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The Stalls at the Beacon Street House have been remodeled and made to face toward the Steamer and Hose Carriage, making a decided improvement.
The total cost of repairs has been, .
. $1,688 31
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G. S. Clough, contract, $760 00
G. S. Clough, for water closet and extra work, . , 84 64
A. W. Fairbanks, painting contract, 125 00
A. W. Fairbanks, graining and varnishing, extra, . 20 95
The cost of additions and alterations of Engine House, at New Worcester,
$989 95
For changing stalls at Beacon St. House, labor and materials ·
199 71
For repairs of stable, Bigelow Court, labor and materials, . 83 86
For repairs of doors, cutting through wall and putting in new door for Steamer 3 house, . 47 27
For varnish, Babcock Extinguisher, 9 37
For new floor at Hose 7 house, stock and labor, . 89 76
Lumber for floor, Fire Patrol house, 31 88
For papering Company-room at New Wor- cester, Steamer 4 house, 22 32
For new stoves, pipe and repairs, 172 60
For general repairs,
41 59
Total,
$1,688 31
CITY HALL.
The outside of the City Hall has been thoroughly repaired and painted, the chimney tops relaid and a new concrete floor has been put in one-half the basement, the remaining portion not being in so bad condition. The boiler now in use has become so much worn by reason of the constant use and expos- ure to dampness, that a new boiler will be needed soon, and I would respectfully suggest that as soon as may be after the weather becomes such that its use can be dispensed with, it be carefully inspected and tested.
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SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
The cost of repairs has been, $1,381 23
There has also been expended for furniture and
repairs of furniture, the sum of 53 69
CITY FARM.
All the buildings at the City Farm are in good re- repair, and have been well painted during the Fall. The cost has been for stock and labor, painting house, etc., $198 83
Stock and labor, painting barns and sheds, 275 74
SCHOOL HOUSES.
The several school buildings are in good repair as a general rule. Some of the older buildings are not in as good condition as could be desired, but nothing has been neglected which has seemed to demand attention.
A considerable amount of painting and whitening has been done during the year. I have been called upon by the Com- mittee on School Houses of the School Board, to furnish and fit up during the year school rooms as follows: One in the Woodland street building by partitioning off from the hall. Similar rooms in each of the Ledge and Belmont school build- ings, with the vacant recitation room in the Belmont building. The two vacant rooms in the Dix street building, the one in the French roof and the basement room have both been occu- pied. Dressing rooms in each of the Thomas, Ash and South Worcester buildings were fitted up and used during the Spring term. Two rooms have been rented of the Providence & Wor- cester R. R. at the Green Street Station, and a room is rented at New Worcester. The building at Trowbridgeville has been shingled, painted and plastered, and the building in the Cham- berlain district has been shingled. New outbuildings have been built at New Worcester and Lamartine street. The lower room in the Washington street building has been changed by
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moving the dressing-rooms from the west end to the opposite end of the room, and a door cut in upon the south side. Water closets have been put in and the sewer entered. The fence around the Providence school-yard has been rebuilt and painted. The total cost of repairs of all kinds has been $6,170.07, of which the
Repair of stoves was
$1,193 17
" of School clocks,
131 80
of High school clock,
26 75
For Shingling and painting bridgeville,
Trow-
87 40
Shingling Chamberlain,
58 96
66 Valley Falls, 13 26
Fence at Providence st. and painting,
156 55
New room at Ledge st. Hall,
77 94
Belmont Hall, 46 12
Woodland,
42 24
Repairs, Washington st., 153 55
66 of chimneys,
90 85
New outbuildings, New Worcester,
134 61
Lamartine,
135 66
Painting Dix st. house and fence,
120 00
Setting glass,
18 62
Painting Lamartine house and fence, Setting glass, 3 50
90 00
Painting Union Hall,
65 00
Setting glass, 2 75
Repairs of vault and lowering
sewer pipe, Pleasant street, 146 72
Entering sewer, Washington, st. 47 00
Connecting sinks with sewer, 21 87
Paving one room, Woodland st. basement, 59 00
Cesspool, Union Hill,
20 65
Relaying walks, Thomas street, 31 10
Concreting walks, So. Worcester, 42 72
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Concreting walks, Lamartine, 20 70
Repairs of vault, relaying sewer and connections, Ash street, 236 95
Repairs on black boards, 135 57
Grading yards, Woodland, 90 00
Providence, 25 50
Sycamore, 12 00
New fountain, Ledge, . 47 56
urinal, 60 26
Dix,
45 00
" Sinks, Oxford,
26 73
66 Plastering two ceilings, Ash, 51 40
Repair, Adams Sq., 21 50
Whitening and kalsomining,
373 60
Trucking,
299 88
Changing steam pipes, Belmont,
70 70
Cutting trees and repairing catch basin, Thomas st. 29 45
Repair of fountain, High school,
11 25
Paving repairs, Summer and Walnut,
48 75
Repairs of plumbing,
95 62
" slate,
60 97
Hardware,
181 58
Lumber,
207 27
Paint stock,
174 69
Labor, carpenters,
830 35
$6,170 07
CITY STABLES.
