Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-03-16

~ cost of the branches | estimated az
ab, XIX 600 10 s125,0O0. including sites
and aoulpment. The cost Of maintain
d., The system, when completed, estl-
,ns ted nj $500. 900 year. The clrcula-
tIon OF the books for home use alone ~
these boroughs should amount TO mors
nan 10000 volumes per year, anu
there should be at least 500, 900 volumes
In the circulation department. with ao-
ditiona az new books and TO replace
,vorn.o,1t books. OF at least fO,OOO yearly:
with regard 20 the other boroughs OF
Greater New York, | have made no
sneclal plans, but think about twenty
Ave libraries would be required ioi
them. = ..a dota
which | have furnished Mr.. Carnegie.
me nopulation figures are those OF the
iast census. Boston, with b6O,Vls peup'H'
has fifteen branch libraries ana reau
ing rooms and fourteen delivery sta-
uons ard appropriates $2SS,64l tor IL
brarv purposes being at the rate OK
nver 20 cents per head Of populatloil,
ana Of about 2.5 OF the valuation Oh w
nronerty Chicago has 1866 fs peoi~r,
slx branch libraries and sixty deliVeus
stations. besides stations In the puD Hl
schools and appropriates sIoo,oy' ~,
library purposes. being al the ra'e "
Is & cents per head Of population, any
seven one-hundredths OF ! per cen, "
he assessed valuation OF the properly
Ruffalo has S59 1897 people, ana appIo-
nriafes sl45. 2SS for library purposes pc
Inc AZ tho rate of Al cents per heau vi
nopula ton, and five one hundredlns os
/ per cent on the assessed valuallon VI "
nroperty New York city lporouena COZ o
Manhattan and Bronx mas s,V oO ooy
nopulaton, and appropriates slo9,'eo
Tor library purposes, being al the raw
ofS cents per head OF populatloh, aho ~
q. 10 one-hundredths OF per cent VI tne
ossessed value Of the property ureat ',
New York has S,4St2o2 populatloh' ahu
anproprlates s299,663 for library pur-
noses. being at the rate OF ~ Genus pr
head OF population, and S-iV one-huli,
dredths Of per cent on the assessor
value OF property
nrbe contract made by the city OF
p,fraIo with the Buffalo public library |,
under the provisions Of chapter ~ Oh
tha laws OF 1897 OF the state OF New
Yort Is worth careful examination how
Most Ia provide Fur the maintenance OF
n free public library system OF ne"
York. n,s oouo,orv
pr John Billings said today "Mr
Carnegie's offer to proVile ilplais
cost Of over s5,OOo,OOO Is made WIN ms
usual conditions. II accepted IT VIII
result In the greatest free puo'ic
library system in the world
COMMENTS ON THE OFFER.
New York, March 16.-Discussng the
conditional offer Of Andrew Carnegie 10
give 81. 900 for system OF pupllc
libraries In New York city, Bishop Pot
ter is quoted in the World as saying
"Mr. Carnegie must be credited with
having performed most noble deco III
making such an offer to the city, Inc
least the city can do is to provide the
sites for the proposed branch libraries
II Is by such deeds as this by MI.
Carnegie that a nation Is uphfted'
Other opinions are az follows:
Seth Low--Such stupendous ana
magnificent. gift marks an epoch IN
philanthropy. Mr., Carnegie is Indeed
setting a swift pace for phllanthroplsts.
| II Is difficult to conceive now the
money could be better spent than IN
q library. The educational Influence OF
such a library system as he proposes
cannot fail 10 be very great The Guy
authorities should meet Mr.. Carnegie
at least half way.
Edward NJ. Shepard-Mr. Carnegies
gifts go far toward relieving that DIM
cult problem--how the rich man can
give money without corrupting the re-
cipient. The requirement OF self-deny-
ing cooperation by the beneficiary
seems to me the most admirable fea-
ture OF these marvellous and noble
gifts.
DIR. c. II. Parkhurst-Thls is a fine
specimen OF judicious magnifcence.
LIBRARY OFFERED ST, LOUIS.
st Louis, Mo, March l5,-Andrew
Carnegie has offered 10 donate Si,OOO,OOO
for the building of new public library
IN st. Louis The offer is similar to
many others which Mr. Carnegie has
made to cities throughout the United
States and abroad. The condition on
which the gift is TO be made Is TO be
easily complied with by the city OF ST.
Louis Mr.. Carnegie asks that the city
furnish an unincumbered site for the
library, and that a maintenance fund
Of $4,000 per year he assured.
Mary Beach Tousey's viii Sustained
New York, March 16,-Surrogate
Thomas has handed down a decision
upholding the win Of Mary Beach Tou-
sey. who left her estate of Sl,0O0,O0O to
Protestant Episcopal churches and In
stitutions, ignoring her relatives. The
win was contested by Donald Tousey,
cousin of Mary Beach Tousey, who lives
In Minneapolis. Surrogate Thomas
said there had been no proof of undue
Influence or OF testamentary lncapacity
on the part Of the testator.