The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-01-17
LOCATION 0F LIBRARY
SEVERAL PROPOSITIONS HAVE
BEEN MADE.
BOARD GIVES CONSIDERATION


BOARD GIVES CONSIDERATION
At a Meeting Of the Library Board
Three Propositions Are Considered.
Dissatisfaction with Proposed Third
Street Location.
The matter Of location for the
Carnegie library building was up for
consideration by the library board at
a meeting held Friday evening. The
matter came up in the form Of report
from the committee that had previous
ly been appointed to secure PROPOSE
tions and prices on locations. Three
sites were considered, the lot across
the street from the federal building
on the south, a lot east across the
street from the Catholic church and
one on Third street and Philip avenue.
At the close of the meeting state
ment was issued by the board, as
follows:
Statement of the Board.
1t was the sense Of the board to be-
gin with, that the first condition to be
observed in the location Of the build
ing Is that the location must be cen.
trail considering the geographical boun-
daries Of the city, proximity to the
business part of the city and to the
schools. To this end it was considered
not best to go far outside of limits,
roughly drawn, as follows: West
from Third street to Sixth street, and
south from Norfolk avenue to Park
avenue.
1t by no means follows that under
no circumstances would the building
be located outside Of the above limits.
Circumstances might arise that would
compel the board to select a site out
side of these limits.
The committee was able to report
the following propositions for sites
within the above limits:
First.-So much of lots z and 8,
block 4, Mathewson's addition (the
corner south of the federal building)
as would make a corner lot 100 feet
square, for $4,000.
Second.'-Lot in block of Koen.
igstein's addition (across the street
east from the Catholic church) a cor.
ner lot sc feet wide and 176 feet deep,
&C feet on Madison avenue and 176
feet on Fifth street, $4,000.
that If the city of Norfolk will deed
to him the lot which it owns fronting
on Third street, being lot so feet
wide and 100 feet deep, off Of lots Is
and 16, block 2 of Mathewson's Sec,
ond addition, he will give the city 100
feet off Of the south end of said lots.
Is and 16. This would make a site
for the library 100 feet square on the
corner of Third street and Philip av-
enue. This site is situated on Third
street, one block north of the Lincoln
school.
1t does not follow that the above
sites are all that will in any event be
considered, but those are the ones that
the board feels are the most desirable
for the reasons above given.
1t was determined to prepare sub
scription lists and present them to
the people of the city.
This privilege will be given to all
to indicate their choice of the above
propositions by subscribing the
amounts they will be willing to give
fnr ri oh ni
the first two propositions, and also Of
indicating whether they think the third
proposition should be accepted.
Copies of the said subscription lists
will be left with the banks of the city
and committee from the board will
also call personally upon all they car
reach.
| The foregoing is the official state
ment issued by the board as to the
location of the Carnegie library build
ing. A persistent rumor is prevalent
that the board favors the Third street
location, and many people, particu
larly those who have labored fol
many years in the hope of securing
just such a building and library as
are now promised, are very much
stirred up over the prospect of having
the building on that location, which
it is claimed is neither convenient mol
appropriate. The fear that the board
seriously contemplates placing the
building on the ground offered by Col
| Cotton is perhaps OyerdraWn. as the
board could hardly seriously con
template erecting a building of the
lpharacter MANNED on q location thai