Sun-Journal from Lewiston, Maine • 3

LE17IGTON (SATURDAY JOURNAL FEBRUARY 7 1003 and Library AaooHaHoq wfeaaew BfeaNT thn fermar privOegen with th gtaorel Mw UA In tha fra library Hearty an Used grad th raemmra(elen to derat IM possible to dniah and furnleh tha building he 4t should ba "There were vnrione necessary expenditure to bo provided for before the bulM-oomptoted oo It should be end fug oould ba rise af tha larger dttea Thom era toeol-problems enough where tha wants and the needs of tha people hare are to ha considered In particular la this ooanedtom a further ward mm Llbrartoa Putnam to Intonating Ha says that tha cost of housing a of giving It fee dmpla at a fraction at a shelf-la a considerable cna Ha adds that tha Initial Beard baa fauad bar than very much taken up Bh hae gen out among people but llt-tla Mow la Ute capacity at librarian of the neWllbra ry aha await their free tic gf Without doubt her- aoauidlioa rare as a person at literary ability much general culture and a woman ef ploadng personal-Itp win bo an laflaratlal factor la tha Ufa of this community ttma aad retained two week when It way ba renewed twa sreeha Pour wwka la th limit af time that a hook oao ba kept la ana house-hold so a a gag or too coats a day hhair eotemd on each book retolaad anr-lima Baa Aar poraoa defacing a book la any trap shell pap far ar replace tha booh geo ML Peraona who wilfully MfllBuE OpfeBOOKSi Lewiston Public Library Opens Saturday to the History of the Donation the Accept- ance and Construction-of the Library NEW LEWISTON PUBLIC LIBRARY i iVTBW TAKEN FROM THB CORMBB OF PIlifE AM planted I fecra to hav the ptaanturc of doing that far fmwtotea vsssrJsrsT- "Cpcei tha tee dpt of this tetter by Mm While fbrwaided to bar bp Mk FYyn after eoatoraneo with tha danghtars at ton Amsrteaa Bavoluttaa Who bod douo ee maoh to tittered tho pubHo la tha IYoo Publla Librarp and after obtaining aw pnoelnn of publio sentiment through tho press a wading of tho dty government wan called end tha mhola cuhteot was kM i to addition the to I bettered it was THE PIA Jl JJ -A-vw this eoadltton ef affalra a full aad ftmak statement was prepared aad mat to gene tor Fry with tha request that ho tap th matter before Mr Carnegie- This Mr Pry waa very loth to do taking tho ground that tho cowmtaeton should keep within the MM oven though some things left gut that aught to ba doom Mr- Chmagte' la large -number of wham wera many Bremen this meeting sad after a fires of vtewrx the fbHowiag rsoolutlona were unanimously adopted bp tho dtp Cernagta baa offered to af Lowlatea for tho Whereas Audi Ivu tho dtp af fra publio yty tllOUMXUi A tho dtp shall furnish a suitable nit therefor and shall further bind ttedf to an-aoagp appropriate and oollect by taxatlM tho sum of Bva thouoand doHara far tho maintenance -end taarram of laid llhraipl it to Resolved Bp tha dtp council of the dtp of Lewiston that tha offer of said Andrew Cnrnegte bo and tha mmo lo hereby gratefully aeosuted and Bald cUy hereby toads 1 tacit to provide a suitable lot for said library building and agrees to annually appropriate and collect bp taxation far the maintenance and Increase of aald library whan said building ehnH be erected th rum of five tftnneana dollera Rmolrad That tha Mayor of aald dty' la hereby authorined to accept In baba If at aid dtp mid aum of Bfty thousand dollars whan the earn ebeU ha received and supply -tha mma upon the direction of the dtp council to tho meet ion of sold library building la compliance with th terms and condition under which the gift wee made Resolved That the mayor of aald dty la hereby authorised to accept In tho name of tha dty a conveyance of a sultabla tot of land upon which aald library 1 building shall ba erected said lot of land to bo forever hrtd by aald dtp for the maintenance of a fraa public library tbereoa copy ef them resolutions warn sent to Mr Carnegie who replied through kb em-rotary that 'ee the city has paeead resolutions to appropriate annually the aum at MAM mad aim to provide a dto far the library ee soon as tha dta la provldod aad you ere reedy to start work Mr Carnegie will to struct Me enabler to honor pear drafts me to MOM1 net of tha IntaUuia approved Feb KM' authorised the dtp to aoeopt donations of money and property to eetab-Heh i fraq public