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PUBLISHED BT TEIE we have just simply been paddling round the SPECIAL LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION edge of the pool. We have not struclc across Monthly except July nnd August. it at all, and it is time to get hold of the Edltorlal and Publlclltion OWce Stnte Llbmry, full information which is contained in this Indianapolis, 1nd: great pond of municipal and legislative in- Bubscrlptions, 03 Brofld street, Boston, Mass formation. Some of the things which we Entered at the Postomce nt Indinnnpolls, Ind., mentioned at Maclcinac at that time seemed as seconcl-class mnlter. - -- to be far in advance, but many have already Subscription. ...$2.00 a year (10 numbers) been accomplished. I feel gratified that this Single copies ...... 25-- cents last year has seen a very great step in the Presldent ...... Robert K. Whltten advancement of facilities for information. A Publlc Servlce Commlselon, New Tol.1~ City. great dear of agitation had talcen place be- Vlce-'resldont ...... Herbert 0. Brlghnn~ fore that time for a newspaper ~ndex. The Rbode Inland Stote Llbmry. need was shown, and the fact that we had Secretary-Trensnrer ...... Guv B. Blnrion not a single complete index in this country Library, Arthur D. Little. Inr., 98 Broud St. was commented upon very freely. Since Boston. Mass. that time the H. W. Wilson Coml~any has EXECUTIVE BOARD-- - taken up the newspaper index in the way President Vice-President, Secretn~x-Treasuker, we outlined it at the meeting. The plan George ' W. Lee, Stone & Wobster, Boston ; W. 1'. Cutter. Englneerlng Societies, N. Y. they are now beginning in the Reader's Managing Bditor of Special Llbrnrles :-John A. Guide covers the newspapers located in all Lapp, State Library. Indlnnnnolis. Ind. - -. -. -.- parts of the country. They index one in Reprint on a Puhlic Affairs Index...... 109 Boston, New Yorlc, the M~ddleWest, Pacific Present Status of Munlci~alReference work. ...,110 Coast, one at Omaha, and one or two in the The Sources of Municlual Materlal with Reference 3011th. They cover seven or eight pape~~s. to a Clearlng House of Information. .... iiZ Qualiflfations of Legislative and ~un~cldalRefer- It is intended to enlarge that index so that ence llbrarlans ...... 114 it will cover quite corupletely the newspapers Rates Char ed for Public Utilities in ~ario"sCltles -810 rani% ...... I18 of the country. It has been shown, also, that ~eplslsfelnvesti~ations...... 121 there are a few newspapers that have in------dexes publishecl of their own paper. The PUBLIC AFFAIRS LIBRARIES Record Herald of Chicago has published for Proceedings Annual Meeting of Special a few years an index to its files. That is a Libraries Association, Sept. 28, 1911. very valuable publication, inasmuch us a re- Index. ference to the dates will put one in touch Report on a Public Affairs with the event as found in the files of other John A. Lapp, Chairman of Committee. newspapers. I think we can leave ~t to the When I heard the report of Mr. Wheeler Wilson Company to work out the problem yesterday morning, and his further request of the newspaper index. that the Committee be discharged, I felt Another matte? which was taken up there somewhat badly to think that our committee was that of associations. The reports of which was appointed at the same time was associations, the valuable mater~alcontained just beginning its work. This committee in the discussions at the meetings, and also was appointed at the session at Maclrinac last in the periodical publications of associations. year, and its purpose was to investigate the We have not gone very far in that, but there practical way in which a public affairs in- is a good beginning. Mr. Meyer, of the dex might be [~ublished. In the flrst lace, Library of Congress, has undertaken the pre- it was necessary to determine something of paration of the list of associat~onsof public the needs for a public affairs index, and the officials. These associations ale becoming scope of such an index, and at the meeting a very prominent factor recently. For ex- at Macliinac that question was quite thor- ample, the Association of Insurance Commis- oughly discussed. It was shown that there sioners has given out some exceedingly valu- are a great many flelds wh~ckare not now able reports on insurance: One of the re- covered by indexes and when we get to the sults of their work was the uniform bill last point of eiKicie11cy in library work demanded year on fraternal insurance companies, and, by special libraries we have got to have bet- if you examine their report of proceedings, ter facilities for getting hold of information. you will see the wealth of material contamed In my estimation, so far as legislative and is invaluable. There are associations of corn- municipal reference libraries are concerned, missioners covering pretty nearly every fleld SPECIAL LIBRARIES of administrative work today, and when the beginning to cover the general field of the list is complete and published, as it will be best things of this nature in Special Librar in Special Libraries, we will have a good ies marly every month we have a beginning along that line. The Free Iibrary list of current references to material of a of Newark has published a pamphlet on So- fleeting nature, the kind which is prepared cial Questions, giving a long list of associa- locally and is not given a general circulation tions and their addresses. They listed the and does not get into the genernl indexes, associations and indexed the subjects which either of books or ger~odlcnls,special reports can be found in their reports and by refer- special investigations, etc. This list in ring to the index it is possible to find out Special Libraries is rather suggestive of the the associations which are dealing with the things that ordinarily escape, and with the specific subject, and those of you who have co-operation of all the members in the asso- had the experience in that line know that ciation in sending in matters of this kind, the Arst place to apply when you get stuck we will ~nakethis more and inore complete. i~ to go to the associntion that is dealing It is growing rapidly, and, I think, we can with that question. hope in a short time to cover that field some- There are hundreds of these associations, what. and it is well that we get in touch w~th As far as preparing a public affairs index is them. I have had some very sad experiences concerned, the committee is still in the dark myself in that hne. Last winter I had a as to what we should attempt, nnd what WQ question in regard to a paint law. It was pro- are going to accomplish in a complete public posed to pass a pure paint law in our state. affairs ~ndex,and J would like to have the I looked up all the material I could flnd, but committee continued with the idea of 1-eyort- it was a subject whlch had not been dis- ing at a later time on the preparation of cussed very much. I could not End anything parts of this index in the line which I have except a few scattered references, and I fur- suggested here, or, if it is posible, eventu- nished all that I had to the man who had ally to establish n, complete public affairs asked for the information, and afterwards, index. It will, doubtless, be hard to draw near the close of the session, I had a talk the line where it ought to be drawn, but we with him, and I discovered that he, through can some time or other develog a plan by some organization, had secured the complete- which we can get hold of a large part of est bunch of information that could be got- this information which now escapes. If the ten together upon that subject. I had no association succeeds in promoting the effici- means of knowing abut that. I lost an op- ency of libraries by getting them in touch portunity there to give that man at the start with this material I think it will hnve ac- the whole basis of this subject, simply be- complished a desired end. cause I did not know that the organization existed. Present Status of Municipal Reference Wark. Then, there is the field of municipal ma- Abstract of Address by terial which will be discussed more fully Horace E. Flack. today. That field is practically untouched. I was very much pleased to hear the re- There is nowhere today esist~ngan index of port of the Committee on Public Affairs In- municipal ordinances; not even the import- dex, and agree with the committee as to the ant ones. The only attempt is the one made difficulties in the way of securing municipal by the United States Marine Hospital Corps. data. So much of the material is epherner- In their bulletin they publish a llst of or- a1 that if not secured at once it is practically dinances, passed on publ~chealth questions. impossible to get it. Most of you here re- We have not attempted to touch municipal present special or technical libraries, and I reports; the cities thenlselves have not got wish to take this occasion to speak briefly of SO that they can distribute their reports from the work of the municipal reference library. & central