The City Stables and connecting buildings are in good repair and a small amount will keep them in their present good condition.
Amount of stock on hand of every description at shop, 36 School street, $325 07 19
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MATERIALS SOLD.
Old iron, .
$7 01
Wood and lumber,
5 50
Old desks and furniture, . 59 87
" materials, various kinds,
10 75
$83 13
In conclusion I wish to express my sincere thanks to the members of the Committee on Public Buildings for their uniform kindness and to all others with whom it has been my fortune to be associated.
Respectfully submitted,
C. H. PECK,
Superintendent of Public Buildings.
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SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
TABLE.
Showing the Location, Size and Valuation of the School-houses and School-house Lots belonging to the School Department.
LOCATION.
Material.
Stories.
Size.
No. of echool- rooms.
Total value of Houses and Lots.
High ..
Brick,
3
130 x 87
14
$197,508
Walnut Street.
3
50 x 70
6
44,210
Belmont Street.
2
90 x 92
11
39,860
Dix Street ...
66
2
96 x 60
11
40,500
Woodland Street.
2
96 x 60
10
38,000
Lamartine Street.
2
96 x 60
11
39,608
Washington Street.
2
50 x 30
2
12,891
Thomas Street.
3
75 x 56
10
38,750
Sycamore Street.
2
75 x 52
8
37,625
East Worcester.
66
3
62 × 50
6
25,260
East Worcester ..
2
52 × 30
4
9,030
Providence Street.
4
62 × 50
8
49,000
Grafton Street.
Wood, Brick,
2
24 x 46
2
5,000
Ash Street .. .
6.
2
75 x 32
9
25,918
Oxford Street.
3
52 × 50
5
34,500
Winslow Street.
2
66 x 51
4
13,000
Salem Street.
2
62 × 50
4
18,522
Edgeworth Street.
2
62 × 50
5
18,538
New Worcester. .
2
50 x 36
4
12,980
Summer Street
2
51 × 48
5
12,150
Quinsigamond.
2
44 x 30
2
7,980
Adriatic.
Wood, -
2
45 × 30
4
6,100
Union Hill.
2
38 x 28
2
3,100
Northville.
Brick, .6
1
73 × 30
2
6,500
Tatnuck ..
2
43 x 32
2
5,300
Valley Falls
Wood, 66
1
28 x 22
1
600
Trowbridgeville
66
1
36 x 28
1
1,600
Bloomingdale
Brick,
1
40 x 32
1
3,200
Adams Square.
1
40 x 32
1
3,100
Burncoat Plain.
66
1
31 x 28
1
2,700
North Pond.
Wood,
1
40 x 32
1
1,900
Chamberlain.
1
38 x 22
1
1,300
183
$841,577
3
59 x 51
6
17,520
South Worcester
Wood, Brick,
2
75 × 32
6
24,725
Mason Street.
1
25 × 30
1
375
Blithewood ..
66
2
96 x 60
12
42,667
Ledge Street
66
66
ENGINE AND HOSE HOUSES.
NAME.
LOCATION.
No. feet in Lot.
REMARKS.
Gov. Lincoln No. 1, S. E. Combs No. 2,
Bigelow Court, Cor. Beacon and Lagrange Sts.,
5,310
Head-quarters of the Chief Engineer and assistants in this building.
