The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-22
z. N. c. a.
Sixth Annual Meeting-General Business
transacted.

Transacted.
The sixth annual meeting of the Young
Mems Christian Associon of this city was
held in the auditorium of their beautiful
building last night and was presided over
| by Vice President J. C. Rutan, A large
crowd OF members and others was in at
| tendance and seemed TO take much interest
In the work of the association.
| The meeting was opened by Rev. Love,
OF the Luthuran church by reading scrip
ture lesson and prayer after which came
the reports of the standing committees.
II. Imboden reported for the building
committee as follows;
The duty of this committee is to have
charge of the building and real property
of the association; to keep the building
insured, keep up repairs. to lease rooms,
collect rents and special interest subscrip-
tions and pay interest on building loan.
At the last annual meeting of the build
ing committee reported unfinished con-
tracts and estimates for additional work
| to the amount of S4,279 Cash on hand
s.. 742. leaving deficit of 81 ,537 to be pro-
vided for
During the year just past we have fin
lshed the building as you see it tonight,
including the gymnasium, and have paid
for the same except few balances aggre-
gazing ABOUT S40O. InlS amount we nope
viii be speedily cancelled.
On May l the new building was thrown
open to the young men. Reports from
other committees will show how 1t has
been appreciated.
We have leased the cottage adjoining
the building, the assembly hail to the
First Baptist church for one year, re-
leased rooms to the Board of Education,
Prof. Waterbury and DR.. Hoss. From
fhpca xrifb pf 10 m
other purposes and special subscriptions
on interest account we have been enabled
to pay the interest on our building loan
as 1t falls due, 5000 semi-annually. We
feel to rejoice that we have such com
Portable quarters for our young men and
trust that we may show our gratitude
by our lives and the work which we shall
do for the Master.
j. NJ. Allen, of the committee on finance,
submitted the following report:
BY persistent effort during the year
just closed, in which your committee have
had the valued assistance of the officers
and other mem bers of the association, we
have secured pledges for the years work
from 1l6 subscribers amounting to ST.,
500. So
This sum fell far short of our estimate
made for running expenses at the begin
ming of the year; but by rigid economy in
each month. so that no merchants ledger
shows a single account which has not
been settled in full each month.
Your coWmittee take this opportunity
to thank the subscribers who have so lib
orally assisted the association with their
money, and for the sacrifices they have
made during this year of hard times and
depression.
A few names of subscribers who have
heretofore rendered assistance to the asso-
citation have been dropped-but only tenn
porarily, we trust; and with an era of
prosperity that seems to be setting in over
our country we expect to have their names
again enrolled for the new year.
In closing we wish to express our esteem
and gratitude to our secretary, Mr. Baird,
for his zeal in the work of the association,
and Tor the sacrifice he has made, which
few of US understand what they have been.
On account of Charles Davidson, the
treasurer, not being present his reports
were read and were as follows:
ANNUAL STATEMENT OF RUNNING EXPENSES.