point, and I doubt, if the c~ty The Department of Legislative Reference libraries know what is contained in the re- of Baltimore was created by an Act of Lhe ports of their own cities, and more particu- State Legislature in 190G, and went into oper- larly the reports of special investigations. ation January 1, 1907. It not only serves There is also a large field in the material as a municipal reference library for the city of civic and commercial orgnnizations. I but also as a legislative reference degart- wonder how many of us knew that tho ment for the State Legislature. In order Chamber of Commerce of Chicago had one of that the department might be removed en- ~tsleading educators in Europe studying tirely from political influences, it was placed the question of industrial education for its under the control of a board composed of the own purpose, and that they will publ~sha Mayor, City Solicitor, President of the Johns report upon that subject? That indicates Hopkins University, President of the Mun- som,ething.of what we miss in this fleld. It icipal Art Society, and the President of the just happened that I found out about this Merchants and Manufacturers Association. in a newspaper report. We are making a Baltimore was the flrst city to establish SPECIAL LIBRARIES 111 such a department for its municipal officials Social, civic and improvement associations -a department to serve the city in the same will also frequently have occaaion to use way as the legislative reference departments such a library and its value to a city cannot have been serving the states. Soon arter- easily be overestimated. If the bureau be wards Milwaukee established a municipal under the control of the public library, it reference Hbrary, modeled very much after would seem advisable to issue a bulletin con- the one in Baltimore. There are at present taining interesting comments for newspaper three other municipal reference libraries lo- purposes, and showing how the reference li- cated in Kansas City, St. Louis and Chicago. brary can be of assistance to offfcials Minneapolis also has a municipnl reference and to the public as each matter of general library, but there it is in the Public Library interest gets the center of the stage. building. The organization of the Kansas Soon after the report of the committee City department is similar to that of the was published, St. Louis established a mun- Baltimore department. icipal reference. library, as a branch of the The National Municipal League apointed public library, with rooms in the City Hall. a committee to report on the subject, and a Where feasible, this is probably the best report was submitted at the Buffalo meet- way of solving the problem, but there are ing of the League, November, 1910. This cases where it is better to have the mnnici- committee, after careful consideration, sub- pal reference library a distinct and separate mitted the following recommendations: organization, as in Kansas City and Balti- 1. That municipal reference libraries more. should he established in all large cities. There is another feature which should be 2. That, as a general ,rule, such libraries emphasized and that is the exchange of mun- should be under the control of the public icipal documents. The municipal reference library. library should be the depository of all muni- 3. That such libraries should be located cipal document,^, and have the power to in the City Hall where feasible. make, exchanges. It will be much easier 4. That the qualifications for the head of then to secure the docu~nentsof other cities. such a library should be a liberal education, The recent Charter Revision Commission of with special training in l~olitical science, Baltimore recognized the advantage of this economics, municipal government, and me- feature and provided for it In the proposed thods of organization and administration, new Charter, which, however, has not yet and he should be selected for merit alone. been granted by the State Legistature. 5. That the head of the municipal refer- I wish particularly to emphasize one point, ence llbrary be' selected by that method, and that is, that a municipal reference which, in the particular city, will, under the library, to be really successful, must be more local conditions there prevailing, tend most than a mere collecting and housing agency. completely to eliminate political considera- It is necessary to keep in touch with the tions. In some cities, the most satisfactory work and plans of the officials of the city results 111~ybe obtained by lodging tlie ap- and be ready to co-operate with them. The pointing gower with the public librarian or attention of the omcials can be called to library trustees. I11 other cites, conditions what is being done elsewhere along the same may make it advisable to have appointment lines, and you will flnd, almost without ex- made by a sel,ect, impartial and non-political ception, that the city officials are ready and board. willing to use such information. The muni- 6. That the municipal reference library cipal reference librarian must keep thorongh- by made the agency for the exchange of mun- ly posted with what his own city is dalng, icipal documents. but he must not under any circumstances 7. The functions of the library should not give his own opinion. It Is his duty to place be restricted to any partlcular phase of all the facts collected before the omcials and work, so long as that work relates only to let the facts speak for themselves. the collecting, collating, compiling, and dis- I understand that the National hlunicipal seminating of data or. information. It will League will soon begin the publication of a also be one of the fui~ctionsof the library quarterly magazine, and I feel sure that it to aid in the drafting of ordinances. Of will be of great value to the municipal re- course, the prlncigal work -dl1 be concern- ference librarian, ~lince it will be possible ing municipal questions, and special efforts to keep more closely in touch with what should be made to secure such informatlon other cities are doing. In fact, it might for the city omcials who are responsible for serve to some extent as a clearing house for the administration of the city's affairs, but the exchange of information. And, in this to be of the greatest value such a library connection, I wish to refer to a topic which must undertake to fnrnlsh information to some of us have talked of before, and that the public generally. Such a bureau will be is, the desirability and great need of having used extensively by tlie Press, and this is somewhere in this country a central bur- one of the best ways of reaching the public. eau to gather and compile inforrnatlon, 112 SPECIAL LIBRARIES which would be available for all cities. This ular report in making its decision, and the would not remove the need of local munici- decision of the Supreme Court of Missouri pal reference libraries, but it would add remained as rendered, largely because of the greatly to the work of such libraries. The report of the Civic League of St. Louis. It federal bureaus at Washmgton, 1)al.ticularl~ contained some of the best things that have the Census Bureau, ha;e rendered invalu- been said and collected on the bill board pro- able assistance and it seems to me that this blem. worlc could be carried on better and more There is another source of considerable im- econon~icallythese than anywhere else. A portance. The city clubs of Boston, New few men added to the present Staff would York, Philadelphia, Chicago and Kansas City ~nakeit possible for the bureau to undertake report tlie addresses that are delivered be- this additional worlt.It seems to ille to be fore them, and we flncl in the weekly bulle- quite feasible and practicable, and, 1 hope, tins of the City Club of Philadelphia and in the course of time that it will be accom- Chicago some of tlie best 'information that plished. can be found on certain subjects. A bound volume of those bulletins contains an im- The Sources of Municipal Material With mense amount of very valuable municipal Reference to R Clearing House of information. Then, these various organtza- Information. tiona are building up libraries of their own; Clinton Rogers Woodruff. the library in Columbia of the old Reform The subject that has been asigned to me Club was one of the best libraries ten years this afternoon-"The Sources of Municipal ago on municipal questions in this country, Material with Special Reference to a Clear- Unfortunately when Dr. hlaltbie retired from ing Houseu-is really an extended one, and the Secretaryship of the Municipal Affairs might easily engage our time and attention Commitlee of the Reform Club to be assis- during all the hours of the session. The tant secretary and the actual executive of most that I can expect to do will be to out- the Municipal Art committee of New Yorlr, line very briefly the situation with the hope no one was appointed to take his place, and that at future meetings the outline may be the collection lies rather inert in the library. filled up by more