A. B. Lovell No. 3, Rapid No. 4,
Webster St.,
City Hose No. 1,
School St ..
With Steamer 2. On B. & A. R. R. land.
Ocean Hose No. 2,
Bloomingdale,
Eagle Hose No. 3,
Carlton St.,
1,270
Niagara Hose No. 4,
Exchange St.,
500
Myrtle St.,
1,277
Ward 6 ward room in this building.
Pleasant St.,
6,106
Lamartine St.,
47,096
Ward 5 ward room in this building.
John St.,
1,837
With Steamer 1.
Thomas St.,
Pleasant St.,
On School-house lot.
OTHER BUILDINGS.
City Hall,
Cor. Front and Main Sts.,
Common
Waldo St.,
Salem St., Elm St.,
7,258 17,959 9,902
Boylston St.,
Thomas St.,
10,525
School St .. Wellington St.,
8,265
Building formerly occupied by 5th Battery, Salem Street. Building occupied by Street Light Department, Salem Street.
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[ City Offices, Police Station and Police Court Room, Ward 7 ward room in / this building. Ward 3 ward room in this building.
Armory, City Stable, Free Public Library, City Farm. Water Works Shop, City Shop, City Hospital,
Bigelow Court,
Yankee Hose No. 5, Tiger Hose No. 6, Protector Hose No. 7, Babcock Extinguisher, Hook and Ladder No. 1, Hook and Ladder No. 2, Bell Tower,
8,000
School St.
7,688
FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
REPORTS
OF THE
DIRECTORS AND LIBRARIAN.
DIRECTORS IN 1879.
GEORGE E. FRANCIS,
PETER C. BACON,
EMERSON WARNER, EDWARD H. HALL,
66
1881
NATHANIEL PAINE,
J. EVARTS GREENE, 1882
WILLIAM R. HUNTINGTON,
WILLIAM CROSS.
66 1883
FRANCIS A. GASKILL,
SAMUEL D. HARDING, 1884
THOMAS J. CONATY,
WILLIAM DICKINSON,
1885
ORGANIZATION FOR THE YEAR.
PRESIDENT. PETER C. BACON,
SECRETARY AND TREASURER.
NATHANIEL PAINE.
E. H. HALL,
COMMITTEE ON THE LIBRARY. G. E. FRANCIS, NATHANIEL PAINE. W. R. HUNTINGTON, F. A. GASKILL,
COMMITTEE ON THE READING ROOM.
J. EVARTS GREENE,
WILLIAM DICKINSON,
T. J. CONATY.
COMMITTEE ON THE BUILDING.
EMERSON WARNER, WILLIAM CROSS, S. D. HARDING.
WILLIAM CROSS,
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE. P. C. BACON, J. EVARTS GREENE.
LIBRARIAN. SAMUEL S. GREEN.
MISS SARAH F. EARLE, Assistant Librarian, Green Library. MISS JESSIE E. TYLER, Assistant Librarian, Circulating Library.
TERM EXPIRES. Jan. 1, 1880
DIRECTORS' REPORT.
To the Honorable Charles B. Pratt, Mayor, and the City Council of the City of Worcester :
The Directors of the Free Public Library respectfully submit their Nineteenth Annual Report.
The annual reports of the Librarian, of the Standing Com- mittee on the Library, of the Reading Room, of the Library Building, and of Finance, and the annual report of the Treas- urer of the Reading Room Fund, all of which are herewith transmitted, will furnish a detailed account of the Library and Reading Room, the Library Building and the Finances of the Institution, and of the Reading Room.
In these will also be found a detailed account of the manage- ment of the Library and Reading Room during the past year.
They would call attention to the Reports as containing val- uable information in regard to the Institution and its manage- ment. The very able and interesting Report of the Librarian, Mr. Samuel S. Green, will be found to embody information and suggestions of great value. It appears by his Report, that additions to the Library during the past year have been made as follows :-
To the Green Library there
have been added by pur- chase,
338 vols.
And by gift and otherwise, 53 vols.
Total,
391 vols.
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To the Intermediate Depart- ment there have been added by purchase, 188 vols. And by gift and otherwise, 653 vols.
