Show I HH HI HI IH HH H I HI ril III J r n I SALT LAKES PUBLIC LIBRARY f riot l nc new year upon which we weare weare T THE are almost entering will see the I ree Library established upon a It has never before possessed and which It would have taken years rI to realize wave Me for the munificent gift lie be bestowed stowed upon UlOn the Institution b by Mr r rW W I Ir Packard This gifta pre pres presentation of thousand dollars for tor the housing of the institution will give he Salt Lake a library of oC which the State ma may well wellI he proud The crying need of the library for years punt has hili been more I room for th the ot of tile the vol volumes umes constantly being Ing added to the th lar large list lilt on hAnd at its III commence commencement ment as aH II a free public library and for the convenience or of visitors who ho hoUte Ute use the hall as a reading room the present accommodations being too loo limited for Ike increasing number ot of those thole who desire to avail them themselves selves Hives of at It its the erection or of the new nel whIch will be L bv nN car early In the comIng year ear the these e needs will be met the endowment I made matle by Mr r being lent to erect an elIkE edifee which will be bein In nil all respects for the grow growIng In Ing needs of the institution Added to this advantage will bo be bothe bethe the probable accession of DC many new volumes to the library notably ret ref crones looks books upon special H scientific subjects a need of which was set forth In the last annual report ot of the library board of at report showing n a constant and growing demand for Cor that cluB class ot of books It Is possible al also that the thene ne new library will become the public d depository for all pUblic documents and government publications A movement In that direction having already been sit on foot b by lion W II Id iCIng The directors consider that It If this effort proves successful the useful neu nea ot of t the hI library will be grEa greatly tI increased In clue case II a provision Is made b by which the pUblic can have access to and facilities for examination atlon and study ot of these thele books The library already has n a large laree number ot of these theBe volumes but ns as they are stored In vaults and attics their availability and u use e is h there by limited Should the library be become tOme come the legal depository for tor such literature an appropriate place In Inthe inthe the new building will doubtless he be provided The difficulties under which the lime library has hILs existed ore are arenow now In n a fair way towards tion The appropriation made b by the State at al the time lime of the flOtation ot of the pioneer Institution Into a f tree public library together with Ith the donations made by individuals and firms since that time have helped to place a large number of at volumes at the service of the pub lie lIc the lOOks books In the library at the tha present time numbering something like volumes Besides these theae fire are a 11 large number or of unbound per and dpI dally the list Including nearly every monthly and weekly magazine und and notable newspaper In the country countr The last annual report of the board stated the total u use ot of the books during the year ear as being nearly volumes 01 There have havo been heen over vIa Is hors to the rooms during that time This meat n a dally average or of 0 t visitors and with more mort room roods and added conveniences this nurn ber may be expected to largEly In crease An encouraging report was wa also made In regard to the number of young who visit the tho Il II brar brry and the tho nature na ture ot of s called for tor these comprising mostly books of hIstorIcal and other ence rather than the fiction h might be b naturally supposed to b more In demand with young oung people This predicts nn an encouraging out look for tor the youthful readers In the tho erection ot of the new With accommodations and comfort comfortable able quarters the new library will doubtless prove nn an alluring attra lion to man ninny young oung people acting as n a healthful and counteracting against loss less helpful on ones this making Itself lf n a great moral agency of at the tho State The outlook for tor the future of the Free Public Li 11 nil all things considered Is on of the most hopeful of pub Ile Institutions t i l m r t n r J II x s 3 4 4 l l t t ts tn tF I s f n F a t j i I I I SALT LAKE READING ROOM I vw y v vr J I t |