The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-03
! TCEsSITY EXPLAINED
,,,noriation Of $4,000 for
= t IN the Library.
,sDIrIOys GIVEN IN DETAIL
..,t 10 the Petition Of the
wv ib,sry Association to
the City Council.

...sle Mayor and City Council;
,any explain the necessity fgr
rs !, January 10. requesting that
XIV, ..-,bls body appropriate $4,000
nmpletion and furnishing Of the
as,,,v building, we beg to submit
Y ...idaration the following:
y H. ,s99. Mr.. Andrew Carnegie
M. riIllngness to give TO the city
Z s5O0o0 for the construe-
usrsry building only. upon the
no, suitable site be provided
" "A 1000 per nnnum be appropri-
ri rItv OF Houston for the sup
4 I be library
4 resr the members OF the Houston
"a N the various ladies' literary
.ss- elubs Of this city worked aud
!, an effort to raise sufficient
4 !, he purchase Of suitable site
!, nd Of this time they had sue
n raising less than $4,000, and,
y, rat II was impossible to secure
4. ,.,ss from the citizens Of Houston,
\, at,. the trustees of the Houston
!, association fearing that the seem
4 .,va-auted delay In securing a site
4 aus Mr.. Carnegie to withdraw his
4 ,srshased the only site which had
4 s,rea for this amount Of money.
4 ~, ~ other sites had been sub.
4 Z but we're entirely out Of the ques-
. y reason Of the imposslhhty Of
!, ne additional money needed.
H., tbe time Of Mr. Carneeie's do
II 10 the city OF Houston, he made
s-,tons to the cities Of Fort Worth,
lr,ouio and Dallas, and these cities,
n very few days, furnished com
4, sltes for their huildinge
8s,rins the purchase of the present
4 the building. advertisements for
l, n library bsilding were placed in
\ Yo'S. Chicago and Atlanta archi-
hi papers and In the New Orleans,
lntonio, Dallas, Galveston and Hous-
aly papers, resulting IN over seventy.
applications for copies of prospectus
srnlng all necessary information.
.resn sets Of plans were received
b. the specified time, and two sets
6syrd Only the fourteen eligible sets
cnshered in competition, and all
h found unsatisfactory, either in failing
sstorm to requirements of the pros
b OF to meet the ideas Of the trustees
|ssrs desirable plans. In fact, few of
opposed buildings were at all suited
|es climate. After rejecting all com
pr plans, the two that had been
fF'd after the specified time were then
Elned, aud the design submitted by
Riley Gordon company of Dallas
itopted. In all their deliberations the
pea were assisted 10y Mr.. X. ID. steele.
~ architect, employed by them for
purpose and later on as supervising
ktftt OF the building.
r plans submitted by the Gordon com
n we're considered especially appro-
NJ for the location; the openings ad
III to all ports Of the building
"a, nd No ~ ,nv utct1e rom tu'
,,onsS ~ Sm a5',,ii Oh t9e lea'.ii-
4 ma is Nh a0'unaa ana iacins Inc
IL alone the entire building, was
CONSIDERATION, where the annual ap
s,Ir Su slI t% L os SUPPORT 81 the lorar'
h. vas one so phv 5 9'S'ahI -. ...
H. n tbe eves os th va d, y, .'..,h 10 Pr
n Csueele iihra ", 'hv ,ir,ueteesi In.
q i was no, ' sn D nntira,Ss e IA 6nF
~ s,,s sss 1904 and ceilings being of
a. tu,e ~ dog VIA, therefore,, liable
Nl6Ins " u''''o5 the contents OF
q Gssociatlon mad 3rst roootrod On
5 trom A do ,T,reS a,o ii,i,5 OF
,'slon Of the gift thar tbn L"iidi,a hc
frent haa also it, , "