The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-18
fine BUILDING
NOW ASSURED
Hammond Business Men
Agree to Raise $4,000
For Structure.
COMMITTEE APPOINTED
Young Men the Biggest Asset Ham
mond Has," Says Bailey, Ex-Presi-
dent of Chicago Association

Thirty of the representative manu-
facturers and business men of Ham
mond met at the home of Louden L.
Bomberger. 120 ogden street. last night
and after listening to speeches from
prominent out of town manufacturers
regarding the advantage to an indus
trial community of Young Mems
Christian association, decided to pro-
ceed at once to secure the funds neces-
sary to build a $4,000 Y. NJ. c. A.
building.
Among those present were some Of
the most prominent business men and
manufacturers in Hammond and the
interest every one of them showed In
the plan to provide Hammond with a
handsome building to be devoted to its
young men, was reassuring to those
who have been interested in locating
branch of the great organization in
this city.
The meeting was merely an informal
one in which the business men OF the
city gathered to discuss matters. The
discussion was confined to that phase
of the subject regarding the effect of
such an organization on the business,
Industrial and moral welfare of the
community.
Number Give Talks.
Several of the out of town visitors
responded to requests for talks on the
Y. NJ c. A. work and gave the local
men the benefit of their experience.
Among the speakers were f. P. Bailey,
president of the Nationalr Malleahle.
Castings company of Chicago; Scott
Brown, assistant general counsel of
the Studebaker Manufacturing COM
pany Of South Bend, and j. G. Has
well. vice president of the Marion
Malleable Iron works.
Mr. Bailey, who succeeded James II.
Eckels as president Of the Chicago as
ISOLATION, stated that Hammonds
greatest asset is young men. He said
that as a rule there was no asset
business man neglects more than his
employed help. The Young Mems
Christian association, he said. in
creases the efficiency of the employe
without increasing the cost Of running
the business"
Mr.. Brown declared "a poor employe
is not worth the value of the space he
occupies" He said that after so years
of success in business the Studebaker
brothers decided to do something for
the city of South Bend, in which their
success had been achieved. After
discussion of the matter from every
standpoint it was finally decided that
a Young Mems Christian association
would bring the greatest returns to
the community on the investment.
Thereupon he donated $4,000 for the
building of magnificent structure
in the city he has already done so much
for.
Association Best Investment.
Mr.. Haswell said that an associa-
tion was the best investment a bust
ness man could make, as no other insti-
tuition could do so mue for a COM
munity. One important -act that was
brought out in the meeting was that
there were enrolled in the classes of
the schools of the Y. NJ c. As of the
country more students than there were
in the ten largest universities of the
country.
There was a committee appointed
from the manufacturers association
to cooperate with a similar committee
from the newly elected directors OF
the Y. NJ c. A, to determine what the
next step should be towards securing
the money necessary to build a build
Ing to cost at least $4,000
Superintendent Ziesel of the Chi
cago, Indiana and Southern railroad
was present and said that their COM
pany was about to begin the erection
OF a fine railroad Y. NJ. c. A building
as the plans were now complete and
that that organization would be a
branch of the Hammond association.
The directors recently elected were
W c. Belman. L. l. Bomberger, ]. S.
Blackburn, J. F. Irish. w A. Hill. C. f.
Bauer. J. o. Thompson. ]. B. Hilburton.
f. c. Mclean. H. H. Henry. Emil Ste
low. f. E. Geggett, c. NJ. Mcdaniel, II.
A. Mcconnell and F. NJ Hickok.