The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-25
MUST RAISE $4,000.
THE SEATTLE Y. VI. c. A. IN URGENT
NEED OF FUNDS.
The Posf-InteIlixencer Undertakes
20 Raise the Full Amount. TO Ala
q Deserving In.tifutfon-In Serf-
Gus Financial Danger by the APP
proarhing Expiration Of the
Mortgage on Its Building.

The Young Mems Christian Association
has made many friends in Seattle by the
way IL has forged ahead In its work for
young men during the last two years.
Few OF these friends however. have real
ICED what a financial load the organiza-
ton has been carrying during this period.
Those who have known have narveied at
the enthusiasm with which the members
have gone ahead with new work when
carrying such a heavy burden of interest
and old accounts.
The association has not made many pub
Nc appeals for assistance, though the work
IL is doing entities IL 10 the support of
every well wisher Of Seattle. At the pres
ent time. however. the association is
threatened by a serious danger in the APP
preaching expiration Of the term OF the
$3.50 mortgage upon its building. which
must be taken care of to prevent the loss
Of its building. Notwithstanding the hard
times and the many delays that have &C.
CURED In the payment of interest on this
loan. the mortgage company has made
liberal proposition OF extension. but upon
terms which require the raising of $3.50
in cash during the next three weeks This
$3.50 in cash must be raised from outside
subscriptions, as the operating expenses
and outstanding accounts will take up the
entire current receipts. When the amount
is raised the loan company agrees to re-
new the loan for three years and reduce
the rate of interest from per cent. to s
per cent. Five hundred dollars or this
amount OF s.. 500 will be applied as pay
ment on the principal reducing it TO So 500.
The association will then be able. with its
present large membership, TO continue its
work and pay its outstanding claims until
the time when the principal of the mort
gage debt can be attacked and either cut
down materially or paid off in FULL
Though first, last and all the time
Christian association. with it's primary
aim TO help young men spiritually. the Y.
NJ. c. A uses various means for drawing
young men into its ranks and under its
influence. Very little is heard of the edu-
cational department, and yet during the
last year l6o members have taken advan-
tage of the evening business college
course given free by the association to its
members. Though not an employment
bureau. the association has been constant
ly assisting young men in securing situa-
tions. and many Of its members who are
now filling responsible positions in the city
have secured them through the influence
of the secretary or other officers of the
Y. NJ. C. A.
In its physical department the associa-
ton aims only to assist its members In
careful and systematic body building. and
while. In doing this II has developed some
of the best athletes in the Northwest,
these men have exeelled principally be-
cause of their better general physical
training. and the large number who have
been content with systematic class work
and the building up OF their physical sys-