The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-01
CARNEGIE'S GOOD WORK 1
SOME LIBRARIES FOUNDED BY MoNTGoMERY'S BENEFkCToR.
Since 1880 He Has Given $65, ,S1o,- 523 to the World to Help Hu- manity-Began Life a
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other man.
 The name of Andrew Carnegie will be perpetuated down the ages by the hundreds of public libraries through out the world which are monuments to his philanthropy, his broad minded patriotism and his love for humanity.
 There is no accurate record of the number of libraries founded by Mir. Carnegie, but the Library Journal has compiled some of them. It Is definitely known that in twenty-four years MT. Carnegie has given away $S5.S1o,523 for public purposes.
 Tn February. 1901, MT. Carnegie gave s50.000 to the citizens of Mont gomery for library the only donation made by him to city of Alabama, If we except his donation to the Tuske- sf-te 1r~tIfrte, ~-hich ia not public ti- brary in the fullest sense.
 Among the. donations made by Mir. Carnegie during the same year. he fa- vored Montgomery were the following
 Alabama-Montgomery. s50,o00.
 British Columbia--vancouver, $50,-
 Colorado-Grand Junction, raised from $5.000 to $S,000.
 ulinois-Lincoln, $25, 900; Springfield, $75,0U0; Aurora, $50,00o.
 Indiana-csoshen. $l5,0o0.
 Iowa-Davenport, S75.000; Upper Iowa University at Fayette, $25.o0o.
 Maine-Lewiston, $50,000.
 New York-Niagara Falls, $50,000; syarcuse, $26000o; Johnstown. =; Mount Vernon, $3.500; Yonkers $5o,- 900.
 ohio-Ashtabula. s15.ooo: conneaut, $100,000.
 South Dakota-sioux Falls. s25,
 Tennessee-Jackson $25.000.
 Virginia-Richmond. $1o0.000. not accepted.
 wisconsin-Sheboygan 25.ooo.
 The Seaboard Air Line received an- other gift of $1,000 for its libraries
 March IS. 1901, Mir. Carnegie cele- brated his retirement from active bus mess life by giving to the Carnegie Company. in trust. $5.0Oo.000 worth of the company's bonds for the benefit of the company's employees. Of the ,s5.- 100000, the income of $1,000,000 Is to be spent in maintaining the libraries built by him in Braddock. Homestead and DuQuesne. The income of the re- maining S4,o00,000 is to be devoted to provision for employees of fthe company who are injured in It's service. and for those dependent upon them; ana to provide small pensions for old em- poyes who need them. Should the Car negie Company's employees not usea all the income, its benefits are to be ex- Il Allegheny county.
 Since 1901 the record of new Carne- gie libraries is not certain, but 1t Is certain that MT. Carnegie. has given over $S5,OOO,O 900 to the public since 1880 Tor libraries and other helpful institu- hons.
 The first important library which owed It's existence to MT. Carnegie was that of Dunferrnline, Scotland. He founded this Carnegie Public Library in 1881. giv- ing &0.000 for the purpose. Dunfermline was his birthplace, and among the prin- cipal sights of the burgh are the Car negie Public Library and the Carnegie Swimming Baths. MT Carnegie has told how, on looking up the history of Dunfermline he found that the first public library which the place possessed con- sisted of the collections of three weavers; and that one of those weavers was his own father!
 In 1883 a library was opened in Inver- ness. Scotland. which MT. Carnegie has helped. Mir. Carnegie made up a de- felt some years after 1t was opened, to the amount of $s,75O. The building Is called the Carnegie Library.
 In 1cS he gave the New York Free Circulating Library $500.
 In 1886 the Workmen's Library of the Keystone Bridge Works received $2s, 900 from him for a building and s1.OO0 for books. This was a case where he gave out and out; his personal interest in the company led him to take the matter out of the hands of the workingmen and gave them a much better institution than they had planned to establish for them selves. That same year the Teachers Library of Pittsburg received $500 from him. In 1sS6 he also gave the Edlnburg Free Public Library $25o 900. It was opened in 1890. and stands at the head of Scotch public libraries.
 In 1888 there was opened in Braddock Pa, the first of what might be called the congeries of Carnegie libraries in and around Pittsburg. He gave $300, 900 for this. and has supported 1t at his own expense. inasmuch as the interests of his own employees were largely concerned in its maintenance
 He has given something over S150Oo. GOO for libraries in the vicinity of Pitts burg
 In 1890 the fine Carnegie Free Library in Allegheny, Pa, was opened. This was his first free public library in the United States-that Is, his first library supported by public taxation For this he has given $325,OOo. Thurso. in Scot land. received N 900 from him that same year In 1890 also he agreed to replace the Cambria Library at Jshnstown Pa destroyed in the great flood. He gave $65.00o for the purpose. In 1890 also he assisted the old Jefferson County Library at Foirield, Ia, founded in 1883. to this he gave $40000 for a building. Tn the aame year the Lithgow Library in Au- gusta. Me. received an offer of 5000
 In 1893 a library was opened in BelbeI- vie, Scotland. for which he gave half the vost. or about S640 He also gave S5. 900 to Airdries Scotland. A library in Ayr, foundSl by him at a cost of s5o.00o. was opened this same year.
 Tn 1894 Jedburgh. in Scotland, received S25O0.
 The year 1895 is notable for the open ing of the greatest institution which owes It's existence to Mir. Carnegle-the Carnegie Library and its branches in Pittsburg, He made the first offer in 1881. and 1t was accepted in 1887. His gifts to this institution hay0 footed up e. .S6o.00O, according to Mir. Stevenson's figures of 1899 He originally gave H,- OO0OOo for the library and S1.OOO,0OO for the art gallery and museum endowment fund, and later added sI. .750,OOO. Wick. in Scot land. received s17115 this same year for a Carnegie public library.
 IT. 1897, Greenwich. Ct. received the offer of $500. and the Washington (D. e library a.OOo Mir. Carnegie also offered