Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1901 — Carnegie to Give 50,000. [ARTICLE]

Carnegie to Give 50,000.

The city council of Lewiston, Me., has voted unanimously to accept the offer of Andrew Carnegie to give for a free public library ten times the amount that the city would appropriate annually for its support. Mr. Carnegie will be called upon for $50,000, the council voting $5,000 annually. Mary Dillingham chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. secured the gift.