Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-01-03
LIBRARIES OF VERMONT.

LIBRARIES OF VERMONT.
In 1894 tho Vermont Legislature
established the State library com
mission and voted to appropriate to
any town without d free library under
It's control the sum Of 800 to estab-
lsh the nucleous for such library
provided the town would appropriate
a certain sum, based upon it's taxable
property for it's maintainence. There
are now l2l towns and cities which
have Libraries under municipal con-
troll, and Of these l09 have received
State aid. The municipalities have
some representation in the management
of the Bennington. burlington wv
Springfield Libraries. Thirteen towns
and cities have free Libraries not un-
der municipal control In "A towns
there are travelling library stations.
The following towns have no free libra
ries of any kind
Albany. Baltimore. Barre town, Bel
videre. Berkshire. Berlin. Bloomfield.
Bolton. Bridgewater. Bridport, Brook
line Bloomington, Brunswick Dover.
Duxbury. East Haven. East Mont
pelier, Eden. Elmore, Fayston, Ferris
burg, Glastonbury, Glover, Goshen,
Halifax, Hancock. Holland, Hubbard
ton Huntington, 1rasburg, Jamaica,
Marlboro, Mendon, Middlesex, Monk
ton, Morgan, Mt. Holly. Mt Tabor,
North Hero. North Panton, Peacham.
Plainfeld, Pownal, ROXbury, Rupert,
Rutland Town, ST. George, Sandgate,
Searsburg, Sherburne, Shrewsbury,
Somerset, South Burlington. Stan
nard Starksboro, Stratton, sudbury.
Tinmouth, Topsham, Troy Tunbridge.
Waltham, Wells, Windham, Wolcott,
Worcester
The travelling libraries have been
in operation since 1900. The sum of
500 IS avala Die each year FOR this
purpose ana about 40 books are sent
out in case to towns making appli-
cation for them. The books may be
kept for six months and then ex-
changed for others. This form OF
library has proved very popular and
helpful where II Is not possible to
establish permanent library
Fiction and childrens books are the
most widely read Dialect stories.
psychological novels. works on speci-
al subjects like farming, cooking. etc.
adventure are also popular subjects
Books like those OF Jacob Riis and
Booker r. Washington are read as
much as books OF fiction.
Plans have been accepted for a new
library building at Barre to cost about
$4,000. one of the finest library build
ngs recently erected is that at Derby
Line It is located on the inter
national boundry nne. half being in
the United states and half in Canada
col II. Stewart Haskell of Derby Limo
and his mother. Mrs. Martha Haskell
contributed 100000, a part OF this
sum being set aside for an endow-
mcnt The library contains 6OOo
volumes. site has been selected for
library building at Fair Haven,
Andrew Carnegie having given 5000.
Mrs. Jendevine or Hardwick recently
left legacy Of $4,000 for an endow.
ment for the Iiardwlck library, for
which she erected beautiful stone
building n few years ago as men,
orial to her husband.
Probably the most unique library
built In the State is ut QueeChc, in
the town OF Hartford. whore the band
stand has been enclosed and made 10
serve as a home for the towns books
The young laoles Of the village are
now working TO raise 5000 for new
building.
The late Amos Barnes. proprietor of
the Brunswick Hotel in Boston, made
provisions for the erection of lib
rary building at White River Junct\l
whore he lived at one time, which will
cost about 1000, The ladies OF Isle
La Motto have bought house which
they plan TO ut up for library, and
ono has just been completed at Lyn-
donville--the gift of Eber Coblcigh-
at cost OF $4,000
few months ago n lihrar. build
ing costing between $4,000 and 25, 900
the gift of George w. Brown of Bos-
ton, treasurer and general manager OF
the United Shoe Machinery Company
was dedicated at Northhold. In the
same town $4,000 library building.
four stories high, the gift of Andrew
Carnegie, is in process of erection
1t is expected that II will be ready
for use in the spring of 1907.
fine new library building costing
$4,000. the gift OF the Hon. Ira A.
Abbott, associate Judge of the SUI
preme court of New Mexico, was
recently dedicated In South Pomfret.
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