Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-05-16
VILE, ASK CITY! FOR
| $500 TO MAINTAIN !
z CARNEGIE LIBRARY
Board Will Present Project in
Concrete Form at Next
Council Meeting.
COUNTY WILL COOPERATE
Commissioners Appropriate $1,000
for Institution for City
and County.


the cooperation of the county com.
missioners in the establishment and
maintenance Of Carnegie $4,000 pub.
lie library in Olympia, with branch
stations in every village in the county.
the members Of the city library board
and the special library committee Of
the Chamber of Commerce will present
a resolution to the city council next
Wednesday night asking the city TO
appropriate $500 year for the pur.
pose, the same amount as pledged BY
the county.
No opposition is anticipated to the
measure, as several councilmen have
been approached and all are apparent.
ly in favor of 1t. The city is now an.
propriating between $1,1OO and $1,000
year for the maintenance of the pres.
ent inadequate library and the new in.
stituuon means an appropriation of
less than $500 more. In view of this
and the widespread approval that has
been given the project Rev. d. A.
Thompson, who has been most ener.
getic in its promotion. feels confident
Of favorable action by the council.
Mayor hoffman has publicly stated his
strong approval of it.
The commissioners appointed their
chairman, A. M. Rowe. as the countys
representative on the Joint library
committee and the council will be
asked to select another member, to CO.
operate In the dealings with the Car.
negie Library board and in the selec.
ton of q site for the library. The
members Of the committee favor the
purchase of a quarter block some
where in the business section, II the
property can be obtained at reason.
able figure, rather than a single lot,
and several locations are in view.
The matter of obtaining site will be
taken up as soon as the council sign.
fies Its willingness to cooperate In the
library work.
One Of the features of the proposed
$4,000 building which received the
hearty approval of the commissioners
was the fact that it will be furnished
with an excellent women's rest room,
designed particularly to accommodate
the women from the country who
come to Olympia to shop. The old
rest room. maintained at much cost
and labor by the women of Olympia,
had to be abandoned recently and now
there are no accommodations of the
kind in the city.
The fact. however, that the Olympia
library Is to be the headquarters for
series of branch stations throughout
the county, with travelling libraries in
all the school districts, was what
prompted the commissioners to take
favorable action. Their action came
as the climax of years constant ef-
fort Of the city library board to OBJ
tain means whereby the residents Of
the city and county might be furnished
with the latest and best literature.
The resolution adopted by the com.
missioners reads:
Whereas. One of the paramount
needs of Thurston county and the city
Of Olympia is we'll equipped public
library, and
Whereas, A movement is now under
way to enlist the financial support of
Andrew Carnegie to the extent OF $685.
900 for Carnegie library for Thur
ston county, and
Whereas, A law enacted at the last
legislature empowers the county COM
missioners to levy a special tax for H.
brary purposes,
Therefore. be 1t resolved, That we.
the county commissioners Of Thurston
county. in meeting assembled, May u.
1913, do hereby pledge to the Olympia
city library board. our financial assist.
ance to the extent of $500 per annum
for maintenance. and we assert our
willingness to cooperate with the IL
brary board and Chamber of Commerce
committee in the securing of suitable
site and to this end we designate
Chairman A. M. Rowe as a member OF
the joint library committee"
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