Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-08-23
REPORT HINTS At
LIBRARY CLOSING
FINANCE coMMivvEe DECLARES
BOARD WON COLLECT $3.50.
CITY council TO VOTE $3.50
Remainder o. 10 Per Gent Yearly As.
ssssrens 10 shy. - Municipal I'm.
psosemsns Up Again. - New Com.
ristee.

Matters pertaining IN the Iihrar,
engaged the attention of the city eoun.
Gil N the regular meeting last night
where all Of the members were pres,
with the exception NJ Councilman
Webb. The finance committee made
tn report and after reading II the
same IN was moved and carried that
the $3.50 which the city agreed 10 nav
m lis part Of the yearly ten per cent
value VI the library for library main.
tenance should be paid. Also. n was
unanimously voted that the lih,ar,
board collect the remainder Of &, ooo
L. q. $3.50. which has been subscribed
by individual citizens. Right nd this
point comes a rub which Is set ON, in
the report of the finance committee
read nj the meeting last night,
Among other things. the eport.
signed by conncilmen Racharach and
Maekei 81 the finance committee. re-
cites that the library board has poss.
lively refused TO take any action what.
ever toward the collection Of the sub.
seripiion and further refuses 10 make
any suggestions as 10 what stems could
To taken t0 that end. SO the con.
ference dropped, as there was no pros
pect Of anything being realized nv
further conference" the u re.
cites.
Continuing. the report alludes TO the
etty's legal obligation to Andrew Car.
negie TO pay the 81 y0oo. and then adds:
I'm view Of the attitude of the
library board and others who are sup.
posed to take as great an interest In
The maintenance Of the library as the
council. We do not feel that the conn.
ell should assume the entire burden
itself. We feel that there Is n moral
obligation on the part of citizens Of
this city and community and most
certainly on the part of the citizens
ON the subscription list to show q
proper appreciation Of what the conn.
ell has done In the past and to do
everything possible to put the library
matters on a better financial basis"
The report closes; After devoting
considerable time to the matter we
have reached the conclusion that the
subscription list ought to be collected;
that II the library board or others in.
terested IN the welfare of the library
decline to assist In collecting the vari.
u subscriptions on the list then the
library should either be closed or
should be open for say two or three
hours each afternoon. But we do not
believe that the city should be justi.
fled at this time In paying $1,000 per
annum toward the maintenance Of the
library and also pay the debts that
have accrued. especially since there
are no funds that a conveniently be
used for the purpose"
Street Grading and Cross Walks
Another problem which confronted
the city fathers last night was the
grading Of Magnolia avenue from
Fetterman's corner to Lorenzen's
blacksmith shop. The grade estab.
lished for this strip Of street will
throw the level Of 1t below the en-
trance to the shop and there was con-
siderable protest against establishing
this grade. The street and alley com.
mittee was instructed to take the
matter up with Engineer Holt for ad-
justment.
Two carloads OF cement and a car.
load Of thing were ordered, and the
city marshaI's salary was raised.
The sidewalk and crosswalk com.
mittee. in their report to the council,