Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-01

Of maintaining it and that the appropria-
ton for such expense should not exceed
tai cost of the building. Mr.. Carnegie
thereupon increased his donation $4,000.
The new library. when completed, will
carry sufficient books for several thou
sand persons. majority of whom have
been riding to town and securing books
at the main library. The sections to be
benefited. besides Takoma Park. include
Brightwood. Brightwood Park. Sligo
Saul's subdivision, Petworth. Whitecroft,
Park View and as far north as Forest
Glen.
Details of Interior Construction.
The architects for the structure were
Marsh & Peter Of this city. AS designed,
the building will have a frontage of fifty
eight feet and a depth of eightysix feet.
with the principal entrance from Cedar
street and an additional entrance from
9Th street, for access to the lecture hall.
The exterior of the library is of colonial
red brick in combination with white stone
The main reading room. thirty-five by
ffty-f1ve feet. will occupy the front of
the building. 1t Is planned with a libra
rian's desk and receiving and distribute
ing counter in the center. From this
point the whole of the library floor can
be controlled.
In the rear of the main reading room,
doors. is a children's room, thirty-one by
thirty-five feet. fitted with portable furni-
ture, which will be removed as occasion
requires. to convert the space into lee
tnre hall. At the end of the lecture hall
there is an alcove with a fireplace and
platform. and on each side of the alcoye
there are smaller reading rooms with
wide window openings so arranged that the
spaces can be made into outdoor loggias
when desired.
The basement will contain a librarians
rest room, with small kitchen adjacent.
and workroom, bOokroom and living
rooms for the janitor.
Attention was given to the lighting.
heating and ventilating systems There
will be ntercommunicating telephones
and other modern devices for the prompt
and convenient OPERATION of the library.
All OF the interior woodwork will be of
gray shade. The decoration of the in
terror walls will be in shades of ivory
white and soft green.
Electric Lighting in Prospect.
The work of improving the streets and
avenues is now occupying the time and
attention of the council. The time Is not
far distant when the old-time oil lamps
on posts will he entirely eliminated and
electric lights substituted. At recent
meeting of the council the mayor was
authorized to confer with the electric
light officials and present a report at the
next meeting of the council as to the ap-
proximate cost of installing electric light
ing in the town. 1t is only within the
past year that permission was granted to
extend the electric cables over the line
from the District side. and today a ma
jor.ty of the business houses and private
dwellings, are using electricity. The gas
mains are laid throughout the park on
the Maryland side. permission for their
extension having been granted when the
town was first laid out number of years
ago.
Within the past few weeks the Holt
property on Carroll avenue was sod to
syndicate and is rapidly being subdi-
vided into building lots to be placed on
the market. AS soon as the work of grad
ing the streets is completed the property
win be supplied with water, sewer and
gas. At the present time the railroad
terminus is at the District Inc. corner OF
Carroll avenue. but an extension Is plan
ned. which will run directly through the
Holt tract. At a spec al meeting of the
council last Wednesday evening permits
sion was granted to the Baltimore and
Washington Transit Company to extend
its line as far as the Washington SAM
tarium.
According to the present plans the read
will in all probability be run by the new