Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-17

SUBSCRIPTIONS 10 the DulldlnE Iunu
OF the Young Mems Christian associa-
tion went above the 100000 mark with
a jump yesterday.
At meeting of the executive build
| ing campaign committee, e. p. Clark OF
| the Los Angeles-Pacific street railroad
announced that he and General M. II.
Sherman of the same company had de-
cided to make n joint contribution OF
$25, 900. This brought the total to last
night up to $205,960, leaving s144040
still to be raised.
Mr.. Clark's announcement came un-
expectedly to the members of the eX-
ecutive committee. 1t was known, of
course, that both he and General Sher-
man intended to subscribe to the build
ing fund, but there has been no inti-
nation that so generous a subscription
would be made.
Mr.. CLARK attended the meeting of
the committee called for yesterday, and
just before adjournment stated that he
and General Sherman had for some
time been giving the Y. M. C. A. build
ing matter a great deal of thought, and
finally had decided upon the amount
of their subscription. In a quiet and
most matter of fact manner, and
greatly to the surprise of those present
at the meeting, he said that he wished
to sign for $25000 as the joint sub
scrption of himself and General Sher-
man.
This was the biggest piece of news
the members of the executive commit
tee have received in several days, and
seems to make the success of the build
ing movement certain.
Five on $4,000 List
There are now five names on the
$25, 900 list, the others being Arthur
Let's, Edwin T. Earl, o. T. johnson
and one other that has not yet been
made public.
The committee having this matter
in hand has not despaired of adding
still other names to it's list before the
expiration of the time limit, May 1.
Both Mr.. Clark and General Sherman
have for years taken a deep interest
in Young Mems Christian association
work. particularly the street railway
phase of 1t. 1t was largely as a result
Of their efforts that the street railway
branch of the association was estab-
lished at Sherman recently.
This branch includes In it's member
ship more than 200 employees of the Los
Angeles s-Pacific road. Messrs. Clark
and Sherman have given literally of
their means toward the support of this
branch, and are, besides, devoting
much time and attention to it's inter-
ests. They do this for the reason that
they are convinced the Young Mems
Christian associations power for good
Is not excelled by that of any other
organization, and they earnestly desire
that all of their employees shall be
brought within its influence.
"Messrs. Clark and Sherman not only
are interested in the work of the Y.
M C. A." said leading official. but
they are foremost in every movement
started for the public good. They are
public spirited in the best sense of the
word, and subscribe literally to every
cause that can be shown to be worthy.
OF many of these subscriptions, how
ever, the public never hears"
In making the subscription of $4,000
to the Y. M. G.. A. building fund yes
terday, Mr.. Clark expressed a wish
that the matter be kept quiet, but OF
course this could not be done The
subscription was made so quietly and
Mr.. Clark's manner was so entirely de-
void of ostentation, that most of the
members of the executive committee
did not grasp the full significance OF
his statement until he had nearly
finished
Among the other subscriptions made
Yesterday was one by F. @. Story for
$1,000 and one by ]. II. Spires for the
same amount. Isaac Milbank sent in
pledge for $500 and the list contained
quite a number of subscriptions for
$50 and 500.
The executive committee began a
letter canvass the latter part of last
week, and the returns from this al
ready show total of $147o. The
names of those subscribing amounts In
excess of $50 are given in the above
list the smaller sums being included In
q single total,