Perth Amboy evening news., 1909-09-15
LIBRARY BOARD
HAS A MEETING
OF OFIMPORTANCE
Trustees Award Contracts
for Painting and Coal
Raise Librarians Pay.
DISCUSS SEVERAL
NEW PROPOSITIONS
May Establish Salary Scale
for Assistants to Miss
muIIigan--The Reports.

The Board of Trustees of the Public
Library held one of the busiest ses-
sions on record last night A full at
tendance was present for the first time
in several months.
The contract for supplying coal to
the building for the coming winter sea.
son was awarded to William H. Nc
Cormick G. Sons, their bid being $3.50
a ton for pea coal Following a brief
discussion the salary Of Miss E. II
Mulligan, the librarian, upon her writ
ten request, was increased from 5000 to
81 900 annually. The trustees talked
over proposition to increase the sal
aries of the librarian and her two as
sistants So monthly each year until a
maximum rate should be reached. One
of Miss Mulligan 8 assistants now re-
ceives $50 month and the other $50.
The fact was brought to light that
those employed in the local institu-
tion do not receive as much reward for
their services as do employees in other
libraries.
Miss Mulligan was granted leave Of
absence from September 20 to 27 to at
tend a convention of the New York
Librarians Association at Lake George.
The trustees awarded the contract for
painting to Thorvald Ernst, whose es-
innate was s1S5. Other bids were: F.
x. Urbanski, $213; Anders Anderson,
$24S; William Berggreen, 1925. The
estimates were for painting the ceilings
and walls in the building with coat
of best water color; stain and varnish
the woodwork, paint the interior and
exterior of the window castings, paint
the vestibules and radiators. The
work viii be started Immediately The
subject Of covering portion of the
floor of the library proper with noise
less rubber or cork was referred to the
house committee with power to pro-
cure It, The house committee was in
structed to look into proposition
made by the Ideal Heating and Draft
Regulator Company to heat and ven
tilate the building. The concern sub
mitted their proposition in writing.
Reports for August.
The librarian 8 report for August
showed slight decrease In circulation
as compared with the same month of
last year, but there was an increase in
the amount of adult circulation. The
report in part, Is as follows: Total cir
culation August, 1909, 1899; August,
1908, S,497; decrease, 105. Largest
daily circulation August, 1909, 259;
August, 1908, 1913; increase, SO. Small
est daily circulation August, 1909, So;
August, 1908, 76; decrease, IS. Adult
circulation August, 1909, 2,242; August,
1908, 2,17S; increase, 64 Juvenile cir
culation August, 1909, l,160; August,
1908, 1919; decrease, 80. Total num-
Der of borrowers, 1895. Membership
cards issued, IS; to adults, IL; to juve-
nile, T. Delinquent notices sent, 90; re-
serve notices, 32. Lost cards reported,
8; cards expired, 26; renewed, S2.
Reading Room: Daily readers, $50;
reference questions asked, l6.
Books; Volumes added, 30; by pur-
chase, go; by gift, 0. Valumes discard
ed, 81; volumes repaired in library, 1853
Librarian s financial report: Fines
collected, $13.61; reserves, GA cents;
receipts, $l425; expenditures, $5.15;
balance, 1910.
Treasurer report: Balance August
l, $2s0.5s; deposit, books sold, ST. fines
etc, $14.l0; interest on deposits, $l5.-
90; total, $3112l. Disbursements;
Salaries, $l95; lighting, $s; books, $27.-
43; rebinding books, $19.65; library
supplies, 1880; miscellaneous, s2.6s;
total, $26S.26. Balance on hand Sep
tember l, $42.95.
Bills amounting to $73.56 were aud
tied and ordered paid.