New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-27
HEARD AMONG CLUBMEN.
WHAT MEMBERS OF WELLKNOWN ORGAN
1ZATIONS ARE INTERESTED IN.


WHAT MEMBERS OF WELL-KNOWN ORGAN
IZATIONS ARE INTERESTED IN.
The club topic Of the hour is the possible-some
say probabeplrchase OF part of the st. Lukes Hos
ptal property by Union Club site for Its new
house. opinion is divided as 10 the probaDlnV OF
! this step and there is by no means a unanmiW OF
opinion among Union Club mon as to It's advlsabihty.
The men who did not want 10 and do not want TO nave
the club 20 up town ut all naturally oppose the IDEA
Those who do want to have the club 60 up town Ike
the site well enough but not all Of them favor the ex-
penditure of 100000 for the mere site. AS tiU Is
the least sum which the trustees Of the hospital VIII
consider for a moment. the purchase OF the properly
and the erection of such clubhouse as the Union
will bnd would mean total outlay of not less than
| 81 100000. Including its new annex the Union
property at Twenty. 1rstst and Fifth-ave. might
bring say 100000. Unquest!onaby the Union oould
raise 100000 or 100000 for that matter without
any difficulty. The question is, would II pay Tie
club to-day has less than 1900 dues paying members
and even at its limit cannot have than 1,5O0
members who pay dues. For some years 10 has been
taking in about $4,000 year for dues and perhaps
10000 its initiation fees. This income, large as
it is. has Just about equaed the running expenses so
that II the clubs income from dues and initiation
fees should run up TO 900 there would be little
of it available for paying interest on the debt OF
100000 or 100000 which the building of the new
club house would involve. Now all the clubs which
have foated building schemes in the last ten years
have found that it practically impossible TO borrow
money at less than per cent and many OF them
have had TO pay as high as IL or per cent Sup
posing the Union TO go ahead, buy the ST. Lukes
property and erect n house worth than $780,,
600. If the property bought at u valuation OF
S75OO00 md 100000 realized on the old house and
furniture the club would in debt $S50oOO. The
interest this debt at per cent would amount to
Sol 800 which would become fixed charge of the club
eida from all rs
expenses of maintaining half mlllion-dollar club
house.
The clubs which have political end are the clubs
of the hour and even in clubs nonpocal the political
teapot is beginning TO sing away merrily Brooklyn
opened the bail with the dinner and reception Mr..
FasSett at the Montauk and Union League clubs,
respectively. Then the Lincoln Club OF Brooklyn fell
Last Tuesday night the Republican Club OF this city
showed what 1t could do III the Of getting up
League transplaned the Tassett reception notion to
have extended invitations 10 Mr.. Flower. As yet he
has accepted neither aud his friends say he doesn't
know whether to decline both or accept both
At last Monday nights meeting Of the governors of
mission taken into the fold. Among those ad.
mitted were number OF candidates for nonresident
membership whose names, for one reason or another,
had gone over from the last meeting.
The managers Of the Manhattan Club did quite
business, for them, in the way of filing up the gap
between the clubs present membership and lis extended
Be Isg STef elected a Fc ne h sd4en
Of the campaign has not served to Increase the aten
dance at the -four political clubs. The Manhatians
the last week. however, and within couple Of weeks
its house receipts and those of all the other political
clubs will be largely augmented as a result Of the
presence Of the men who gather to talk over the
situation.
When the Union Club first cast its eye on the st.
Lqkes Hospital Pr9Pe d a gsed f the
courteousy declined the proposition but some people
of getting house of It's own. 1t is certain that the
club has no such intention at present The members
by Mr. Jerome, in which they now Quartered. and
although the crowd in attendance is sometimes The
where it is for the rest Of the nineteenth century
Financially the club IS in excellent condition to launch
IN VGs PG bonds and cash and NO debts to SPEAK
Of. Until recently IT was losing money at the rate
restaurant but the house committee has found the
leak and stopped it, and the restaurant is now all but
paying for itself
subcommittee of the Provisional Committee Of the
new English Club met last night to arrange for a
literary and musical entertainment on october II, when
bylaws The entertainment will probably be a
club smoker and will be held either at No 80 Union
Square or az the rooms Of Nelson Lodge OF the st.
The college graduates of Eoston have been talking
for long time about organizing University Club on
the general lines Of the University Clubs in New York.
Philadelphia, 1T. Lonis and Cincinnati and finally went
ahead and Incorporated one month ago. beiore
long the club will have quarters OF It's own A number
of New York clQbmen are interested In the project
and 10 IS expected that New Okers VIII be III ne
majority the nonresident membership list. All the
existing clubs OF Boston are practically controlled by
Harvard men, and when the club was started the
BostOnians who got their degrees from other colleges
hands Boston culture and Boston politics were too
much for them though and Harvard secured majority
The pretty little club book of the Alpha Delta Phi
Club with its Greek lettering the cover has Just come
out some Of the resident members the Rev. Z. W.
Babc0ck, william L. Bull James c. Carter Joseph H.
ChOate. Dr. William b. Clark, Dr. Roswell r Collin
Albert Deafeld, John f.. Dwight, Charles 5. Fair
child r. VI. GALLOWAY, eXJudge Warren Hgley, Brad
ford w. Hitchcock, John Jay, ~ p kechum. The Rev
Abbott f. Kittredgc, Hamilton W. Made. Payson MGR
riil Judge Edward Patterson, William T. Ranline,
silver William TaIcOit IIoIatio n. TwombIy Stephen
H. Tying. ir., Barlow :. Weeks Everett p: Wheeler,
william c. Witter and Daniel X. Young. Among the
nonresident members are A. C.. Coke, George Willam
sanford and Francis II. wilson The honorary mem
bers are Bishop Phillips Brooks, j. Lawrence Cham
berlan Bishop Coxe Iresident DWIGHT OF 9ae f io
kfns University and the Rev. Edward Everett Hale
The governors Of the club VIII meet this week To
consider the names Of lfteen candidates
The Southern Society has not vet signed the
lease Of The building adjoining lis house in Twenty
ffth-st witch it is 10 fit up as an annex but VIII
do so and have the attentions under way by the first
OF next month. special meeting Of the members !
will be held on November 10, to take action upon a
number Of proposed amendments to the constitution
The Groicr Club annually gets out one or two |
limited editions de luxe OF some popular classical work
poem or reference book; ana distributes me c9ple"
among its members at the bare cost Of production !
Eleven volumes OF this sort have been gotten out BY
the club since It's organization and twelfth IS now in
lon Irging from George william Curtis samuel " |
Marvin. the clubs secretary who IS the expert book
ing and makeup OF the volume md promises that 1t
will be ahead OF any Of its predecessors
FRAYCTs WILSON'S COMING SEASON.