Tuesday August 5 ,2008 TroyRecord Article 100years agoWednesday August 5 , 1908 “Troy Library Trustees James H. Caldwell and Henry Galusha make their case before the common council’s finance committee, asking for an additional 2,500 on top of the 4,000 allocated for the library which has to meet a rising demand for books and other services as well as for additional librarians. Caldwell tells the committee that the library is not as generously endowed by the Hart family as many people believe.Mrs. Howard Hart turned over the building to the Troy’s Young Mens Association soon after it was built and only select alcoves enjoy any endowment. In 1902, Caldwell says,the library circulated approximately 30,000 books to a membership of about 2000 people with only 2 librarians and a janitor. Today, six years later, the library circulates up to 120,000 books ,employs 8 librarians and still only 1 janitor. The committee doesn’t take action tonight but it is understood it will make a favorable report. Agnesta Gatzun, also know locally as Agnes Jacob was deported back to the Austro-Hungarian empire by federal immigration authorities. She has lived in the county poor house since arriving, given birth to a boy ,has no relatives in the United States and came here to escape embarrassment at home.She is put on a train to NYC , where she will be processed out at Ellis Island to Trieste,but does not go willingly and had to be taken forcibly on board.” **************New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your destination. Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000002)