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City Reading Room

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Parent Issue
Day
27
Month
November
Year
1874
Copyright
Public Domain
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Messes. Editoes : It has occurred to me that as a temperance measure, the establisment of a Reading Boom in this city, where young men as well as oíd could find a pofltable way of spending an evening, would be among the most potent preventatives oí dissipation. Mechanics, clerks, and others have no place to go during their leisure hours, after the busineBS of the day ia over, eicepting brilliard rooms and saloons. We have never had a city readiug room, and I would respectf ully suggest that some of our good crusaders should establish one. Every merchant or master merchanic would find it to his account in supporting it from the advantage it wonld be to his employés, and the expense would be slight compared with the benefits to be derived. A suitable room eau be hired at a low rent at the present time, the furniture would cost very little, a student could be engaged to attend the room at a low price, and I have uo doubt many citizens would contribute papers and journals which they could read as well at the readiug room as at their homes. An estimate of the cost of such a room would be about as follows : Bent of room per annumn, say Y200 to $300 Cost of furniture, table, chairs, etc, say 100 Gost of ten leading newspapers, part daily and part weekly, 50 Cost of magazines, 100 Cost of attendance, 100 Total, 650 per annumn or 550 dollars less the furnitureThen cittizens who do not subscribe to the neccessary fund or furnish papers Bhould pay a certain amount per annumn ; but the room should be free to all young men and strangers. Let some person who wishes to do good take hold of this matter, and I have no doubt it would prove a success, and become one of the permanent institutions of the city.

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Old News
Michigan Argus