The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-02-14
LIBRARY BOARD
CALLS A Meeting !.
To Receive the Suggestions
and Take Final Action--
! News. Democrats Idea Re-
celves Favorabl Conn
mant.

A meeting Of the Canton Library
association will be held in the rooms
of the library on Friday night to con-
slider the plans for the new library
to be erected with the funds supplied
by Andrew Carnegie. w. w. Hawk,
of New York, in whose hands the
plans for the library have been for
some time, has notified George H.
Clark, secretary of the library asso-
citation, that he has forwarded the
plans and they are expected to arrive
in this city on Wednesday.
At the request of the library asso-
citation, number df competitive
plans were submitted by different
architects. In courtesy to Mr.. Hawk,
through whose efforts the donation
from Mr.. Carnegie was secured, the
plans were forwarded to him in New
York for his approval. They have
been in his care for some time.
EXPECT SUGGESTIONS.
Upon the intelligence from New
York that the plans were on their
way back to Canton, q meeting of the
association was called Friday night,
at which time the selection of the
successful plan will probably be made.
1t Is anticipated that Mr.. Hawk has
made some recommendation in regard
to the different plans and it may be
that none of them have proved salts
factory.
The project broached few days ago
in the News-Democrat to have the city
contribute towards increasing the IL
brary building by combining with it
the proposed auditorium to be erect
ed by the city has met with approval
on all sides.
James D. Barry, secretary of the
water works department, thinks that
1t would be most proper to erect such
structure on the Harter property
on South Market street. Mr.. Barry
thinks that the gift of w. w. Clark.
of the property at South Cleveland
avenue and Eighth street, should not
be ignored, but at the same time he
thinks that the matter could be ad-
justed.
MIGHT GET AN INCREASE.
Mr.. Barry thinks that II the two To-
cations were presented to Mr.. Car
negie for consideration that the for
mer steel king would be willing to
increase the amount he has already
offered under the condition of having
the institution erected ON the larger
property. Then, too, Mr.. Barry is
Of the opinion that the property own
ers along South Market street would
work to raise an amount of money
sufficient to make up the difference in
the price Of the two mentioned prop
critics.
]. H. Kenny, of the firm of Kenny
Bros, also speaks well Of the project.
The property is much more desirable
thinks Mr.. Kenny, and the property
owners would gladly work to raise
the amount needed II the various in
terasts could be brought successfully
together.
Then the majority of the readers al
the present library are drawn from
the eastern portion of the city and the
change in the location of the institil-
tion would be beneficial rather than
otherwise.
FAVORABLE COMMENT.
Miss M. p. Martin, librarian of thu
present lu5LltutiOI, Sdlu tHdC speak
ing off hand. she would Judge that the
eastern portion of the city was the
residence portion from which tht
majority OF the readers were drawn
Miss Martin said that she was pleased
to know that the library would have
better quarters than the ones 1t now
occupies aud that she had given the
advantages of the two, sites nj
thought. NsstS
George II. Clark. secretary of the Ii
brary association, said that the pro
posal to change the site of the IL
brary had never been brought to hi
attention and that he had not giver
the matter much thought except tha
he considered 1t good plan to keeI
the new building in the vicinity of thu
other public buildings. Still he coult
advance no good reason why thi
would be necessary.
A number of other people have ex
pressed themselves in favor of tn,
new site, whether the project to com
bine 1t with the city's auditorium
would be feasible or not