The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-02
TANNING And ckERING
~. LAY CORNERS Z tone |!
Hundreds Of Citizens Attend Cere-
hlonles Attendant Upon the Laying
OF the Cornerstone OF Virg1nia's
New $4,000 i-ublic Library.

u Tue cornerstone Oh Vlf&10la'6
new $4,000 i-ublic Library.
hundreds of citizens were pcas-
est at the ceremonies attendant
uptu The laylng OF The cornerstone
OF Virginia new $4,000 public
uD1ary building, which is in course
u constiuctl-n at the corner ofCen-
tral avenue and Sp4 uce street, and
which when completed will be one
OF the finest library buildings in
The state.
President Michael E. Tanning of
the library beard opened the cere-
monies by giving a short talk on the
object of the gathering, after which
he was followed by r. c. Pickering,
secretary Of the board, who gave a
splendid talk on the efforts of the
library board in securing the neces-
sary funds with which to construct
the building, it's efforts in securing
for Virginia something which will
be of lasting benefit to. it's citizens
along educational lines, gave a brief
history of the inception of the Ii.
brary board to it's present MEMBER
ship, told of the efforts Of the
board for the past two years
in its endeavor to supplant the
present small library building for
one which will meet the present and
future needs of our people and one
which will be a credit to our beauti-
full and fast growing city. He gave
worded description CT the archi.
lecture of the building and ended
by giving an account OF the articles
which had been sealed in a zinc
box to be placed in the cornerstone
The articles compose the following
The Virginia Enterprise, July
rs, 1912, The Daily Virginian
July 80, 1914, one and two cent
stamps, Danish one cent stamp
picture of President NJ. E. Fan.
ming moving first ground for new
building, financial history compiled
Dy City Clerk Albert E. Bickford
in 1911, Don Carlos Musser's book.
let on Virginia, twenty post card
views of Virginia and vicinity, pic
lures CT the members of the library
board and the librarian, Miss Mabel
NeWhard, and a picture of the Vir.
ginia & Rainy Lake company's mill
and yards, donated by General Man
ager S. j. Cusson.
The box was then placed in the
recepticle in the cornerstone, and
| with the assistance of President
flaming and Secretary Pickering
the stone was lowered to it's proper
position, there to rest in common
Grafton Of which it is hoped will
be a lasting benefit to the present
and future generations of Virginia
| citizens.
The new building promises to be
substantial and beautiful one
and due credit is accorded to the
members Of the library board and
the city council for their efforts in
securing it's construction, for they
are certainly deserving of the high
est commentator for their labors
The members of thq board who
were instrumental in securing this
monumental educational institution
for Virginia are as follows: NJ E
flaming, C. c. Butler, r. c. Pick.
ering, J. D. Lamont, c. E. Hen.
drick, A. w. Norton, Mrs. w. E.
Hannaford, Mrs. C. M. Doorway and
Mrs. o. P. Johnson. Recently Mrs
Hannaford and Mr.. Butler were
succeeded by Mrs. Adelbert Trot.
ter and F. J. Hughes. All of these
appointments were made by Mayor
Andrew Hawkinson, with the excep.
ton of Mrs. Trotter and Mr.
Hughes, who were appointed by our
present mayor.
The building is being constructed
at a cost of $4,000, $4,000 OF
which was secured from the sale OF
the present library building and site
at the west end of Chestnut street ia
the Canadian Northern Railway
company, and the balance will be
furnished by the city council. The
present library building was
erected in 1907 at a cost of about
100000. the money being furnished
by Andrew Carnegie. The building
has outgrown it's usefulness as well
as its ornamental beauty, and the
news of its sale and the supple.
mentation by a new and handsome
structure was received with the
greatest of pleasure by the people
of Virgiia.
The main part of the building
will be 80 by "a feet, with stack
room on the rear % by 80 feet, the
librarians office off from this 1917
by Is feet and screened in porch
on the Spruce street end of the