The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-12

a bride. viii have an added interest
through associations connected with MI /
Carnegie's great benefactions.
Where He Gave Away S5o,ooo,oOO. /
Here have been planned the gifts which |
have astOnished the wOrld-the So,-Vy,yJ0
library gift to New York City the S f,I
10000 gift to Washington for nauOnal I
education, the 100000 TO Scotland Tor /
her universities ana the 100000 10 PITTS /
burg for old Carnegie employees VINO {
need pensions. At least S5O,WGVVO nave |
been given away from the private ucrdry /
IN which Mr. Carnegie enjoys his snake
speare and other standard works.
On the walls are these notices.
.'The present movement is our aim; the
next we never see.
he that cannot is a fool; he that Will not
is a bigOt.'
This library is on the second floor Of
the Carnegie house. In connecting fOOuI
sits the secretary. one of the busiest men
in town Hundreds of letters come IN one
delivery of Mr.. Carnegie's mail, ana these
must be assorted by the secretary. -,
In his new mansion Mr. carnegie WIN
have a much larger library and splendld
office for the transaction OF his business
of lettering humanity
As soon as J. PierpOnt Morgan toOh NJ;
Carneg,s's business troubles off MS NINA
he hegan to get rid of his wealth with a
free hand. and the belief IS that he VIII
keep up the pace. His first lntlmaIon VI
the greater gifts which We're to come was
made on the date of his departure Ior
Europe early in March.
S5,OOO,OO0 to Employees.
On March % President Schwab of the
Carnegie company received the letter
which told of the gift of $5O0I000 to the
employees of that company, now merged
in the steel trust; 100000 was Tor those
/ injured in the service, those dependent
] upon employees who had lost their lives
\ -, ha of the cOmnanV ana lot
/ pensions for those grown old IN the en-
/ ploy of the company. one million was
for the maintenance Of libraries built by
/ Mr.. Carnegie in BraddOck, Homestead
MIR, Carnegie. in designating his gift as
! his first under the changed condltions'
said ,.-- ..,.,,
upon retiring from business as an &C
Y acknowledgement of the deep debt which
owe to the woTkmen who have contrib
! uted so greatly to my success
To the people Of Plttsburg ne WT ,C,.5;.,-.
IAN opportunity to retire from business
/ came to me unsought, which 1 considered
! it nv duty to accept. My resolve was
/ made in youth to retire before old age
/ From what I have seen around me L can
| not Doubt the wisdom of this course, al
/ though the change is great even serious
/ and seldom brings the happiness expect
! ed But this was because so many nay
ing abundance to retire upon have so NJ
SoT6e fatAers :, oIden days thought that
, a man shOu' ave time before the END
/ of his car, + he making of his soul.
I have aIl. $ felt that old age should be
| spent. not as the Scotch say, in making
| micllIe mair,' but in making a good use
of what has been acquired; and L nope
nv friends of Pittsburg will approve OF
nv action in retiring while still in full
health and vigor. and I can reasonably
expect many years for usefulness in fields
which have other than personal aims.
THE share which l have had IN the
material development of our city may be
| considered only the foundation on which
| the things of the spirit are built. and IN
! taking the things of the material to de
veIop the things of the spiritual world
feel that I am pursuing the ideal path OF
life and duty.
Libraries For New York City.
| On March Is the gift to New York City
for siXty-five branch Libraries was an
nOunced. On the eve Of his departure fol
Europe Mr.. Carnegie wrote to Director
Billings of the New York public library
our conferences upon the needs Of
/ Greater New York for branch libraries &c
reach the masses of the people in every
district have convinced ME Of the wisdom
of your plans. SiXty-five branches strike