library and to accept eoaveymnees at toad far a dto Tha act rati Red confirmed aad made valid ell previous acta and vote of the dtp for tha establishment ef a free publio library ml provided for tho control aad munagumaat at tho library and this art wna accepted bp vote of the dtp council March 4 ML arere adopted bp tha dtp oounotl providing far the amnageonaat aad ooutrol at tha library la eoafonnity with J'- 'V fc x'v' any at the foregoing rules thereby forfait all right to tha uaa of tha library and reading room Bea- A Thera by-la wm rulca and regulations may ba added to or amended at any annual maetlng without notioa and at any special meeting provided the alteration or smendent be told on the table until-the neat mealing annual monthly or special TRANSFERENCE OF A LIBRARY At meeting of tha and Library Association held In April of Ud a totter from Senator Frye wac read advising tha donation of tha library to the city The truateea also thought this advisable under the existing conditions Aa a result the fallowing committee waa appointed to make tha necceeary arrangements: Hon D-Pennell' Judge Drew and Messrs Paul Welsh and Crockett This committee reported In the fallowing September donate to tha Free Public- Llbrarv Lewleton the books and property of the Manufacture and Mechanics Association upon tha fallowing terms and conditions: That ell tha present life and annual member of raid Manufacture and Me chanlea Library Association whether residing in' Lewleton or elsewhere ehall at all limes have the urns rights and privileges in aald fraa public library ae regards tha taking of hooka whjch they now have In aald aeaodatlon That fa long ae thle association shall maintain Ha organisation a parson designated by this aeeoetation shall be a member ef the board of trustees of the new free public library 1 That tha truateea of tha free public library ehall furnish free of charge to said Manufacturers and Mechanic! Library A-oolatlon a suitable room In Its building for holding meetings of aald association so long aa mid association ehall maintain Its orennbatlon 4 That the president and treasurer shall be authorised to execute tha conveyance to tha freapublto library when notlfled Qtth of th above conditions hy tha1 itv "Tiiat upon the aeceptanea of the aesoel-Stion'a terms and conditions by the cltythe librarian ba Instructed to stamp neatly upon each book that belongs to the association tha following 'Donated' by the and Library flret that the aum of 9N be donated from whatever fund may now ba In tha treasury of mid and M' Library Association to bo expanded under the direction of tha board of trusters of tha Freo Publte IJbrary for the puipom of proper cataloguing of the books "And eocond that whatever balance of money there may ba In' the' treasury of tha association bo transferred to tho free public library at aucH time and under such con dittoes eg Iha easoclation may detormina "And that tha city having already elected tha honorable Pennell a member of this association a trustee of tha fraa public library far a term of alx years the association hereby re till ee said Tha foregoing report waa adopted at a later meeting It la Intonating to place on record at this time the list of thit llfa members of the aad library th raw puhlto library Th asms of th Ufa aeomhora ar nd Mm A Amhrnaq Bvmhaofc Job Bartow Mrs Waaiay BtaraharA Ora 1 Blaby a Barker CTokett (fa Cooaeba a Dowaoa fa DtagtaP Oe A Draw1 6 Daria Drawv (fa Rider David Farrar Farrar A rewtaxlk A Fltagerald cyrra Greeley dto (tea Dana Oat Mrs Ieea Ctoddnfa Frank Ontmana A A Hum Hem Nelson Howard Nancy Hill fa A Jaw dan A Jaavar A Jeoaq XKFr Knowlteo Mra UtttaA)eon Lathrapb fa Lawan Mnrray Bilan May Daniel Moultoa Marafa A MHlar HUIa A A Nealey A Noyoa A Horton A Nash OakeaW A Pidgin a A PlngraaA mirifar Frank Packard Plumamr AAA Ftagraa A A BeyaoldA Almoa RoMiwa Randall A Btergle A Straw Mrs Bcrutmi Mra BkolSeld A Banda A Tarr Arabia fa Talbot Daniel Wood JtmWNd A Wedgwood MF Woodbury Hoary Wood The Hat of book In th and Libra ry at th tlam of its donation a follows: Agriculture Jl Biography (71 Basaya airi OraUoaa Flottoa MM History IM Humorous Tl Juvenile (i Mierella-mou Poetry and Drama MV Philosophy Mags sines 417 gclencra end Arte Dleeovmy 417 Theology and Religion Mi Reference mi uneatelogued 