New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-22
THE WATER STREET MISSION.
OBSERVING THE TWENTY-FIVE ami
VERsARY OF ITS FOUNDING.
MEETING IN CARNEGIE HALL ADDRESSED BY

A MEETING IN CARNEGIE HALL ADDRESSED BY
SUPERINTENDENT HADLEY AND OTHERS.
The Water Street Mission celebrated its quarter
century anniversary yesterday afternoon and even
ing in Carnegie Hall The present site OF tho mis-
sion is at No. 36 Water-st. It was founded IN 1872
and incorporated four years afterward. The work
is supported by voluntary contribution and 1t costs
about $1,000 year to It, John 8. Huyler Is
president R. Fulton Cutting treasurer and BenJa-
min de F. Curtiss secretary. These officers and A.
s. Hatch the Rev. J. F. Talcott, w. T. Wardwell
A. p Ketchum John H. Roswell and E. G. Selchow
are the trustees. Jerry McAuey was the founder
and first superintendent. and S. II. Hadley. one OF
his converts. is the second and the present one
Mr. Hadley is brother Of Colonel H. H. Hadley. OF
S. Bartholomew's Mission who saved by the
Water Street Mission.
The meeting yesterday afternoon was presided
over by W. 7. Wardwell the late candidate for
Mayor OF the Greater New-York on the prohibition
ticket. On the platform were a number OF men ana
women including many who had been saved frem
degradation by the Water Street Mission. The AZ
teen ushers had been drunkards, as Superintendent
Hadley explained, but he said he thought them tho
finest looking men In the house.
Mr. Wardwell spoke OF the work and aims OF the
mission and OF It's needs for the future He intro
duced Superintendent Hadley, who then delivered a
characteristic address to the audience, among whom
were many who did not have previous acquaint-
ance with Hadley address.
ITS fifteen years. nine months and twenty-nihe
days tonight" said Superintendent Hadley, smiling
"slnce was saved. Then I went into the old water
Street Mission where Jerry McAuley was preach
ing | was drunk, and l went in TO sleep 9ut
Jerry was talking, and Jerry, he says after awniLe
All who want salvation raise their nands NOV"
I'd been thinking as heard Jerry tslk and some
for for a long time. So held up my hand, ana
Jerry went talking, and after wnle Jerry caiieu
out FOR ali who had their hands raised TO come up
front and pray. That's the way they eaton you az
be the racket | wouldn't have raised my hand. But
j had TO walk up front and kneel down. ana Jerry h
saws All pray and some OF US didn't Know wnas
IN do one fellow says, Well, whatH sayr ana
Jerry says Say. God have mercy on me- sinner
And one fellow mex, me saw had fallen s a tree
coat ON wonder how It is that old buns get frock
coats ?-and he was sleeping on II. -, ,,a
"But saved that night kne S HopSS t ,he
felt And wspt out H fhat w nsn poor old
bum and told him.. wish you had what r have
to-nlght' He looked up at me KIND o su!prisseo,
and Smiled and said. What have you gotr YOU
see he thought had the price o, , couple PIE q
dragged him back 10 the mission, .
Raw you're a nice, comfortaole-looklng crowu.
and as YOU don't come down TO see u.s. we've come
I'D 10 see you. II you've got any rotten o.u PUN" r,
on 10 us a, the Water Street Mission. They're
tho people We want .,... ,a. -.o.,y.d with
laughter and applause. x,,, ,. 49,. .roLo
for about fifteen minutes, telling something OF olo
New-York and crime In the lower part OF the city;
Rishop McCabe OF tho Methodist Church then ne-
livered an address, ana foiice Serfeat .Jon L.
which precinct the mission is testified to It's usetu-