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CARNEGIE LIBRARY
[Welland Tribune, 8 December 1910]
Mr. R.L. Hamilton, on behalf of the public library, submitted to the council the plans necessary for the obtaining of a Carnegie Library. The site must be free, and a suitable site must be provided. There were 87 Carnegie libraries in Canada, of which 60 were in Ontario. There is only one Carnegie library in Welland county, that at Niagara Falls. St. Catharines has one of the best Carnegie libraries in Canada. Mr. Hamilton gave a very concise report. He said that the receipts of the Welland library for 1910 were $390.51 and the expenditures $346. 18. Increased accommodation was necessary and the shelves were already overcrowded. A large building with lecture room was really a necessity, said Mr. Hamilton.
It was moved by Garner and seconded by Jackson, that the report be received and referred to the business committee with power to act upon and also that a vote of thanks be tendered Mr. Hamilton for his concise report on the matter. Carried.
Mr. Crow suggested that the site be granted on the park, immediately in front of the club house.
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