The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-05

tsulrhta cut ts ind tiphably the sa Y s.
NH, castles part d l,siii sthts
Iphiy Place Ivy
md SECURITY. 60 a s s tiiat
THO riiclilnery reaulfed hahd HE ii,ns-
9terial s,cl, as that bS " N S'.'t lls
loflgtlle. simplest nfhiiacte and sointar. ~
lively lDexifensty and hei,cllesess atl.tltt,
st,ropcrl y ma ia ged there would by ho tilf-
fficulty iii completing the cut To denptli
OF forty feet below level OF tile sen II
three years d rtera the nstallnient Of tl'e
in,achlncfy.S IN # sa n: ~ n 81 ~
4 AS to the manner a IL which the work
should be done, Mr.. Criclfield also siiaa kes
d scnsibleNobaei,vati on. It U.s. that the work
should be let iii sections to private cu Et
Tractors. The proposition for lie United
states government to attoiflpt& this work
by tiay labor seems to llin tiiislse lJt-
clio SAM says l,e, Ills an excel lent ro-
liccmar$ bit hc q poor cor, i tra tor.
Work done by the goYernrle nt Is MOTORS
ously slow5and expensive ledged about
with red tape circumlocution."S He IS
tswlll build the s't
Hi clleaper5and more cxpedltiouslys he
work be done under Contract, ahd there
shoIld be many contractors, 50 That
should one lor. two or 4 lir.ee Aof u them fall
1t would not seriously interfere with the
general operation. S4 VI 81 ~
4 "a bill was introduced III the House yes
terday 10 abolish the 1sthmian Commits
slon,%nnd give the President control 81 q
the work. Whether or not the bill Us
passed, Mr. Crlchficd has given the gov
ernment two valuable sugg est lions when
nrc worthy Of serious considerat Ion. S
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{ Shall We Have a Library2
\ The Religious Herald takes $ trong
ground In favor Of accepting Mr. Carne-.
gle's offer to give ri chlnond 500, 900 for8 q
new library building. II 1t seems q 2oir
contemporary that there arc Just three
simple questions involved a. Does Rich 1s-
mond need q public llbrary?s 2 Can Ricll-5
mond afford to maintningap public itrary7
8. II Mir. Carnegies offer advantageous
10 tito eeity2s
Il. Tie Herald sdisposes Is Of the 81 first two
questions in short order, as hey answer:
themselves. The third is considered more
at5length,% ana on this point 4 I says 81
n "a rich and generous man proposes to
pay forBt the building In which the librai'yl
is TO DO housed, and the only condition.
is that when lie has thus pro-
.Nided tile building the city for whose
,licneilt 1t Is provided shall pledge tself
To maintain 1T suitably. Ten thousand
dollars 4 years. not an inJudiclous cx-i
pciiditt,re for salaries, new 4 books and
Othdr5necds Of such an illstltutlon.
We have no sympathy the |flip-f
pant criticism OF Mr.. C;trnesie-tlat he 10
endcnvoring 10 pcrpe ,latc his own nanlc,
nndis NleVyirg d tax on the Yario OTIS COM
In order to accomplish this end.
lie does not is tipulate or uggest that
Ills sntme shall be in any way attached
to the building In many ways Mr. Car
liegie has given evidence OF q philan-j
thropc temper as rare as 1t is ndmirable.
Ills good heart and ntgo mind ure seen
in the fact that though Richmond has
mus 5fll# neglected his generous offer, the
offer5is still open. q lNor5 our own part. we
prefer to believe, and lind t ensystto be-
lieve, that he hrs made his offer in good
falkland from generous motives, and that
Whether we a cceDt or reject i t,S We ought
,at5least toEbe gentle enough In our breed
ing 70 acknowledge Ut gratefully.
But we ought to accept it, and without
fTtliersdeay.. We have a sreatSand4 pros
porous city, growing In manufactures, In
commerce, In finance. " Lot 1t grow With
euual steadiness and rapiditH in facili-E
ties for the broadcast and deepest slntollcc-:
tuall culture. Let us llavo the public
library !sl{ e 81 IL 81
Mr.. Carnegie! has made us a. gracious
offer,. which should be graciously re-
ceived. There is a grace OF receiving as
we'll as a grace Of giving sgs
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