The morning call., 1891-10-07
FOR RAILROAD HANDS
Work of the Young Mems Chris.
tian Association.
A New Building Completed Where Street.
Car Employees Will Be Welcomed
and Entertained.

| The San Francisco Young Mems Christian
Association and its board of management
are alive to the interests of young men in
various callings. A few years ago branc h
for speaking young men was estab-
lished, with headquarters in the main build
| ing Of the association, on Suffer street.
| 1t has been eminently successful in reach
! ing and benefting in many ways the large
number of German young men in this city.
Especially has this work been helpful to
that class of German young men just arriv-
| ing in the city, and with no knowledge of
the English language.
Four years ago the branch known as the
Twentieth-street Branch was establishe on
Mission street, between Nineteenth and
| Twentieth, in the Excelsior Hall Building.
This branch has also done good work, and
has succeeded in bringing under its influ-
ence many Dung men in the Mission.
Some two years ago fully 200 young men
engaged on the Market-street and Omnibus
systems petit Oned the Board of Directors
of the associato IL to establish branch for
their comfort somewhere in the vicinity OF
the caf-bOuseS of these lines. On Septem-
Der 26, 1889, committee, consisting OF
Messrs. G. B. Alexander, j. +. Myers. w.
W. Chase, Ii. j. Mccoy and the late Cap
tain G. A. Hull, was appointed by the
Board of Directors of the association to take
under consideration the ACCESSIBILITY of es-
tablishng such branch, and report at a
subsequent meeting of the Dir ect0rs.
SUITABLE QUARTERS FOUND.
The committee reported favorably, but the
great difficulty in the way was the finding
of suitable quarters. On December 9,
1880, Mr. Monroe Greenwood signifed to the
Board of Directors his willingness to erect a
building at the corner of Fell and Baker
streets and give the association the entire
lower floor for the purpose of the branch.
free of rent. This generous offer was readily
accepted.
The building is 80 by 100 feet and will be
fitted up with all appurtenances for the
proper and legitimate entertainment of a
complete branch of the Young Mems
Christian Association, including parlors,
reading-rOom, library, Office, gymnasium,
meet Dg-rooms, shower and tue baths, dress
Ing boxes, boiler-rooms. classroom, etc.
1t is handsome building, and the quarters
occupied by the association will be finished
in imitation antique oak. The gymnasium
apparatus has been ordered, and the rooms
will be handsomely furnished throughout
1t is the purpose of the association to
establish a complete branch in all its par
tlcularS, including evening educational
classes, monthly receptions, business talks,
medical lectures, aid to the sick. religious
meetings, physical culture, Blb'e-class work,
special meetings and gatherings for young
men only, and all proper and legitimate lines
OF the association work will be carried for
ward under the special direction Of the
Board of Directors OF the parent association.
SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED.
Quite a number of liberal subscriptions
have been made by Interested friends for the
maintenance Of the work, and it will proba-
bly, be one OF the most interesting lines of
moral, social and religious undertakings in
the city, as these street-car men work long
| hours and have no special privileges for en-
! l0Vmpnt aud rppraAtion The nr1npn huil1-
| ing IS located within few blocks of the
! McAllister-Street Hayes-Street, Haight-
street and Omnibus lines, and it is expected
| that the quarters will be furnished and in
| full operation not later than November 1st.
The railroad work of the Young Mems
| Christian Association has become extern
! sive throughout the country, and in nearly
all the large railroad centers the railroad
| corporations themselves have erected build
| ings for the entertainment of the work. In
| 1890 the railroad companies contributed
| over 1920 directly to the treasury of the
| Young Mems Christian Association for this
special work among their employees. The
| railroad branch at Grand Central Station,
New York. is the largest in the world.
The land was given by the Pennsylvania
| Railroad, and the building, costing $780,
900, was erected by Cornelius Vanderbilt,
Gho is President of the branch Chauncay
| M. Depew also takes a very deep interest
in the work. a letter has recently been re-
tOiNcO liOui u WIZ slNto
the railroad department OF the Christian
Association his unqualified Endorsement.
MEETING OF INTERESTED LADIES.
The work of furnishing the new building
will commence at once, aad large number
of ladies. DESTROYS OF aiding the good work,
met yesterday and talked over plans for
putting the new quarters in shape for oc-
cupancy. General Secretary Ii. j. Mccoy
called the conference to order, and prayer
was offered by Rev. a. c. Hirst, pastor
OF Simpson Memorial Church Mrs. G. III.
Blinn was elected temporary Chairman
and Miss Addie Mahn acted as Secret Try.
After brief discussion OF the best methods
for putting the branch in working order and
the associations Work generally, the meet
ing adjourned until Friday evening, when
more definite plans will be decided upon,