The sun., 1909-05-17
CITY CLUB AND ITS pEDTS
,prsJDENT M.ANENY SAYS 1T
rs MAKING PROFITS.

..o wrote In March That II Civic Sub
scr,ptlons Could DO Increased the
nelus Could He Reduced-Ct sab-
scr,ptions Are for Civic Researches.
c.oree McAneny. president OF the.
c,y club, gave out yesterday this state
,.o,t in relation to an article on the clubs
erances published in yesterdays Sun.
rho statement published In . morning
,smsnhper to the effect that: the Gty Club
!. IN any difficulty financially is untrue
T,o,, son,e OF the figures that recognize
N,dse that 1t 10 based upon Information
.,nnl'ed recently to a member OF the club.
HE request which il published com
'I.,s,r and not in the garbled form In which
., anpeared would have told q very different
story a.,
the club has never In Its history been
canning better than II Is at present. As
recall it roughly, for the first seven months
Of its fiscal wear ended April 80 the excess
~ IA receipts over expenditures was about
a, 400 showing an average profit Of some
hing more than $500 q month. As the
.,scntiye offices are closed o-day l cannot
,t,empt to analyze or to correct In detail
,he figures that have been quoted. But
Ishall see hat this Is done.
notice. however, that besides quoting
tourss that. az given are meaningless
two incidental statements are maae-InAs
The club had been sued by nVefyman 10.
IAN account Of five years stanoing and
I'M, il had used last years Christmas
fund" subscribed Tor IT'S employees 10
pay tradesmen 5 oi'is' "
: The suit in question related 10 an account
.that had been IN disph!e ior yeaIs upon
questions OF fact. the books Of the club
fL.,no ~, entries corregDon ndipR to the
claims Of the liveryman ana inc iateer
producing no vouchers In support OF such
claims II had absolutely no reference
10 the clubs ability to pay ana was setueo
Immediately upon the adjudication OF the
noints at issue.
The story about the Christmas luno 10
ridiculous According TO custom the sub
,criptons to the fund were charge to mem
her. accounts, most OF them oollectibls
about the middle OF January, Some were
rscejved as late as February. but all when
.od sent thsreu mn iii diitributed on February
anu ~. TO- nars hs,d ,nul that date atths
~ an,n,oyass tbam.a,v., IN
re.ues ~ ,,,a srnan,s n,,oht ha incIn dad
oroef ina, 's.e pai a;.,.,,,'.,;nn
before 'ne nhaI o!s'r'ouuu u,, ..u.
Fhe source OF ,ne p"o',rSon nss .,, ms, o,,s
N be wholly ponica'' ne mann po,ot
seems to lie IN the suggestion that the CITY
club has had more or less to do with the
organization Of the proposed Committee
NJ One Hundred" that twenty mine Of
I,s members signed the call for the Cooper
rnion conference and that IL had better
,, i,soup oho;rs in order before II tackels
,t".a ,u -, ,ba oi,y
'"J1 tn. r;,v Cluh b,s had notbinv vhatsver
lne - 'n,amsnt Ith.s
10 90 WIN .he 'ampassn NV emem ~, ~ nas
i':'S members an ., Wno'' %re ,n'eres,eu s,su
more or less IN ei'E ana'rs' n.'~en'y -n,us
Of this NUMBER because so INV leres'ed
happen to appear among those signing
call for city meeting, that IA not matter
for surprise. The club has Its own work
todo and the public may be well assured that
it viii continue well equipped to do 1t. inan-
ualy and otherwise.
prasident NcAnenv on March o wrote
o letter to Eiectus Darwin Litchfield, a
member Of the club saving;
,oos wers cas- ood On Januarv iaO1
.s 80. 80 40, aO0 and on 'Jar,,arv
,ney ,nes e s,o GOO IT, tn,a, a on amo"n, var ~
IN w. ,rv vs;atement dated the end n The
montb j. redtc;ble .of conrse by The
.mnnnt .% of tbe c,,rrent membors' ac.
,bs ns,, few davs On .ian,.arv Ioos
tnr n ins,ance the au,o,nt die from his
.onrcs hrnn1hi the net amount nayabIe
az acconn,s he,ow sao oO az the latter
G,nrs ahnn, ca noo wns for arrea rs Of
,sn, and The rest due tradesmen
snnose sen, sn that the amomnt due tradesmen
S'ppyn :. Il, ,,a . Ie,s han II bas hean nj anv
t;,,a % ;,hir tho laSt thraa or fonr years
'"T "f hona % that We sbaiI do much better
mi, ,.aar no j., ,ha n,ttar ~ civic n,hscr;n-
,;nns t,n 'e'' ~ We w." Do ~e can rednce omr In.
,.htedness .ccording civ Thsre are a
,umlar ~ b;IIs that i, would be yerv
nomSort u ,bie ~ have Maid otf hnt ss
t,re said thai has been a mora or Iess
'nron,c state ever since / first came in