The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-22

Editor OF The Tmcs-Dl spat 6 h s. &
&s8 Ell, Several Il communicate lions II IN your
journal in8t he ontroyer sy$ over he Car
snegloI library roposi lon b We, e think.
produced Il tho III impressl hat 81 persons7
seeking IN formation on u technical SsubjectsI
cannot flndlit int his Scl t.. he fact that
we have a sreasona bly, equIp pcd Inst tuition
here, which can a fford yer lent Ser
vice & to the possible inquirars has Il been
Istrangel overlooke cd. lsrefar SthoI lbrary
8of the IN eohan tcs,, Inst tute IN me
10 give rs lefty as PC ssib lie some e,e:55
Ecerpts from the report OF NJ RI. Go fer the
very yea ous d and cfiiclent "A brarihn, AMI
III ma add pass In q, q lses Al card
system In vogue IN the state LIB ary.
II Is report Is for the cal year. ending
last jul ~, and conseque does not take
into account the dltions III books a nd
attendance since 4 Ea [, dat q: s5
SE Numberto OF books Il In lbrary, z, 22G0; sci
Sence. 100; 4 fic tion, 275; history, bipgrn pfy.y
general literature /; 49, r no II um Der Of
books on sciene q is not large but the
demand N for such Isl small In c0rnpn risonS
to that for general u literature. Small as
Its ~. however I 90 n1pri les streatle les and
hand books on subj ectsS I 90 hume rous for
the space that would exp you to all
low.
s& on electrical engineering there are sey-
Seral of The lat est works, besides the PERI
odicals,t& the Electric w orld and Eng lneer.
Boiler ana Engine Construc on. En- gineer-
Ing. N echanlcal and Civil, III Roads. Rai IL
ways, Canals, N Dams DRAMA 70. Sewerage 4
SMctallurgy Sanitation Plum bin {, n louise
Painting, Il r otograp 81 cam In gineer-
ing Zoo ogy. Fl rlie Scentifi Tic "a merican ~ ls
taken, and comp lcmentnrys TO u lis partial
list ii Ii the set OF ratent ffice reports
from 1885 to ate, a publ ton Of immense
value to Intending inven TO RS, z besides 81
most al | "a he publ tons issued by he
fgOvernnlen iSt @
81 respectfully submit that the foregoing
list will meet the want s OF the inquirer
who cannot al ford to gpurchas q books for
D himself; the man W hose aton lin lie
lis science must n have books o { his own
Nov the tYhole contents of tn Ii library
are OPEN free TO 4 he public for perusal
I'm tho room. 4 Those who desire to take
8out books have toy pay hree DO liars per
Gannuln, but 10 his UNI they q 70 also
entitled to instruction In the night school
five nights IN the --ins tructlon which
y covers ii early all Of II the. departme nts OF
science; besides book keeping and element
Btnrys English Three hundred and twenty
five individuals from fourteen to thirty
Sodd years Of age avail themselves Of the
opportunity to acquire 6 kno wled sc. and
sbysf far Tie greater numb OF these are
employed all the day vi ght h ours Or tend
school or COL lege. \ III
~ 5IS may add that \ the average dali at
Tendance and use Of the II lbrarys las sycar
was twenty-five. on%last I, uesday night
1t was hirty-six But II write forjstheF
purpose with which I pref aced these notes,
rather. than to call attentto to tho work
of the Mechanics Inst! tute. find that 4
have neglected TO say tn at the librar rs
furnished with the Il best enc yclopae e las
and further that here is s hardly any