The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-06-16
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
s9tcn Of the Institution from organi-
zation.

zation.
President N. M. Oscar, of the
GEsgary Board prepared history OF
zA3 library at the time of the laying
a&,sAe corner stone, which is as
E5Gows:
saeciai election held on April 9th,
gsS8or the purpose of voting en- the
szElgosition OF establishing a town
AnaGy.
Total number Of votes cast 81 OF
7s1dRh 90 were in favor of the estab-
lament and 2 against, 2 being
c23&ass.
m April 7th, 1886, the citizens Of
4Eas town met In annual town meet
fRa and levied $4,000 for library
wgEoses.
On December 7sh, 1886 the town
lkss~a designated the town clerk S
azEsce as the public library, ana L.
E Clausen, the then town clerk was
7zxnointed the first librarian with
gszs pay.
tsAn MAY End, 1889, after completet-
rzgge his term as town clerk Mt.
Gdagsen was again appointed libra
r1saa, and the library was moved
SgfezE the town clerks Office to the
czgBee of L. n. Clausen, who occupied
a2sG A. r. room on the second
FSsr of the town hall building.
b the spring of 1888, F. t. Yates
vsas appointed librarian, and the
}Easary was again moved, being put
mtg bhe. building which stands on
1zas present site of the Arnold Bow
rig alley.
IA 1888 the fire which DESTROYED
zzszaA is now commonly known as the
esnHra house block entirely destroyed
TIE library.
Up 10 this time the library had
nassn under the supervision aud con-
RrD5 of the town board, but in the
7aan ger of 1891 the town board. under
Lag provision of new law appointed
- a0ard of directors of the Free
sslm ary and Read 6 room.
The first directors were
d. c. Probert, E. S. Owen, j. A.
.nn, n. NJ Hanson, Nels Nelson,
sarman Fahrig anu J. n. Kinney.
The first meeting of the Board of
Directors was held in the Office of
re town clerk, on December 18th,
@1.
Ii n. Clausen was elected first
19ssident, and J. A. Jacobs the then
e.wsn clerk was elected Secretary.
"a January, 1892, temporary read
T2g room was established in the
azagzn clerks office and Miss Elvire
1l was appointed to take charge
eEg ,Ghe same
In February, 1892, the first steps
Hsxe taken to provide a site and to
Mid new library building.
Il site was purchased and the con
6racs let for the present building on
eptember 26th, 1892, to Windall &
gz4 Of Washburn for $3200.00.
After some difficulty with the
h<tects and contractors the
Sl ding committee took the uncom-
gM6ted building from the contractors
aAa finished it.
1t an adjourned annual town meet
szzg held on the 10th day of April,
EsR Gust 10 years afterward), the
Showing resolution was adopted:
Whereas. the town of Washburn
II bayfield, County, Wisconsin, pos
zsssses public library Of over 1000
qspEllmes and a yearly addition of
.ysA0nt 800 volumes:
End whereas, the present build
fzas IS ina ivate to accommodate the
zzaareasing additions to the said lib
zss9y and to maintain reading room
aReOnnecticu Herewith sufficiently
AAgge to accommodate the patrons.
and whereas, at the present time
E5oes not seem feasible, owing to
E5ie increased demand for school
qmGses, for the town to build larger
ssgBrt tiers.
u is resolved, by the electors of
sEzs town of Washburn, in adjourn ed
5HH2&al town meeting assembled this
EgAh day Of April, 1902, that com
Eoate e of five be appointed to CORES
1ena with Andrew Carnegie to
sa8eit aid for larger structure.
14nd it is further resolved, that
vlss said town of Washburn will
sasgalIy bind itself TO carry out the