Total, 841 vols.
To the Circulating Depart- ment there have been added by purchase, 892 vols.
And by gift and otherwise, 27 vols.
Total, . 919 vols.
-
The additions, in all, amount to, 2,151 vols.
There have been withdrawn from the Circulating Depart- ment 202 vols. Number of vols. missing : Green Library 4, and Circulating Department 14; in all 220 vols., which taken from the additions, 2,151 vols., leaves the increase for the year 1,931 vols.
Adding these to the number of volumes as represented in Dec. 1877, 43,224, the Library now contains 45,155 vols., of which the Green Library has . 18,628 vols.
The Intermediate Depart-
ment,
8,939 vols.
And the Circulating Depart-
ment, . 17,588 vols.
Total,
45,155 vols.
From the Report of the Committee on Finance, it appears that out of the City appropria- tions of . . $8,000 00
And Dog Fund of 2,722 18 And Fines, &c, 514 31
In all, . $11,236 49
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FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
and exclusive of the special appropriations made by the City Council this year for repairs of the Library Building and Elevator, the following sums have been paid for the following purposes, viz :
For Purchase of books, .
$1,452 52
Salaries of Librarian and assistants, .
5,389 22
Wages of Janitor and Messenger,
400 00
Additional Library services,
746 42
Binding books,
945 09
Coal and wood, .
201 65
Gas, .
978 06
Reading room,
100 00
Freight and postage,
265 44
Postals,
60 00
Paper for covering books, .
89 36
Ordinary repairs and small furniture,
56 41
General repairs,
153 31
Insurance,
105 00
Indexing,
50 00
Printing lists of additions,
126 57
Other printing and charging slips,
103 89
Cards for cataloguing,
4 50
Water,
5 00
The income of the Green Library Fund has been, for the year ending Nov. 30, 1878, $2,415.18. Of this, one-fourth, $603.80 has been added to the fund, and the remaining three-fourths, $1,811.38, has been appropriated in accordance with the pro- visions of Dr. Green's will.
STATEMENT OF THE FUND.
Notes secured by mortgage,
$26,048 50
Bank stock, par value,
9,300 00
Deposits in Savings Banks,
2,147 64
$37,496 14
Balance on deposit, Nov. 30, 1878,
1,869 51
There was on deposit Dec. 1, 1877, $1,687 06 ·
Three-fourths income in 1878,
1,811 38
Interest on deposits,
44 72
$3,543 16
Expended in the purchase of books,
1,643 46
Paid premium on investments,
30 19
$1,673 65
Balance on deposit Nov. 30, 1878,
$1,869 51
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It may be proper here to add that the reason why so much of the Green Library Fund remains on deposit in Savings Banks, is that it has not been found practicable to obtain real estate mortgages such as were safe and proper for investment as required by the will of Dr. Green.
With a very small outlay upon the building, referred to in the Report of the Building Committee, it may now be presumed to be in complete repair, and well adapted to the purpose for which it was designated. The Elevator has not, as yet, been paid for, as it has not as yet been found to operate to the satis- faction of the Committee on Public Buildings of the City, under whose supervision it was put in, or of the Directors of the Library.
As far as the means at their commmand have allowed them, the Directors have endeavored to meet and supply the wants and requirements of the community.
In conclusion, they can but hope that a liberal and generous support may be continued to the Library, as the Directors can but repeat what they desire to emphasize, that the Public Library is one of the most valuable and important among our Educational Institutions, and well deserves the support and encouragement of the city.
We therefore again commend it to the care and favor of the City Council.
P. C. BACON,
President.
FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY, Dec., 1878.
Report of the Librarian
OF THE
FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY
To Honorable Peter C. Bacon, President of the Board of Directors of the Free Public Library.
Following is the nineteenth annual report of the librarian.
It is the eighth which I have had the honor to present to the Board of Directors.
At the first meeting of the American Library Association, held in New York a year ago last September, it was voted to recommend the use, by all libraries, of a plan for the presenta- tion of statistics which had been prepared by the Co-operation Committee of the association and slightly amended by itself.
It is obviously desirable that statistics of institutions which are similar, should be kept on a uniform plan, in order to make possible a comparison of the value and character of the work done by them.
