Municipal blue book of San Francisco, 1915 . nd the Richmond (Car-negie) Branch 4, were obtained in the same way, from the School De-partment, and that of the Fillmore from the Fire Department. TheRichmond, recently erected at a cost of $50,000, shows the advancefrom the reading room idea referred to above. On May 5, 1900, offered a motion in the Board that a committee to includeMayor Phelan, then ex-ofificio member, and Mr. AAise, the President,be appointed to find wa3s and means to provide a suitable mainLibrary Building. The motion prevailed, with Mr. OConnor Chair-man, the other
Municipal blue book of San Francisco, 1915 . nd the Richmond (Car-negie) Branch 4, were obtained in the same way, from the School De-partment, and that of the Fillmore from the Fire Department. TheRichmond, recently erected at a cost of $50,000, shows the advancefrom the reading room idea referred to above. On May 5, 1900, offered a motion in the Board that a committee to includeMayor Phelan, then ex-ofificio member, and Mr. AAise, the President,be appointed to find wa3s and means to provide a suitable mainLibrary Building. The motion prevailed, with Mr. OConnor Chair-man, the other members being Mr. Philip Lilienthal and Judge Har-rison. Judge Sloss took the place of Mr. Lilienthal, who died. Thefoundations for the new Library Building are now being laid inthe Civic Center and everything has been arranged for the speedy erectionof the monumental building in accordance with the splendid plans pre-pared by George \\\ Kelham, chief architect of the Panania-Pacific Inter-national Exposition. Lii;rarv Trustees 157. o SENATOR JAMES D. PHELAN Public Library Trustee F James D. Phelan, IgnitedStates Senator and three timesMayor of San Francisco, it has beensaid, and with truth, that he has anatural aptitude for pu1)lic work,also that his hfe has been dedicatedto ]Dublic service. A classic scholar,with a native gift for convincing ar-gument, having had also the advan-tage of unlimited opportunities forworld-wide study and observation,he brought to his task an equipmentwhich could scarcely be improved. Born in San Francisco in 1862,son of James Phelan, Californiapioneer, he graduated as P)achelor ofArts from St. Ignatius College, su|d-sequently taking the State Univer-sity law course, and later adding tohis educational acquirements bytravel abroad. In the second Cleveland campaign he was chairmanof the Young Mens Democratic League, assisting materially in es-tablishing the Australian ballot system in California. In 1893 hedid successful work as Vice-Preside
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