Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-05-03

ed on it presented by the Generous
and Patriotic Citizens and Dedicated
| to God and Humanity"
The next speaker was j. M. Dudley
| of Montreal, who is general secretary
| of the Railway Y. M. c. A. Mr.. Dudley
was former railroad man and he said
| his credentials We're a large scar on his
right hand.
In early days" said Mr.. Dudley
there was great deal of wickedness
connected with railroads, which a
greater part has been eliminated by
the Y. NJ. C. A." Christianity which is
not practical, it is not Christianity. 1t
has been put to a severe test. Time
and time again the Y. M. c. A. has been
| before court in connection with an in
volved railroad and never has a de-
| cision been against the Y. M. c. A. 1t
has stood the test When time came
for digging the Panama canal. When
men refused to stay on account of the
conditions, the government placed Y.
M. c. A. men in that section.
THE membership today is $4,000 and
it is hard today to get buildings large
enough. There are many ways for the
railroads to provide for their men.
Companies realize that is not the way
to take care of men. A number have
built hotels and let them for the use
of railroad men.
Some of those hotels have been
turned over. But the best thing is the
Y. NJ. c. A. The railroads need CO.
operation in the forming of Y. M.
c. A. They need the cooperation in
this city,
These men come in at all hours
of the night and l say it is our place
to provide and now that it should be
Christian place. This issue here is
with this body of men,"
The next speaker was Rev. NJ. Joseph
Twomey of Portland. who said in part ::
Iev. NJ. j. TWomey said in part:
'The railroad has said to the railroad
| men and to the citizens of Waterville
we VII give you $4,000 toward a build
ing we will give parcel of land on
"hlch to build. We will provide 800
each month toward the expenses of
ms new institution, We will heat and
| lift the building, and theer is only one
ccHcltlon attached to 1t, and that is
tndt your men of Waterville provide SIS =
| 000' Ard what advantage is this to the
| ra'Iroad men? 1t provides them place
| to rest in Watervile. 1t keeps them off
| the streets. 1t gives them a home when
| they are away from their own homes
| 1t gives them a clean. sanitary place
| to live at normal cost. and it sends
| them out to work from such surround
| ln%s, and the result can cnly be bet
| Ter Workmen with more cheer in their
faces and in their hearts. This in
vestmcnt will oay dividends, not in mon
| ey. but in men, better men, bigger men,
1t will pay in larger service to the
strangers that come within our bound
aries. 1t will pay in the homes of the
same men.
''There are some things of the pres
ent hour which Ye cannot deny. There
is mighty social unrest. To hear
some folks one would think there was
never hope for the race, and that
things We're going to the bad, but there
IS another fact which stands out and that
| is this: That the great corporations are
working as they never worked before for
the welfare of the working men, that
the great railroads are thinking as they
never thought before, or the men in their
employment. that man. as man, is hay
ing his chance 1t is because this last
great fact has come to Watcrville it is
because this last great fact has been
voiced in Waterville that the Young
Mems Christian Association says to you,
yor are debtor to these others the
railroad men.
Mayor N. X. Fuller was then introduce
cd. In a pleasant manner Mayor Fuller
spoke of the great facilities to be had in