Such tables as are given here, when provided for in the blank recommended, will be given in the form desired by the asso- ciation.
ACCESSIONS.
Increase of volumes by purchase :
Green Library, .
338
300
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Intermediate Department, . 188
Circulating Department, 892
1,418
Increase of volumes by gifts :
Green Library, . · 3
Intermediate Department,
447
Circulating Department, 14
464
Increase of volumes by binding pamphlets :
Circulating Department, 2
Increase of volumes by binding periodicals :
Green Library, . 50
Intermediate Department, 191
Circulating Department, 11
252
Increase by placing unbound volumes of periodicals in the library :
Intermediate Department, . 15
2,151
Number of volumes withdrawn since the last report :
Circulating Department, .
202
Number of volumes missing since the last report :
Green Library, . · 4
Circulating Department,
14
18 220
1,931
Number of volumes in the library as last reported :
Green Library, 18,241 ·
301
FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Intermediate Department,.
8,098
Circulating Department,
16,885
43,224
Total number of volumes in the library, 45,155
Increase of unbound pamphlets by purchase :
Green Library, ·
. 1
Intermediate Department,
18
19
Increase by gift :
Intermediate Department,
264
Total increase for the year,
283
Number of newspapers subscribed for :
Reading room fund, 78
Green Library fund, .
15
City funds,
1
94
Number of newspapers given to the
reading room,
30
Number of magazines subscribed for :
Reading room fund,
38
Green Library fund,
31
City funds,
9
78
Number of magazines given to the
reading room, 8
It will be noticed that we have bought 1,080 volumes during the present year, instead of 1,431 as is the year previous, for the circulating and intermediate departments.
The amount of money available from the city appropriation, for the purchase of books, has been steadily decreasing for several years past. In the year beginning December 1, 1872, and ending November 30, 1873, we spent from the city fund $6,670.60 for books and stationery ; in the year 1873-4, $5,806.33 ;
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in the year 1874-5, $5,586.36 ; in the year 1875-6, $4,792.15; in the year 1876-7, $2,275.47; and in the year now closing, 1877-8, $1,503.60.
In this report the number of volumes of periodicals bound and added to the library is given as 252. In the last report, the item "Volumes of periodicals transferred from the Reading Room to the Intermediate Department," which is the only item in that report relating to the addition of bound volumes of magazines, papers, &c., to the library, stands 174.
The increase is owing to more accurate methods introduced this year in distinguishing in our records between books and periodicals. Many volumes of periodicals have been hitherto counted as books added, instead of as additions from binding, when the periodicals are such as it is not our custom to expose in the Reading Rooms.
Appendices I. and II. contain lists of givers of books and papers, magazines and reviews.
Mrs. Ann B. Earle, the widow of a deceased director, Edward Earle, has given us 57 books, 4 pamphlets, and 10 magazines.
This is a valuable gift, and consists largely of reports of reformatory and charitable institutions, in which Mr. Earle was interested, or with which he was connected. Senator George F. Hoar, whom we remember as a former president of the board, and as one of the chief benefactors of the library, has sent us ninety-nine volumes, three pamphlets, and nine maps. Hon. William W. Rice, one of the earliest presidents, and in the inception of the library, and always, one of its warm friends, has been enabled, as member of Congress, to send us eighty- three volumes and one pamphlet.
We prize highly a little gift of 17 volumes from the children of the late Seth Sweetser, D. D., one of the warmest and wisest friends of education that Worcester has ever had among her citizens.
An old townsman, Abraham Firth, Esq., in his position of secretary of the Mass. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, has forwarded to us a complete set, bound, of “ Our Dumb Animals."
R. M. Mason, Esq., of Boston, very kindly responded to our
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FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
request to put us in the way of getting a copy of Hillard's Life of Jeremiah Mason, by giving us the work.
The Interior Department of the United States Government has sent to us, as a designated depository of documents, such volumes as the law directs to be sent; and these volumes, together with others received from other departments and bureaus of the Government, number 77, besides 16 pamphlets. The United States documents will become very valuable when Congress sees its way clear to provide for the completion and publication of the copious index which is carried along by the Librarian of Congress as fast as congressional appropriations for the purpose will allow.
