The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-02-05
LINES FROM MEN
Interesting Matter from a
Y. M. c. A. Magazine.
New President of the Union Paci-
fiC-Santa Fee Road-Alaskan Out
look-ChIcago Membership Big.

Secretary Coleman of the Y. NJ. {.
A. strongly urges young men who wish
to keep posted On association matters,
to in some way procure the interna-
tional Y. NJ. C. A. organ known as
Men" In this reliable publication
may be found all the Y NJ. c. a. news
the world over. In order to show
what a fund of information there is
to be had, Secretary Coleman has fur
nished the following clippings from
Men:
Three new railroad association
buildings will probably be erected on
the line of the Santa Fe railroad III
the near future. The company has
offered to give $500 for every S1.0O
secured from the employees for the
erection and equipment Of buildings
to cost not more than ten thousand
dollars at three different points and
the canvass will be Immediately un-
dertaken Other roads are to be heard
from soon.
I The new president of the Union
Pacific Railroad we'll illustrates what
conscientious work and persistancy
NAV for a man in railroad service.
Mr. Burt has risen from the ranks.
! He began railroad service as sur
veyors assistant and carried the chain.
He has worked up from the bottom OF
! the ladder, and as one who knew him
we'll said: while other men slept,
| Mr.. Burt worked. He gets every book
there is published on railroading and
masters it, 1t might be added that
his election to the presidency Of this
great railroad was entirely unsOught
for and was a recognition of his pre-
eminent ability as railroad man.
The difficult undertaking of organic
ing a Young Mems Christian Assocla-
ton at Dawson city, Alaska, will be
attempted by W. A. Reid, formerly
secretary at Kalamazoo, Mich, who will
work under the direction of the In
ternational Committee at that point
Mr. T. S. Lippy is greatly interested
in this movement and has accepted
the appointment of corresponding sec
rotary of the International COMMITTEES
for Alaska, to which point he viii
soon return with Mr.. Reid. 1t is eX
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$4,000 people by summer and the OPP
portunities for association work there
will be great and demand the creates
wisdom and grace The best Wishei
and prayers of those interested il
young men will follow Mr.. Reid in thl
difficult work.
The amount of membership fees re
ceived in one year by the Central De
partment Chicago, probably has neve
been equalled by any association i
the world The receipts from thi
source for the year ending January
1898, were $21 ,25S.00 and this did nc
include subscriptions to current e1
penses from business men. In add
g ton to this amount the members pal
s., 1897 90 for locker rent, $1,216.00 fc
entertainments, S2,70600 for the ever
ing educational classes, and S2,223.(
o for buttons in the day business d.
partment, making a total of 36,7SS.0
n The membership January l. 1898, W.
2,907, giving the Chicago Central D.
partment the largest membership
,r any association in the country. TT
total membership of all the Chicas
branches is 5,932.
The Dubuque, Iowa ASSOCIATION
conducting a series of talks on pilot
graphy by experienced photographer
DR.. Chapman addressed $50 men
the mems services at Trenton, n.
January 9. The average attendan
w has been 725.
Leavenworth Kan. association Sc
ured a union meeting Of all t
churches January 9, when State Sc
rotary Baird gave talk, illustrat
by Mems stereopticon pictures of {
ISOLATION buildings.
. The Boston association will co
pete in a relay race against the Ca
bridge association at the big indC
athletic meet Of the Boston Athle
Association at Mechanics hall, F.
ruary Z.