particular and deflnite at- There is a great deal of material in all tention. our libraries bearing on municipal subjects. In the first place, I thinlr we all recognize These libraries, however, fall short the fact that there is a very considerable in one very important particular-they are increase in the actual amout of municipal not up-to-date. A graduate of Columbia Uni- legislation. Municipal functions have been versity, at one time, had to gather a certain multiplied so rapidly ln the last twenty amount of material on a certain problem years in America, as well as abroad, that I asked him how valuable he had found municipal legislative matter has been tre- the university library, and, although a gra- mendously increased and its very amount duate of the institution, he was compelled constitutes a problem of very great ~mgort- to say that it had been of no use at all, be- ance. cause it had no recent references on his sub- To look after this mass of material there ject. has grown up a great number of voluntary Tn addition to various sources that exist organizalions of various types: munic~pal in the cities in addition to nlunicipal refer- leagues, taxpayers' associations, and all sorts ence libraries, of which I think there are of municipal associations designed to look now half a dozen, in addition to great masses after some one or more phases of municipal of municipal legislation and the various re- life, to make suggestions in regard lo further porls that are being put out, we have our legislation, and as to codification of laws, and state legislative reference libraries. I have we have the reports of those organizations, no doubt that it is only a question of time which are of increasing value before all the states will follow the leader- Any example I may cite this afternoon is ship of Wmonsin, as it has in other matters. purely for the sake of illustration and not There is another source of information on for comment, therefore, when I talk about these questions which is coming into view, any particular organization it is not implied and that is the conferences of the state go- that there are not others doing the same vernors. I thinlr within a short time that things. The Civic League of St. Louis, two that very interesting group will develop a years ago, when the subject of charter was quantity of literature of great interest to uppermost in that city, made a report on the students of municipal affairs, for, indeed, subject, that was a real contribution to the uuder our system of government in this subject The same is true of its report on country, the state government is really a the subject of bill boards, which was used branch of our municipal government. When by the city's lawyers in their argument be- we really achieve nlunicipal home rule those fore the Supreme Court of Missouri, and the who a1.e interested in municipal questions supreme Court of Missouri used that partic- will be able to ignore state questions as a SPECIAL LIBRARIES 113 matter of pertinent interest, but today the no reason why the idea should not be gener- man who is interested in municipal matters, ally apglied. must, of necessity, keep in touch with what We have not made the great mass of ma- is being done by the state government, be- terial In the country at all available, and cause the state government exercises a legis- I do believe that the time will come, and lative control through the state legislature, must come, and I hope it w~llcome soon, or through bodies like the public utilities when organizations like the Special Libraries commission, and like the accounting super- Associat~onand various others that are asso- vision which now exists in the states of ciated with it, will take the initiative in h~assachussetts,Ohio and Indiana. having the national library, the great library of Congress, serve as a means of keeping Only this week there was held in Chicago every state library informed concerning the at tlie invitation of the National Census Bur- important worlr. that is being done along eau, a conference OH state officials interested these lines. It does that work today on in municipal accounts. I cite that simply general library matters. Why should it not to show the growing interest in the question do it on special library matters which natur- of state supervision, It will interest those ally come far more closely to the people than who are present to know that t,he legislative the others? The mass of people ale affected control of cities by the state is gradually, by the special librar~esbecause those special very gradually, unfortunately, yieldiug to a libraries are used by the men who in turn state administrative control. influence the legislation of a community, 01- We have this great group of state legisla- administer the aPfairs of the community. tive libraries of necessity interested in muni- Several have ~~olren,and the president, in cillal questions. On that pomt I want to his mtroductlon of myself, spoke of the Na- say something a little later on; perhaps I tional Municipal League and its work. To- might just aa well say it at this time and day it Is striving to (lo the very thing that in this connection. The state libraries are I have suggested as being a matter which the pereorming in this l~art~cularconnection a federal government should do. It is serving t'wo-fold cluty. I recognize the desire of a so far as it can with the means at its dis- state librarian, as of every other librarian, posal, as a means of co~nrnunicationbetween to have wilhin his four walls a complete re- the various coinlnunities and states; to bring port and every book ~ssued,but the mere the resources of each within the lcnowledge collection of boolrs, unless they are actually and use ol' all, but, most of us who are active doing gootl, is of little value. We want in the League feel that that particular func- things that are alive, that are doing work,; tion of the League ought to be merely a tem- that are doing a day's worlr, and I think porary oue, and that the best and most our libraries, whether they ale l~ublicor pri- effective work will eventually be done by vate, should be libraries that are doing some government agency like the Library of something and not mere collections of inert Congress. The National Mmicipal League boolrs. I lrnow there are those who will is seeblng to cary out th~sldea of bringing tnlre issue with me in that view of it, but all the various organizations and individuals I believe in a library that has a c~rculation, interested in civic affairs into closer contact that is aorliing out in all parts of the through thrce agencies: the first is the eslab- state. I hope that our stale libl-zlries will lishment of a National Municipal Review. have duplicate sets of reports. For instance, In January next the League wlll issue the take my own state ai Pennsylvania as an first nnmber of the review, ~vhichwill be illustration. Snppose the city of Williams- designed to put in condensed form cuYrenc port was mterested in the question of water information on municipal affairs Of course, supply. I take ~t for granted that the col- one cannot expect in 640 pages a year to give lection of the library at Williamsport on the a lull account of everything that is being subject of water works is not an elaborate done by the American c~tiestoday when we one. It ought to be able to go to the state recall that the proceedings of a single com- library and say: "We want all the reports mnnlty, in many rxses, far exceed that nnm- that you have on that subject for immediate ber of pages, but the National Municl~alRe- use." The ideal is to have tlie ~nnniclpalre- view will contain in concise form a reference ference library, such as Dr. $lack has estab- to all the more important events that have lished so successf~~llyin Baltimore, ancl occurred during the preceding quarter, so which 1s in the process of establishn~entin far as they relate to municipal affairs. Knlisns City, St. Louis, but there are a great Thero is no second teason why what Chic- many citics of from forty to seventy thous- ago has done, and has done well, should be and inliab~tantswho have not the means at done all over again in St. Louis, Phlladel- the present time to justify the establishment phis, or anywhere else. The National hluni- of u. municipal reference library. What are ci~alRev~ew will be designed to keep all those people going to do? Wisconsin has ~t those who are Interested in these QU~S~~O~S through its traveling libraries, and there is 111 touch with each other, and in touch with 114 SPECIAL LIBRARIES important movements and developments. the municipal reference library should come In addit~onto the Review, the League 1s in and hell> them malie those ideals practi- working in conjunction wlth a committee of cable and concrete. the Special Libraries Associatioil and a Corn- Lec me say inconclusion, that as a capping mittee of the National Association of State of these various steps to which I have refer- Libraries to establish a municipal year book, red, there is a proposition to establish an