The sun., 1901-05-12
SITES OF CARNEGIE LIBRARIES.
The General Plan That win Bo Followed In
Selecting Them Other Details.

There have been several conferences tho
past two or three days between DR.. John
s Billings. director Of the New York Public
Library who represents Andrew Carnegie
in tho arrangement OF his IS. 2oO. 900 gift Of
Libraries to New York city. Corporation
Counsel Whalen, Comptroller Coler. repre-
sentins the city. md John 8 Cadwalader
Of the Board Of Trustees OF the New York
Public Library. at which the details OF MIR
Carnesic's gift have been gone into very
fully Dr Billings has explained to the
others that the .dea IN Mr. Carnegis's mind
when he decided upon the gift was that no
resident Of the entire community should
be compelled 20 walk more than a quarter
OF mile In order to reach a fully equipped
public library
Mr. Carnegie desires to have tho libraries
convenient To every mans home. 30 that
bis children and the women folks OF his family
can run out and get a book as conveniently
In the future as they can 60 out and get
growlsr full OF beer now
After considering the matter fully tho eX-
perts who have been studying II have de-
cded that they Will be able TO accomplish
this with the 1875 free Libraries which are now
in existence supplemented by about sixty
fvc Carnegie libraries. II Ia planned to do
wise general library system composed Of
=,
will at the same time be parts OF tremen-
dous machine for the distribution OF books.
all of them working harmoniously together
In making up their plan for the arrange
mcnt OF this system, the library trustees and
city officials have decided that all technical
Libraries and libraries devoted to one class
of works shall be disregarded entirely and
only general libraries taken into considera-
tion II has become evident that It will DO
impossible to work the plan out successfully
unless all Of the Libraries now existing agree
safa ,ANfr nj
trolling body, which shall have power to ar
rang" for the satisfactory Intervening OF
oil tho institutions
Whether some Of the libraries which are
now free TO the public but which are In part
supported by endowmens or funds raised
bv contributions or are under the control OF
associations will be willing TO surrender ss
much Of their Independence ss will be neCes-
sirv TO make the plan success IL not known
Apparently tho prime movers in the arrange
"H "t hs d99 s1 Sens tHnF .o. ,ns Of n.
libraries 10 60 into the scheme because they
have taken steps to influence any which
may object.
II has been decided that II tho city Is TO
support general scientific library scheme.
libraries which are unwilling TO como undeT
the management Of the board which VII
control IL should not share in the city funds.
and any library whose management Ia un;
willing TO be guided by the Board Of Control
which Is 10 be constituted of city officers and
oXperts. will probably find itself cut of from
any share IN the city's moneys
II T. tho desire of those who are interested
in giving practical effect TO MIR Carnegie's
Rift To- disturb as little a. possible the existing
libraries Wherever n free library Is cover
ing territory as II should be covered no
Carnegie library will be established within
the limit' Of its influence. and the new insti-
tutons will be plnced a. far as is possible
where they will reach n territory which does
not NJ present have tho benefit Of any library.
Dr Rilllngs, Mr. COler. Nr Wh0len and Mr,
C9dwnlodcr are now making very careful
study of the map which Mr. WhGlen had pro-
pared showing the location OF tho existing
free libraries These libraries are - De dis
turbe1 only whom II is absolutely necessary
IN determining whore Tho Carnegie Libraries
shnl be placed gHoxrnphical considerations
VIII inHuneco the decisions very largely
Tho proapactive growth NJ the city will also
ho taken into account, and provision will be
made for future Increases IN population
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