14 duplicates Maps and Newspapers M47 Geological FoIVm JSi Pamphlet J07 Tha members wera Menre IL Whlte A VT Furbueh Cyrus Greeley Geo A Haskril Packard A Walsh and Beth A Wakefleld The Androscoggin County Historical and Fraa Publio Library tho temporary organ- toatlon under tha auspice of Mary Dillingham chapter ef tha A A turned over dnout IM volumes to the mw library This girt la much valued and the ladies deceive their share of pralm for Interest and devotion to tha cause of a free library in Lewiston FCRSOIS A3D POLITICS MUbanke tho Brltlah mlnUlev plenipotentiary at Vienna died suddenly Friday of heart disease v- -l ady Henry Gordon-Lennox who ban been sarioualy III for some time past died at her residence In London Friday Former Governor Long continues ta Praaldont Roosevelt Is suffering from th effects of a cold ho contracted recently It hae not incapacitated him aad he le attending to hla usual duties without serious Inconvenience but he le troubled by an aggravated hoarseness This Is yielding I treatment however and Is expected to pas awey in a tow days Improve The authorities at BL Marge rets Hospital Boston elated doflnltely Friday that they had goud raaeoa to anticipate a complete recovery It wee mid by one of thorn In attendance to-night that white there waa alwoya danger la each a eaaa and tha alchneaa might bo a tong ana that if an unfavorable termination woo to coma would have been looked tor before new Alexander Robinson tho old-time clrcua woman who died-at Utica at her horn on Bread street Tuesday morning o( old age wag knawn to every member of the clrcua fraternity ot th country With her husband Alexander Robinson ot this dty aha traveled extensively and In tha circus managed by them for thirty-five years some ef tha moat rated performs re of th country were educated A THOUSAND DOLLARS THROWN AWAY Mr Baker ot Plalnvlew Neb writes: "My write had lung trouble for ever fifteen rears We tried a number of doctor -and epent over a thousand dollar without any relief Bhe was very low aad I lost all hope when a friend auegested trying Foley's Honey and Tar which I did and thanks ba to thle great remedy It raved her life She to stronger and enjoys better health than ehe has ever known In ten ye re We -ehall never be without VYitey'a Honey and Tar and would ask thorn afflicted to try It" Bold by Sanford A Bowers Clark A Oxnard THE NEWS OF HALLOWELL HALLOWELL Ha Feb 7 Hubbard A Rolf conductor on tha A A A road died at bis haqie on Mnpto street suddenly Wednesday morning aged yean Mr Rolf leaves a widow and two young children and two sisters Mra Fred A Tenner of tblo city and Mra Wllaoa Haskell of Chelsea Funeral services were held this afternoon conducted by Rev A Webber Mr Charles Vaughn hat resigned hla position at tho Johnson shoo factory and expects tq leave tha cllv Tha funeral of the lute Mlaa Augusta Foeeott wa held Thursday afternoon conducted by Rev A Webber Thera wera many beautiful floral sleree testifying of the lore and esteem in which she waa -held Mlm Foeeett urea a beautiful young woman and very popular In society Tha burial took placo at Bristol bar former' home The Golden Cram Commander Installed effloera Thursday evening Deputy Douglas ot Lisbon Falls and Col A A Bangs of Hallowell wera the Installing officer Dr Mllllken of this city has been -assigned by the State board of health ta inspect tho A A railroad- testae ae a precaution against the spread of small pox Dr Mllllken le In Presque isle this wreck Extensive repairs are being made by Judge Wingate on the building formerly occupied by the Corner Grocery Company Tha building la soon to be opened ae a drug ton DON'T WAIT wait If you are showing symptoms ot "lung trouble but get a bottle of Dr Plena's Golden Medical Discovery and begin Its un Where there le weakness obstinate cough or spitting of blood It remedial action le marvelous Mr Comailuo McCawley of Leech burg Armstrong County Pa "had righty-one hemorrhages eometlmae eplttlng five pints of Mood at ana time' to quote from hie latter He was perfectly cured by the use ef "Golden Medical Discovery" Whan than is constipation th eatton ef tha ovary" le assisted by the urn ef Dr Pleamnt Pet-lets THOMA8TON Thomaaton has now two raeoo of contagious dlsaaM Mra Balph Doherty a stater of Clarence Riven who wu attacked