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Show CARNEGIE HAS FOUNDED 1,800 PUBLIC LIBRARIES New York, June 5. Andrew Carnegie Carne-gie has founded 1,800 public libraries, representing donations aggregating ; $51.59C,9C3, according to his own I statement in the current number of I Collier's Weekly. Up to December 31. 1908, the philanthropist says he erect-. ed in the United Slates 959 library I buildings with 208 branches at a cost J of $34,875,745. England and Wales) comos second with 329 buildings and 1 59 branches at a cost of $7,899,550. Mr. Carmgie thinks that, consider- ing the population of the two countries, coun-tries, he has done almost as much fori Canada as for the United States, having hav-ing erected there S6 buildings and es-! tabllshed five branches at an outlay of $2,059,415. He says he is satisfied with the results of his expenditures in , the library line. |