Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-01-28
TO COMPLETE
YIN. c. A. BLDG.
Two Hundred Young Men
Unite in Appeal Pledg-
ing Support.
TAKES DEFINITE SHAPE.
About $4,000 is Needed But
the Work Can Be Done
For 81, 900.
TAKES DEFINITE SHAPE.

The young men and boys of Hop
kinsville have started a movement
to finish the Y. M. G.. A. building on |
Ninth street and they are in dead
hard earnest about it.
Between 100 and 200 of them have
already subscribed to a paper pledg-
ing $40 each and this number will be
increased to 200 before the paper is
turned over to the Directors.
This means q subscription of ST..
900, to be used for completing the
building. Many of these young men
are willing and ready to do more
than this and give time. energy and
more money to the work of finishing
the building. 1t must be done and
the directors are called upon to take
whatever steps are necessary to
raise the money needed and that too
without delay.
In a weeks time last year $4,000
was subscribed for baseball team.
In months time $40, 200 can be and
should be raised for a Y. M. c. A.
home for the young men of Hopkins
vile.
The churches are ready to help,
the good women of the city will do
their part and there are phiIan-
throptc people in and out of the city
who will respond to this almost uni
verssl appeal of the young men,
many of whom are poorly able to
pay the amounts subscribed. The
present Board of Directors is as
follows:
Jas, West, President, First Pres
byterian; John Sites, Westminster,
Presbyterian; F. w. Dabney, Chris
tian; Geo. ID. Dalton, Baptist; Jno.
T. Edmunds, Baptist; e. B. Bassett,
Methodist; A. w. Wood, Episcopal.
These gentlemen are all prominent
and progressive citizens, represent
ing the various churches placed
after their names.
The building was begun in 1905
and after being covered was allowed
to stand for year or more in an
unfinished condition.
There is a debt upon the building |
of So 900, first mortgage note ere.
ated to get the building under roof. |
In the fall of 1907 a contract was
made with the HopkinsvilIe Water
Co. and the City Light Co. by which
these companies undertook to putt
the floors in the front rooms of thei
building, put in some stairways,
doors and windows to make the
rooms suitable for Offices and en-
tered into FIVE years lease for S240
a year in addition to the repairs.
This rental was the amount neces.I
sary to keep the interest paid on the
Indebtedness. 1t was further pro.
vided that the lease could be termin-
ated at-any time the building was {
wanted for its original purpose. {
In addition to the 3.0Oe debt it is '
estimated that not less than $4,000 (
more will be needed to finish the
building and furnish it for oecupan. {
". There is to be barber shop in S
.hebasemeDt. which will readily bring |
n a good rental and in the third
tory there are to be a number of
BEDROOMS. all of which would of
curse be quickly rented. The read
ng rooms. swimming pool, gymnasi-
I'm and other features would of
curse be for the use of the young j
nen Of the association to be formed. n
ust before the building was rented, n
n effort was made to raise funds to n
omplete the building, but owing to 70
he psnicky conditions and the un- =
ettled state of affairs four years II
go. enough money could not be o.
aised. Many subscriptions were 81
lade depending on the subscription d
I a certain amount but these were :;