Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-02-14
INCREASE
in CIRCULATION
January Banner Month at IL
brary--T reasurer's Report.

With an increase In circulation OF
nearly 800 volumes, yer the CORE
spending month last year the Publlc
Library began the most ~succeHsful
year OF it's existence In January, the
trustees declare. The circulation
during the month, according to the
report OF Miss Anna O Shivers, libra
rIan. read and approved at the meet
ing last night of the Board OF Trus-
ltees. the circulation, during jan
uary, 1912, reached the high water
mark of 6s854 volumes. The fetal
In the corresponding month In 1gIl
was 5,989. This enormo increase
Ia gratifying, the trustees assert,
and additional improvements will be
made from time to time to handle
the fast increasing patronage.
Some Interesting Figures
Other items OF the report follow:
Largest daily circulation, 436; 1911,
367: smallest daily, 143; 1911, 147;
Adult circulation fiction, 2.978:
1911, 2,sB5; non-1ction, $50: 1911.
Sic; Juvenile, fiction, 1896. 1911,
1,426; non-hction, 1,2N2: 1911. SAB;
borrowers, 6,342; cards added,
adults, "a: Juvenile. ~; exTtred,
III; renewed, 81: delinquent nofi-
ces sent. SIS reserve notices. n.
Daily readers, 1883; Sunday read.
ers. I78; reference question:, 90;
volumes added, 243; by purchase
223: binding, 20; lost and paid, 4;
REPAIRED, on; discarded, A; fines col
lected, $24.58; reserves, $1.54: lost
hooks and cards, $1.46: total
scr .H7: expenditures. $7.35: bal
anee, 320.22.
Reports OF Treasurer.
Treasurer Fred =. Cox submitted
his annual report up to and iHclud'
ing January i, 1912 showing q bal.
ance on hand of $30.82. It shows
lreeeipts of 35,785.53 and dixburse'
ments Of $~5,754.71, as follows: Bal
ance of 1910 appropriation. $500;
fines. etc, $272.36; Interest on de
posits, $a.72; total, $~5,785.53. Ex'
penditures, salaries, s2,583s98s
property repairs. s62.46: books
s1,s34sOo; periodicals, si68.s3; lee
cures, $79.5; light, $316.70: heat
$208.37; Stationery, postage, etc,
$12; janitor.s supplies. $3.50; II
brary supplies, $22.36i property ad
dition $132; rebuilding, s2I6.0bi
building, $73,s7; total $b,7b4+71i
balance, $30.S2.
Contagious Disease Precaution-
II Treasuerer Cox's monthly report
for the period ending January III
shows the following items: Cash o.
hand, January l. 1909. receipts
'~$1aa8.67; total. $1.S6e.49; dis
hursements, $4s3-74; balance, 81,
375.z6. Bills amounting to S462s2'
were ordered paid. 1t WAS decided
to have 500 postal cards prinfe'
with the required formula and thy
Will be turned over to the healtl
fdepartment. The department vii
hereafter notify the library boars
whenever a contagious disease IL
reported In the city. No books viii
be- sent to the infected family unit
after sfhe home has been fUmigated
gThe Trustees decision concludes q
interesting argument between III
two boards, each claiming the othe
should supply the cards.
TO Secure New Books.
Mssg Shivers Will attend the meet
tings of the New Jersey Library As
sociafion and the Pennsylvania II
brary Club at Atlantic City on Marc
Z. y and 8, ut tbs expense OF til
board. The assistants of the libra
| riau were granted a small raise /
I salary. President Fritz Holyal
] }chafrman OF this house coHlfalttst
was Instructed to purchase six ne
chairs for the library. &l5a will .
expended for books during February
J Commissioner Juhn NJ 0Toele wa
elected secretary to succeed Fer
J Andrews, whose term "a coxnmli
Isalonnr mas expsrsa. COMMISSIONS
Prank L. AntisalI, recently appoin
i ed. was appointed chairman OF II
I finance COMMITTEES and = member {
the book and house COMMITTEES
which positions were held by "a
ANDREWS. Those present were. Pre-
1 lidsnt Hoyler, Treasurer Cox Con
missienars Antssell and Or F. "
1 KaEchell.