New-York tribune., 1908-02-04
NEW HOME FOR NEEDY.
RIG BUILDING PLANNED
industrial Christian Alliance poteS
for Ten Story Structure

TIL. Industrial Christian Alliance after i"
con q. the Hotel Plaza yesterday ai'ei .ss e.
which forty churches were represent -. p,,a
,urchss. a piot of ground at Lafayette ano -
,,E -. AZ ,oe- on which to build q ten story
\ a,,, t,,ild;,r The purchase or the pi0'
I've co,nnieted .his morning. Ihe sfounu 90 -
,,,,a,rV vsp cost about s225ooo. anu in'li'
~ = the meeting practically pledged tnein u
-, te raise that amount. The ne" euiioi"s
house FIVE hundred persons and VIII nave s'lop'
,.os. -erprorarilv out of employment Ihefe WI.
he chanel and roof garden for the reereauoii o
temporary inmates. which VIII also pe " go
summer chapel ,r..-v
-, ,,,ace AZ No 17e Bleecker street
- ,-.oI,, iaaceouate. and that II had been hee-
esssrv recently to worthy men away 'eipD
ysrflz This should not be necessary ne "eo'i' -
md .ne sneakers who followed MI fufoaE "e'e "
the opinion -, r,,.,s,
The F.a1 DR. Macarthur. Of Calvary bap',S'
Go, -, Vas one of the incorpoTstors of the
alliance srobc in favor of making me "o'N '"''
- a, .,,~flie-. - church work Johh - fl"E
-he president. risd@od SR-oee on oerdii - -
vary Methodist Church ana others a''iohe "a
men and ministers present H'a''e '''7
offers Of co-operaIion- ,
r, ~, Z Carson os the Central PreshH-
,-,s church Of Brooklyn. said that he had money
,f his own which hr rould give ana oech0tSc N'
his church would also contribute
Resolutions were adopted calling at'enuoh 10 '''
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PROV al.
Nr rNirtsv his report Eald
"a. Industrial Christian Alliance vas ncorporaf,
90 Tpnn Is iSql small honse in M@Cdoue"iI i
tres' - % Wa occupied from November l. ls'l uhla IA
1seecker street, were secured ms nse sstt,, so,,
hsnb tie owner viii not improve II is also TOO
small 20 meet the present deInanos OF me W. Srfi
The dorrnitory csracity Is limited 10 one "uiiU "
I,ess .-. .,.,-,-,r,
.n1rlosneFt in return food and lodging rs nm
tied O. the maximum nurhper- rui,I''ain III ie
,,osrsrc nresideS temporary work Ter an GLASSES
under competent and skilful foremen Almost an
unlimited amount cf such work can , pe . ,
from five million populatlon' anu ooes H'' "
trench organized labor - -, z,;x
A 5-cent restaurant separate from the ollnns
room for residents supplies wholesome and nour-
fishing food any able TO pay Tor II a person
can do dav-S work On three srch o-ceni meas
EFelnne men n help themselves Is the basic pIin-
ciplc tie alliance work The alliance ministers
The aged infiTm and invalid are referred 10 those
institutions equipped 10 relieve such cases Inc ne
himself when opportunity is offered He IS not
regarded as helpahe- -,
cerlber 81 Of which 3e4 from sixteen Years of
thirty: So from thrty-one To forty-hve lo6
srtT-one and p rot stated OF the number aided
sls were Americans. 1os English ss Irish. ~ Ger
Al Scotch. 81 Canadian and the remainder dis
tT5huted among other nationalities.
A chapel committee appointed 10 have super
vision Of the religious work. composed Of the Rev
James NJ Farrar- First Reformed Church of
Brooklyn: the Rev Henry 4. Stirnson. Manhattan
Congregational: the Rev Wallace MacMullen, Mad
fson Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church: the Rev
Percy s Grant Church Of the Ascension: the Rev.
J H Randall Mount Morris Baptist Church. and
Rev. P. ". Courtney. Thirtyfourt Street Collie
giate The officers Of the alliance James G.
Beemer, president John S. Huyler, vice-president.
and James Z. Ware. treasurer.