Repairing and fitting of miscellaneous furniture (including labor and materials). Book trucks. Miscellaneous furniture (including tables, desks, stands, cases, hardware, etc.). Card catalogue cases. Carpets and runners.. Express, freight, and drayage. Partitions and screens. Awnings. Clocks.. Dictating machines. Bottle water coolers. Comptometer for Card Division. Book supports. Total expended... Appropriation.. CARD DIVISION STACK I, 212. 47 269. 60 I, 837. 44 437.43 I, 428. 58 5.66 I, 438. 80 857-73 45.00 396.00 149. 36 250.00 166. 20 9, 996. 85 3. 15 IO, 000. 00 All appropriations for the Library and the Library Building and Grounds, also those for the United States Botanic Garden and others under the control of the Joint Committee on the Library, are disbursed by this office. The table following presents the funds accordingly expended for the fiscal year 1916, also the corresponding appropriations for the preceding and succeeding years. { a Including increase of $1,468.33 by sale of cards. b Including credits of $1,120.66 by sale of cards and $89.20 yet to be credited. c Including increase of $0.65 by sale of photostat duplications and $5.30 for return of photostat spools. d Including increase of $1.30 by sale of photostat duplications and $5.85 for return of photostat spools: also $0.64 account of refund by defaulting contractor. e Including unfilled orders. ƒ Any unexpended balance to be available for succeeding year. 9 Including deficiency appropriation of $2,000 (act of Mar. 4, 1915). h Including deficiency appropriation of $1,315.35 (act of Mar. 4, 1915). i Including $4,000 for resurfacing west driveway and repairs to stone curb in Library Grounds and $2,500 for refitting of boiler room and coal vaults. j Appropriation of previous year continued. k Balance available from preceding year. $800. Including balance available from preceding year and additional appropriation of MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS Discarded government property consisting of scrap copper, brass, and iron, a sandpapering machine, a wagon, furniture, carpets, iron pipe, electrical materials, etc., was advertised and sold at public auction, held at the building on January 20, 1916. A quantity of anthracite furnace coal which had remained in the vaults of the building after the discontinuance of the local power and heat-generating plant in 1911 was disposed of, after advertising, to the highest bidder, on January 27 last. The proceeds of the sales are accounted for as follows: Gross receipts from sale of discarded property.. $2,036.85 Net proceeds deposited in the Treasury to the credit of the United States.. Gross receipts from sale of coal, 2261148 tons, at $3.50 per ton . Advertising. Net proceeds deposited in the Treasury to Total... 66. 41 $1,970. 44 793-25 787.34 2,757.78 Withheld under income-tax law, on account of salaries paid during the calendar year 1915, and remitted to collector of internal revenue. UNEXPENDED BALANCES 25.00 All known claims chargeable to the appropriations for the fiscal year 1914 have been settled, including those paid on auditor's certificates, and the unexpended balances have been deposited to the credit of the surplus fund of the Treasury as follows: CHANGES IN PERSONNEL The few changes in the personnel of employes which occurred during the year were entirely in the subordinate positions, and are classified as follows: Of those who resigned almost all stated that they could better their condition elsewhere. CEILING LIGHTS The ornamental leaded glass ceiling lights throughout the building were found to have gradually sagged from weight and required immediate repairs. These have all been raised to the original position, additional supports installed, and broken glass replaced. Electric outlets have been installed above the ceiling lights, so that hereafter the glass can be kept clear of dust by use of small vacuum cleaners. DRINKING WATER The difficulty of obtaining perfectly clear, clean ice and handling it to insure absolute safety caused this office to begin the elimination of the tank water coolers and adopt the bottle type of cooler. This has considerably increased the expense of distribution, and it is to be hoped that provision can soon be made for a circulating system for drinking water. |