Connecticut western news., 1910-04-21

o""Aupolhts HI OIueI 1O ueSluS uIlaO ls best to do. There appears to be no diff ference of opinion as to the necessity of increasing our present library facilities; all agree that this should be done, but the best way to do it under the existing conditions is many. sided question.
 It Is perfectly natural that West Main street people should want the New Eng land Lime office transformed into @ h- brary, ,Jbut there are other interests to con- slider. When at least two-thirds of the townspeople, and fully fiYe-sixths of the towns area, are east of the N. Y, N. H. 6 H. railroad, it seems but reasonable that the location should be little more central, ,townwiss, than West Main street, which is practically at the extreme west end of the town.
 'We hold these truths to be self evident"
 The library is town institution;
 It should be located and arranged with q view to doing the greatest good to the greatest number;
 It should be, above all else, fire-proof;
 It should be situated on lot by itself, of sufficient size to permit of enlarge ment, as its growth demands; -
 It should not be located SO close to ad- joining property lines that other build ings. hedges or Instructions to light could be placed before the windows.
 Until these conditions can be had would it not be more sensible for a debt laden town like ours, as temporary re- lief for the present congestion, to spend $500 for wooden addition to the pres ent building, rather than $2, 900 for the Lime office building, and several hundred dollars more to remodel it for library purposes?
 If the Lime office proposition is, as it's supporters admit, but makeshift for a model library which the town hopes to possess when conditions will permit, why will not an addition to the present building (more than doubling its present capacity), serve the same purpose, and at less than one-quarter the expense of the Lime office idea.
 An argument i'll favor of tho Lime building is, in addition to more room for the storage of books. there is also ad. ditional room for other purposes. such as reading room, a boys club, or work ing school. No one denies that thes, things are good, and we ought to have them, but we are confronted with a cou- ditiotl-they all require moneyto equil and maintain and we have no mouey. Under these circumstances,o of what avail is the additional room now, and where would the necessary money come from after paying more than $2,000 that we do not possess, in order to make the shift suggested.
 Although residing west of the railroad I believe that anyone. viewing the situa- tion from an impartial standpoint, will favor some location east of it for the per manent library building of the town. Until this permanent building can be erected, what is to be gained ny ex. changing one makeshift which can be made to answer the purpose at all expenditure of not over $500, for another that will cost considerably over S2, GOO to start with and a continual additional expense to maintain? It ought not to take the taxpayers of a debt-burdened town long to answer question of this kind when it comes to vote.
 We all regret thatthis is not question of what we want but what we can have and fiud money to pay for.
 l.. I. BRARY.