The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-22
CARNEGIE LIBRARY
Is OPENED AT OGDEN
q Splendid Structure Donated to City Form
ally Devoted to Public Use.
SPeeehnakHg and Fluctuations Mark the Ceremonies Story
Of The Gift and It's Conditions.
special TO The Herald)

OGDEN. Aprl 2l-The Carnegie tree library was opened
| tonight with appropriate ceremonies. The splendid
building was a blaze OF igHt from dome to base
ment and large aadaca attended me formal ceremonies
ucpate n informal reception. There was also fund
dispersed subscribed with every pros
ret OF another $500 being available before The week is
,r,a5 as .or P programme consisted Of music by MTs
4. "lt5 .aiS. florence Fufay HoWeu and lhe
terrain church delivered the Invocation Mrs H. s. Elmer
le - tnls cl'S- read an ADDRESS Governor Wells was
unable o be present and sent telegram of congratua-
purehsse al mon. b55ts Re-, p c35sbe smoke gyi1e
Rev p M Cushnahan spoke in similar veln superIn-
address. Mayor GIasmann read a BRIEF letter from
Andrew tarne8e, iH which che former steel magnate con-
CIRCULATED the city the completion of the library and
ueed that De maintained The mayor also accepted the
building for the CITY President Joseph Peery Of the board
open tomorrow n charge of Miss Faddis of the Unlver-
.t'on on 1ls 'llellall system ana ue ,l W
The building. which erected at a cost OF S25OOO
i7 Oh classic aesls" me plain simple Lines stand
was accepted b tbe board iier a connection In Which
and the visitor on entering the door sees just ahead OF
IS light and airy ad conveniently arranged for attending
the front eastern of the From the north
end door leads into well arranged work while
the south end located The office OF the librarian.
Just of the work is well arranged reference
room. East of the reference and occupying the
northeast corner Of the building is a commodous room
the chdrens room. To s the purpose TO nt
this with childrens books. papers and games
Immediately across the wide hallway s the reading
boom apartment occupies almost the entire south
lend Of building. The second story is reached 10y
broad stairway leading up from the front and contains
commodi0us assembly room. which takes the west END
o the second story. Fankng this at either end are TWO
smaller rooms of which Is 20 be used by the library
directors the other for committee meetings and gain
erngs of various kinds Each of these, 10y the use Oh
sliding doors De thrown into the general Assembly
room and the capacity the latter enlarged so as 10
accommodate about 1000 visitors
The movement for a library long agtated
Dos number of citizens chiefly ladies' who under Che lead
Mrs. III Emerson had maintained the old ogden Tree
reading room and library at great personal sacrifice
letter drafted hg ~ L MaguulS and Rev T. l. Goshen
finally to air. Carnegie and the reply in the due
Course months statement from the multi
lri0naires secretary that Mr. Carnegie would the
architects estimates Co the amount of $4,000 IF me
tity ogden would arrange for permanent fund of O
Per that amount 90 be- paid annually as mann
fund.
The city also 90 donate "a site. The matter was
then quite difficult of arrangement but finally AN the
details settled and Mayor Browning appointed the
first board of trustees for the association.