Record of Proceedings Relating to the Howell Free Public Library and Carnegie Library Building. Howell, Michigan Pages 010-011

Howell Carnegie Library board minutes and ledger entries approved by the board.

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McPherson Park
The site
The question of site was left open during April and May, 1902, for volunteer cooperation by the public. Many sites were discussed, as the Court House Grounds by the jail. The ?Halton Corner by High School, The galloway corner by M.E. Church, The Gregory lot diagonally opposite Masonic Hall, The Bell Crossman Community?, Shilbeck? and other properties but the general sentiment seemed to be in favor of what was known as the Old Foundry Square.

Nothing being done by the people and many impatient inquiries being made. late in may when. Rev. Sanil Jones failed to appear at the Howell Opera House on the Howell Lecture course, W.H.S. Wood, Supervisor who had been tied up pending the annual assessment of valuations for taxes, went to W.P. Van Winkle, of the Lecture Committee and proposed turning the defunct lecture into a Library Site public meeting. This not being discussed admirable he wrote a form of notice appointing fifteen citizens a committee on site, location and securing same. This he took on the same day to Hon. Wm McPherson Jr. who suggested a few days delay. There I was suggested by him that options be secured on the 'old foundry site' and these were obtained by the careful attention of Hon. C. P. Gregory, Village President of Howell, who informed the

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August 2, 1902

Supervisor that the four brothers Wm Jr Alex. M.J. & C.S. McPherson proposed to procure the 'Old Foundry site' and donate it to the Township for Library purposes if it could be obtained for the sum of Three Thousand Dollars, This becoming public the price was raised to $1.00 in the aggregate but procured by the McPherson Bros. nevertheless. Meanwhile Supervisor Wood asked Register of Deeds A.D. Thompson to make an abstract of the block, and he also made the deeds at request of Village President Gregory

At first it was proposed to give the whole block to the Township for a Library site, but this was not deemed necessary as then would hardly be funds to prepare and fix up the whole as a park. It was therefore decided to grant the Township needed Library grounds and to deed the remainder to the Village of Howell for Park and Public
purposes. There was much discussion as to whether the building should be placed in the center, back of or in front of the center, in the corner of the block, or elsewhere, and neither the public nor the Board being a unit on this point it was suggested by many that the matter be left with the donors of the site to decide and
deeds were therefore executed to the Township of the following, and delivered Aug 2, 1902 by Wm McPherson for to W. H. S. Wood Supervisor of Howell Township Livingston Co. Mich. at 10 oclock in the forenoon of said day, at the Bank

RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO THE HOWELL FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND CARNEGIE LIBRARY BUILDING

List of Contractors & Builders
to which cards, "Proposals Invited" were mailed.

1. Euler & Hall        Howell, Mich
2. Schaffer & Son        "    ''
3. A. G.Keuhnl ?        " 
4. Copeland Wm. & Son    Ann Arbor, Mich.
5. Fritz & Welker        Ann Arbor, Mich
6. Hochrein & Brown        "    "
7. Koch Bros.        "    "
8. Sauer C. A. & Son    "    "
9. Chas. Daueau?        Lansing, Mich
10. M.E. Fitzpatrick        "     "
11. Marshall T. Giles        "     "
12.  Chas. A. Guren ?    "    "
13.   J. A. Hamilton        "     "
14.  Alex McManaman?              "     "
15.   Robert Lake        Jackson, Mich
16. Geo Brady        "      "
17. Andrew T. Mayett        "    "
18. Nelson W. Sweet    "     "
19. Geo.  M Edwards    Owosso, Mich
20.  Floyd Burnett        Corunna, Mich.
21. Lewis Baldwin        "       "
22.  A.E. D. Allen        Detroit, Mich.
23.G.W. Bailey        "    "
24.David S. Barr & Son    "   "
25.  Henry Carew & Co.    "     "
26.  Chevillot & Esper    "     "
27.  Spitzely Bros.        "     "
Col. E. E. Myers        "    "
28. August Fritz & Son    "    "
29.  Alexander Chapotone?      "    "
30. M.J. Griffin        "    "
31. Wm. A. Armstrong    Saginaw, Mich
32. F. C. Boergeal ?        "     "
33. M.C. Heineneariun ?    "      "
34. W. C. Mueller        "     "
35. W. E. Prilaerton ?    "     "
36. T. J. Holland        Fenton, Mich
37. A.W. Mohnke ?        Grand Rapids, Mich
38. Nodella & Aliveie ?        "       "

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