The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-04-01
With City for library's
Annual Support.
COMMITTEE
OF Library Association Form
uiatcs Plan to Secure Per-
petuity Of the $4,000
Year From City.

A meeting of the Canton Library as
sociation will be held next week for
the purpose of shaping up the library
matters in order to begin the erection
of the new library building, the money
for which was donated by Andrew Car
negie. The final adoption of the plan
for the building to be erected with tn
$4,000 on the Clark site at South
Cleveland avenue and West Eighth
street has been deferred from time tc
time in order to allow a number of
legal questions to be disposed of by a
committee of members of the associa-
ton. ..--f.r
1t was brought out at the last meet
ing of the association, when the COM
petive plans for the building were
opened and considered, that there
might be some question as to the con-
tinuance of the annual contribution of
$4,000 by the city for the support of the
library and several other matters
which were discussed in connection
with the perpetuity of the gift and it,
manner of support ..
REPORT ON METHODS.
The question was then referred to &
committee composed of Austin Lynch
Judge Henry Harter, George H. Clark
and julius Whiting, Jr., and report
to include the best methods to make
everything secure was asked from the
committee. The four jurists have been
considering the questions involved fol
some time past, but have had trouble
in meeting, on account of other busi.
ness which has occupied them.
The main issue is to make the prom
ise of council to devote $1,000 yeai
to the support of the library matteI
of contract ore than of good faith
OF course, the gift of Mr.. Carnegie was
made conditioned upon the support o
the city to this amount, but the gif
was given to the Library association
and the library trustees do not wish t
! have sny slip occur. 1t Is feared tina
| in case of future councilmanic bodie
getting at loggerheads with the librar.
there might be some disposition t,
withdraw the support. The matter lef
to the consideration Of the legal com
mittee was to consider some mean
of contract which could be entered int
with the city in order to make the an
nual donation permanancy beyon
any peradventure
PLAN AGREED ON.
Some such plan has now been agree
upon by several members of the com
mittee, but as 1t has not been submit
ted to all the members Of the commit
tee for final approval. no statement a
to the exact plan can be learned. Nj
Whiting and Judge Harter will be ask
ed to give their opinion Of the matte
in the early part of next week and the
a meeting of the trustees will be calle
to consider the report and decide upo
what action should be taken.
At all events the erection of the |
brary will not be started, in all prol
!, ability, before the middle of the sun
mer. The woman's exchange, whic
now occupies the building where tn
new library will stand will not |
pressed to move. The lease of the g,
change expires on April 1. but the of
GERS will not be asked to vacate IL
!, property If they wish to remain the
] for some time after this date. 9th,
. quarters have been secured by the E
: change and the building will not
, kept in use much longer.