The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-02-15
MOST ENCOURAGING
Are the Reports Of Railroad Work Ct
the y N. C. A. in Kentucky.
A spe Ial Conference viii g. One Of he
features Of the Coming Con-
ventlon,
MANY Ast tXPtcTtO TO ATftiO

c Tn Friday afternoon, Folruary Of.
Q the second day Of tho state convention
@ OF the Kentucky Young Mems Chris
tian Association held in this city. a
special conference will be held by the
railroad mon. Mr.. ]. G. LOOMS. Of
r Louisville, chairman of the railroad
e department. committee, will preside.
Mr. N. B. Peake, vice chairman Of
tho Louisville railroad nssoclatiop.
will present paper on How Nav
We Best Occupy Our Field" M.
Don o. shelton, Of New York, will
speak on Bible Study among railroad
men. The discussion OF these papers
Will DO followed by Conversation.
led by Mr.. A. N. Bruner, railroad sec.
/ rotary Of the Illinois state exccutivo
committee, during which tho prob.
lens Of the Kentucky railroad nssocia.
tons Will be considered At the NIGHT
session. which will lie the general rail.
road session Of tine convention. and
open to the public, Mr.. John O.
Yelling, vice president Of tho ILL.
nois. central railroad, and Mr.. @. l..
Gates, Of Atlanta, Ga, will give adj
dresses. Railroad men holding var.
ious positions in the service. will give
a
three minute talks on the railroad de.
partment OF association work Among
those expected to participate there arc 81.
conductor, yardmaster, brake
man, an engineer, and others.
The growth among the railroad asso.
Citations of Kentucky during the mast
year has been of a most encouraging
character. The FIVE railroad depart
ments that existed prior to this year
have steadily grown IN strength and
influence, tho one at Ashland has
been equipped with an $1,000 build
log, 81, 600 Of which, besides the lot,
were given by the Chesapeake aud
Ohio and the Ashland Coal and Iron
companies, and tho remand
pr by the employees and other citizens.
new railroad association was organ
zed at Corbin, Ky, at the invitation
d the Louisville and Nashville rail-
'oad company. A handsome building
vas erected for the use of the asso.
,iation, the first of the kind ON tho
ines OF the Louisville and Nashville
ystem, at cost of over $1,000
About Sc, 900 Of amount was contri-
,uted by railroad men and other
friends Of tho association work. The
was given by the Louisville
md Nashville railroad company. No
work Of the state committee. during
he past year has received more pains
aking consideration than the erection
md equipment OF this bpilding, tc-
'ether with the plans for inaugurating
he work ON thoroughly satisfactory
'asis, and in a way that will best Sc
iure the cooperation Of all concerned.
the building was formally opened
January 10. The general manager of
he Louisville and Nashville, Mr.. Geo.
9 Evans, several supsrintondonts, the
ladmaster AMI members OF the state
Executive committee, Mcssrs :. G.
loomis,F G. Nunemaoher and others.
made addresses. There are now three
especially erected for rail-
DAD work in this stato-at Russell,
ashland and CoIbin.
Mr.. \. NJ. Bruner, who will nave
enoral charge of the railroad session
( the convention Friday night. has
iado a phenomenal record in associa-
ion work. Mr.. Bruner had his early
raining on an Illinois farm, from
fhich h was led into mercantile pur-.
ATS, and became commercial tray.
er well known for the amount OF
ughing which he did, and the goods
hioh he sold. bereavement in tho
ome led him to seriously consider the
1870 ~SioNNio'Uh VI AAAt W AAllt-
an work. He became assistant seq
tary of the Minneapolis association
here three months Of intense activity
ado inroads upon his health After
me months of resting in other lines
al one month Of temporary service
r Illinois state executive committee,
became one of the ass s,ant state
crotaries January ! 1885, His first
irk was largely financial. in oonnee.
N with the opening up of assoca.
ms, and in connection with the state
Dirk With the final establishments
the department form of orgaIiza.
'r. which was begun in 1855, but
hich finally crystalized into its pres
{ form in 1891 t