which w11l do for American nlunicipalities international municipal bureau, so that the what the British municilml year book does experience of European cities may be placed for the c~tiesof the British Isles, ancl what at the conimand both of the Canadinn and the German year book does for German of tlie American cities, and that our experi- municipalities. ence may in turn be of' value to 111e Eurol~ean. A third method of making this incrensing Thus, you will see that, this great l~roblem an~ountof municipal literature available is of how lo make a growing mass of mun~ci- through1 a series of books. The purpose ot pal material available is receiving the aL- the League 1s to iss~lea series of b001is that tention of those who have their hearts in will consist of information on all the ques- it, and who have only one object, and that tions that are now uppermost, the idea being is, to make the American cities worthy of to bring within these volumes the best ma- the emulation of the whole world. terial. These will not always be original The Qualifications of Legislative and Muni- contributions, but between the two covers cipal Reference Librarians. will be brought together the most important statements that have been made by qualified M. S. Dudgeon. experts on those purticular subjects, so one I do not know whether it is altogether safe may find in the single volume the arguments in th~spresence to say it, ~~articularlyin of both sides of the question. view of recent progress in feminine alhle- The Natioiial Municipal League is seelting tics, and in view of some of the exl)erlences to l~lacethe informati011 of all at the dispos- of our English brothers who oppose won~en's al of anyone so that any one individual may suffrage, but it seems to me that the first know whele to go for the important intorma- qusllificntlon of a legislalive 0' municipal tion, and at the same lime it 1s desired to reference librarian is that the Iibranan further a higher standard of efficiency in leg- should be of the masculine gender. I realize islation and altogether s better and a that this subject may be open to discussion. nobler niuuicil~allife and eo that seeins to I come to th~sconchlsion, however, not be- me should be the airn of rnun~clpal refer- cause of any conception of shortconlings on ence libraries. the part of the feminine portion of humanily, Experience den~onstratestime and again but because of an appreciation of some of that Lhe average man wants to do what is the rough features oC the work. The work right, and nine times out of ten he don't is such lhat the 1ib.rarian must go out and know how, because he has not the education see th~ngsand come in conlact with yeoplc or ~nformation. Organizations like the Na- in such R way, which, franlrly, I would not tional Municipal League should always be want my sister to (lo. That this 1s so is a striving to place higher ideals before the reflection on humanily at large and 1s not ~eople,and endeavoring to make those ideals because of limitations on the abilities of practical by putting the great illustrations women. before the people so that they can see what The first thing aside froin this inlportant others are doing. Nost communities are consideration is the question of method of willing to avail themselves of the experience al~yointnlent. Mr. Flack has sl)olien of that of others. and I thinli we will all endorse heartily the An official of our city was aslred lo give view that the librar~aumust not be the all- nn address on the work of his department go~nteeof a purely political board. I some- before the City Club. That ofIicial could not times quostion also whether the legislative understand at first why citizens should be reeerence l~brarianshould always be connect- interested in the affairs of the city. It took ed with the state law library. I know I am some of us quite a little tlme to convince treading on claugerous gYonnd again. Many that man that the interests of the City Club state hbraiws aye the creatures of Supreme were sincere .and above suspicion. Kow the Court judges. Sul~remeCo~u't judges nre so officials of Philadelphia are glad to go before absolulely conservative in their position, are the City Club and lay before the members so trained to look back over their s11oulde1-6 OF that organization their icleas and thew at what they did yesterday in determining plans with regard to tlie discharge of their what they shall do today, lhat I do~~btsome- imblic duties, ancl that is what 1s essential. what whether a librarian who was directly It seems to me that we ought to provide a and absolutely under the control of Supreme way for giving the officials a chance to Court judges could be enough of an aggres- make themselves heard and to explain their slve and lwogressive gatherer of material Lo plans, and to elnborate their ideas and then be of service. The l~brarianmust not, of SPECIAL LIBRARIES course, be too much the creature of politi. politician. Neither am I malcing any insinu- clans, but, On the other hand, caye must be ations as to 1Ioliticians when I say he must taken that he is not altogether the creature liave an Inherent integrity and honesty. of a bocly of men who are most excellent in What I mean is this: A politician too often their intentions and most learned in their is trying to make himself seem what people views, but who, by training learn simgly want him to be; the Ilbrarlan must be what. to degend upon the past for guidance in he wants the politician to think him. The the present. municipal librnrlan or the legislative libra- I suggest also some educational qualities. rian is going to come in contact with the I thlnlr we will all agree that there shonld be shlteadest men in the human .race. Wheth- a bacl~grouncl of history, political economy, er educated or not, the politicians with politionl science, ,socio,logy; and that the whom he comes in contact are sh~ewdand librarian shoul(1 be something of a constit~l- the librarian cannot get away with anything. tionhl lawyer. When, either ns a municipal He must be exactly what he wants the poli- or legi~lativelibrarian, lie comes in contact ticians with whom he comes in contact to with the malting of laws, he musL lcnom some- think him to be. He must Be what he wants thing of the unrlerlying fundamental l~rin- to seem to be, and a nlan who has not a ciples of co~istitulionallaw. He must, of f ondamental and natural f lmkness and in- course, lmw something of legislative groce- tegrity and honesty back of him had better clure, of municil)al government, and of all get out of the business, because, above all, the activities ol government whether state he must be absolutely a square man. I do or municil~al. I am somewhat at sea as to not lcnow but that the previous suenicer said how much library science lie should have. tliat down in Raltiniore he was able to inl- He shonld certainly have a general view ool tiate things wilhout letting l~oliticianslcnow cataloging and Classification; enough, at that he was initiating them. Re plooably least, to lrnow whether the librarians worlr- means that some good golltical friend initla- ing under him arc doing the work well. I ted them and came to him Lor advice, which thlnlr too you will find in many beglilnings is, of course, a perfectly prol~erthing to do. tliat the municipal and leg~slalivelibrarians These are some of the things that I hare themselves clo a great deal of classification thought over, and, while incomplete, they and cataloging, and so must liave a direct may l~ossiblyform a suggestion or outline ior Imowlcdge ol' librars science. a discussion which will amount to somelhing When 1 say tbnt a librarian must lcnow of value somethmg of political economy or political DISCUSSIOA. science or of slmilar subjects, I do not mean that he must simply have a fund of dead in- MR WHITTEN: The question is now formation on those subjects What I mean ogen for general cliscussitn. We ;lave not is, that tho legislative or the municipal li- a peat deal of time, but we have time to brariau niust be a tliinlcer along those hnes; hear from a considerable number if they will must be cliscipllnetl to thlnlc along those s~ealcbriefly. The main questions for clis- lines and accustomed to think along those cussion are Ll~oseof the public aftairs index. lines. As you know, some people are so con- the collectioi~and organization of material, stituted that no matter what they study or and the qualifications of the legislative or know they cannot thlnlr with originality lnunicipal librarian, and the functions of the along those same 11nes or along any lines. ~nunlcipal library I think I would lllre to 1 thinlt we all appreciate too, that the hear from Mr. Relden. of the Xassachus- quest~onof personality is possiI11y more 1111- s& State Library. portant than education. It is llot so much MR. BELDEN. I do not ltnow as I have what. a lnan knows ul~dwhat he has stored anything special to say on the mmediate 1111 in his library as it is a question of how subject of the 1)rogram. Of course, as State he can bring thal information out to you- Librarian of Massacliussetts I urn interested how apt lie is in Brinqing tliat incormation in tlie le.:islative reference slde of the work out and giving jt to the .right person. He The Massachussetts State Libra1 y is primari- must have in his personality the abillty to ly a legislative reference hbrarp. It was convey information ancl ideas and sugges- established fox the use of the governor tions to tlie person who needs it. Person- and council, members of leglulu:ure, state ality is often more important than lrnowleclge. officials, ancl such others as inay be yermit- We all realize, of course, that the librarian ted to use it You see that it is not a state must be EL man of broad sym1)athies. He library in tlie ordinary acceptance of that must be a humanitclrian rather than a term. Its activities do not, except in a scholar of the older order-one who is Con- limited way, cover the state Strictly sgealr- cerned more with people than with boolrs. ing it is not a public libmry; nor Is it a cir- I do ]lot lrnow but that I could sum it all culatlng library. However, we do try to up by saying tliat the personality must be make the work in the state library as broad such as would qualify 111m en~inentlYfor a as possible, and very frequently it his been SPECIAL LIBRARIES

