buffalo public library
under the provisions of chapter Is OF the
worth careful examination, how best 10
provide for the maintenance of a free IL
OT ,siSn system OF New New York y (, CITY
NOhu1Clons or the Offer.
DR.. John Billings said today: Mr.. Car
neg1es offer to provide library buildings
TOR Greater New York at a cost of over
S9,OOO,COO, is made with his usual condf-
lions If accepted it Will result in the
greatest Iree public library system IN the
world We may fairly infer that Mr
CarneSle'S Idea. is that the whole system
should be- under one MANAGEMENT. that of
the trustees of the New York public IL
brary. but this is not made one of his
conditions As to the question of sftes
it is not possible that a cOnsidera bic num-
Der could be obtained without cost to the
city through gifts of public spirited Cit
liens.
1t is of the greatest Importance that
Jnat present buildings should be sun
pimented by such system of free librar-
les as IS propesd, and the sooner work
can De commenced upon ii the better for
the people and municipality as a whole
My estimate that it will take five
years to provide and equip all the build
ings necessary, is probably a reasonable
one, but If the matter is taken ND prompt
~ by the municipal authorities il will
seem as II the time could be shortened
NO doubt there are some difficult cues
tons as to details TO be settled but there
are number Of very competent persons
10 settle them. and the interests Of the
masses in every part of the city is 50
great IN seeing that full ADVANTAGE is
taSen OF the opportunity now presented
10 br1ng free books almost to the door of
every citizen. that we feel assured that
prompt action VIII be taken