The Greeley tribune., 1907-02-28

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consult or borrow its volumes. 1t
will be but block distant from the
business center and after doing their
shopping what more convenient or
restful than to be able to drop in for
an hour, or half hour, and sit In
pleasant room on the ground floor
facing the park while they read a
volume or select the one they wish
to take away.
The State university at Boulder
and the Boulder public library are
located in the same relative posi-
tions which our State normal school
and our city library will occupy II
we build on the proposed site. except
that their library is situated an en-.
tire block north of the public square
and the most northern business
street. instead of Immediately ad-
joining the square on the north, rs
ours will be II we build on the city
lot.
1t may be that our founders made
q grave mistake Educating our city
park where they did In 1870, instead
of waiting until 1907. But they did
not wait and If they had waited we
should never have had one. And at
all events there it is, and I should
like to know what could be more ap-
propriate than that the court house,
and the churches, and the high
school buildings, and the city hall,
and the public library should encir-
Gle this unique little gem OF a city
park. the like OF which does not
exist in any other town in the state.
Sassacus speaks contemptuously OF
blacksmith shops" within a block
of the proposed site, but / never
heard 'in song or story that the
ring of an anvil was disagreeable
sound. And he sneeringly refers
also to residences Of the poorer
class" OF course they are very re-
prehensible but then they invariably
disappear in a short time when the
land upon which they are located be-
comes too valuable for residential
purposes, as it will certainly be In
that locality in very few years,
whether the library building Is To-
Gated there or elsewhere.
And now finally let me present
another important fact in this con-
pection. OF the seven thousand dol
lars SO far subscribed to the building
fund every dollar of it is available
for this site. All of 1t was SUD-
scribed with the knowledge that the
building might be located on the
city hall lot. OF the five thousand
dollars which have secured every
signature was obtained with the DIS
tinct understanding that it would be
located there. Not third OF the
total sum subscribed would be will
ipply paid If another site is selected.
Not a half would be paid, or could
be collected II any change is made In
the location. hope it will be eV1-
dent now that il 1t was ever feasible
to have chosen a different site for
the building it Is now too late.
And there you have it. If we
happle now or divide on the ques-
tion of Its location we shall simply
fail in the undertaking just as we
have failed in so many undertakings
in the past. Let us reason together.
Some of you desired Carnegie H.
brary, but many of those advocates
have signed our subscription lists,
and for the rest, do not at all events
thrust stick in our wheel as we
pass YOU by. Others for various rea-
sons would have preferred different
location, but you should have moved
Ii, as we suppose. you.really
'avor the construction Of library