 The library suffered from poor finances as before and in January 1900 Andrew Carnegie, who had been an honorary member of the library board, offered $50,000 to build a public library.In May of that year the first board of public library trustees was named and a year later Carnegie upped his donation to $75,000.The new library was opened on the corner of Main and Fourth Streets in 1904 and the contents of the Cook library were moved to the new location.