my pleasure to send books to d~fferentparts others connected with the same line of the state and country. The legislative I have attempted already to follow side of the library, as I have intimated, suggestion along that line in connec forms the whole basis of the wo~kof the the call which has come to us for 6 library, and has been carried out, we think, special committee of our legislaturf satisfactorily for a great many years. Since uiacturing conditions. I could not I I have been in the library it has been pos- much help, but I sent to other Iibr, slble to make its many rich collections more asked for lists. We have gotten a 8 accessible to the members of the legislature. of assistance not merely in biblio We have been able to obtain the use of four lists tut in the actual material in So additional rooms which are thrown open dur- These references we have arrange Ing the session of the legislature only to its consolidated list in card form, and members and state ofllcials and in these are in turn gomg to put back in a rooms we place collections of bmks on speci- ten list, and send copies to all the al topics, which we know will be of interest that helped us. That sort of thing, to the members of the legislature during a to me, others in this line of work partlcnlar sesslon. We write to the mem- There is a possibility of co-"geraLi0 bers; we Interview the prominent men of phase of the work. both branches In o.rder to be prepared re- There is another side of that garding matters to come before the current which I do not see any sol~~tionn session. Then we collect our material from am going to throw out the questio the main stacks of the library, supplement- hope that some time someone ma3 ing this by bibliographical lists. We also solution. That is in the picking u gather information and additional material terial on those more minor queetiol from other sources. the results of research are not put i1 MR. LESTER (New York State Library) : often times only typewrittell. In th There are one or two things that have been at these meetings 1 have talked wit1 suggester by the pagers and discussion thls similar lines of work for are world afternoon that impress me as being possible subjects which I have got to take u to be linked logether to lead up to one idea the next six months, and, in each cah that I am a good deal interested In. In Mr. to be able to get something of this Lapp's report of the committee, and in Dr. their doing a share of that work, Flacli's paper, we had impressed upon us the course, We cannot always get that necess~tyof the personal side of our work. tion. I do not know how that infr For the constituency of the particular class can be made available unless we nrf of libraries with which 1 am connected, and ling to co-operate in it. Dr. BruncB ever since I d~dsome worlr with Dr. was then connected with the Califorr McCarthy's bureau, I, have had it more and Library, had made a beginnrng at more impressed upon me that it is the per- out some Bind of a scheme. The p sonal touch work that counts, if I can sug- falrs index should supply US with tl gest it In that way. I think we all know mation as to where we may obtain what I mean by that. The work started by terial in pfint, or in other words, the Dr. McCarthy is the successful line of work. of information; but when that infc In domg that the person in charge of the is not in print, how are me going tc bureau mnst have a certain kind of help That is one of the big problems anc which the publ~caflan's index is going to that some time our public affairs co give him. I have come to think that this w~llbe able to extend its worlr tov public affairs index is one o: the most im- solution of that particular phase of t portant lines of work wlth whlch the assol tlon ciation is connected. I feel thd need of such MR. LAPP: There is a chance a thing that mill give me all the information ont just the plan Mr. Lester SI that I have got to use myself, not which 1 through Special Libraries, but I hnvt am going to put in the hands of someone else ceived sufficient co-operation so far i for his purposes, but which I have got to use ing it out. I have asked others to and keep track of, and which is going to be informed of investigations which th wrt of my work in readlng and thinking undertaking which they did not in along the lines which Mr. Duclgeon referred uublish, and if we can get that info to. from them and print lists of rno1.k I think BIT. Xeyer, of tl~eLibrary of Con- has been done in the different libr: gress, ia doing a work which is going to be mill then be available to everybody. of considerable valne in the solution of the an experience which, I think, illustr: l~roblern,namely, the preparation of a list need of that. After the close of our se from the resources of the Library of Con- 1911 I went to Wisconsin and I fou gress, and the offering of that for criticism, ing the year they had a great many addition and correction, ~f necessary, to gations which were not published, SPECIAL LIBRARIES and bibliographies upon obscure subjects. I formation as to what other bureaus are do- went through their duplicate files and selec- nig: we prepare, on an average each year, ted 150 digests and bibliographies upon as about 150 typewritten lists on all sorts of many subjects. The value of that could not subjects.' Probably one-half of these would be counted. If I set to worlr with my force appeal to the legislative reference librarian. to do that amount of worlr it would have cost I hesitated to publish a list of them, because me thousands of dollars in our department, it will add worlr to an already overburdened and yet these were already prepared. They division, but I would be very glad to lend had a few typewritten copies left, and I was any of these lists. The difficulty that arises enabled, through the courtesy of the depart- if we publish a list of subjects on which we ment, to acquire all this valuable informa- prepare bibliographical lists IS that every tion. I take it this is exactly the thing Mr. small library will bomow them, but where Lester was working upon, and I believe the there is a real need we are very glad to lend public affairs committee can be of assista~lce, these lists; and for the flrst time in the an- and I would invite the suggestions of mem- nual report that will shortly appear, a list bers, and also the co-operation of members, of the more important investigations, under in carrying this out. taken by the Division of Bibliography, will MR. BRIGHAM: I think that we can be printed, and we have duplicate copies of work up in this way by making a check those lists on hand which we will be glad list of what we have on hand, and taking to lend to the librarian who really wants the from that the material that is axailable. 