The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-02-19
LIBRARY ADDITION TO
UNION PRINTERS HOME

Formally Dedicated al Colorado SPRING
with Appropriate Exercises Property
Valued at 100000 President
Traces History Of the Home.
No Endowments.
Colorado Springs, Colo. Feb. 10. IA
the Onion Printers home Wednesday 81
this week, The library addition to that
Institution was formally dedieated Tin
Union Printers home is the only institu.
tion Of It's kind in the world conducted
81 a trade union for the benefit Of it,
INDECENT and sick members The yant
Of the property Is estimated al one mil
lion dollars. and Che addition that wa.
dedicated to-day cost $4,000. It house.
the homes magnificent collection 81
books-l200O volumes. Among the
speakers were Mayor Avery Of this city
a representative Of the local typosraph-
cal union, representative Of Denver
typographical union and President James
n. Lynch Of the international Typo.
graphical union, The exercises were ct.
tended BY large number 81 people.
President Lynch made tbe principal ed.
dross, and among other things .aid'
we meet to-day to participate in the
dedication ceremonies incident to the
latest addition rs the Institution known
Jas the Union Printers home, the library
addition.
Many Of you are acquainted with the
wonderful development Of this property.
You will recall that the main building
occupied 4 barren and desolate hillside
that through loyalty on the part Of the
union printers 81 this continent, patience
on the part Of the management and in
dustry on The part Of is assistants, has
been been developed until now it j. one
Of the most beautiful parks in this see
tions that from time 70 time new build
ings have been erected and Improvements
have been made, until AZ this time the
facilities of the Union Printers home
are adequate 10 al demands
The history % the library addition rs
typical of the history Of the entire insti-
tuition An Insignificant collection Of
books Of a few hundred volumes has
grown 10 more than ten thousand vol
umes. A room, eommodious and up.to.
date was needed to house the collection
The requirements Of tie home purely
domestic in their nature demanded "a
dtional room and modern utensils. The
great need was made known To nur
Immediately the money
necessary, voluntarily contributed. began
10 pour III until the amount 81 hand
was sufficient TO warrant the board Of
trustees ia undertaking the aetua work
Of construction To-day we are dedicst
ing che new addition that, aside from
this beautiful library room ~ which We
are assembled has given @ the home an
enlarged dining room. additional store
rooms, new kitchen serving rooms, bak
cry cold storage plant ctr Ard all IF
this. including the home itself has been
constructed and 10 maintained by the
union printers Of this continent who
have their own private responsibilities,
cares and duties, but who notwithstand.
ing. fnd a way u contribute something
each month toward the solaee. comfort
and happiness Of their brothers In dis
tress since this institution received
its first resident these wsee-earners
have contributed nearly one million dol
lars to les support The physical value
Of the property IS estimated at one mil
lion dollars
"But ne henefactions Of the Tnterns
tional Typographical union are not con
fined TO this Institution RI Is but one
of its broad liberal and unselish poll
eies For years We have paid a death
hpneiit a fund for which has been con
trihated and maintained by the member
ship. Two years ago we iaaugurated
. pension fund. under the rules Of which
any member attaining The age of sixty
Years, with i continuous membership Of
twenty years and unable to secure en-
ploYment al the trade or bv reason oF
physical incapactv work 1T the trade
IS entitled to a pension Of 50 per week
for the balance If life A present we
have ESQ IF these pensioners and there
& balance in this fund Of 100000.
thus guaranteeing IL liability ana per
manence AGED and infirm members 81
The international Typographical union
H pet become public charges We care
for our own
eWe are proud Of our trade We
lesire To maintain that trade IN an #
tradition and perfacti0n 10 that and