Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-01-18
LIBRARY site IS SETTLED.
School Board Grants Use OF Central
Grounds.

board was held in the council chamber
at the city building Monday night,
called for the purpose of receiving the
board Of directors Of the Carnegie
library, and to hear from them con-
corning their request for a site for
the library building on the central
school grounds. All members of the
board of education were present ex-
Cept Rubart of the fourth ward. The
desire of the Carnegie board for q
piece of ground having seventy five
feet frontage Forest Ave, and 100
feet on VIII Jams Ave. was presented
by President Moses, and for the pur-
: pose of getting the question before the
school board Porter Young of that
: body presented the following resolu-
ton. 90
Be Il resolved by the board of edu.
cation of the city of Great Bend of
State. of Kansas;
That in consideration of the bene-
fits to accrue to the said board of
education therefrom, the right is here
by given and granted unto the board
of directors Of the free public library
and reading room of the city of Great
Bend, Kansas, to locate, establish,
build and maintain free public
library and reading room on the east
seventy five feet of lots nine, ten,
eleven and twelve, in block eighty
nine in the city Of Great Bend, Kan
sas:. and to that end and for that pur.
pose the right of use, occupancy and
control of the said premises is hereby
given and granted to said board of
directors, and the President of the
board of education of the city of
Great Bend in the state of Kansas,
Is hereby authorized and directed to
execute in the name of said board of
education the necessary articles to
carry into effect the provisions of this
resolution, the same to be attested by
the secretary of this board and the
corporate sealto be affixed thereto;
provided that the exact location of
the proposed library building on said
premises shall be determined by a
Joining committee from this board of
education and the said board of
directors of the library as may be
hereafter arranged.
This resolution was pretty generally
discussed BY the members of the
3 school board, practically all Of whom
were in favor Of giving the site, but
thought it might be arranged with a
more distinct understanding. Mr..
Newcombe favored giving a site, but
thought there should be some specific
consideration to the school board.
Mr., Gwinn did not exactly oppose the
DEAL but did not favor. that part of
the grounds, Mr.. Luse, felt that be.
tore voting this privilege to the Carne.
gle board there should be some
definite assurance from that board as
to what kind Of a building was to be
erected and JUST what benefits tine
schools would receive from the use of
the library. DR.. Morrison and Porter
Young spoke in favor of the resolu.
ton, and on behalf of the library
board c. L. Moses, F. V. Russell, O.
W. Dawson, and E. W. Moses made
remarks. On roll call all members
present voted for the resolution ex.
cept Gwinn and Luse, and they, as
above stated, were not antagonisfic.
but hardly favored the proposition as
put. The school board was assured
by President Moses of the. library
board, that they would be given the
benefit Of every cent in the Carnegie
appropriation it was possible to give
them.
The facts are, that library is an