few days ago having bean also taken III with the mm disease Rivera aad Mr and Mra Ralph Doherty live with Mra Riven aa Gleason street The Rivera bouen Is under strict quarantine Tuesday night Mr and Mra Doherty attended social affair at Glen Cove The house where Mr and Mra Doherty (topped (hat night bra been quarantined by the Rockland board of health Mlm Reardon who la 111 at tha contagious discern hospital In Rosktacd wu reported ns greatly Improved Thursday Her attack nr light one and aha will ho released in fa weeks Foley's Honey end Ter to heel far croup and whooping cough contains no opUtnA and mires quickly Careful mother imp It In tha hone Bifid by Banford A Bo wera A Clark Oxnard BATH Mayor Hyde and Mrs Hyde arrived borai Wednesday from trip to the West Indian They wrent with a Bath excursion party from New York- on th steamer Molth 4 the Hamburg American Lira Thera were M4 people on the steamer From tho time the party left New York datll the return th craft was hotel for tho party They visited BL Thomas and 1 Ban Juan Fterm Martinique Fort do Frame PL Vlaewnt Grenade Jamaica Santiago Havana and Nassau Fotey-i Honey and Tar curse the renew caused by attack ot la grippe It heel the lungs Bifid by Bnnford A Bower A Clark Oxnard This Saturday Feb Ihgw ImWm Ffae Public library wwl ter pa HI Nmintliwi Hiimii km iHM the pUm Ml aap more doubtteen wilt take OMr 1 gflmpoa of IkU tanriUU uw trap taro to-night ia th walk of tha library niwlw1iin Mao'fca ud thl opening lo tho placing of th Uurol on tlMir Mint th Jnml with HonW BL WhHa oao of aHtoa at that commisrioa aal ho ho-' Itoiaa -our (Mopio do not PH fully rooltao tho value Md advantage of thl fm Pub-Ho Ubraiy made pooribla hp tho gen-mltp of BfrChrraila wolf to mid ho loan provide thaamlTM and thair child res with pood kad Instructive reading Tho poor air aot ho atfiii to do oq but It should bo tho pitdo 1 evary eomauufity to bo oblo to mp that poverty dom aot atom tho door of opportunity to up child who desires to obtota aa education llbmrlm thmo plam ororp mu woman nod child In tho community a footing of eomparattro equality in tho qucct for knowladpo and education All can drnk fraelp at tho fountain of thouaht and teaming Tho children's dapartmmt la aspsdallp to bo commanded Thom who hart chanced do took In upon tha children's room In any of tho publio llbmrlm in other Htlss soon tho -torio number of aMIdrsn wagoriy reading or studying notcX tho quilt and decorum which prevailed scanned the thoughtful earnest -faeoa that wore turned to you as you named along tekeri note of tha foot that tho Orem at many a hoy or girl while neat and tidy horn pn-mlatakabio evidence that they did not an come from tho home of tho rich or evqn tho wsllto-do have been profoundly Ini pressed with the great good that tha fraa publio library la doing In thin depirtmant alone la too much to aspect" Mr White added a building should ho provided free from mistakes and faults of eirirye-aiant nod construction Our oomm'mton deubttom would themselves do soma things di Errantly oould tha work bo done again hut In th main wo think th building to well adapted to tho location and will for a great many years to coma reasonably meat tha needa of tho dtp And want-to mp that craat credit Is due tho andhltoMa who have bean imMuuc and untiling la their attention to ovary detail at the worn aa it has programed" During tha conversation Mr Whits stated that in accordance with the read-tton of tho dtp council a apodal amount at tha receipts and expenditures of the commission ha been hoptlnth dtp traaaurar'a office and that deteltad ti mant of tho mu can ha bosh hp anyone Interested In Uw wap at un hlatorieai sketch- lft White was abh to supply the following valuable date which tha Journal la plcuaad to pres set at this not bp act of th dty council commission wee created known an -tho Prea Publio Library Commission' Tha oommloaton tree 1 and empowered to proceed to build unon tho dto elected therefor tha library building for which Andrew cnmagfa had donated tho nuns of gUg a unt however wot to osoeed sold fin of Mffi and to that had the coramledon map employ architects adept plim make contracts far labor trrtala and do all at bar things tl reasonable end name ary to build furnleh aad flaallp complete said Wulldlng' Manufacturers