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n:E CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MAY Hi, 1011.
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NEW YORK'S NEW
RANKS WITH. THE
Cosi $10,000,000 and Has
Been More Than Ten
Years In Building
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By JAMES A. EDGER.TON.
THE new building of the New
York Public library Is one of
the most beautiful edifices lit
America. It Is of marble
throughout, except for n small amount
of wood trimmings anil the supports
for the bookshelves, which are of
steel. It Is situated between Fifth
uvenue and Byrant park and betw een
Fortieth and Forty-second streets, ex
tending two full blocks in width and
nearly as far In depth. While on the
statistical slant It may be as well to
add that the building contains over
eighty miles of bookshelves, capable
of accommodating 3,500,rW books;
that the readlug room Is the largest in
the world; that the structure and fur
nishings, exclusive of books, cost $10,
000,000 and that it has been more
than ten years in building.
In u city architecturally hideous
from skyscrapers, tenements, apart
ment houses, elevated railroads, elec
tric and other kinds of signs and made
still more unattractive by the constant
tearing down of old buildings and the
erection of new and by the ripping up
of streets to put in subways the New
York Public library building shines
like an oasis in a desert or a temple
in a wilderness. I think those who
know about such things say its archi
tecture is a combination of the Ital
ian and French renaissance. Anyway,
It is simple and strong and has a rest
ful look. Any book can feel honored
to be invited to such a house.
Three libraries Consolidated.
This magnificent library, which is
just now opening to the public, is a
consolidation of the old Astor and Len
ox libraries and the Tlldeu foundatii n
and already contains more thnn 1,000.
000 volumes. Measured by the ni.m
fber of books nlone there are two or
three larger libraries in Europe and one
i the Congressional library in Amur
Jca. But measured by the size or ca
ipacity of the building it has no equal,
tfn number of readers the New York
library also exceeds all others. It has
forty branches scattered about the
city, and from these millions of book-
circulate yearly.
No, gentle reader, Andrew Carnegie
did not contribute anything to the erec
tion of this greatest of libraries, it
was built solely by public money. lie
did give some millions to New York
city for library purposes, but this war,
used in smaller edifices. Carnegie it
like the Emperor Titus, who said "l
have lost a day" when he remembered
that ho had done no good action that
day. Carnegie thinks he has lost u
lay when he has not founded a li
brary. The late Sir Caspar Purdon Clarke
once said that New York had few s;it
istactory buildings, but rather pioi-i;. of
scenery structures with elaborat fa
cades of stone and side and re.ir wo b
of plain brick. The library builtiiii l
of the same material In all its part
and is beautiful from every sido. T'it
back of It has a columnar effect owluy
to the long and narrow silts that servo
as windows for lighting the miles of
bookshelves. These slits extend from
the bottom to within one story of the
top of the building. The reading room
Is on the top floor and la splendidly
lighted by broad and high windows.
Despite its palatial appearance and
fashionable location on Fifth avenue,
the New York Public library Is open
to the poorest In the city. As n matter
of fact, most of those who patronize it
come from the middle and lower class
es. If your member of the smart set
does any reading at all, which is
doubtful, ho does It In his own library
or club. It is the student, the seeker
after knowledge, the specialist look
ing for technical Information, the
newspaper or magazine writer, the col
lege professor, the historian and the
great masses seeking light that crowd
the public libraries. The vast numbers
of foreigners nt the old Astor librarv
wore a revelation to the average Amer
ican. Their presence made him iuor'
hopeful of the future of his country.
Some Statistics.
Now for some more statistics. There
Is seemingly no way to avoid figures
when talking about anything so mon
umental as the New York Public li
brary. The building contains 300
rooms, vaults find halls, it covers a
floor space of about nine acres. Th'c
shelving of the entire stack room If
placed end to end would extend from
New York to Philadelphia. This stack
room, where most of the books are
Btored, Is 297 feet long by 78 feet ,wlde
and Is made up of seven floors which
nro seven and a half feet apart. The
reading room, which is just over the
stack room, is 293 feet long, 77 feet
wide nud 50 foot high. One side of it
overlooks Bryant park. In the center
of this Immense chamber Is a double
Bcrecn, behind which the attendants
work. It is so placed as to break the
great length nd also to accent it. A
narrow balcony runs around the room,
giving a pleasing effect. Below and
nbovo the balcony is a wall of books
extending as high as a man can reach.
These are the reference books, acces
sible to all. They are to bo read In the
000-
PUBLIC LIBRHei
WORLD'S GREATEST
Measured by Number of Read
ers It Exceeds All
the Others
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library. The reading room is supplied
with chairs and tables with numbered
seats. It will accommodate 1.000 or
more readers. In addition to this there
are numerous smaller rending rooms
devoted to special subjects. There Is
likewise a circulating library In con
nection, prepared to loan 23,000,000
volumes per year.
Despite the Immense number of vol
umes the books nre so classified, In
dexed nnd cross indexed that any given
volume can be procured In a few min
utes. It Is the most up to date library
on earth with all the latest appliances
for labor saving, speed and conven
ience. Dust Is kept from the volumes
by electric fans. Fire Is next to Im
possible, since there Is but little wood
work. The bookshelves are of marble,
so that the volumes themselves consti
tute practically all of the Inflammable
material.
The Bookworm's Paradise.
This library Is the bookworm's para-1
dlse. It Is the house of wisdom, the j
home of science and art, the abiding ,
place of the best thoughts uttered by
man In -1,000 years. It Is the temple
of mind, the palace of the soul's cxpros- j
slon, and should have all the majesty !
and beauty befitting Its high estate. J
Suppose we pay It a visit. Approach
ing the main entrance by climbing the j
broad flights of steps from Fifth ave
nue, wo pass through high arched doors i
Into the main rotunda, two stories In
height, floors, walls and ceilings of
ft V ' ...y K , . 'l.tei!
