Show S LIBRARY CAN CANS USE ElSE DURING 1910 Commissioners Commission rs AsK Larger Revenue and Prove Its Is S Popularity The free public library commissioner commission commission- er cr cr want halt half a a. mill mi levy for library purposes rn d during tho the comin coming y year ar and mst insist that the increased patronage of the il institution justifies it Tho to importance of the thC work vork carried arrea on t b by th the library is clearly tar shown hown by Ly an increase a in Jurin during the last year pr of over mCl 20 0 0 per cent as indicated I in its it annual report to the tho mayor maSor made mado yesterday The report says sars that there theio arc nrc lre now in S Salt Lake homes all tho the time between and books being beil read iad JIul UI and that an nn average of 1000 people pep peo plo daily daiy use the reading rading room The h circulation of books hool s Jut during ing 1909 1900 was vat than in iii and in inthe inthe in inthe the children's childrens department alone averaged aver aver- U aged lr over o er OO 00 a day clay durn during December Tic The of the tho board bond president T V. V Goodwin win and ld Secretary Elizabeth Elzabeth M. M l Cohen who vho make maIe the report state that Ilia I the board is much hampered by hr lack ack of funds and md tho the prosing pressing need of cf new books Looks They point out Hilt that repairs are c nedd and that expenses are arc in- in Books Bools are aro sadly wanted in inthe inthe the tho childrens children's room In Seattle cattle catte they ther state with wih twice the tho population of Salt Lake there aro over are over 1000 books in the tho schools while here are only iO 40 Auditorium a Reading Boom Pom The growth in ill hi popular use of or the li library Ii- Ii l- l rendered it necessary to turn tur the auditorium into a re reading din room so PO o the chairs were chairs were sold MI and anI book bool stacks and andal andall andall all al appliances for a reference room were Jere added Tho The report ure urges strongly strongly- tron lY the necessity notes- notes sity of an au increased e levy Ie rakin making in all al half mill for a mil library purO purposes purpose I The financial portion of the report report shows that including the th balance balanI at the b beginning o of the year the year yer of receipts re re- ro- ro for the rear were were 3 and add d disbursements 1 ld leaving a hal bal balance ante ance ancl of L at af t the hI close dose of De Do- 15 cember The estimate for tho the comin coming year is placed at The number numb r of volumes on hand at athe atthe the he be beginning of ut January lOOP 1000 was Trap wal and 40 have been acquired since as aa follows by ty purchase 2374 bound ou I. donated found previously previously pre pre- ost lost lost- SS 58 and b by exchange 5 The Tho losses Josses in books bools were 1390 as follows follows fol fol- lows Jaws Di Discarded Disca ado as worn out and condemned con ou lost and paid for 64 64 lost lostan an and not paid air for 22 2 given Yel in in echan exchange l 10 30 destroyed b bv by health health department and nisin missing at inventory 51 The number in 11 the library on Januar January Janu Janu- any ary ar- ar 1 I 1 1010 HlO is given as Proving Its Is Popularity Tho The membership hip at the first of lOOt 1000 I Iwa wa wits was 1098 and durin during the roar cards were issued and canceled making a 3 gain in membership of neil and ull a n total of present nt membership of Books loaned for use Ile durn during luning the year car numbered and dali daily loans i I averaged Th There re were loaned in the thc i ire re reading di roms books a daily I average of i 67 1 f Th The f j estimated d number of visitors to fo th the library during the year yar was tHO I and and- the of visitors visit isH isHi number average a r daily daiy i ors era 1010 The library was open for I days dars and the circulating ain department days s. The hours were Iel lengthened last year ear and 1 the he rooms roms are now new open until 10 at at ni night ht and from 2 to 7 p. p m. m S on Sundays i |