The High School Site Selected For New Library

THE HIGH SCHOOL SITE SELECTED FOR NEW LIBRARY
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The School Board Turns Down the Site Given by the Ladies' Library Association
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And Decides on the Other by a Vote of Five to Three 
Report Adopted Was Made by Minority of the Joint Commission
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     By a vote of five to three the Board of Education, in special session Friday night ,decided upon the high school site as the location for the Carnegie library. 
     This action followed the recommendation of Dr. R. S. Copeland and Judge Harriman, who constituted a majority of the committee appointed by the board but a minority of the commission composed of the committee from the board and the Ladies' Library Association.
     The majority report recommended the Ladies' Library Association site, and after the reading of this document by J. E. Beal, Dr. Copeland presented the views of the minority. 
     M. J. Cavanaugh moved that the majority report be accepted. "I amend that both be accepted," said Mr. Beal, but when the vote was taken only one response was heard.
     "I object to the form of the motion," observed Judge Harriman.
     "I move that both reports be accepted and placed on file," said Mr. Cavanaugh.
     This was satisfactory and, after the motion had been carried, Judge Harriman moved that the library be located on the high school grounds.
     The question was put without discussion and the resulting vote was five ayes:--Trustees Cavanaugh, Eberbach, Copeland, Harriman and Miller; and three nays--Beal, Mrs. Bach, Seabolt; and the subsequent question along the same direction showing the permanent line of clearage of the board on the site question.
     The proposition originally made to the board by the Ladies' Library Association, giving the site and equipment for the new library, was read by the secretary and, on motion of Judge Harriman, was accepted except section 2 which referred to the lot and location. Judge Harriman's motion at first stipulated that the report be accepted save in its reference to the lot and location, but Beal and Copeland called attention to the accompanying clause that the board were to assume the present financial obligations of the Ladies' Library Association. Mrs. Bach explained that only a paving tax assessment was meant, but to avoid the possibility of embarrassing complications Judge Harriman changed his motion to cut out section 2 of the report in its entirety. Trustee Beal did not vote, but otherwise the expression of opinion was the same as on the site question.
     Mr. Beal stated that the deed of the library property was sent to Carnegie and was approved, and to avoid any chance of future complications he advised that the magnate's O. K. of the high school site and deed be secured. "In all probability," he continued, "Mr. Carnegie wouldn't care if the library was put on Piety Hill or in the cat-hole, but it seems to me to be best not o leave any chance for technicalities to cause us embarrassment." On motion of M. J. Cavanaugh it was decided to notify Mr. Carnegie of the selection of the site and to send him the deed.
     The recommendation of the joint commission, which was read by Mr. Beal and turned down by the board, discussed the situation under five heads, seven sub-heads and a recapitulation. The first head was that the site is much more the center of the business district than the high school grounds; the second, that it would come as a gift to the district; thirdly, the offer of the site was substantially accepted by the board; fourth, in time heat will be furnished the public buildings of the city from a central plant that will furnish heat as light and power are now provided, os in the end there will be no saving on the heat question if the high school site is taken; fifth, the ladies library is more centrally located in reference to the ward schools of the city than the high school grounds. The sub-heads entered into the details of the various arguments.