The Greeley tribune., 1910-01-06
Years Work OF Y. NJ. q

The record of the Young hei
I christian Associations OF 4 Nor
America in adding to theirs eIul
mont sixty-oue new building4 Sor
ss $4,000 in 1909, and with = ma
more under way to cost IS. "
is 4 demonstration OF the f9ct u
the organization has become REQ
ni2ed and necessary part OF the eQnl
ment of a city and of railroeti NJ
versity. army or navy post. Hllnll
town or lumber camp. Althooea 9
association has had to study teton
INV in its management. itss isi
business" in buildings opentd Al
current expenses last year assr
gated over sI4.0oo.O0O. Besne
men have shown the same aftiiu
toward the association as Pres.ie
Brown Of the New York Central lin
Whose road is one OF its tarst
supporters who recently remarSf
.purins the recent disastrous 0epr,
sion while we had empty freight ca
BY the mile and every possible eco
nmy was resorted to on our .roaC
not a dollar was taken from Il a
preparation for the Y. NJ. c. 4
Twelve new Railroad Y, M {
were opened in the yea
paid for by the railroad combaal'
the employees and citizens, 4ostii
from $4,000 to 100000 each. tJud
Gary of the United Steel COP PAL
erected 100000 Y. NJ. c. A. bll.
ing at his own personal expe1se
the company's employees at GarJ IN
Thirteen other buildings, worth tro
$1,000 to s25, 600. have been Iui
the association hands for NAM
ment by the companies In Got
mill, coal and copper mining togl
lumber camps, smelling conpa1t
and manufacturers A S315 0'
building. the gut of John ID. RotF
feller. was opened for the sailC
Norfolk. Va. Mrs. Russell Sages :
of $4,000, doubled the cap
of the building erected in 1917
the sailors in Brooklyn by Miss sGoI
and is used to its full capacity.
fred Vanderbilt put up a $1loN
association clubhouse at NeSpo
R. l., in memory of his father, C
nelius Vanderbilt. The late tl0!
l.. Smith erected and endoted
building worth 100000 for hts
tive town of Plattsburg, N. ", a
w. w. Smith invested $250,Oeo
similar purpose in Poughkteps
The Y. NJ. c. A. OF Chicago "a
ing a million dollar fund Ito Ehl
Victor F. Lawson contributed 10
OO0), much of which will
voted to erecting dormitorie1
young men about the city. Byf
Gently derived method. rapid .
popular canvasses of a few days ha
resulted in securing large tunds
buildings, as in Boston $514,000 Y
raised in ten days. and $4,000
in neighboring New England tow
within two months. The same pl
has worked as well in Shangh
China. and in Manila and Honolu
Outworn and outgrow bgildin
erected by the association ten q
twenty years ago have proved "g'
mines. In Winnipeg the buildi
which cost in 1891 $4,000. was 8,
( for $29O.000 that at Montreal. &C
ing 100000, for $3.50 900: al Gle
land for 100000, which cost sis
900 in 1891, and the Boston assoC
tion home costing in 1883 for 81
900 is worth s650,000.
The new buildings opened wit
the year have been used to the II
est capacity. as in Jacksonville. F
every one of its ninety-four sleep
rooms were Immediately taken
young men. At indianapolis
membership increased from 2.I28
4,2S5, and the daily attendance IT
500 to 1000; at Detroit, where
new building provides l2O,t
square feet of floor space for e
, cational work and 1000 students
> The year shows a decided mere
in membership, attendance at e
cational classes, gymnasiums. T
gious services and Bible classes.
J.. the largest indication of the yita
t of the associations service is ali,
J. in its rapid adaptation to the nc
Il Of men and boys, especially OF Il
:. engaged in trades, and of bows oil
IS ed to leave school early to earn I
living.