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charge the duties expected of 1t by the in
creasing development of the institution. and
the authorities have submitted an estimate
for. and believe that for the next fiscal year,
July 1. 1904. to June 80 1906. the following
force will be required to properly carry on
the work, even at the present rate Of in
crease:
Librarian. 5000; assistant librarian.
| 81, 200; assistant. reference room. 800; as
sistant. children's ROOM 500; assistant,
children's room, $40: assistant issue divi-
sion. $120; assistant. issue division 5000; as
sistant. issue division, $40; assistant, regis
trat1on division. $500; assistant. order 6fivi-
ION, $I20; assistant, order division, 5000; as
sistant, order division, $40: head cata-
loguer, $1,000; cataloguer $40; cataloguer
$L20; cataloguer. 5000; three cataloguers at
soio' Sl,62o; stenographer and typewriter,
SiO; two attendants reading room at $iS0
%pO; two attendants reading room at $780,
$l1o; two attendants reading room at $3.50,
s9GO; two attendants delivery room at $500.
sI2o; four messengers at $780, 81 440; eight
pages at s24O S1,92O; two janitors at $3.50,
%6O; engineer. $500: fireman, $40; workman
S4so; six charwomen, 81 1.OSO; watchman,
$3.50.
The good offices of the Board of Trade
should be given to the procurement of an
appropriation for the force as estimated
for and specifically in aid of the proposed
increase in the salary of the veteran and
elnclent librarian, whose increased duties
ana responsibilities place him now in the
front rank of city librarians In the coun-
try.
Mr.. Babson referred to the general i'm
preston that most of Mt Vernon SQUARE is
taken up by the Public Library building
ana said that only one-seventh of the
square is covered by the structure That
gave ample ground for improving and
identifying the site.
Authorizing Transfers.
MIR. George D. Evans offered a resolution
requesting and authorizing the committee
on public library to take such steps as NAV
be necessary to bring about a transfer
from departmental libraries to the Public
Library of all books not essential for refer
ence as the technical uses of the DEPART
ment require.
Mr.. Evans said an act of Congress au-
thorized the heads of departments to trans
Ter books In their libraries to the Public Ii
brary in their discretion. AS this was mere
iy discretionary authorization 1t had never
peen acted on He thought that an effort
should be made either to have this legisla-
tion fe-enacted in a mandatory form or to
take other means to secure these books
ne DOCKS not or technical nature for
reference, he said, had generally been read
py the clerks In the departments and were
really OF no use there although they would
De valuable accession for the Public Ii
S oIarS. Ihey were books of biography his
toly OF miscellaneous books of standard
authors Th resolution was adopted, and
'ie report OF the committee approved
Report on Public Buildings.
The report of the committee on nublio
buildings was made by Mr. B. III. Warner.
the chairman. The municipal building for
which appropriation has been made. has
not yet been commenced, although the title
to the ground has been acquired for a long
time, the report stated. We presume the
piahs Will be completed and approved. and
the contract awarded within the present
year; In order to avoid delay. as far as
possible, 1t Is suggested that the Board of
trade request the Commissioners of the
District of Columbia to award a contract
lor the necessary excavation at the earliest
possible moment, il this can be done under
existing law.
In the last report of this committee mem
tlon was made Of the great need of a Police
Court building. The matter was properly
presented to Congress but no apnronria
ton was made. The necessity for a new
puiidlng, or course. grows greater with the
idpse OF time 1t is much to be regretted
mat provision has not been made for
proper accommodations and facilities for
carrying on the business of the lower
branch of the Criminal Court The cells
ana general outfit are disgrace to civiliza-
ton, and certainly most glaring renroacb
TO the national capital
Ihe crowds of actual and suspected crimi-
nals continually passing through the corri-
dors and cells of the building give disease
anu anu cohtaglon hne opportunity to get in
their work AS stated before many of our
pest citlZens are compelled to transact busi-
ness with the court. and they are forced to
go into the clerks office. which is a little
place. crowded and ill-suited to the nurnoses
for which it is used
Not Due to Inaction.
The present condition of affairs is not due
TO any want of interest or attention on the
part of the Commissioners of the District
of Columbia. who have for several vears