The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-25
The LIBRARY OF CONGRESS-
VOW THIRD IWONG THE WORLD \
GRElT LIBRlRIES.
sarpassrd Ouly h, I.Sniaa and Parts
nosks IIAnsil~d ~ WOnSlfrfui Ma
rhher, $40 oO PersSas Used u IN
Year IT, Narled T'ubl,e services

II having ls-au completely erected within
tts appropriation Regun in isss and rom
phtod IN Isg5 AZ a crst Of - 3t7 30. cxcln-
ssr ct Oh" st". which cost SSs5 ON. 10
,arupc- threc and halt acres and con
tains .soOo0 cubic feet of spaCe AMI more
than eight acres II noor spNc-.
Repository ~ Il has hecOne Tor stores
a looAs documents. prints manuscripts.
IamphFts aud drawings almost countless
in mrnicr and VARSITY local stats. ma
iioual and International. touching upon
nearly every interest historic. social,
economic. governmental. artistic in the
hrnndcsi application of the word. brief
chronology Il tho ainassing 81 this col
lsction which now ranks after only thoae
az Paris and London m world value. has
ri,ch interest
-E.iablished a. library for Congress
In the Capitol building
tuI--Dcsiroyed IN the burning 81 the
Capitol nv The British
ISIS Raronsirucied nv The purchase ~
the lihrnrv ~ ex- President Jefferson. about
7nO volumes. ,ost 81 .asn
"a. Partially DESTROYED by IRE IN the
CAPITOL ~ n0i volumes we're saved and the
library replenishei by ,pecial expenditure
81 sisU0O
isss- a,-ORs copy IT hOoks. Ac. de-
posnei under Tho onpyr ght Law cent 10
Iihrarv
isss Male custodian OF she hbrarv ~
the sn,u hssnian Institution. With H. suisse
queut aCycss,ons
lss7 Purchase II rcter Force collection
OF AmeFcgaa
$50 Made once II copyright for the
intel states
iSsc Gin ~ the library of Joseph ~
Toner
1855 Purchase Of The Papers Of the MAr.
gus 10 Bnchambeau
1885, Removed 10 new building
tsas CIR at Gardiner Greene hubbard
eulleuiion Of prints
1891 Purchase Of the robert Morris
papers supplying ~ printed catalogue
cards N other libraries begun.
tnOa-iin 81 ths paDers Of Andrew Jack-
son and Martin Van Burcn Made the de-
positorv Of historical manuscripts In the
eNsrutiye DEPART ments II the Government.
resnlting IN the transfer Of the papers of
Washington. Jefferson. Madison. Monroe.
Franklin. ilpIniiton. and ~ the Pos, Ofnce
Department e the confederate States
state Department
tap'- Purchase Of the papers Of james v
Polk and andrew Johnson.
1905 Ciu ~ a collection Ol original draw
inEs. prints and bOoks OF Japanese artists
by Cru-by = Noye-
taOs Purchase IT th~ Peace Transcripts
made ny " y stevens. and the stevens
Catalogue Index 1T manuscripts IN
European nrchiveS relating 10 America
tag7 \ Min 'plleCiton Uf Kus-ica and
siberia -1t.H vulumsz
1901 Gifi ~ the great chinese LnCyclo-
pEia hY tho innefial chinese Government,
aeu youms-
taiO -nrpo-H ~ the John BOYD Thatcher
coIlestion 81 inrunabula. m items
Most II the acce-sions, a. may he easily
seen. opine through the copyright law.
Which demands two cupies Deposited here
of each new book. pamphlet, dramatic
o0mD1aitiun. imp. chart. periodical
muzic 4 composition. engraving. cut.
print. chrome. hthogrcph. photograph
and description II printing. drawing or
sculpture advancpd for copyright. When
you csnsider the Ennual product rlong
each II these lines and IN nearly every
o.ss the attendant copyright the tire
mendous annual growth of the library
may b. imtgined.
IN the year just PISSED the various
articles deposited in oompliince with
thu copyright law. receipted. stsmpsd.
cre,iited. ndeNrd end c-trlogued.
amounted - 2iTyGa. with permanent
title index cords numbering 1895 At
this rate 81 growth you wonder whst will
evyntually happen. even IN the largest
library hmlding IN the world.
N requires several hours u good 7dy
travelling for the visitor b. SEE personally
al the v'rilus departments and = look
merely ~ covers and shelves and port
foli1s. lettinR the c1ntsnts themselves
strictly alone Most e the deunrtments
have th-i- own reading rooms. which are
IN c1nst nc USE. as well - the main reading
room. Urge and beautiful. directly beyond
the main entrance. but visitors Fre not
allowed In the stacks withoutape u per-
mission, a tho misplaCing u n single
book in ~ vast and infinitely catalogued
a roncJurse would create confusion.
These stacks are ~ extensive that the
usual msthod 81 getting the required
bUnks was u no avail: Il would require
to- many IA IN running hack ana forth. /
up and down, and tn much time would
be consumed In transit. So Bernard
Richardson Green. superintendent II the
library building end grounds. devised
and pat into execution a system which IL
almost uncanny In its ingenious human
mechanical workings.
From the hook stacks n the rearing /
room there passes an endless chain ~ /
baskets. A the main desk a hook may
lpe placei on a small waiting platform /
as h. la9ar asFf la nd
prcsset sinifying the number Of tho |
hoor Of destination. the seventh. say I
With the mechanism set in motion the
hook sta quiet and lets uass by all baskets I
until the proper one for No. comes along.
the fingers ~ this basket comb in the 1
liook end y starts on its journey.
n you could ct over 60 IT, destination 2
IN time n see its arrival YOU could see
many book % sseng gers riding By. rot .
heeiing the little landing platform. but
when your hook comes along the fingers
" the platform comb into the basket and /
No. ont the hook dcstirei there
Sanding hook from enc Of Lhe stacks
hack "a the receiving desk u even simpler.
4 call carl has been recetvet from the
desk. by way 81 n pneumatic tube hilei
ont with the numter ~ the desired hook .
II il plscet on the waiting platform
where il rits and waits for the iiFst empty
basket that comes alOrE The book
Seems almost 20 show rea sOnIrg power
In the way IL lets pas by each basket
with an OccupP1t alrelfy and waits f0r
~ own private car. into which it chambers
ard journeys 70 the desk
On each wall % the stacks iacinE into
the C1HtvTrds are 7O0 lorg windows
fitted with Ere woven wire srreens IN hong.
narrow sections which open ant Close
pi,Otwise. reyIlEting tho admsusnce ~ .
light