The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-23
GREATEST in WORLD
FIFTH AVENUE LIBRARY IN NEW
YORK WILL BE MAG
NIFICENT
TRIUMPH OF ARCHITECTURE
Will BE an American Repository of
Observation-Disclosures Ar
-rangement for Accom-
modating Patrons.
sneciaI to The Globe.

Special to The Globe.
NEW YORK. Dec. 21.-The greatest IL
brary in the world will be situated at
Fifth avenue and Fortieth street. New
York 1t will be a pure three-stor1ed
white marble building, the architecture
of which will recall the chaste produc-
lions of classic Greece.
The site of the old reservoir, New
York's great center for water will be
used as the American repository OF IN
formation-the great public library of the
world.
1t will stand upon the plot OF lano
bounded by Fifth avenue, Bryant park
Fortieth and Forty-second streets. Ii
will be in the heart Of what will be the
worlds metropolis Of the future.
It's dimensions are to be: 366 feet long
) from north to south and 245 feet wide
from east to west; 68 feet high from
the ground line to the cornice on the
center of the west front. Its wings will
be built around two open courts, each 81
feet square, which will secure an abun-
dance of light in the daytime. =
The dimensions will be as follows:
A main stack room, 274 feet long, Il
feet wide and So feet 6 inches, high,
containing floors and having a shelving
capacity for 1,250009 volumes. Access to
this stack Is provided at each end and
at the center on the east side from each
OF the three lower floors of the building
and also from the center of the reading
rooms which are placed on top of 1t. The
central portion of this stack, on the low
err access, will be lighted by electric light.
The lending department, on the base
ment floor, the lending delivery room be-
ing at the bottom of the north court
feet square. lighted from above, and COM
municated directly with the lower tier
of the main stack room.
Three large public reading rooms on
the first foor-namely, a childrenS room,
11Sx42 feet; periodical room, 1l8x42 feet.
and newspaper room, 92X3S feet.
Public reading rooms on the upper
floor, including two main reading rooms.
each 115x72 feet; two reading room ex-
tensions. with lower ceilings north and
south of main reading rooms, each SSx9a
feet. and one for public catalogue, open
reference shelves and casual readers,
S1X67 feet. The whole giving seats for
about 500 readers, and being supplied
the center of the main stack. and COM
municating with it by book lifts, running
from top to bottom.
Special reading rooms for scholars
and special students on the second floor,
including public document room, 3Sx92
feet; a room for Oriental literature, 3Sx52
feet: room for sociology and economics.
1Sx4S feet; a room for mathematics and
physical and chemical sciences, 42x77 feet;
a map room, 42N3S feet; music room,
9sx52 feet; Bible room and six special
study rooms, each about fifteen feet
square.
picture galleries, Stuart room and 9TH
or exhibitions rooms, freely open to the
public, occupying the west front of the
upper floor.
1.-The grouping of the rooms for admin
istrative offices on the south side of the
packing and shipping rooms on the base
ment floor; receiving and checking room.
business superintendent offices, etc. on
the first floor; directors offices, order
rccm, catalogue and accession room on
the second floor
This will mark an epoch in time.
w e. Waldron.