Photos by American Press Association.
TWO VIEWS OF THE NEW YORK FUBMO LIBRARY AND ITS PRES
IDENT, JOHN BIGELOW.
white marble, great marble monoliths
supporting the ceilings, broad marble
stairways on either side and noblo arch
ways above and below. On the en
trance floor is the periodical room,
where magazines and newspapers from
all the world may bo found. On the
second floor above Is the famous Stuart
collection of paintings and rare works
of art. To the west is the catalogue
room, containing over 7,000,000 Index
cards alphabetically arranged. Direct
ly off this Is the great reading room,
with the stack room divided Into seven
floors underneath. There are many
other chambers of Interest the pure
science room and tho techulcal science
room, for example. There is tho read
ing room for the blind, the training
school, tho exhibition rooms. There Is
tho pateut room, the lending room and,
best of all, tho children's room. There
aro eight smaller rooms, or studies,
where distinguished writers can "get
up" their subjects. Then there nre
rooms devoted to American history, the
Hebrew department, music room, pho
tograph room, print room, containing a
fine collection of old prints removed
from the Lenox library; a reading room
for economics, a map room, picture gal
leries and many more. Ono of tho fin
est rooms in the building Is that for
tho trustees. After the sixteen years
of delays and troubles since they first
voted to combine the three libraries
tho trustees deserve this sumptuous
chamber and anything else good that
may como their way,
Woodcarving a Feature,
A notable feature of tho library is
tho woodcarvlng. This was done by
Germans and Is In the best style of
nn old and now neglected art. The
woods used for tho most part are Cir
cassian walnut, French walnut, In
diana whlto oak, quarter sawed, and
other American oaks. The carving la
tini;to. d'unlfled and yt rMi. It has
been much admired b.. t . Li visitors
to whom woodean hip . it.- bpst I.s
familiar. There niv '.1 tr.s a:).l
wreaths of fruits and ...!. finery
frescoed ceilings, the lm;;il.e i-uplds
and mermaids, rosettes, t- i .gnu o"'
laying octagons and otl ei oiled that
I could not describe were I to try px
cept to lump them nil by exclaiming
like a schoolgirl, "Exquisite bee-you-ti-ful!"
Best of all, the fruits repre
sented ure American fruits just as
most of the woods used are American
woods.
Throughout there is the same unity
and harmony of design found In the ar
chitecture. There nre, as yet, few
mural paintings such as have made the
Boston Public library and the Con
gressional library famous, but theso
will come in time. Now that the build
ing Is actually completed and occupied
the attention of its trustees can be
concentrated on perfecting the inte
rior decorations nnd enlarging the book
collection. By the way, the chairman
of the board Is John Bigolow. now
past ninety, whom some people regard
as the grandest old man in the world.
The moving of the books from the
Astor nnd Lenox libraries to the now
building occupied weeks of time. On
the Forty-second street side there was
seen constantly a string of moving
vans extending the entire width of the
edifice. The moving men were only
allowed to approach a certain Hue.
There the library attendants took the
boxes and disposed of their contents.
It required a pull stronger than that
of a Tammany alderman to get into
the structure at any time up to the
opening day. After that it was ac
cessible to the humblest hobo. The
highbrow foregathered there with the
Russian Jew, the millionaire with the
Socialist, the east sider with the scions
of the oldest and proudest "Van" fami
lies of Dutch lineage. The only nrls
tocracy of a library is that of brains.
History of the Building.
The history of the building was one
of litigation nnd vexatious delays.
After two contests the architects
chosen were Carrero & Hastings. Be
cause their bid was not the lowest a
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suit wns brought, which was In the
courts for n year. There was another
suit over awarding the contract for
the steel frames of the cases. Then
much of the marble did not come up
to specifications nnd had to be reject
ed. The result justified all the time
and trouble, however, for It furnished
tho world Its noblest library building,
one that will stand for centuries nnd
will grow more beautiful with time.
One pathetic incident attended the
completion of tho work. A few weeks
ago John M. Carrere, the senior mem
ber of the firm of architects in charge,
was fatally Injured in nn automobile
nccldent. He died on tho very eve of
tho dedication of tho building that
will perhaps bo known as tho greatest
monument of his genius.
By Way of Comparison.
The largest library on earth, meas
ured by the number of books, Is the
British museum, and second to this is
the Blbllothequo Natlonalo of Paris.
Tho Congressional library at Wash
ington and ono In St. Petersburg are
next In rank. Tho New York Public
library stands fifth, not counting its
branches. In tho matter of Indexing
It surpasses all those abroad, since tho
foreign libraries have not Introduced
tho system of card Indexing. Tho
great library In Paris has no complete
Index, nnd the British museum's index
Is unwieldy, consisting of hundreds of
volumw.
America now has at least threo
great libraries of which she may be
proud tho Congressional library, al
ready mentioned; tho New York Pub
lic library and tho Boston Public li
brary. It is at tho Boston library that
Sargent's celebrated paintings of "The
Prophets" are among the mural dec
orations. In tho size and capacity of
tho building nnd perhaps in nobility
of architecture the New York edifice
exceeds them all.
Two Men.
Ho has an easy, graceful all
Ho Is not thinking ot his pose.
Tou'd know to seo lilm standing there
His ml nil was not upon his clothes.
His broad expanse of shirt front gleams,
His tlo Is spotless, pure and white,
But that to him a trifle seams
He wears his dress BUlt every night.
The other man, who twists and turns
And fidgets every little while,
Whose face with conscious feeling burns.
Who seems too agonized to smile.
Who feels his coat Is much too small,
Whoso high starched collar cuts his car,
Is not In the same class at all
He wears a dress suit twice a year.
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