Show V 0 f r T 4 A ta U r f 4 A 4 V f W AA I 1 1 it t 5 L I 1 I 1 1 n ab 41 az A 4 U 1 4 04 wa ra CARNEGIE I 1 bt NED TO THE PUBLIC MON MONDAY DAY carnegie library open to the public the rhe beautiful hew new carnegie it arary has been completed and wis inas opened to the public monday morn ins ing the building is 14 38 feet wide and arid 61 feet long the basement AN walk ails are of black rock hid laid up vi with ith cement mal ing it very str ng and arid attractive attric tive above thia this the walls 14 feet high are of light colored brick lai I 1 in red botar the roof projects in a wide cornice ensuring wa plenty of shade and coolness the entrance en is up a flight of cement steps into the vestibule vesti bul thru laige aige white columns inside ther vesti k bule is a beautiful white fountain the room is all open the tile entrance and librarians desk room occupy occupying in g 1320 feet chileon while on cither either si lie ie is 18 a reading room spa space ce of 0 feet ibis room is extremely well lighted and ventilated and the heating system is perfect tile woodwork finish it ib sa s1 ash gr grim tin oregon fir stained in an I 1 varnished the walls lie ate I 1 z tan color and the ceiling ais a 4 cream color i a very nerv pleasing and 44 restful combination of colors 11 1 there is lineal feet containing it at present 2000 books ind and i number ot of magazines thematically filed is dimple room for 20 books there is 14 at present seating accommodations for or 50 readers which cm can be in cruised to about double that amount in the tile basement there is a lecture room 05 feet with a ten foot toot ceiling entered thru double doors there is a lecture platform it the tile end of the room facing the doors door pretty french Nindo windows wB on three sides give plenty of light ind and venti lation the floor is of cement as are ilso algo the steps leading to tho the room entrance to two toilets can ad 1 either be made from this room or from the reiding reading room above there is a janitor room leading 4 from the tile lecture room and entrance to the furnace loom and other 11 rooms in the basement can be made from front the lecture room tho they have separate entrances fhe rho librarians work and store room in the babe nent is a very erv 4 nice one the building will be steam heated and the heating apparatus appears to be first clarq adjoining the tile turnice furnace rom ro im is i i fuel room every room in the building his excellent electric lighting arranged and a perfect system of ventilation tion A neat lion non fence and gates have baie teen sen ordered for erection on the t sidewalk in front of the building and as soon as it arrives it will ill bo be 11 put in place and a cement walk laid down connecting the pavement side 4 walk with the tile lower entrance step to the building aa a a wv the tile building is han hannone Nome in ornament to the city albert 1 miller his ha lia I 1 supervision of ther construction ind and hs his given ohp alie work great consideration miss ida miles allies the li Ir brinan his has gone to poughkeepsie IT Y to tike take st a library carse urse in tho tile iman titue miss iona ble bleik tk la im inting librae tan q ahe be first fr t publia abr try bu idillie for bt george was made t by mayor geo goo F head ini try 1 1411 1911 5 was granted by the carnegie institute ite for this purer but wis was not taken up in 1918 1913 J mayor thomas judd applied for and was granted by the cirne carne J gie institute this amount was supplemented by 2000 aiom the city during mayor woodbury iye term of office ind and a start on the building mide made another mayor james mcarthur bein being in office on its completion IN e publish a cut of the building 40 al in this iame which however does not do it justice because it at the time the cletu picture re was taken the building was not completed and the old fence in front of it remained in la puce place |