and Menhawkw U-knrp waa aatabltohad JOft MB "In th changing course at effelru however the time had coma whra this llbraip a longer supplied tha waste- aad aaeda of our people or mat tha demands af tha times Free public libraries wM retell the people bare free aareeo to the beat boohs and literature of tha past aad present have ooma to ba looked upaa aa one af tha of eeodora was (he aeoemtty for tha wwdarn fMa pubHo library fait la this community where so tents a part af tha population are employed la Shape and mllla duty of tha maatolpalitp to provide for tho Instruction ud edaeailoa tho children in tha publla schools la recognised by all but Ba duty to the pubHo la each respects dom not erase when the achool door elosea nor to (t Iknlted to cMMmn along Tho arthrltlcfl of tho modern political aoctetp of dtp or town are being eon-ateatlp anlargad and tho free publla library to only oao of (ha many waps ia rehlrk (ho State provides top tho I Great credit to duo to the geo-I publ leapt rlted cltleeee who ware Instrumental In arratlng tha and Aseoristloa and to tho pontons and core pnraUona who eo geaeroualy during all (here yeera contributed to tho rapport and maintenance of that eeeodaltaa "While most of our people who gave the subject any thought whatever reel lead that something ought to bo dona to amt ho needa of our eKy end the daman da of (ho-times tha construction at library building and the Wietltetlon of a freo publla library Involved tho expenditure of oo much money that oil looked epon It so one of th probaMIHteo of tho distant future rather than a poaetbta raallnution of (ho praoent time It remetaod far patriotic nocMy of women entreated solely bp (he dasire to da good to ba helpful to tho cemmuffitp In which they lived to sow tha need which bee made poeelbte this benuli-ful bulMIng and tha establishment of this Free Publio Librarp "With tho eael of craaodaro those woman entered upon thl work organising corporation hiring a small room In Journal Black toping everyone under contribution for books and mageelneo until they had actually collected a library at erysref hundred volumes and giving their own Urn to (ho (dual menagomrat of tho librarp those who bocamn Intarmtod In thle work wee Caroline Spear pry the wife of Hon- William Pm "About (hie time the attention of the country was being attracted to tho remarkable gifts made bp Andrew Corn rate far (ho establishment ef free public I Urn rise and appHcattono were made to MrCarncgia la behalf of the Boeletp of th Daughters tha Amerioetr Revolution far aid far ouch a librarp In Lewiston hut no response cam to thee request "In tha meantime the attention of Mir Try had been attracted to tho subject through tha great Inturcot of Mrs Frye and of hie daughter Holm Bps White In the library work and shortly eft nr tha death of MraFrpoffih Doeraihar UW Mr Frye aa a aserrd duty to the memory of fete wife took up tha matter personally with Mr Cernegig and the result of hie appeal lo told la tha fallowing tetter: "New York January 1101 Dear- Senator: "Mp rule Ig to giro to a community (hat will furnleh a sultabla elta and agraa to'psee on ordinance to ten Itself for tha iqfitiMm of tho llbrarv tho sum nary to erect a raltahla building If lew-toten gava a rite aad oMintra Itself to pay BW annua lip toward mlntenaaeg that would mesa a sum of MOM for tha building am very much imposed to the endow- it of publln libraries my fasting being that a community that wlH not agree to import a library to on far which a library will ds Jltte nmd Wo have plenty of towns willing lo agraa to tbaao aondlttoag and It le a groat plraeura to mo to feel al-- 1 ovorp awralag that aaothar UhnuzM vxbr ohelf-llet 'i 'i -v tS At tha present time an aeriataato bare been chosen But Mira Mary A Uttla who erred so long and wall for tho mad library la helping In the work while Mint Angie Tracey from Biles Col lege Is art-lag as otoaagraphar During tha toat few weeks when program wee a rapid ee pos-ibte Mr Freak Holman gave material oeeletewoo by night work la stenography Hr vjVif H'-' sp 1 i' The problems of a librarian end those responsible for a libAry In these day are quite different from The problems that perplexed tha peopla a decade ego Two of then are suggested by Herbert Putnam librarian of Congress in a recant number of tha