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Show SPRINGVILLE WILL GET A $23,000 LIBRARY Mass Meeting Votes in Favor of Special Library Tax for New $25,000 Building. Springville will have a fine $25,000 Carnegie library if plans which were made last Saturday evening at a mass meeting presided over by Mayor Frederick Dunn of that city materialize. mate-rialize. Springville made application for aid from the Carnegie corporation of New York in 1916, but owing to the war and the increased cost of all building material were about to lose this aid to erect a fine library building. build-ing. Some action was necessary and at once or else this assistance of $12,500 which the Carnegie corporation corpora-tion was offering would be withdrawn. A motion was made and carried at the meeting Friday evening to favor the levying of a special three mill tax for the next three years for library purposes pur-poses which will mean that a total tax of nine mills for that purpose will be levied over a period of three years. This will give Springville city about $12,500, which with a like amount from the Carnegie corporation will give them $25,000 for a fine new library building. The question was discussed pro and con for some time and several motions mo-tions offered before the final motion to favor the tax levy was made. Miss Mary E. Downey, who has been greatly Interested in the move for some time, talked very strongly for the new library and the special tax. Dr. Fred Dunn, who is mayor of the city and a very fine progressive citizen, citi-zen, also talked In favor of the proposed pro-posed tax levy and the new library. Miss Downey, who is state librarian, was iu I'rovo yesterday and is very jubilant over the outlook for a splendid splen-did new library in our neighboring city. The new building will cost in the neighborhood of $21,000 or $22,000 and the balance will be used for equipment. equip-ment. In fact it will be the finest library south of Salt Lake City and will be the envy of many of the other larger cities and towns in central and southern Utah. |