Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-10-11
oun NEW LIBRARY

THE events fstne paSp woeA n"v<
,.anrht Barre mi Oh nearer q library
olo on almost anyone In the city imag'
!nan Rv this Is meant the purchase
~ 'Ie' library site by the city.
VI f1nder the will Of the late Leonard
aIdrich the sum Of $35, 0Ooi made
~ ~ minimum sum that must be avail
Wv. .hlo h4fore work c, actually be be-
au on o on a library. The estate, OF
s sa.her that part set apart tor the
'Srarv amounted to about $40, 1000
T TuiS 81 N by the purc chase Of the library
it,. 'r' has been virtually raised to over
$4,000. $4,000. ..o+ ~. nrorortv
r,alds Is a little over $4,000, so that
!,u the aid given ny the city IN
rnrchasing the site 1t would take a
ppumher of years for the sum to reach
the proportions required before II
cond come available.
But although the sum may now De
larce enough to 60 ahead the ques'
, ,ioo arises whether or not it would be
the better policy to wait a number GA
r T until the fund Shall havd
..monnted to enough more to give d
hnilding such as the citizens woulf
lake Just pride in and feel satishe E
with, If the trustees should now de:
aide that they were at liberty to 60
s ahead and put up a building they
could not put up one such as the peo'
ME- would feel fully satisfied with.
# i, therefore urged that the matter
be left alone for while.
There is one other way by which
the building of library may be hast
ened. The suggestion has been made
by several and appears to find favor.
Il is that the proposed Soldiers mon
ument fund be used for the building
and thus make the building a Memo
rial as We'll as a library building.
This thing has already been done in
other parts Of New England with the
cordial support and approval Of the
old soldiers.
In this way not only would memo
rial be secured but a gran and USE
fuI thing as we'll. 1t has been Sug-
geSted that if it was desired 10 use
this as an 40 vertlsmem' Mt OF our
granite it could be well Done at the
same time. Let the structure cIn-ain
a large vestibule on the walls If which
could be built stone tablets with the
names Of the soldiers Inscribed upon
them. This vestibul- might be BULL
large enough to contain statue of
some sort, or the entrdl ce might be
ornameuled with carvings OF some
sort. In this way a part If the money
subscribed Tor d monumen might he
put to a good use,
TLen the second flor could he made
into good hail which could be let to
the & A R at a nominal rent for a
post hall. 10 this hall could be de.
posted and kept the valuable collec-
ton of war relics that Geo. T. Conner
is collecting.
1t is argued by those supp 'rting
this plan that the hall and the mu-
scum WI uld be OF more practical ben.
eft to the old soldiers than any monu-
ment could possibl' be. And the
whole city would participate in the
benefit as we'll.
In a certain Massachusetts, city this
way of providing soldiers monu.
ment was adopted and has proved
more than satisfactory. This city at
cost of $3.50, 600 built an elegant
structure of granite in which it has
placed its public library, admittedly
one Of the best ia the whole state. 1t
has ample room for years to come. In
the second story is a large hall to be
used as post hall by the different
Grand Army posts in the city, each
having an ante room for it's own use
as large if not larger than the Barre
city council chamber.
The old soldiers are delighted with
the hall and all the provisions made
for their comfort and care in connec-
ton with it, On the walls Of this
hall are inscribed the names Of those
existing from this CITY. Such a
thing is possible in the city of Barre
TO G. RI ain tx emit. so those who ad
Wcate the pal believe.
CITIZEN.