The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-26
THIS IS The LAST
7. n. G. A. Subscriptions Must
Be Closed This Week.
Six Thousand Dollars More to
Be Raised.
EXPECT TO SUCCEED.
Several Wealthy People Not Yet
Heard From.
Sale of Stock Certificates Also
Continues.

Strenuous efforts are being put forth
this week to close up the subscriptions
to the building fund for the Y. NJ. c. A
building.
Donations and subscriptions of one
kind and another for this purpose
amount to SOS, $50 to date. The trustees
who are in charge of the work of sup
plying a new building in Topeka have
decided not to begin work till the sub
scriptions amount to $4,000.
The money needed to bring the sub
scription up to the required amount is
IS. 44O.
All the friends of the association are
exerting every effort this week to raise
the balance of the money needed in or
der that the actual work of construction
of the building may be begun the first
week in July.
The contract for the construction of
the building has been let to Frank
Spencer for $47, 300, which does not in
clude equipment.
The land required on which the build
ing will stand at Ninth and Quincy
streets, has been purchased for $4,000.
Actual work on the construction of
the building will begin as soon as the
required amount of money is subscrib-
cd.
There area number of prominent
citizens who are considering the mat
ter of donating large sums of money
for the enterprise. Donations already
received range from 81 to $1,000, and
from $500 to $1,000. There are yet sew
eraI men of wealth in the city who in
tend to make donations but have not
yet done so. The members of the fnan-
cial committee of the Y. M. @. A. build
ing committee are planning to see all
those this week and urge a decision in
regard to the amount they will donate.
The plans of securing SIS cOntribu
tiOns in installmentS of one dollar
month has proved very successful, and
pledges of this kind are being taken
to give from 81 to $40 monthly for Is
months.
The indications now point to securing
all the money needed during the week,
and orders will then be issued to begin
construction next week.
Contracts are yet to be let for
plumbing, heating and lighting the
building. 1t is anticipated that these
contracts viii aggregate at least $1O,-
900.
The building and executive commit
tees viii meet at the association rooms
/ tomorrow night to make a final de-
cision in regard to the exterior finish
ing of the building and to decide upon
whether to have a slate roof or tile
roof.
After the building is finished it will
have to be furnished. The donations
which have been given already or
which have been pledged will cover
only. the actual cost of construction,
and the matter of furnishing the build
ing will have to be taken care of after
it is completed. For this reason ali
those who are planning to give dona-
tions and are hesitating on account of
the thought that the late pledges will
aggregate more than the desired
amount, may rest assured that any
surplus will come in to good advan-
tage after the building is completed,
in furnishing it.
The indications, judging from the
activity of the committees this week,
are that the required subscriptions
will be secured, and the building will
be started next week.