Arizona republican., 1911-02-19
THE Y. N. c. A.; ITS HISTORY
Continued from page five1

I interest a few criticize unfairly
and without knowledge Of the actual
| facts. out Of 1879 original subscrib-
ers. approximately 60 per cent have
paid i'm full. 90 per cent are now pay
| ing and 20 per cent have paid moth
ing. OF course many Of these are
| Tor small amounts. The majority
of the above paid nothings'' make no
reply TO repeated notices of subscrip-
| tiuns overdue: many refuse Ia re-
spond to personal solicitation for
! funds: and a few have even gone so
! far as To ignore and repudiate the
legal obligation involved in Il con-
| tract made Internationally. voluntar-
| lily, and i'm good faith and in most
cases signed in the presence Of one
or more witnesses. The time has
arrived To inquire what is the value of
these unpaid pledges? Are they good
fdssets-are they cOlectible notes, ar
obligations promissory i'm character?
| Or are they Of no value whatever in
law? If collectible, | would recommend
that the president and finance COM
mittee be empowered and instructed
Ia proceed To take such legal steps
as may seem wise and necessary. The
association relying on contracts to-
falling over Sl03. 000-which were Civ
en- and received i'm good faith-has
proceeded To construct Il commodious
building. fully equipped, up-to date
and peculiarly adapted To Y. NJ. &. A.
work. and in SO doing has incurred
heavy liabilities, which now demand
early payment. Under these condi-
| tons. is it just. equitable or right
that any subscriber. who is able to
pay. should he allowed To repudate
his legal obligation? Is ii fair to
those who have already paid? Unable
10 pay our debts. why is il not good
business for us Ia collect from our
debtors? II we have assets in the
form OF contracts which are good and
collectable at law Of more than $4,000.
why should We not pay our bills? And
how can we pay unless We collect?
Considering the difficulties i'm collec
ton. as detailed above. we may well
congratulate ourselves on the progress
thus FAR made and that. even though
50 many have for one reason or an
other. failed To- make good" on their
contracts thus Gripping and handi
Gaping most seriously our finances.
we have managed to complete our
building, maintain our credit and fl
nancial standing. pay the most ur-
gent obligations and take preliminary
steps towards an efficient organiZa
ton. Next month We shall begin the
active Y. NJ. G. A. work. well equipped
i'm every respect. and. we have every
reason Ia believe. with a revenue am
ply sufficient To meet current eX-
penses
Present Conditions and Finances.
| need not picture To YOU the pres
ent conditions. You know them i'm
detail and YOU are well Informed as To-
what We have To face in the immediate
future The collections during all
these years have been slow. Yet suf-
ficient until quite recently tn meet our
current expenses and Indebtedness 10
the contractor But since last sum-
mer. and for the last six months.
practically no collections have been
made In the meantime. obligations
for equipment and payments la the
contractor have fallen due. We have
today about $4,000 Indebtedness and
as an offset to this about
SIC. 600 unpaid subscriptions. Tin
called federal building bonus. to-
falling about $4,000. or which
amount we ought to collect 80 per
cent, or $4,000. This would mean
shrinkage on the whole-sII7. 900
of not more than Il per cent, a good
showing when we consider all the facts
AS you know. il has been our plan as
soon as the building was completed
and ready for use to campaign for
new subscriptions from all who had
located i'm Phoenix and vicinity since
the memorable campaign Of April. 1907.
and who realized what tremendous
power for good such an institution is
In any community. From this source
we hoped To collect from $4,000 To
$4,000. Conservatively estimate ted
this, plus unpaid subscriptions now
overdue. ought To total more than
$4,000 leaving ms possible deficit
Of some $4,000, as we start our great
work in this rapidly growing city
Original Plans Changed.
In changing the location from the
southeast corner to the southwest cor
ner Of the block. il Mas necessary to
modify the building plans. both for the !
outside and the inside as well. After |
studying the plans, with the pers",raI
help of Field Secretary c. l.. Gates Of |
the international committee of the Y |
VI. c. A. who had enjoyed an extern
sive experience i'm such matters. COW
ering many years: and having settled |
in full with frost Il frost. the archi-
tects. changes We're effected. and
after approval by the building com
mittee. construction once more be-
gun. BY this time the summer of
900 was upon us and. beyond putting Il
in the concrete foundation. very little
Roadway was made until October fol-
lowing. II
Delays Detailed.
Owing to the union labor strikes
and delays i'm getting material. from
some Of which we are suffering today.
he failure of sub-cOntractors i'm full
filing their contracts. for example the
electric light fixtures contract exc
.uted in October. and even yet not
ully completed; the shipment OF mar
Die for our locker room baseboards.
made two or three months ago and
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