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P. 4260 CHAIR COVERS Jobbing a Specialty THE PRESS |RCRIITT "Be action [/ | time I | to ma I £ | Again | to pla \ mer 4 | ever, | ment “ tare r lief, t | ves w 1 "In | ind i | necess erly arose: | much could | fon w | an er piomirin LAY CORNER STONE _ |,.. OF NEW LIBRARY & (Continued from page 1) tor. These were introduced to the audience by the master of ceremonies. The first speaker to be presented was Mayor Benjamin F. Lewis, who The first speaker to be presented was Mayor Benjamin F. Lewis, who spoke in part as follows: Mayor Talks "It is indeed gratifying that Highâ€" land Park is to have this handsome new library building to ‘round out the city‘s civic center. â€"The corner stone to be laid today is foursquare stone to and this thought to be ga tnis libri them." The mayor reflected the thought that. everybody .in Highland Park is pieased and gratified at the crection cf this fine building for so beneficial x purpose, and he congratulated all connected with the project, K The next speaker was: Miss Anna May Price, who brought the facilitaâ€" tions of her. department upon this notable event representing a great step in advance for the benefit of the people of Highland Park. J. B. Garnett, chairman of the building committee, formally laid the covner. stone as it was hoisted into place and following hisâ€"address gave a list of the contents of both the reâ€" ceptacle taken from the corner stone of the old building and also of the new one which was placed in the stonc then laid. He spoke as follows: Mr. Garnett‘s Address "As far back as 1914 this building project has been in the minds of the liLrary trustees. At that time Dr. P.C. Wolcott was president of the board. _ Already after less than 10 years the demands of our growing population and our rapid‘ly .increasâ€" ing number of books had taxed the capacity of our former building. â€" It is no reflecticn on the builders that this was so. At the time of its erecâ€" tion, our population was about 3,000, and the book capacity 10,000 volumes. In less than 10 years it had more than doubled. Now we are planning ype that ducation cte for. a potential population of 30 to 50 thousand and a capacity of 75,000 volumes. "Because of the war no further action was taken until 1920. At that time Holmes and Flinn were engaged to make sketches for an enlargement. Again in 1924 they were called upon to plan the enlargement of our forâ€" mer building. It was decided, howâ€" ever, to move our childrens departâ€" ment downstairs and give up our lecâ€" tare room. This gave temporary reâ€" lief, but in only two years our shelâ€" ves were again overâ€"crowded. "In 1926 â€"estimates were obtained ind it was found that it would be necessary to spend $40,000 to propâ€" erly enlarge. â€" The question then aroseâ€"would it be wise to spend so much adding to an old building which could not be permanent. . Expert opinâ€" ion was obtained and all agreed that an entirely new building should be constructed. fter, _ F rtunity aracter his fact brings to mind the it that the kind. of knowledge gained through the contents of brary building is of that charâ€" substantial fundamental of the hat makes for the progress of ion and the upbuilding of charâ€" Everybody will have the opâ€" ity chere to meet the great ‘ters of history in their writâ€" and after all, this is the only ve can meet them and learn of "We prepared plans and in 1927 went to the council for an appropriaâ€" tion. At this time I wish to thank Mayor Lewis and the council for their cooperation which has made this building possible. I also thank Mr. Millard for the park board. They have aided us in acquiring our site and by improving the corner they have given us a beautiful setting for our building. I wish also to thank Mr. Edward Laing for our beautiful green grass. "From 1926. until the present year we have been thinking and planning for this building. When we engaged Miss Hendee for our librarian we knew that she would be most valuâ€" able to us because of her special knowledge of the most modern and vfficient library plans and she has been most helpful. We knew that this library must include not only the need of the present day but so far as possible it should be adjustâ€" able to conditions 25 or 30 years hence. It must serve all ages and 11 classes and degrees of intelligence. "A library should be easily accessâ€" ible, close to the sidewalk with few accending steps. It must be a buildâ€" l|ing which may be administered with the greatest case and efficiency by a | small staff. ‘ |‘"In the course of our studies we _ "We are satisfied that our archiâ€" tects, Messers Holmes & Flinn have fu‘filled these requirements. _ â€" _ In advertising for bids and letting the contracts we were â€"mindful of three things: (1) a contractor best qualified to follow the instructions of our architects, (2) to save as much as possible for the tax payers and (3) to keep as much as possible of this money in Highland Park. It developed that the E. L. Archiâ€" bald Co. were the low bidders and $10,000 below conservative estimates of a year previous. They were strong financially and had done many splenâ€" did things of a similar type of conâ€" struction. At our request they have purchased a large portion of the buildâ€" ing materials in Highland Park and over 50 per cent of the labor so far has come from Highland Park and Highwood. We wish you to know that this is your building. It is not the propâ€" orty of the staff or the Board of Trustees. It is being built with your money; the tax payers money. If you are of Highland Park the library is yours. We regret exceedingly the absence of our president Mrs. F. D. Everett. She has given freely of her time and ability for many years. To a great extent, her vision of the growing liâ€" brary needs of Highland Park has made possible this building. "We wish to pay a tribute to those who worked so hard to obtain the funds and complete the erection of of our former building. It is beyond my power of expression to tell you how much that library has given to the readers of this community in the 25 years it served here. "I shall read you a list of the conâ€" tents of the box which was in the corner stone ‘of that building and ng Thursday, October 30, 1930