Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 January 1903 — CARNEGIE IS GENEROUS. [ARTICLE]

CARNEGIE IS GENEROUS.

Offers to Present Rensselaer witli a SIO,OOO Library Building. Andrew Carnegie, the who has given away thousands upoe thousands of dollars to various cities for the purpose of building public library buildings has offered to present the city of Ronsselaer with c SIO,OOO building upon certain conditions. For some time certain of our citiS" zeuß have been trying to get Me. Carnegie to recognize the clainwt oi our city, and‘at last they have boea successful us the following letter from his secretary will show. New York, Jan. 13, 1903. In respect to your communication Lu behalf of Rensselaer: If the city agrees, by resolution, to maintain a free public library at a cost of not less than SI,OOO per year, and provides n suitable site, Mr. Carnegie will be pleased to furnish ten thousand dollars to erect a free public library building for Rensselaer, Respectfully, James Bertram, Secretary. By this it will be seen that a site for the building will have to bo donated,, and SI,OOO raised each year thereafter to support the library. It's now up to the citizens ofouir little city to say whether thisdona*tion is desired or not. A special meeting of the directors of the Jasper Pnbllo Library was held Monday afternoon to consider Mr. Carnegie’s offer. The sentimeat, seemed to be unauimous in favor of accepting his gift and a resolution was adopted requesting the city council tolavy a tax sufficient to raise $1,001) per year for maintenance of the library. A committee consisting of Deloe Thompson, T. J. McCoy, Hev. 0. Dl Royse, J. J. Hunt and R. B. Porter was appointed to present the matter to the city council at the meeting of that body next Monday evening.