Independent They are Cl) to the propriety of supplying recreative literature which lacks substantial literary merit merely because there are readers whose taste rise ae higher then thle and (Z) as to tha propriety of supplying tha currant Action of whatever merit until a sufficient sorted hall have elapsed after Us date of publication to take it out of the category of current Action But these question are less Important to the Lswiatoa Library In proportion to Its mailer else in oomparlaon with tha libra- MI-mV '4 eaef pO cataloging and classifying It la alone aermusaa la estimated at to cents for every boch added to tha library 1 1- BYLAWS BULBS AMD REGULATIONS Tha by-laws rule and regulations for the Lawleton Public Librarp are ae Art 1 By-lewe Sec At TJt o'clock on the fourth Monday of March or as soon tharaftar aa may be of sack pear hereafter the trustees shell meet for organisation and hall thereat for the government of said library sleet a President a Secretary and a Librarian all of whom are to hold omne for one year aad until their successors are elected aad qualllled See I The following nomlttaee shall ba appointed by tha president subject to eon-Urmatlua by the Board of Trustee on Library Bunding and rounds on Books on Finance and oo Rules and Regulations Sea A At' ell meetings tour ef said true teas ahull constitute a quorum Baa 4 The President shell preside at all meetings of said True tees and -shall be a member Ex-oflela at all oommltteea Sea a The Seoretery shall keep a record ef all mootings ef tho True teas -Sea A The Board of Truateea shall meat on tho third Tuesday of each month Sac Tha Preaidant may call apodal meetings of said Board at hla option and shall so at tha written request of three of said Truateea Sea A Notices of all meetings annual monthly or special shall ba sent to eaeb Trustee by mall postage prepaid at least two daps before tha data of aald meeting 8ec A The Committee on Library Building ehall have the general charge of the building grounds heating repairs and Janitor Sec IA' The Book Committee ehall hake the general charge ef the selection of all books periodicals and newspapers the arrangement of th earns and the overnight of the rooms In which the earn ere kept Bea IV The Finance Committee ehall approve all Mile and make an annual repot and oftener If ealled for by tha Trustees of all money expended far said library and building Bee 1 The Commltee on Rules end Regulations ehall report to the Hoard of Truateea ehangaa in- tha rules and regulations of tha board or any additions thereto they In ay deem neoeeeary and every proposition to make a new rule or lo repeal hr emend any rule or regulation shall be referred to a committee on rules and regulations who ehall carefully consider the earn and repot thereon at their next meeting Bn IA The dolnge of 11 eomfnlttee should be reported to the Board ofTruat-eee before Anal action Ait A- i Bea-1-The Library Is opan-to everyone Bee A All persona over ton yean of Saga reel ding tha olty of Lewiston and Ivlng satisfactory references are entitled tha use at the circulating department on agreeing to comply with the regulations provided for its government Bea A The Circulating department 1-t open from nine AM to nine PM Mondays Wednesdays end Saturdays from nine AM to seven FM Tuesdays Thursdays and Fridays excepting legal holidays Sea A The reading room la open from nine AM to nine PM Mondays Wednesdays and Saturdays and from nlna AM tut aevan PM Tuesdays Thursdays and Fridays excepting leg' holidays Bee A Conversation aad conduct ineon-Ictant with quiet and order arc prohibited Bea A A card will bo given each applicant which muet ha presented to the librarian every time a book to taken renewed or returned Bea One book may he drawn at a pqrav THH READING BOOM I 1 THH DBLIVgKY ROOM OF THM UBWISTOH BTAf BOOM AMD SHBLVM AMD Ho did prsctlually aU tho work on tho Weehingten about this tlma Mr Frys mad known hie wants and with tha ra-iilletml hi tho fallowing Hoboken Jan 'Dear Hr: I an In receipt of instructions from Hr Carnegie to notify ran that tha appropriation far library building at jjawfston bee been Increased to MM and I will h- pleasure In Mmoring the calls at fbq treasurer of Lewiston to that extent Very truly yours A Franks Mr Wallace White'' Attorney Ha' 1 Thle