0f- material. ten times we do not care to distribute to an- MR. ANDREWS: Those of us who were other library some worlr that has been done. in Sacramento this sl~ringsaw tried the We want to check it back again for perfec- cameragraph, and, to me. at least, it seemed tion as soon as possible. When you hand a a partla1 solution of the problem which Mr. man some work which he requests within six Brigham brought up-the question of the hours, sometimes less, it is very apt to be cheap duplication of one copy. At five cents a little hasty and I would not care to have a page you can reproduce the page in read- that go out broadcast to other people until it able form, or if you want black and white was checked up. The great difaculty woulcl it will cost yon about ten cents We pro- appear to be in devising a cheap process of pose to have such a machine in our library copying. At the 'present time, ~t means we next year, and we will gladly underlake to have to get that material copied, and I do reproduce lists and send liBtS out The Call- not quite feel that in the stress of work that fornia State Library people have been using we can often times do that within a given it for some months, and are very well pleased. time. I think that Mr. Lapp should have as It is exactly the thing we want for these lists much assistance as possible in the public af- or occnsional and temporary value, things fairs index. This next year we will try to which will go out of date. send him material and information on sub- MR. MEYER: We would be glad if any jects that he wants. Mr. Meyer may have library or anyone copied the lists we send suggestions with regard to carrying that them, or even published them, if they would matter out further. I do not suppose it is nndertalce that worlr. We have a few of possible to supply a card index to the ma- these that we put through a duplicating ma- tenal. That would be of great help where chine and we run off from 50 to 200 copies. the Library of Congress already prints the Those we give freely. Sub~ects we treat card for the pamphlet that they receive. It that way are those of wlde interest. The may be imposs~ble,but I would like to ask last inquirers have to do their own copying. Mr. Meyer if the thing can be worlced. We have also made investigation ~n regard Would it be l~ossibleto supply the cards is- to reproductions methods, and, I think, in a sued by the Library of Congress7 short time something of that sort will be MR. MEYER: That can be done in the available at the Library of Congress. Library of Congress very easily. They have MR. LEE: Students' theses htwe been a subjecl catalogue in the Card Section, and mentioned and the need for an index poin- if you place an order for all the cards on ted out. I think that the possibilities there any specific subject and related topics, they are very great. A while ago Professor will gather them together and send them to Jaclrson aalced to let his studenls into our you at the usual rate. It is being done by library, and I said: "Come on and use it, an increasing number of investigators in this and when you get it done give us a copy," country. In fact, it is one of those functions and we did get a copy. It so happened that of the library that is growing most rapidly, a cornm~tteeof the American Street. R. R. to galher together all cards on the subject Accountants Association was getting ug n that the individual inquiring may be inter- report on depreciation of trolley cars, etc., ested in. I just want to SELY another word and I was able to put it at thelr disposal, in connection with what the other speakers and I learned afterwards that Professor have referred. In the dissemination of in- Jncl~son has nlany quotations that he has SPECIAL LIBRARIES

kept together on that subject. In this con- SELECT LIST OF REFERENCES ON nection I want to mention one more thing. RATE8 CHARGED FOR PUBLIC somebody suggested a bibliogrf~phy of UTILITIES IN VARIOUS CITIES. college publications. Mr. Homer is here; (Cabs, Electricity, Gas, Street Railways, he proposed that, and I think his prol~osal Telel~hones,Water.) is worth mentioning. May I ask Mr. Homer f3. to a few words? Compiled under the direction of H. H. Meyer, Chief Biliographer, Library of MR. HOMER: The subject came up m- Cougress, with the co-operation of the ther in an interestihg way. I was asked by State Libraries and Legislative Reference a chemist who was interested in all sorts of Departments. things to prepare a bibliography on fuel, The following list was prepared in response especially on trees. I, therefore, commenced to an inquiry for books showing rates to make a very slight bibliography on that charged for various pnblic services in point, slight in comparison with the wealth American and foreign cities. The list is of material there must be, and not slight in limited to material containing such infor- point of view of the number of hours it took mation and does not include general dis- cussions of publlc service rates. me to get together what I wanted in the time given. Most of my work was conducted in General a library situated near Boston.Eventnally I Clarke, J. M. got around to the Department of Agriculture Rates for publ~c utilities. American publications and found two or three lists al- economic review, Sept. 1911, .v. 1: 473-487. HB1.AS.v. 1 ready published by the Department of Agri- Connecticut. Commission concerning public culture. Notably one by Messrs. Cannon & service corporat~ons. Harding, a classifled list of the Department Fieport. Hartford: Pub. by the state, 1909. of Agriculture publications. A list of that 114 11. HD27GT C82 1909 sort led naturally to one where I could flnd "Comparative street rallway, gas and clec- a classified list relative to fue:, of the pub- tric rates (American cities) :" 1). 23-28. lications of the colleges and universities. I "Comlmrative telephone rates for unlimi- have so far been unable to find anything in ted service (American cities):" 11. 29-84. tlie way of a bibliography of the publications Howe, F. C. Municipal ownership in Great Britain. of the colleges and universities of this coun- U. S . Bureau of Labor. Bulletin, Jan. try. I have found a basis for such a biblio- 1906, no. 62: 1-123. HDS051.A5,no.G2 graphy in Mr. David Thom~son'sHandbook. Price of gas in 13 cities, 1903-4: g. 36. MR. MEYER: We feel the need of a HD4647.U 6 similar list covering all publications of uni- Rates of tramway fare: p. 48-53. versities and colleges, and I might suggest Price of electricity in 30 cities, 1904-5: 1). to Mr Homer that he will flnd some special 63. bibliograph~esof some colleges in existence. "Charges for gas, water and electricity in Recently Mr. Adams, of Williams, has pub- various cities, 1904-5:" p. 120 Lindsley, Van Sinderen. lished one on W~lliamsCollege. That would Rate regulation of gas and electric light- give all the publications of Willlarns, and ing. New Yorlr: The Banks law publish- there is a similar one for Columbia Univer- in co., 190G. 1135 p. sity. Munic~pal year book for the United Bing- MR HANDY: I wanted to ask to what dom for 1911. Edited by Robert Donald. extent the Library of Congress cards cover London: E. Lloyd, 1911 xxxvi, 9GG g. periodicals or associations' publications, if JS3003 they do to any extent at all. Gas supply: p. 480-484; Tramways: 11. 4S9- MR MEYER: To a very slight extent, 528, Electricity supply: 11. 543-600 ; indeed. Only where the article has been se- Charges for gas, water and electricity: g. parately grinted and a specific request has 893 been made to have it catalogued. The work National civic federation. Comnlission on has been so very extensive and the influx public ownership and operation. of new material has been so great that they Municipal and private operation of lmblic have not been willing to print cards covering . utilities. New Yorlr city: periodicals. I made tlie suggestion twice National civic fecleration (etc., etc.), 1907. that we print cards covering the social, poli- 3 vols. HD4431326 tical, financial and similar sciences, but con- Covers United States and Great Britain. ditions are not at present favorable for any See indexes under Prices such additional undertaking, but it is bound New Jersey. Board of public utility com- to come. missioners. SPECIAL LIBRARIES 119

Annual relloml:i.,1910. Trenton, N. J., 1911. tem of Paris. Political science quarterly, 285 11. HD27G7.N5A3 1910. Mar. 1911, v. 26: 122-133. Hl.PS,v.%6 *'Rates charged for gas (In New Jersey) :" inclndes ~nformstionconcerning rates. 11. 253-2GG. McGraw electrical di~ectory. Lighting and "Rates charged for electricity (in hew power euition. Jelsey) :" p. 257.268. tPublished semi-annually) U, S. Bureau of labor. Contains price charged under city contract Water, gas and electric-hght plants under tor electric street-lights by each cornpail,. ~rivatearid municiyal ownership. Wash- Massachusetts. Board of gas anci t;ectric ington: Govt. 111~1111 off., 1900. 9s: 11. (An- light conmissioners. lltlal report of the Colnmissioner 01 labor, Ailn~alrayolt, hdh, 1910. Boston, 1911, 14t11, lb99). I-ID805l.A3, 14t11, 1899 211 p. TPI24.1rlSA3 1910 Issued also in the Cong~wsionalseries, no. Prices for commercial lights and gowe;, 4~04, as House doc. 713, 56lh Cong., 1st June 30, 1910: 1). 98-12G. sess. Sational electric light association. n~\Vaterwol,lts:l)!'kes (private plants) and 'l'lle Natlmal elect~iclight association'e cost of procloclion \~~lun~clpalplants) : " repol t OL 1 ates for coals%Clul IigrlLing 1). 355-378. and power servlce. 2d. ed. (New Yorlo : "Gas works. prices ( pl'lvate 111anls) and hatlonal e,ectric hghc assoc1ztio11, 1904. cost oC ~~rodnction(mtriilcil~al 1):anlsJ :" p. 88 g. HD'3tidiU5N3 507-521. United States and Carlacla. "Electric light ~lil~lt~:prices (private x 190b. 127 1). planls) and cost of 111 oduclion ( municil~al -- plants) :" 11. 