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Early I1i4tory of the 11- lu ,osli CrirneCie Li'bfrary

ay 11, 1944

Ala1-losa h«d a Libr€Ary in the early 1900ts. It was

Maintained in a root' s over th,e , f ire house! and was supported by

member sl sip fees — aUrt erly dues .'_"enibers off' \ tll.e Cure ent

vents Club and other tole ,, omen volunteered, their gerv'ices as

librarians, keeping the reading room open every afternoor.,from

two to five and every eventing except Sunday. _

Early in 1908 a mevemmAt was started to obtain a;

Library building. r. George ^ Darley, Presbyterian I` inis;t r,

t:ie teverend Ilarrison, rector of the Eniscopal ChurcY, were

appointed to choose a site for the Library building. Andrew

Carnegie had agreed to erect a ` G, , 000 library b- sluginiii

l:la--. osa as - ho --:n in the following resolution recorded in the

files of the City C1er1. of Ala-~osa unjor date of July 1, 1° 0a.

Resolution

Be it IL e solved ,) y the Board of `:'rusteos of. the `;'o" n

of Ala-losa that whereas the I7on. i;ndrevv Carncgie hf,-,s signified.

his willingness to erect sand. construct a Library in the Town of

Alamos&, Colorado, to cost :"Z 000. 00, provided. the torn will

levy tax of 10 per ce3.it Fmk of the cost of the ' building, annually,

to malnta n same.

HERE1ry01? P E IT RESOLVED by the Board of Trustees of the town

of--:_ _ of Ala aosa that Aid Town shall lev-j a tax of t:%o

sills for its -. aintenance for the year of 1908 : rhich said two

71ills is equal to the Min of 1000 and that said Town pledges

itself to make a levy each and every year thereafter for the sa,+.d