The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-02-07
TO CANVASS PEOPLE
The Carnegie Library Building will ba
Submitted to the Will Of the
Taxpayers at Once.
City Council Merely Nant This Endorse
ment Before Making tneNeceS-
sary Appropriation.
The Medical Association Asked the Coun-
Gil for a Site for the New Hos
Pital to be Built.
The Medical Association Asked the Coun-
WANTED PEOPLE TO SPEAK
Council Wants Petition Circulated to
Govern 1t OH Accepting the
Carnegie Donation.

Carnegie Donation.
The regular meeting of the city
council was held Monday evening
and when Mayor Van Alstine called
the body to order the following alder
men responded to the roll call (: Messrs.
Stout, Perry, Mclaughlin, Koch,
Beckwith, Miller and Scriyen. The
auditor read the minutes of the reg
ular and special meetings and they
stood approved as read.
Dr.. B. A. Bobb, representing the
Mitchell District Hospital Associa-
tion, appeared before the council
with a petition asking the members
to donate a site to that Institution
for the erection of building, which
it is the intention to erect during
the present year The matter was
disposed OF for the present time by
the mayor to appoint a
committee of four to confer with the
physicians in regard to the PROPOSE
tion. The council will meet Feb. II
to take some action on the petition.
The purchase of the hospita from
the Milwaukee road was brought to
a close at this time, the road accep-
ting the proposition of the council
in the matter of vacating streets that
pass through its reservoir in Dry Run
although the road gave the city per-
mission to build a bridge across the
reservoir any time that the streets
were required for use by the public.
A. e. Hitchcock was invited by the
mayor to address the council on the
public library matter, who began his
address by reading resolution adopt
ed by the directors of the Business
Mems League, and which is as fol-
lows:
To the Honorable Mayor and city
Council, City OF Mitchell, South,
Dakota;
Whereas, Honorable Andrew Car
negie Of New York, under date of
January 10th, 1902, offered to donate
to the city of Mitchell the sum Of
$40, 200 fort he purpose OF building a
free library building as shown by
his letter to E. S. Johnston, Esq.
which is hereto annexed, the direc-
tors OF the Business Mems League
of Mitchell, South Dakota, at a meet
ing held this 3rd day OF February,
1902, unanimously adopted the follow
in resolution:
RESOLVED: That this board is
nf thn 0ni,,in,, In y.5i11 1n
the best interests of the city of Mitch
be viewed, to accept the proposed
gift in the spirit in which the same
has been rendered, and the board
is OF the further Opinion that it is
the desire OF majority Of the citi-
zens of Mitchell that sucn donation
be so accepted.
And your Honorable body is re-
spectfully petitioned to take such
steps and proceedings as in your dis
cretiOn are necessary to meet this
generous proposal and to accomplish
the end desired by such acceptance.
Respectfully submitted,
The Business Mems League OF
South Dakota,
BY President,
A. e. Hitchcock,
r.. r. Bowdle. Secretary.
In addressing himself on the mat
ter in hand Mr.. Hitchcock said that
the donation of Mr.. Carnegie was
S something new to deal with and to
inform himself more thoroughly
he wrote to Sioux Falls and Aberdeen
for information as to detail, and
also made a trip to Aberdeen for that
purpose. He spent several hours with
the committee which had charge of
the erection of the library building
and gained some information. He
said that when Aberdeen received
a letter similar to the one that
MI. Johnston got that the matter
was presented to the city council and
it was promptly accepted without
even submitting it to a vote Of the
people. The council realized the
fact that tie proposition was one not
to be turned down and it acted for
the people. The mayor there ap-
pointed a committee which had full
charge OF the erection of the build
ing.
Plans were sent to Mr.. Carnegie,
and he returned them satisfied with
what the people at Aberdeen We're
doing. adding all he wanted was the
money spent in the erection Of the