934-9i 5. Prelltnmary 'eport of nionicipal lighting \Viicox, D. F. statistics. (New Yoric) : ,\luni~:il)al i~,anchises;a desciiption of lhe National electric light assxiat~on, 189i;. tel nlv and cond~tionsul~on which private 14 1). HD4491.N% cor~~orationsenjoy special privileges in the United States and Canada. sueets of Bmeric:ln titles Rochester, New Yorli (State) Public service commision. N J.: The Gervalse press, New York. 1311- First dlstrict gineering news book clellal tn~ent,1910-11. Iiepoit, 1909, v. 1, Albany: J. B. Lyon co., P VOIS. I-IDBiGG.W6 slate p~inters, 1910, 1 vol. Set? indexes under Pares, Rates, BIG. HD2iG7 X;A2 1909,~1 Cab Service Electricity rates in Xew Yorlc City, lbU9: V. 1, P 491-498. Gt. Brit. Home del)t. Comnlittee on lnetro- Prices paid in certain cities fa. elecl~ic golitmi cab service. lighling, compiled by oficerc; ol the 'ity Tlic! c8ab service of the metropolis. Lon- of Duluth by conesl~ondence. (In Bulle- don: Plinted for H &I. Slationery off., by tin 01 the League of American munlcil~ali- Lyre :uul Sl~otlisnoade,1895. 2 vols. in ties, v. 9, 1). 143-4. May, 1908) 1. ( Pa~~liamc~ntPal~el's by command C. Table showing rates, candle power, 7iiO'i) FIE5662 LSA4 1895 whether compct~tjon exists, and kmd of ' ~jigest01 reports on Lhe cab services in power used, in about 300 cities. 14erlii1, 1-lamburg, Kew Yorl,, Paris, St. St. Louis. Public service co:nmiss!on. Petersburg, and Vienna:" v. 2, 11. 305-311. Analysis or rate calculatioils for electrlc l?el)orls on the cnb service in the citles light atid power. (St. LOUIS?19101 69 p. ot Great Britain. v. 2, 1). 311-314. The TK26 82113 1911) t'ol-ecoing rel~ostsinclude rates chargccl. -- l-'arlia~iient. House of ,commons. Rates: 11 77-51. \Vhitten, liol?ert H. Selrct c01i)lnillee on cabs and omnibuses I3rieC list of relel.ences to 1118te~i~lcon- ( ~netrol~olis)11111. t:lining comparative summaiies or tabu- Kiq~ort. lations ot 11rices cht~rgedlor gas and elec- 1,oildon: Printed for. H. M. Stationery off, t~lcity111 various citles. ( in Specinl lib1 a- by \Vyni;ui and sons, 1906. 395 11. (Par ries, Mch., 1910. 11. 83). linmenl, 1906. 1-1 of C, Reports and ~)nl)el.s. 296.) HE5663 LSA4 Gas Electric Light and Power Xdams, A. D. *CIowell, 14. 1-1. Cost of hght in rnunic~l~aland pr~vategas Rel~orLor an luvestig~tio~lof the electm and eleclric 111ants (in Xassachusetts) coml~aniesot Eet~oit,with specin1 refer. Nunici~~alengineering, Sept. 1902, v. 23 : encc to rates and methods of charging. 160-164 TDl.M9,~.23 Sept. 28, 1907. 28 1). Conta~nsa tabniation of elect] icity yaks Gas rates in the United States. Munici- in sixteen larae cities. pal Journal and engineer, Aug., 1902, v. Holcon~be,A. N: The e!ertlic lighting sys- 13: G3-GS. TDl.M95,v.l3 SPECIAL LIBRARIES

Brown's directory of American gas compan- ican review of reviews, July, 1905, V. 32: ies. Gas statistics. New York: 80-84. APZ.R4,v.32 "Progressive age," 1910. 508 p. Martin, John. TP714.B8 Street-railways, (In Bliss, W. D. P., ed. Includes prices charged for gas in Ameri- The new e~cyclopediaof social reform, can cities. New York, 1908. p. 1164-1167.) Gas works directory and statistics, 1908-9. H41.BG2 (Revised to July, 1908) Fares on German municipal street mil- London: Haxell, Watson & Viney, 1908. ways: 11. 1167. 465 p. New York (State) Public service commis- Includes prices charged for gas in cities slon. 1st district. of Great Britain and its colonies, with rates Supervision of street railways in England for foreign cities supplied by companies and Prussia. Albany: J. B. Lyon co, state with London offices. TP733.G3G3 printer, 1909. 76 P. HE471 5.N7 Massachusetts. Board of gas and electric Rates (England) : p. 26-29 light cornmlssioners. Fares (Prussia) . I?. 49-51. Annual report, BGth, 1910. Boston, 1911. U. S. Bureau of the census. 211, cccl p. Street and electric railways, 1907. Wash- TP724.M4A3 1910 ington: Govt. print. off., 1910. 575 1). Rates charged for gas in Massacl~usetts, ( Special reports) HA201.1900.BZ 1908-10: p. 86-91. "Street railway tares:" p. 39-41. *Milwaukee gas light company. Vellguth. Prices charged for gas in various cities Nseuere Grundsatze uber Tarife bei Stras- of the United States from 1889 to 1907, in- senbahnen. (Berlin: Druclc von H. S. I-lei'- clusive. 1907. 2'8 p. mann, 1903?) 38 p. Shows for each city changes in price from I-IE4774.A3VK 1885, and gives a tabulation of cities sel- "Sonderabdrucli aus Mitteilungen defl Ver- ling gas in 1907 for $1 or less. eins deutscher Strassenbahn-uncl-Klein- Prices for gas charged in the named Euro- balm-Verwaltungen (Beilage eur Zeit- llean cities. American gas light journal, schrift tur Kleinbalmen) 1903" Jan. 11, 1904, v. 80: 44 TP700.A5,v.80 We~ss,Lothar. lncludes: Paris, Thonne, Olten, Neufchatel Die Tarife der cleutschen Strassenbahnen, Fribourg, Berne, M~lan,Biarritz, Lourdes, ihre Tecl~nilcund wirtschat'tliche Bedeut- Brussels, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Hague. nng Karlsrulie: G. Braun, 1904. 139 1). Whitten, Robert H. (Vollisw~rtschaftlicheAbhandlungen der Brief list of references to material contain- Badischen Hoclischulen, hrsg. von C. J. ing comparative summaries or tabulations Puchs, K. Rathgen, G. von Schuke-Gavern- of prices charged for gas and electricity itz, M. Weber. VII. Bd., 3. Ergnnxungsbd.) In various cities. (In Specla1 Libraries, "Gewohnliche Tarife " 11. 116-123. Mch, 1910. p. 23.) HE477LW42 Street Railways Telephones Durand, E. D. Street-railway rates in the United States. Chicago. City council. Committee on tele- American review of reviews, Feb., 1905, v. phone service and rates. 31: 171-176. AP2.R4,~.31 Report. Sept 3, 1907. Chicngo, 1907. Financial results of electric railway opera- Report of telephone rates ant1 service in tions in Germany. By a German engineer. Amencan cities and of the Po~'eig'nsitun- Street ra~lrvayjournal, May 7, 1904, v. 23: tion: p. 1309-1392. iO4-706 TF701.S65,~.23 Gunther, Erwin Table showing the average Pure per llas- Die europaischen Fernsprecl~gebul1se11ta1~i- senger in IjwJau, Frankfurt, Dresden, te Jena, G Il'lschel., 1910, 2G3 1). (San1111- Munchen, Derlin, Leij~zig,Magdeburg, nus- lung nat~onalolco~~on~~ucl~erund slalistis- seldorf, Coln, Hamburg, Hanover, 1901, chcr Abllandlungen cles staatswlsscnschatt- 1902: p. 706. lichen Seminars zu I-lalle a. d. S. hrsg von Howes, Osborn, jr. Dr. Joh. Conrad. . . G1 Bd.) Report on the transpoltation of llassengcrs I-IES77i.G9 In and around the cities or Euro~e,to the "TnriCtabellen:" 1,. 121-263. Rap~dtransit comn~ission of the state at Hemenway, J I?. Massachusetts and the c~tyof Eoston. Bos- blonicipal telephob~es. Suqceosful opera- ton: Press of Rockwell and Churchhill, t~onin European and English cities at 1591. 68 11. muc11 lower rates than afforded by the "Rates of fare." 11. 43-4(i TF71O.HS American monopoly. Municil~al journal Knowlton, H. S. 21nd engineer. hTov, 1903, v. 15: 189-191. Street-railway fares in large cities. Amer- TDl.M9G,v.15 SPECIAL LIBRARIES

Jaclmon, D. C, and Wm. B. Jackson. eources of suppl~and conservation. (In Report to the Massachusetts highway com- 412-418). mission on telephone rates for the Boston (Contains tabulation of all water rates in and suburban district. Boston: Wright & the state.) Potter Printing co., state printers, -1910. Brown, C. C. 66 p. HE8778.UGM5 water rates and rentals. (In Municipal Merchants' Association of New York. engineering. v. 35, No. 2. p. 73-8. Aug. Inquiry into telephone service and rates in 1908). ~eb~ork city. (~ewYorlr) : 1905. 57 p. Gralin, E. HE8778.U6M4 Die stadt~sche Wasserveworgung Im Rates, p. 51-53 Deutschen Reiche. Munchen: R Olden Meyer, 11. R. bourg (1898)-1902. 2 vols. TD273.GS Public ownership and the telephone in Covers only the cities of Germany. Un- Great Britain. New Yorlr: The McMillan der each city will be found a statement CO,1907. 38rj p. HE9145.M4 of water rates paid there. Rates: p. 110-113. Gwinn, D. R. New York (state) Legislature. Joint com- Water rites charged in 375 cities (of mittee to investigate telephone and tele- United States). (In American water graph compan~es. works association. Proceedings, 1908. Report. Albany: J. B. Lyon co., printers, (Charleston, S. C., 1909) p 209-222.) 1910. 2 v. TD201.A6, 1909 Tele~honerates: v. 1,. 11.- 166-168. 1226-1231 "List of water rates charged in cities ~~7765.~7~51910a where water is furnished by private com- Pal sons, Frank. panies, 1907": p. 216-218. Telegraph and telephone services. (In "Water rates charged in cities where Bliss, W. D. P. The new encyclopedia of water is furnished by public-owned plants, social reform. New Yorlr, 1908, p. 1207- 1907": p. 219-222. 1212.) H.Il.BG2 Herrmann, August. "Annual telephone rates-Direct unlimit- Water rates (in the larger cities of the ed service (Austria, Belgium, France, United States). Engineering record, Oct. Great Britain, Germany, Holland, Italy. 14, 1899, V. 40: 459-460. TA1 EG2,v 40 Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, United A report submitted to the Amesican so- States)" : p. 1212. ciety of municipal improvements. Schwaighofer, Hans. Johnson, C. 0. Die Grundlagen der Preisbildung in1 elek- Water supply and prevention of waste in trischen Nachrichten-Verlrehr. ( munche en: leacling European cities. (New York: Buchdruclrerei Gebruder Haertl, 1903?) Economist press) 1903. 