The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-14
MUST HAVE TIL
new BUILDING.
Secretary Thomas, Of the Rail
road Y. M. c. A., Is Con-
fdcnl Of Success.
MUCH MONEY ALREADY GIVEN
Chesapeake and Ohio and All
the Roads Contributing
Generally.

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''rf No are not In our new building by
the end Of another year shall be very
much disappointed said Secretary 8. l..
Thomas, Of the Railroad Young Mems
Christian Association yesterday speak
ing Of the prospective forty thousand dol
lar home for tho Railroad Association.
Mr.. Thomas's optimism Is not without
foundation, 1t should be stated, but is
based on facts and figures that do not
lie. $.si,}
The Railroad r. NJ. C.. "A. Is now IN tho
very start Of a campaign for q fund with
which to purchase q ten thousand dol
lar site and build thereon thirty thou
sand building as home. About eighteen
thousand dollars Of the desired fund has
beer, subscribed and $4,000 more Is IN
Immediate prospect. The remaining ten
thousand Is to be raised from the eight
hundred odd members OF the association
and their friends, and both these classes
are constantly growing numerically. II
IS expected that individuals will coDtri-
butte large proportion Of that sum IN
largo Jumps. 3t s ls4
IA The movement for new building for
the association began less than year
ago at q meeting led by Mr.. Thomas,
at which President George w. Stevens.
OF the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, and
other railway officials and employees were
present. MIR, Stevens gave the project Its
Initial impetus, and with characteristic
zeal and determination he Is still push
ing it along In the most substantial man
,ner, with the cooperation. of course, OF.
tho other Chesapeake and Ohio Officials
and directors. At that time the member
ship was about six hundred. Mr.. Thomas
~ RI
eight hundred memb ers. After the meet
Ing Mr.. stevens quietly assured Mr.
Thomas that when the eight hundred
mark was reached in membership he
would help to secure home for the as
ISOLATION. g. ID 5$G 1 is55.s j1sl M NJ ~
Met the Challenge.
That pledge was the added incentive
to extraordinary effort. The Railway y
M. C.. "A. got to work. unitedly and de-
Eterminedly, and before the end OF the
year the eight hundred membership was
an assured fact, and the number stu
grows. 81
After a few months Mr.. Stevens was
reminded OF his promise, with the result
that he met the committee that visited
him frankly and cordially. and assured
them the, he was ready to do what he could
to secure the cooperation Of the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Railway and the other
local lines to push the project a flnan-
icial plan was soon outlined. and an IN
telligent campaign was begun. 1t was
decided that ten thousand dollars should
be had for suitable site; that build
ing to cost not less than $4,000 should
be constructed, and that 5000 Would DC
necessary to equip it for Its work.
Then came the ways and means OF rals--
Ing the forty thousand. The Chesapeake
80, 0I,io off,ctn Is md er the leadership
of Mr.. Stevens, pledged that company to
contribute $4,000, conditioned upon tue
raising OF the entire $4,000. The South
ern Railway, through a@lctter from Vice.
President w. w. Finley, has agreed TO
contribute $780, The ma tier of contribut-
Ing 5000 to this, building fund is now be-
fore the board Of directors Of the Rich
mond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Rali-
way The officials Of the Seaboard AIT
Line and the Atlantic Coast Line Rail
way have been asked to name a date
for a conference with the Railway Y. NJ.
q A committee to discuss the matter
Of making contributions to this move
nent. The Seaboard is expected TO con-
tribute 5000, and the Coast Line $2,5W'..|
II these expectations be realized, thirty
thousand dollars will have peen raised,
conditioned on the ability Of the men-
bers OF the association and their FRIENDS
to contribute the remaining sly, o0O.f no
serious difficulty Is anticipated IN Sc
curing this sum. In fact, "a number OF
persons have already sighted a will
.inrness to contribute to tl:s .und, and
some have done So withou. licitation.i
Altogether, the prospects OF acquiring the
funds for the building fully justify the.l
sanguine expectations or Secretary
Thomas.