Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-10
Citizens of the District Ask
for Branch Libraries.
MR.. CARNEGIE'S OFFER
TENDER OF SITE FOB BUILDING
IN WEST LEXINGTON.
Brightwood Park, Tenleytown and
Anacostia Prefer Requests-The
Board Reflects officers.

Formal applications have been received by
the trustees of the Public Library for the
establishment of branch libraries under the
terms of the latest Carnegie library fund
from four different sections of the city
lexington Brightwood Park. Ten1eytown
and Anacostia. Two of the applications
are made through citizens associations, one
from a private Individual, and one through
a public petition which has 264 signatures.
The applications for Brightwood Park. Ana
costa and Tenleytown were received by Mr..
Theodore Noyes. chairman Of the library
trustees, this morning, while the lexington
application was received yesterday and was
laid before the trustees at a meeting held
yesterday afternoon. A committee of the
board of trustees, including Messrs. Theo-
dore Noyes, chairman; b. II. Warner and
Charles J. Bell, was appointed to consider
the applications which might come in and
to draft resolutions of thanks to Mr.. Car
negie for his latest benefaction, the tender
of branch library buildings.
The lexington application came to the
board of trustees through the North Capitol
and lexington Citizens Associa ton. The
lexington citizens organization has had
the subject of public library for that sec
tion under consideration for many months.
ard with the application filed yesterday the
association transmitted letter from Mr..
George Truesdell, former Commissioner Of
the District. addressed to Mr. NoyeS, and
Offering a site for a branch library building
to be located In West lexington The site
Includes lots 2S and %. in square q, West
lexington, having a frontage of so feet on
r street and 30 feet LIST street. Mr..
Truesdel states that the proposed site is
one square north of the lexington School
and one square east of the new school on
Lincoln avenue. Mr.. Truesdell states that
he will be pleased to convey to the library
trustees title to the property whenever
they are prepared to receive it.
Mr.. Henderson's Statement.
This is not all the lexington Citizens AS
ISOLATION has to offer for the library, how
ever. Mr.. William G. Henderson, president
Of the association. states in his letter to Mr..
Noyes:
The citizens Of this suburb have had in
mind for the past three years the establish
ment of public library in the suburb, and
the North Capitol and lexington Citizens
Association for that period has had spe-
cial committee known as the public library
committee. The committee has worked
energeticaIly with a view of erecting
building and having it used for library pur-
generosity Of Mr.. Carnegie. the citizens may
possibly be able to realize the consumma-
ton of their fondest hopes. and as a con-
tributioh toward the laudable object the
citizens are enabled. through the generosity
of Col Truesdell. to offer site in every
way desirable for the purposes in view"
The enect of the work of this library COM
mittee of the Citizens Association has been
to stir up sentiment among the citizens
of that section of the District for a library
building, and 1t has progressed so far that
1t is believed 1t will be able to comply with
the suggestions of the library trustees with
regard to books for reference library. &c.
before many weeks. and that West Ecking-
ton will secure it's branch Of the public
library. The petitions received this morning
are not quite complete as that of the
m
tion to the desirability of having a library
in each section represented. Mr.. w. Nick.
Clayton. president of the Brightwood Park
Citizens Association, in his application,
asks that Brightwood Park be given a
library and states that the citizens will
gladly furnish the site.
The pupils and teachers OF the public
school IN Tenleytowr forwarded the appli-
cation from that section in the form of
petition, with 264 signatures. There is a
library association in Tenleytown. and It Is
probable that the books Of this association
will be turned over to the branch library.
Mr.. ]. C. Leonard of As Harrison street
Anacostia. forwarded the application for
that section of the District. He states that
there Is an excellent site for a branch
library In Anacostia, and he hopes that
something will be done toward securing the
funds for the buildings. In the case of
these last three arplicai ions it is expected
that specific offers of sites and books will
be submitted In due time.
Meeting Of Trustees.
The board of trustees met at the new
library building yesterday afternoon at
O'Clock in regular session for the purpose
of discussing such business as might come
before it. The first business of the meeting
was the election of officers. and the election
resulted in the selection of the old officers
for another term: Theodore w. Moves,
president: B. H. Warner, vice president
Weston Flint. librarian. secretary and
treasurer. Mr.. Noyes laid before the board
the letter from President Henderson OF the
lexington Citizens Association and the
letter of Mr.. Truesdell Offering site for
the lexington branch This offer started
a general discussion of Mr.. Carnegie's latest
offer and resulted in the appoint ment of
the committee already referred to to con-
slider all applications that might come in
for the establishment of branches After a
ful discussion of the branch library propo-
sition and such other matters of detail in
connection with the new library building as
were suggested. the meeting was adjourned.
The committee on rules of the board of
trustees Is arranging a new set of regula-
tiOnS apply the conditions met wit n