addHIoaal MM ao freely and gonerouely' beatowed enabled the oammto-riea to go feu with the work and thoroughly complete the building lu every datell and to turn over -to the dtp a -modern library building wtth a stack rarity of more than (OlM volumes flntehed furnished and ready top immediate oeeupan- 'Vor Its work the ccmmlrelou should and does have the theoke at the community THB MBW UBBARIAN-Miee Joeepklne Beard who has but recently received bar appointment aa librarian already has bate Introduced In part to tha local public through the pram It la plea east to rev law bar aeoariattona with Ut-arary aad librarp work At bar aartp home In Andover Mm eh wue graduated from tha Punchard High School of (hat place Later eke took tha classical course at OMr-im Col tegs Bha then taught la Andover and in tha Boston public schools after which ehe waa appointed librarian of th Flak University at Nashville Tenn There he served three pears During the year of IHf Miss Beard attended the Albany Library School coming thence to the Maine State Library at Augusta In thle work ehe became thoroughly acquainted with the traveling librarian of this State and tha wont gt tha woman's clubs in this eenneettos Ae cataloguer Mira Beard has had aa exteualre experience ef which her work In the Ixwreoce library at Fah-fleld at' the Bkowhegan publla library and at Baton College are examples Bho has visited miAy llbrartoa for the express purpose of studying methods eta end la a member of the American Library Association While la college Mire Beard took a leading place aa a writer and speaker and ehs baa been a frequent contributor to many local publications when railed upon Ia pareorellty Mlaa Beard hae made a very favorable Im preeel on upon her chance acquaintances her In Lewiston Mnce earning hen drat (a woit at (fee Batra librarp- cataloguing Juat before they Moved late the new Ceram Uhrarp( Hilo oct way iwse new claer far tha orantlea of tho building oo Boon ee rito should bo provldod tor it wu ora Of the oondltloaa at tho gift that tha olty should provide a ritg "Much dtecueslon anme fever tho qneotln of location oad sharp differ new of opinion wera devetoiwd hot the city council finally derided the controversy by the pure hare of the praoent lot far tho aum of Bona OB the Ith day of April The rito having been derided upon eertMtod Copies of on tho rates of tho city council ralettitf to (tic library wore forwarded to Mr Car- ntglg oad on the Ith day of April reply was received through Me eashier A Frenkg Myths that tho papers aa to purchase of rito and the reeehitidn wnder guaranteeing the metatenahra fond Is eet-lefactory' and terhra pdur contract hae been lot oad construction begun will on notice from yen enclosing estimate send you the amount doereted bp Mr Carnet lc lit sum of MM us map be needed from time to Urn during th ees-tructlon of the building' "The work of tho oo remission now begat careful conaktoratlen It was determined to employ local arehKqctg aad Marara Cooenba A Glbba were ongagad Mr Cooenba with a committee from tha eo nurd sal on visited various cltlo and towna la Maaaachnaatta and elec where to make a study of library oo net ruction aad much valuable In formation wad obtained and after aaamlnatkm ef various plane the plane from which the present building waa constructed -ware adopted bp- the commission as bring thejbeat adapted to tha location and Within fie appropriation of MOM with which they must build end complete the librarp randy for uso Bide were colled far to construct the building according to plana and efeedflostions aad tha Md ef Mark Green leaf A During ef thle clip of MM waa aeoepted Thle contract wee Bgned on the tOI hr dap ef June 1M "Unexpected difficulties warn encountered la the excavations for foundations end at the very outaet a Mil for extra work woo Incurred forILinil J'Kxtra ordinary and naaxpaetad delays wera met with la tha prosecution af tha work bp tha contractors but It to only fair in nay that they wera aot naponolbln far tha delate White these delays added very considerably te the cost at th build leg to th contractu re If Is believed yiqp have dona thair work well "It early became evident that with the mall amount left in the hands of th comm lesion after tha extra ex penes to- eurrj( am th foundries It would be Im-.