Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-09-29
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
FRS. Annual Report Of Library Board Out
~ in Printed Form.
PRESIDENT wcU1ocH DETAILS HISTORY
Library In Good shape, hut supply
of Books is Not Adequate
70 the Demands of
borrowers.


The FIRST annual report Of the South
Omaha Public Library association has
Just been issued This report is in PAM
phlet form and is printed on heavy calen-
dered paper. An excellent half-tone Of
the building is shown and also a number of
interior views. The repor. of President
Bruce McCulloch gives a detailed history
OF the Library Board from the passage of
an ordinance on January g. 1902. establish
ing a library board and providing for an
annual levy Of 5000 for the support OF a
public library. The donation of $4,000 by
Andrew Carnegie for a library building is
mentioned along with a statement showing
how and to whom the money derived from
Mr.. Carnegie was spent Completed, the
building cost S5O,71169 President -McCul-
loch concludes his report by thanking the
mayor and council for the board for the
generous and hearty cooperation of this
branch of the city government.
1t is the intention of the Library Board to
spend about $500 annually on books and
periodicals, but even at this rate. mem
bers of the board assert II will be several
years before a library commensurate with
the size and Importance of the city is
built up. Donations of books, pictures and
magazines are invited. For the year end
ing July 81, 1905, the Library Board ex-
pended A,91s.37 for books. electric light,
heat, janitor services, etc.
At the present time, according to the
statement of Miss Jane Abbott, the
librarian, there are 1850 books in circula-
ton and 1925 patrons More books are
being purchased frequently in small guam
| titles. Donations are occasionally made
which are gratefully received. F. j.
Il n.
Omaha property owner, has announced
that that he will shortly donate about s0C
volumes to the library. These books from
Mr.. Lewis are expected almost any time
now, and will be placed on the shelves as
! soon as possible after receipt There is
a constant. and rapidly increasing demand
for books from the library and the great
trouble is that there are scarcely enough
| books to go round. -,. t...s. D..
The subject matter of books purchased
embraces the general topics of philosophy
religion, sociology, philology, science, use
| full arts fine arts, literature, history, trav,
els, biography and fiction. The works or
fiction include books for both Juvenile ant
adult readers. Only recently the Haw
thorne school donated It's library to tn,
public library, and in this way about forty
| or fifty volumes in good condition wer,
| added to. the books on the stacks. Gov
! eminent documents to the number of ISL
are stored in the rooms down stairs, bu
are not included in the list OF books IL
the circulating department.
Improvement Club Meeting Tonight
| A meeting of the N Street improvement
club of which Colonel c. NJ. Hunt Il
president and James .Pivonka. secretary
is to be held this evening. The objec
of this club is to make an effort to. stll
up little life on lower N street and pre-
vent the property from falling into dis
use and decay. Since the railroad tracks
have been fenced there is but little bust
ness on N street west of,a Twenty SIKH
street and many Of the store buildings arr
vacant. 5'The members of the, club wan
to see II the gates at the tracks canno
be kept open. II this cannot be done al
effort is to be made to secure funds 70
the construction of a foot bride across tn
tracks, so that all the trafnc Will not &
by the way of the o street viaduct.
Magic City Gossip.
So far this week 10000 sheep have bee
handled at the yards here.
Mrs. G.. p. scarr is entertaining he
brother, Walter Herman Of St. Louis.
The Fantana club will give the first of
series of dancing parties this evening.
Postmaster F. ]. Etter has returned fror
Colorado where he spent his vacation.
Heavy cottonwood planks are being use
for the new flooring on-the Q street viaduc
Rev Guy w. Wadsworth will occupy tn
pulpit at the First Presbyterian churc
Sunday morning.
r. c. Howe, general manager OF the Al
mour plant left for Chicago last night,
be absent several days.
Mrs, G. E Stoner of Newmarket Ia,
here, the guest of Mrs. ]. v. Miller, 8
North Twentieth street.
Colonel 1. c. Gallup has returned froI
wyoming, where he went to purchas
horses for this market. 80,
Z Mrs Frank w. Scion has returned
: Chicago, after spending couple of week
here with friends and relatives.
W. p. McDeavitt, chief clerk OF the Joir
, Car Inspection association here, returne
Thursday from a three weeks visit wit
, relatives and friends In Philadelphia al
New York.
The senior class flag fioated from q
stan at the high gchool building Thursda
| on account OF th6'seniors having won in
! subscription contest for the Tooter, the on
cial organ of the high school.
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