The evening times., 1897-08-26

Secretary W N. MuIter o & the Young Men q
Christian Association, and Architect j. G..
Hill. who has designed the plans for the
proposed new Y. M. C.. A. building, Ief {
the city this rnorhing for New York. W here
they win study the arrangements aud plans
OF the Y. NJ. C. A. buildings In New
York city and Brooklyn, stopping at PhiIa-
delphia on the way back. They are taking
this trip for the purpose of picking up. IL
possible, any additional facts or i'm
provements that may be Incorporated in
the i,uiliing 70 5e erected in this city.
They expect to return to Washington
either satgrday or MONDAY, when they Will
give our the amended plans for the new
Luilfing. and at an early date work will be
Commenced according TO these plans IL
is not thought likely that the = M c. A.
buildings in New York and Phibsdelphia
will prove OF such a nalurs that in incor-
pora;ing their essential feature, any i'm
portant alteration ia the present plans viii
be necessary.
Secretary Multer returned to Washing.
ton last night from trip made with siIni-
lar object to Chicago and Cleveland during
the pat week. Mr Hill accompanied
hiIn on this trip also Much useful data
was secured and rnaLy pointers on tae ar
rangeiuents OF the Y If. c.. A. buildings
oGt West were secured
About the most important one was Oh
the arrangement and opera ton Of the swim
Ining pool, and the plans originally pre-
pared for the pool ia the local building Will
ip altered 80 az 10 follow the p!s4ns a.
use at Chicago.
The original plans for the local pool
provided that it should be oblong, but 1t
has now been decided to make it circular
in form, ia order that tue batiIsrS may
swim continuously in the same direction
without icing under the necessity Of
turning sharp corners. This is recognized
as a most important feature of the new
pool.
The Chicago pool is under an entirely
separate management from the regular
association building. 1t is capitalized at
81 { 900, and members OF the Y. N. C. y.
are required to pay a fee Of 20 cents
each time the pool is used. Non-members
may Use the pool at charge of 35 cents
the pool include a series OF shower baths.
which. though adding cOnside ra bly, to the
expense Of first establishing the pool. may
possibly he Incorporated in The local plans.
At Chicago, another excellent feature
was noticcd, although il will probably
prove impossible to take advantage Of
tie idea in this city. The Chicago building
is an enormous affair OF fourteen stories,
erected at a cost OF over million and
half of dollars. Ouly four OF these floors
are used for association purposes. the re-
mainder being rented out and bringing in
al annual income OF over seventy thousand
dollars The actual cost of erecting such
an immense building Is too much for the
" 1shington association to contemplate.
Although such a building would doubt
less prove as profitable, or nearly 80, in
Washington as II already has in Chicago,
the funds necessary ior such an enter
prise have rot been brought to light. At
present the LEGAL association has an ex-
cellGnt beginning for the sum total needed,
and within several years no doubt the
whole suM will be realized to release the
association from debt. IL will not be
possible. however, TO incorporate the
office building idea in the WaShfn ctun
building.
IL has long been Secretary hulter's pet
idea that nothing gives such an impetus TO
the growth OF an association as a brand
new, we!iarra nged building. When he
took hold OF the Washington association
soruet hing over a year ago one OF the first
things nc said was that as soon as he could
get bis new building erected he would guar
antee that the association would more than
double In membership. II was, therefore,
eonIe;hing OF pleasure for him to discover
at Cleveland that his idea has just been
successfully carried out there.
a new building has Just been erected
there. and since that time the growth OF
the aSsociation has been almost phenome
nal The membership now is almost 1000,
and so much greater is this number than
the membership originally provided for
tnat every inch of space has been crowded
to its utmost capacity. This wonderful
increase in membership is attributed en-
trely TO the new home recently built for
the association
Secretary Multer intends to adopt an
other pointer, picked up at Cleveland. This
is q business mems directory, where
every young man out of work can register.
The association then W rites to the young
mans former employers, and the letter
received in answer is placed on file with
the registry papers of the applicant for
work.
The custom has been in vogue so long that |
business men, whenever they need assist
ance, first consult the files of the associa-
ton. This scheme, when it is put in ac-
tive operation here, will assist many de- |
serving boys to obtain situations. To IA
certain extent it has been in use here, but |
never on such q scale as at Cleveland.
1t rs impossible to say now just when the |
new building win be ready for occupancy, |
but Nj. -Multer expects TO have work upon |
1t commenced at a very early day.
Capuchin Fathers Make Changes. |