It is to be hoped that Congress will soon be brought to see the wisdom of publishing an admirable index of the medical periodical literature of the world, which has been made under the supervision of Dr. J. S. Billings, of the Surgeon General's office, in Washington.
The State of Massachusetts has given us 22 volumes, and 5 pamphlets. We are also indebted to Mr. T. J. Hastings, mem- ber of the legislature, for readiness to secure early copies of documents for us whenever requested, and for his care not to put us to any expense for transportation.
We remember gratefully the givers of valuable public docu- ments sent to us by the Boston City Council, by Hon. Thomas Doyle, Mayor of Providence, and by E. S. Chesbrough, Esq., City Engineer of Chicago, and Mayor Ely of New York.
William F. Poole, Esq., of Chicago, has again remembered the library of the town in which his earlier years were spent, and has sent us six volumes.
Ellis Peterson, Esq., has always been ready to provide us with the very interesting matter regarding schools, which is now emanating from Boston.
Mr. Alexander Agassiz and Professor J. D. Whitney have sent us the sumptuous volumes of Memoirs issued by the Museum of Comparative Zoology, at Cambridge, and have provided us with its annual reports and numbers of the Bulletin, as issued. The gifts of these gentlemen are especially deserving of thanks,
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We are also indebted to Hon. Stephen Salisbury, for many years president of the board of directors, Stephen Salisbury, Jr., Esq., the American Institute of Mining Engineers, Samuel A. Green, M. D., of Boston, John L. Hayes, Esq., of Boston, and Nathaniel Paine, Esq., for interesting gifts. Hon. P. Emory Aldrich, William Sumner Barton, Esq., Mr. William W. Chamberlain, General Charles Devens, Drew, Allis & Co., Rev. Dr. Huntington, Stephen Salisbury, Jr., Esq., Rev. Albert Tyler, and John D. Washburn, Esq., all of this city, have given us books or pamphlets of which they are authors. Other pro- ductions of citizens of Worcester appear in the volumes of proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, and the Worcester Society of Antiquity, which are sent to us promptly as issued.
It is well to mention that among the books bought with income from the Green Library fund, are an excellent copy of Anthony á Wood's Athenæ Oxonienses, a set of L'Art, the best art periodical in the world, in 13 volumes, Arber's Transcript of the Registers of the Company of Stationers of London, 1554-1640, 4 volumes, and Niles's Weekly Register, 76 volumes.
We have had money set aside several years for buying a set of the last named work, whose importance in studying the early history of our country is well known, but have not succeeded in obtaining a good copy until the present year. We bought the work at a very low price. It was necessary to buy the set of L'Art as the earlier volumes are becoming very scarce.
CIRCULATION.
Number of days the Circulating department was open, 307
Number of days the Reference department
was open, 359
Number of days the Lower Reading room was open, 365
Number of volumes delivered for home use, 132,384
" reference use, 30,079
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FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Average daily use (home and reference),
(Circulating department 431, Reference department 98), 529
Largest daily use (home and reference), Feb- ruary 23, . 1,394
(Largest in Circulating department Feb. 23,
1,217 volumes, in Reference department, May 18, 282 volumes). .
Smallest daily use (home and reference), Sep- tember 3, .
224
(Smallest in Circulating department, Septem- ber 26,176 volumes, in Reference depart- ment, August 9, 12.)
Number of books lost and paid for : Circulating department, 11
Number of books lost and not paid for : Green Library, 4
Circulating department, 3
7
Number of books worn out and withdrawn : Circulating department, .
202
Number of notices to delinquents,
5,400
volumes bound, 1,826
names registered during the year, ' 1,906
Total number of names registered, (a new registry made July 1, 1873), 15,547
We have given out for home use 2,160 volumes less the cur- rent year than in the year before.
The diminuation in the use of the Circulating department in last year's report was placed at 2,661 volumes.
Of course there is but one explanation of the slight falling off in the use of this department of the library, namely, the with- drawal of large numbers of popular books every year, because worn out, and the failure to adequately meet the wishes of resi- dents in respect to the re-placement of these or the purchase of others of the same class.
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