New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-02
LIBRARY SITES SELECTED.
BOARD OF ESTIMATE WILL PASS On
LOCATIONS OF CARNEGIE
GIFTS

,,a ,rsa+ton Of sites for the new Carnegie IL
h-sr,es will come before the Board of Estimate
and Advertisement for discussion at the meet
ing on Friday. At that time the trustees of the
Sew-York Public Library and Of the commit
ices IN Brooklyn connected with the Carnegie
Library Fund will ask that the necessary steps
he taken for the requirement OF sites under the
terms OF the deed of gift entered into between
Mr.. Carnegie and the city. The plans embrace
,be establishment and equipment of sxty-five
libraries at an estimated cost OF S52O0000 the
city to furnish the sites.
II is expected that the Board of Estimate this
week will be asked to authorize the purchase
OF FIVE sites in Manhattan Borough. in
Brooklyn Borough and three in Queens Borough.
The proposed sites are as follows:
MANHATTAN AND THE BRONX
Site No East Seventy ninth-st., between
nd aR0 a Ts6 o site acquired by
Site No. 3-Nos 2s 81 and 80 East Broadway.
Site NO "a plot As feet frontage with 100 feet
depth the southerly side OF Eghty-secondost
site No. 4-On the southerly side of One-hundred-
eshth-st, 175 feet east of Lincoln-ave.
Site No 5.-Tremont. near the Harlem Railroad
Site No 6-Sos "a 22S and DDS East one-h1ndred
and-twenty- ATHEIST 10 he acquired by eonde EN-
a as6 r0'ee0s' A' al eS'''''a''' 'Oe' u ''''' "
In his report to Controller Grout. Chief Engineer
Mclean OF the Department Of Finance says in re-
gard to site No. g. that the market value is not
above s3s 600. He places the value of site No. at
r7OOo Because OF this report II is understood that
The trustees OF the New-York Public Library may
withdraw their recommendatio and suggest the
ACQUISITION of site at nehundred- and -fortieth-
st. between Willis and Alexander ayes.
Brooklyn sites proposed seven in number. as
follows:
Rodney-st. and Division-ave. Cost, s5G !,9
lie 1.-The
posite Hancock-st. between Fulton-st, and Jeffer-
son-avs Prize asked IS Geo ortnrest corner Of
Clinton and Union SITS Price asked SOS 900
,T SIZE and 10 pacics Oi PRICE asked. 5000
Site No. 5-Plot on south corner of BushWick and
Site No. e-Northwest corner OF Norman-ave, and
LeonaId-st Price asked $50 600 90 ,,o,,r,b-.,. and
Fifty-frst-st. Price asked. $1,000.
OF six Of these sites there is but little differ
ence the price fixed by the property owners and
the estimated market value by Engineer Mclean.
As 10 the seventh site, Mr.. Mclean believes the
rrfce IS excessive He does not think the property
IS worth more than $500. In his report he says
that while localities selected are desirable, he
believes that the is too large and could be re-
duced materially without affecting the facilities OF
the library. The plots average about a dozen city
lots with the exception of the site which he says is
excessive as to price This contains five lots only.
three sites have been proposed in the Borough of
Queens. follows:
Site No l-Broadway and Cook-ave., in the old
Site No 2-NorthHest corner of First-ave. and
Thirteenth-st., in the former village of College
site No. 3-Northeast corner of Broadway and
McCormack-ave., Ozone Park
AS to plots or sites Nos. ? and Mr.. Mclean ad-
vocates their acceptance. they have been given
or their owners have expressed a willingness TO
give them 10 the city free of cost. The third site
Mr., Mclean is against accepting because the owner
desires pay for the ground he says IN MS report
sites