New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-11
GOOD ADVICE TO RAILROAD MEN.
ANYIvERsARY EXERCISES OF THEIR BRANCH OF THE

ANNIVERSARY EXERCISES OF THEIR BRANCH OF THE
Y. NJ. c. A..
The hal Of the Railroad Mems Building at Madi-
son-avc. and Forty seconds crowded last eVen-
Ing the being the celebration OF tho eleventh
anniversary of the Railroad Branch Of the Young
Mons Christian Association. Nearly all the princi-
pal officers Of the railroads belonging to the van
derblt system" in Ncw-YOrk were present. come
Illus Vanderbilt tho president Of the organization
presided y by nh sung, and payer wa, ofsrei
by Ito Rev. Or. Abbott L. ki'Letse.
President Vanderbilt delivered his annual address
which vas brief ana to the POINT. lie expressed his
qualification that the membership had trcblod and
had risen to J75 and hoped that the increase would
continue until all the railroad men, for whose Dcnont
the building had been erected, shonld become mem
bers. Nj Vanderbilt said that 10 rad been consid-
erlng the matter Of life insurance and announced
that he would appoint committee from the
members of tho board Of representing tho
five different branches under It's ct3Isc " take up
and invest gale the fcasftJ IT fDirirS lilo is ur-
anco association. lie belize ed that comprehensive
plan might be devised ON which greet advantage
would cnsuc.
Mr. Depcw was warmly received when ire arose to
sneak lie excused himself for being in tn, usual
uniform" OF evening dress, because he was going TO
dinner party later and would be expected to speak
there also. lie regretted that he could not make ore
speech do for both occasions DIR. Depew paid
high tribute to the devotion and intelligence OF Inc
Zoo mon who took care Of th5 twenty millions OF
people who last year arrived at and departed nom The
Grand Central Station No life has been lost, no In,
Jury done that vast population He congraIn iaed
The members that I'm the las, three months o,OOo ba's
have been taken in the building, and that While
100 Studying the Hblc 300 the tcohncA sciehces
and 400 the daily newspapers ana magazines 4'uoo
of m IN were studyirg In The gymnasium how to cx
pand their muscle, and chests. lie slONihgs com
pared he lailrOading of today win thai ot twenty
Years AGO and told funny stories of his personal eN
pcricnces which demonstrated wonderful improvement
In hr railroad men themselves Nj Dcpow dcnounced
imprUvidencc a. the creator of poverty and a long
catalogue Of Ms Concluding he said that there wis
no word in he English language full OF tender
meaning a. home \ man wants a home fhst iOi
his family: then he needed his religious homo, his
place of worship then his business or working home
and last. though far from least. his social home" The
last named need the Railroad Mems building had sup
piled those whom he addressed.
General Secretary George A. Wafhu.ton read ne
annual report. showing the effective and rapidly IN
creasng work that IS being done BY the i've raLOad
mcn'> branches of the Y. NJ. G. \.
Charles \. City iic>i lent of the Wisconsin en-
trail Railroad, made ptactical and entertaining al
dress The value OF health and brains, ana Gohcfai
Horace Porter kept the audience for half an hour IN
roar of merrmeut with his fun and witiicians