289 p. TD255.J67 162 p. HE'iG81.S3 Rates: p. 10, 16, 43, 65, 83-85, 89, 250- 251. Glasgow, Liverpool, Manchester. (Sears, V. A.) Birm~ngham,London, Paris. Cologne, Ber- Telephone development; status of the in- lin. dustry, scoue and effect of competition. 2d eci.' ~oston The Basta prek, 1905. ,To~dan,Frank C. Water rates (in the Uni- 121 u. HE8846.13S5 ted States). City hall, Mar. 1909, v. 10: "Fiates and subscribers in some of the 332-333. JS39.C6,~.10 principal cilies (of the United States) ": From a gaper read before the Indiana 11 121. sanitary and water supply association. U. S. Bureau of labor. London. Connty council. Local government Invest~gationof telephone companies. Feb. and statistical dept. 24, 1930. Washington: Govt. print. off., Municll~alwater works. (London: Print- 1910. 340 p. (Glst Cong 2d sess. Sen- ed by J. Truscolt and son), 1898. 51 p. ate doc. 380.) HD8039.T25U5, 1910 TD2'64.L8AG "Rates charged for service": 11. 97-98, "Comparison of the charges for water 136-144, by the corporations of county boroughs with the charges made by the London wa- Where teleahoning is cheau (Sweden). ter companies" : 11. 11-13. Meter (water) rates in (38 American) cities of 100,000 population. Water Supply Munlciyal journal and engineer, .Tan. 1905, Brossman. Charles v. 18: 29. TDl.M95,v.18 Public water sugply of Indiana, pager read at recent conference on water plants, *Not in Library of Congress. SPECIAL LIBRARIES

INVESTIGATIONS UNDER DIRECTION Election and registration law. Oregon, OF STATE LEGISLATURES. 1913. Election law-Revision and codiflcation. The following list compiled by the legis- Pennsylvania, 1913. Commission appointed lative reference department of Indiana givm in 19I%4,--continued in 1911. the subjects on which the legislatures of Employers liability. Delaware, 1913. the various states have directed investiga- Em~loyersliability and worlrmens com- tions to be made and reports submitted to gousation. Iowa, 1913. the legi~latureat their next or subsequent -, Michigan, 1913. sessions. , Nebmska, 1913. The year when the reports are to be made -, New Jersey. Annually Commis- is given and where the investigation is to sion is permanent and reports on worlcs of be made by an administrative omcer or the law of 1911. commission, that fact is noted. In all cases -, West Virginia, 1913. where no reference is given, the work is to Fire insurance methods, rates, etc. Wis- be done by a special commission. consin, 1913. Investigations of a local character have Foods and food stuffs-Prices, purity, pro- not been included unless the subject seemed duclion, distribution and consumption. New to be of great importance. York, 1912 Banking and insurance laws, Codiflca- High school education. Massachusetts, tion and revision of. Georgia 1912. Two 1912. State board of education. comniissions 1nd):btedness and finance of cities and Building laws. Illinois, 1913. towns. Massachusetts, 1912. Direclor, Bu- Building laws and conditions. Pennsyl- reau of statistics. vania, 1913. Infantile paralysis. Massachusetts. State Capital pnnlshment-Methods of inflict- board of health, 1911. ing and the expediency of a central prison Industrial accidents-Causes and results

for infl~ctingdeath penalty. Pennsylvania, and methods of safeguarding.- - Pennsylvan- 1913. la, 1913. Chestnut tree blight. Permanent com- Industrial and agricultural education In- mission to study for its prevention and con- diana, 1913. trol. Pennsylvania. Created 1911. Intlnstrial education-Part time schools. Child Labor. Delaware, 1918. Massachusetts, 1913. State board of educa- Children. Commission to consolidate and tion. reform laws relating to. Ohio, 1913. Industrial education-Textiles. Massachu- City and county government of Albany, setts, 1912. State board of education. New Yhrk. New York, 1912 Insurance-Fire rates and classiRcation Coal mining laws. To revise and codify and old age insurance. Illinois, 1913. the anthracite coal min~nglaw. Pennsyl- Judicial system of Georgia. Georgia, 1912. vania, '1913. Lobbying-Investigation of violations of Cold storage. Massachusetts, 1912 the Wisconsin law. Report made 1911. Commutation tickets and practices. Mass- I,ocal government-Uniform methods. achusetts, 1912. Railroad cominiss~on. Georgia, 1912. Convict canlps. Georgia, 1912. Sub-com- Manufacturing-Conditions under which mittees. manufacturing is carried on in cities of the Convict labor, Utilization of products of. Arst and second class. New Yorlr, Feb. 15, Massachusetts, 1912. Prison commission. 1912. Corporations and revnue. Pennsylvania, Metropolitan plan to co-ordinate civic de- 1913. The commission reported in 1911 and velopment of Boston and vicinity. Massa- was continued. chusetts, 1912. County and township organization-Roads, Occupational diseases. Ohio, 1913. highway and brldge laws, Illmois, 1913. Old age pension and insurance. New Jer- Defectives-Condition of blind, deaf and sey. Annually. Permanent conimission of dumb. Delaware commission for the blind, advice and investigation. 1913. Penal farms and state workhouse. Indl- Defectives-Feeble-minded and epileptics- ana, 1913. segregation care and treatment. Pennsyl- Port conditions and ~ierextensions in vania, 1913. New Yorlr. Joint committee with New Jer- Dependent and wayward children, Com- sey and U. S. government. Appointed, 1911. mlttment of. Connecticut, 1913. State Board Public utilities. Illinois, 1913. of charities. Recording titles to property. Methode in Drainage laws and practice. Illinois, 1913. use regarding the recording of deeds and Education-Local and state share of cost. mortgages. Pennsylvania, 1913. Massachusetts, 1913. State board of educa- Rivers and lakes and olher waters. 11- tion. linois Permanent commission. SPECIAL LIBRARIES 123

Rural life conditions. Nebraska, 1913. Women, Higher education of. Delaware, Schoolbooks-Prices, and text-book situa- 1913. State Board of Education. tion. Wisconsin, 1913. Workmens compensation for industrial State engineering expense and organiza- accidents. Massachusetts, 1912. Commis- tion. Massachusetts, 1912. Ex-omcio board, sion continued from 1911. Chairman, railroad commission; board of health ; metropolitan park commission; me- tropolitan sewerage commission; harbor and land commission. NOTES State insurance for workmen. Connecti- cut, 1913. The Secretary's ofice has on file applica- State supervision of schools securing tion of a young man, college graduate, libra- state aid. Massachusetts 1912 State board ry school graduate, with 2% years' experi- of education. ence at Library of Congress, and as libra- Street railways-Equipping with fenders rian of a University with readmg knowledge and wheel guards. Massachusetts, 1912. of Latin, French and German, as well as State railroad commission. catalogu~ng knowledge of Spanish, D~~tch, Taxation-General system. Michigan, Italian and several other modern languages. 1913. This applicant is open for a new position. Taxation-General system and exemp- tions. Oregon, 1912. For election purposes. Another applicant is specially interested Tax commission and special commission. in establishing or assisting in a library of Taxation of foreign corporations. Massa- engineering, industrial, manufacturing or chusetts, 1912. Tax commissioner. financial character. She is well qualified in Taxation of forest lands. Connecticut, reference and bibliographical work, a grad- 1913. State forester, tax commissioner and uate ot State Normal School, has also taken three appointed members. l~braryschool courses. List of published Taxation of railways and street milways. bibliographies which she has prepared fur- Connecticut, 1913. nished on request. Open to advancement. Teachers' pensions. Massachusetts, 1913. The certified public accountants, Ernst & State board of education. Ernst, with ofRces in New York City, Cleve- Transportation system of Boslon. Massa- land, Ohio and Chicago have employed Miss chusetts, 1912. Railroad commission and Laura E. Babcock to establish an account- Boston transit commission. ancy hbrary. This should be of interest to Trusts-Ice and coal in Madison. Wis- our readers. consin. Attorney general. , Voluntary associations. Massachusetts, A bill has been introduced into the U. S. 1912. Tax commission. I-Iouse of Representatives by Congressman Wages of women and children and advis- John M. Nelson of Wisconsin, promding for ability of establishing rnin~rnum wage a department of legislative reference in the board. Massachusetts, 1912. Library of Congress. The bill carries an Water storage and conservation. Develop- appropriation of $60,000 ment, utilization and distribution of water power. New Yorlr, Feb 1, 1912. Mr. Robert A. Campbell, formerly head Women and minors. Conditions under of the legislative reference department of which women and minors are employed and the California state library, has been ap- wages, hours of labor, etc., of women and pomted secretary of the newly created board minors in state institutions. Conn., 1913. of public affairs of the state of Wisconsin.

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