The San Francisco call., 1905-02-23
PRAISE GIVEN
TO CARNEGIE
Washington and Generous
Scotsman Cause Haywards
People to Feel Grateful
BREAK LIBRARY GROUND
Orators Say the Building
Will Be a Credit to Town
and Monument to Donor

HAYwARDs, Feb. 22.-Haywards
celebrated wash,ngton's birthday and
the breaking of ground for the new
Carnegie free library al the same time
to-day. The local organizations and
lodges were out in full force and COM
bined 10 make the day one that will
long be remembered in local history.
At about half-Dast one this afternoon
procession OF about one thousand
people formed on Castro street The
music was furnished by two bands, the
Foresters' Band of Haywards and the
Veterans band, composed of the re-
naming members of the old Haywards
Band of twenty-five years ago, led Dy
p. II. Thorndyke. The parade march
ed through the town to the corner Oh
B and First streets, where a patform
had been erected on the site of the new
library building for the use OF the
Board of Library Trustees. the officers
Of the Ladies' Improvement Club and
the speakers of the day.
George A Oakes. president OF the
Board of Library Trustees, presided and
delivered short address in which he
pointed TO Washington as shining ex-
ample of patriotism and TO Andrew
Carnegie as an object lesson in self
George Washington helped To found this
Government our ancestors have made the
country what IL IL and IL now remains 70 US
and TO our children 20 make the American
nation not the equal. as II now II, Dut lne
superior by far Of any nation on earth We
have the men and women we have the brains
and strength and through our schools and
libraries let acquire that enlightenment and
education that cannot fail accomplish this
purpose.
Mr.. Oakes then introduced School
Trustee George s. Langan. who said in
part:
cannot fail to realize how much this day
stranger coming into this town by our new
boulevard which will be open in a few months
you see win be our new library, a handsome
modern building dedicated TO learning and
education.
Chairman Cakes then introduced one
Of the leading Haywards- lawyers,
p. j. Crosby. who said:
When a few years ago we first learned that
Mr. Carnegie was about to donate from his
great fortune various sums for the purpose
OF libraries in various cities throughout the
country we little thought that he would recog-
nIze such an obscure town as this of ours
But have found to great JOY that II all
rested with us-we needed but TO ask and he
gladly and cheerfully responded
We found that il was not his purpose TO
build libraries in the great cities alone but
wherever the people should desire s.a and j., need
and we hope to construct here upon this site
building which viii prove not only benefit
to our town and community. but suitable
nfonument to Kim.
After the speeches were finished, Mr..
Cakes escorted DR.. Annie Williams,
president of the Ladies Improvement
Club. to the ground and handed her a
silver spade, which had been presented
for the occasion by Jesse Woods.
Then DR.. Williams, who with her lady
associates of the Improvement Club
had done so much to obtain the coveted
library, stepped forward and. amidst
cheers and applause from the specta-
tors, turned the first sDadeful Of earth
in the construction of the new library.
This closed the formal exercises and
all adjourned to the baseball park,
where the business men played the
national game against the professionl
men for the benefit Of the Improvement
Club treasury.
The members of the Board of Lii
brary Trustees are: George A. Oakes,
chairman: F. F. Allen. C. p. Van Dyke
T. B. Russell and r. Reid.