Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-29
IN A NEW HON E
The Y. M. G. A. Finds a Tempo
rary Shelter.
A FLOOR OF THE LEHMAN BUILDING
Talking Over Plans for a Pema-
nent Structure.
EXAMPLE OF OTHER CITIES

EXAMPLE OF OTHER CITIES
Arrangements were made today by Sec
| retary Pugh of the Y. M. C. A. for the
leasing Of temporary quarters for that
organization, and this afternoon the asso-
citation Is for the first time since the fire,
provided with a home. 1t is rather a bare
place just yet, and the process of taking
possession was not long or laborious one.
All the furniture of the association was
burned with the building, and Mr.. Pugh
desires 1t to be known that the associa-
tion is in a position to receive gifts OF
tables, chairs. carpets, ice coolers and other
similar articles necessary for The fitting
| up of the rooms.
There are three handsome rooms form
ing the entre second floor of the Lehman
building on New York avenue, a few doors
west OF the building that was burned last
week: An elevator gives easy access to the
quarters, which are now vacant. In front
Is a room, 1S1s feet by 36i2 feet, which will
be used as the reading room. Next Is a
smaller apartment IA by is feet which is
to be the office. The rear room is the same
size as that in 'front.' and will be devoted to
amusements The monday and the Tues
day night religious meetings will be held
in these rooms, but they are too small to
accommodate conveniently those who
gather for the Sunday Bible class meetings
at o'clock on the Sabbath, or the regular
Sunday afternoon meeting fer men at
O'Clock. These will be held hereafter, as
yesterday. in the Foundry Church. The
Saturday night Sunday school teachers
meeting. at o'clock, will also be held in
the church
YES" said Mr. Pugh this afternoon
We are now in our new home. We have
the place very smoothly. We have made a
good arrangement, and am very well sat
isfied. We shall now devote our energies
to raising the building fund. Things are
getting clearer every day, and we shall
soon see light ahead OF u.s.
Yesterday's Meetings.
The regular Sunday Afternoon meeting Of
the Y.M.C.A. was held yes terday at Foun-
dry Church, and "-ttracted large audience,
owing to the great interest aroused in the
project for the erection of the new build
ing to replace hat which vas burned last
week. The devotional exercises We're led by
Secretary Puyn. President Willia mson and
Messrs. Simpson. Macfarland and CARING
ton. Mr.. Pugh announced that next Sum-
days sermon would be preached by Rev.
Howard Wilbur Ennis of the Western
Presbyterian Church. He also stated that
meeting will probably be held Wednesday
or Thursday at Mas Temple for the
benefit of Those business men who are in
terested in -he project of raising a fund
for the erection of a new building. Rev.
Mr.. Wills of Os xeko NY. preached on
Human Limitations taking his text from
the scrfptural story of Naaman. He pre-
dicted great success for the undertaking
that now confronts the local association,
Tor, as he said, The people and the press are
loyal to the association, and he felt sure
that there could be no failure.
Secretary Pugh, in brief address, told
OF the plans already formulated for the
raising of the fund and urged that the
sociatfon do their share of the work by
making club of fifty to give 800 each
cards Tor this purpose were handed to those
present as they left the church. Mr. E r.
Simpson made an enthusiastic speech. in
which he predicted the complete success of
the enterprise and urged the cooperation
of the women of Washington.
buildings In Other Cities.
Apropos of the present emergency, Sec
retary Pugh has produced from among the
books that were saved from the fire an in
teresting. volume issued from the press of
an association paper in Chicago giving pic
lures OF the building property owned by the
YMC.A.'s of the United States and Cam
ada, together with statistics as to their df-
mensions and cost
Comparison between Washington as II
was equipped before the fire and other
cities of equal population is not favorable
to the local field. 1t shows too. that Sec
retary Pugh has not made too high an esti-
mate in calculating that the association
ought to have a building fund of at least
$l5O.OOO Boston is, of course, a larger
city than Washington. but even in 1873,
when the population was much lower than
1t is today, the building which was then
dedicated cost $125.0OO The present build
ing and lot cost 100000. Buffalo is a city
the building in that city alone cost nearly
100000, not calculating the cost of the
lot. 1t Is to be expected that Chicago
would have something tremendous in this
line, and this expectation is carried out
for the lot on which the central building
stands cost $I65.Oo0. and the building
100000. The Cincinnati building, this city
being somewhat larger than Washington
cost s12l 900. and is built on a lot that cost
over $4,000. Cleveland is about the same
size as this city, and the building there, oc-
cupying lot that cost $4,000. is valued
at s1S2,OOO Columbus which in 1892 had a
population of 100000. put up a building
worth $4,000 on a lot valued at $4,000
The Ohio cities are generally active in this
regard, and the good example of the
smaller towns is furnished by Dayton
which In 1887 had q population of 5000
The building there is valued at $4,000 and
the lot at $4,000. Geneva, n. Y, which
has building worth $4,000 on lot worth
$1,000.
How Minneapolis Did 1t.
Minneapolis. which in 1892 had 175.OO0
people, is en- example of enterprise in this
direction. The building there is worth
s12s.OOa. and occupies lot that cost $32. 600.
The fund for this building was raised In a
TeIidThapiy DTleI time Dy q somewhat cnar-
acteristic method. The mayor of the city,
on being informed that the Y. NJ. c. A
proposed to erect new building went on
the floor of the board of trade stock ex-
change. and after securing the attention of
the business men there assembled made
them this little speech:
Gentlemen, the Y.M CA. Of Minneapolis
is going to put up new building. 1t wants
cney for that purpose. The question is,
How soon do We get it? We want to put
up a building that will look like Minneap-
oils. and it will cost something 10 do it.
How much do We get"
In fifteen minutes the mayor held sub
scriptions amounting to over $4,000.
The central building in Philadelphia, dedi-
Gated in 1856, cost, together with its lot,
S496,000 The 23d street branch of the New
York Y. NJ. c. A., dedicated in 1863 cost
S4S7, 900. The association of San Francisco
had a mcst gratifying experience with the
generosity of it's business men. Three of
the directors of the association gave the
organization its lot for exactly one-half or
a sum which they had been offered for it a
few weeks previous in a business trans
action They also donated cash amounting
to 100000 as an additional contribution TO
the building fund. The building alone cost
S3475l7 Wilkesbarre, Pa, with a popula-
no I,,,tl 14ls tal sv.