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| PHILANTHROPY
4, York s5'2O0'0OO
i FOUNDING LIBRARIES
a,.p,n Libraries 70 Dc
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March lU,--Alidi V"
y y l@', .Ince retiring as an active
n ~ K. .tssl world, has been aDle
M time exclusively to ms
eA' ..,.n the founding of libra
d. & made his departure e. ~, lOa
= = a, sorIug memorable by the
=. h, that kind ever ad'
'' rS,w York will provide the
u. u h maintenance, he has
!" !. Ave .5g00.OOO to establish
sn,r nneh Libraries in this city, ~.
!, \, made in a letter to Dr.
4. ganss, director Of the New
a,y. last Thursday. The
mscsisnce in connection with u, the
q a, made public tonight as FOL
n ., ~ ,,,,
N Ysrs, March Is, isol'-Dr' John
Brng Director Of New York PUB
lnrag.-0ur conference upon the
Of the greater city Of New YORK
btsrcb ubraries to reach the masses
tbe Deople IN every district has con-
sgsd ne Of the wisdom OF your
ah e...,
Isry.fye branches strike one at iirst
very large order, but as otheA
M have found one necessary for eV-
III N5oo or 1000 population, then the
kunber Is not oyerestimated. You estl-
lsste the cost Of those Libraries at sSO :
n belrg ssa00OO in all. II New York
! n furnish sites for these branches,
| m ne benefit Of the masses OF the
! cpe IS It has done for the central
Itn!y and also agree In satisfactory
t1im 10 provide for their maintenance,
y built ! should esteem II a rare priv
! he 10 be permitted To furnish the
tgney Tor the buildings v5,2OOOOO-
khiy.fye libraries az one stroke prob
tsg bNaks the record, hut this Is the
b. q biz operations, and New York
son 10 be the biggest Of cities,
ANDREW CARNEGIE.
Secretary G. L, Rivers of,the New
ak Public Library association wrote
Mayor Van wyck submitting MIR
gTegss letter, as follows:
NJ York, March l5.-Robert A. VA
N-By direction Of the board o
tsRs Of the New York public i
wv, Astor, Lennon and Tilden foun
iIlons, have the honor to hand yol
herewith a copy Of a letter, which W
fecslyed from Andrew Carnegie on N,
lsth the day q his sailing for Europe
You viii observe that Mr. Carnegie
piers to bear the expense Of building
number OF branch libraries at an es.
|nated cost Of &2OoOOO, provided the
~ Will furnish the necessary land.
provided satisfactory arrangements
be made for all these branches.
aere are no other conditions.
am Instructed that II the city au.
|'rites look with favor on the gen.
~ pan, our board Of directors WIN
I'd Itself In readiness to cooperate
very way possible in furthering the
fhsneenl purposes which are the oh
/ q M. CarnegIe's muniacent offer
y understood that Mr.. Carnegie's
Is Intended to apply TO the entire
Ihe methods and agencies Of ad.
~ as ,,s branches In boroughs other
y Manhattan and the Bronx, viii be
. Be settled hereafter.
IN further Instructed to say that IN
Aallle M Camegie's proposaj mr.
. accompanied Il with the follow.
SAFmeht In the conferences va.
M 2 BY M Carnegie. the sugges-
% ,hfh have made related mainly
s ~ guellc library system for The
.4iid Manhattan and the Bron NV
r ~, that such a system should
~ ',s great central reference H.
y. y Iorty-second street and Flrth
- ~ soou' forty branch libraries Far
-, saa'a, small distributing centers
v, ,s... public school buildings which
y ', ,.p TO such purposes, ana q
Y Z Y, s,a'slins library system one Sr,t
E,,s " s sun, building. Each OF the
nv, s a,. contain reading-rooms
!, D ..Il sirty TO 100 adults and ' sor
=. , .sg to l2j children. ana I'm in
\, y s,'als should be about ! 600 VOL H.
I, y "a sn,syclopedias, dictionaries gsy ' az
|. Eng saa, arg end important re rs, ar
.,s' %sk !. There should be annie au,rra
ts .s.l' e. s'd delivery arrange n,apts
~ 'n' branches and the central