Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1909-04-14
LIBRARY AT
ELIZABETH
INFORMED
As to Amounts Paid to Ii
braries by Cities Of State
Letter to Be Answered.
IMPROVE GROUNDS
IN REAR OF BUILDING

At last night q monthly meeting Of
the Board of Trustees of the Public Lii
brary, a communication was received
from Clark Nc K. Whitmore, secretary
of the Library Board of Elizabeth, ask
ing for information regarding the pay
ments of money from the city to library
boards each year. The Elizabeth board,
which was put in existence last Novem-
Der by referendum vote, is getting
this information from most Of the cities
in the state having public Libraries, for
the purpose of placing it before the
Elizabeth city council with a view of
securing their share. Treasurer Jones
was requested to reply to the communi-
cation.
Chairman .Hoyler, Of the house com
mitee, reported that he had seen the
street commissioner regarding the i'm
provement Of conditions in the rear Of
the building. He said that the com
missioner had given numerous excuses,
which indicated that he did not have
time to do the work. A private con
tractor will most likely be engaged to
plow up the ground in back of the build
ing and level it Off.
The monthly salary Of Miss Lulu
Durham, the second assistant librarian,
was increased So, with the understand
ing that it be increased a like amount
in short time
1t was decided to allow the librarian
Miss Mulligan to expend $65 for new
beeks this month. Bills amounting to
$179.10 were audited and ordered paid.
Accompanying her monthly report,
Miss Mulligan sent communication to
the board, in which she thanked 1t for
the privilege of attending the confer
ence Of the N. D. library Club at At
lantic City on March 10 and 20. She
reported having a delightful time and
of securing much valuable information
and hints rs to public library work. She
quoted part of story Of the conven-
tion. After hearing the communication
the board thanked Miss Mulligan for
the great interest she manifests in the
work and for her excellent services.
Miss Mulligan g monthly report showed
an increase in circulation of 500 in
March over that Of the corresponding
month of last year. Her report was as
follows: Circulation in March, 1909,
b,l39; 1908, 4,667 increase, 4T2. Largest
daily circulation March 1909, 942; 1908,
265; increase, n. Smallest daily Msrcn
1909, 1870; 1908, 113; increase, II. Adult
circulation March 1909, 3,l4e; 1908,
2,S11; increase, 937. Juvenile circula-
tion, March 1909, 1891; 1908, 1856; in
crease, 1875. Total number of borrow
ers, 4,21l; membership cards issued, SO;
cards expired, 78 cards re-
newed; Sc; delinquent notices sent out,
81; reserve notices, "a; lost cards re-
ported, 3; cards paid for, /; contagious
disease cases reported, 26. Reading
room: daily readers, ,415; Sunday read
ers, 13l total number of readers In
March, 1,546. Reference questions ask
ed, 76 Books; volumes added, 151; by
purchase, s5; by binding, SO; volumes
repaired in library, 107; covered in IL
brary, 9; volumes discarded, 90; volumes
lost and paid for, 8; lost at bindery, 1
burned on account Of disease.
Il total number of volumes discarded, o7.
financial report: fines, $1s.43; reserves,
SLAB; lost cards, 10 cents; book lost,
eighty-fve cents; receipts, $20.S6; ex-
penditures, $l3.19; balance, $7.29.
The annual meeting of the board, at
which time new officers will be elected,
will be held on the second Tuesday of
next month, at which Mayor Bollsch-
weller will probably be present.
Commissioners Kitehel Zielinski, Nc
Cormiek and Hoyler were present last
night.