The Glenwood post., 1906-02-17
Y.M.C.A. BUILDING
ASSURED FOR DENVER BY FUND
OF OVER 100000.
RAISED WITHIN THIRTY DAYS
Result Of Enthusiastic Work-Lots
Previously Paid For - Plans for
seven-story Building May Be
Changed to Eight.

Changed to Eight.
Denver-All Denver watched with
curious and anxious eyes Tuesday for
the finish Of the months campaign to
secure fund of 100000 for the Y. NJ.
c. A. building, and part stayed up
late at night to learn the result. AT 8
O'Clock the room on Seventeenth
street was packed and jammed with
men. and when announcements were
made showing that the total subscrip-
tions exceeded the amount asked the
crowd fairly went wild with excite
ment.
Speech after speech was made Of
congratulation and cheers were given
for all the prominent workers, the
newspapers, the young men and the
boys. To conclude the love feast w.
A. Hover invited the entire crowd to
join him at the Savoy hotel in an oys-
ter supper. 1t was quite unanimously
accepted, and about $3.50 the crowd
departed up Seventeenth street and
left the clerks to figure up the days
results.
| ne olludllOn lOOh d HeW thlh
day afternoon after 1t became evident
that the fund was going to be over
| subscribed, and the proposition now Is
to build a $25O,OOO or S275,O0O building.
b. F. Woodward, who is now in Los
Angeles, sent telegram announcing
that he Will give $4,000 more on the
be erected. C. S. Ward, the Y. NJ. c.
| h,,il aStinot that Surh
a building will cost not less than $780,
900. The meeting Tuesday night i'm
mediately appointed an advisory com,
mittee to take charge and devise a
way of meeting this increase.
On top of what has already been
done it might seem a large task to
raise $4,000 to $4,000 more, but it is
not. The situation as to the fund is
exactly as follows: A campaign was
started last year to get lots and begin
the work. 1t resulted in subscriptions
to the amount $4,000, and Mr.. Wood
| ward, who makes the new offer, gave
SIS 900 of that. Five lots were pur-
chased at $4,000, leaving a balance OF
$21, 900.
w. f. Sweet come forward on Janu
ary 18th with the offer to donate $25.
900 conditional on the citizens sub
scribing enough to make fund OF
100000. Altogether there was sub
scribed during the months work $174.
900, not counting the Sweet offer
Those are the figures that stand on the
books, but in truth about 1925 900 has
been subscribed. For instance, the
young boys have out in promises a
considerable sum that has not yet
been set down, as much of it is iI
small promises. There are letters ant
kilograms out that have not been an
swered, and these are sure to bring
responses. Two stores that gave ter
per cent. on sales have not yet re
ported.
If the architects can build an eight
story fire proof and steel building fo1
$25O,00O it will only leave $4,000 ad
ditional to be raised to meet the Wood
ward offer.
After the building is erected there
will come the question of furnishing
but the women Of the city have that II
hand. The women at Plymouth
Church already have fund OF $3.50
and those at Central Presbyterian
Church 81 900 for the furnishing. They
were ready to throw this into the funt
Tuesday afternoon If 1t had been nee
essary to make the Sweet offer go. An
otner subscription of the month tina
might justly be figured in was abou
$1,000 worth of furnishings, like pi
amos. OF the subscriptions made dur
ing the campaign about $4,000 was IL
cash. 1t is believed that practically
every cent Of the money subscribed
will be collectible. OF course, the bis
donations will be.