The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-05
MUST BE RATIFIED
BY ASSOCIATION
Property Transfer. When For
mally Approved. Will Enable
Building Committee to Award
Contract So That Construc-
ton May Begin Not Later
Than November /.


whereby the property owned by the
association on the southwest corner Of
Franklin and Third Streets 10 to be
traded for the lot at : North Fifth
street. now owned by Hugh NJ Taylor.
II this transaction Is carried through.
as appears certain. the new home OF
the Young Woman's Christian Assoc
citation, for which a building fund was
subscribed last year. will be erected on
Fifth Street instead Of franklin
Before the transfer can take place.
a meeting OF the association as whole
must be held to rattfy the action OF the
board, and such 6 meeting has been
called for October %. The board was
unanimous in approving the building
committees decision that the Fitth
Street property il a much more desir-
able site for the new building tnan
that now occupied by the Mount YER
non. DR.. Taylor's lot. measuring eighty
feet ON Fifth Street with a depth of
l&o feet, il better suited to the require
nents than the Franklin Street loca-
ton. which has a frontage on Franklin
Of only n1ty-two feet and depth oil
$50 feet. In the exchange. DR.. Taylor
will nay the association q bonus Of So
600.
Nay Degin Work November l.
AZ the ratification Of this deal by
the association 10 assured. the build
ing committee IL making preparations
TO BEGIN construction work about Mo-
yember /. Before that time. Nolan &
Baskerville, architects. must modify
the tentative plans for the building
that was to have been erected at Third
ana Franklin Streets The architects
can round out their plans in detail
while the contractor who buys the
present house on the Fifth Street site
Is demolishing II. DR.. Taylor's old
residence In unoccupied. and the $3.50
citation can take possession the minute
the papers making the transfer legal
are Signed.
There has been rome dissatisfaction
with the Mount Vernon location az q
home for the Young Women's Christian
Association for more than one reason.
and the building committee began toI
look around for more suitable property
rs soon a. 1t developed that possession
could not be obtained for a year. The
present occupant OF the house has al
lease which will not expire until the
fall Of 1913, and the association did not
feel financially able to buy the lease,
even IL this could have been arranged
Fe.nA Hsppy seautse..
: From the very nature Of the pur-
nose for which the structure was des-
tined. the building committee felt IT.
self limited to the area between
Broad and Cary Streets and Adams
and sixth Street in the search for q
site. Finally II was learned that DR..
TayIor's home was on the market and
consultation between the COMMITTEES
and the architects and the owner re-
s,alted in a tentative agreement tot
trade. Messrs. Nolan and Baskerville
were confident that very- fine build
ing, for probably less money, could
be erected on Fifth Street. and the
committee promptly called a meeting
cs the directors.
when the plan was laid before the
directors yesterday afternoon At the
meeting in the chapel Of the Presby-
,erian Publishing House. II received
prompt approval It was hTst though.
that the proper alley exits could not
be obtained for the Fifth Street build
ing, but II was found upon examina-
ton that . right Of way for IN alley
opening on Fourth Street could he
had. There 10 already . blind alley
on the northern line Of the property.
There seems no doubt that the neces-
sary ratification from the association
will be forthcoming.
Needy One YeaP HeDee
While the plans Of the association
were SO unsettled Il was Of course
impossible - award the contract. but
the committee hes been making In
restigations and will be able 10 re-
ceive bids and make the award with
in a few weeks after the transfer II
made. II work 10 begun on the build
ing November 1, Il should be ready
for occupasion By the fall Of 1913. Un-
tii the architects complete the mod.-
fed plans. the exact cost Of the new
home can not be known II II esti-
mated, however. that . building on
Fifth Street win cost in the neigh.
borhood e ooo.oO.
Report was made 70 tho board Of
directors that the building to house
the boarding department Of the Young
wcmen'O Chr;sfian Association. now
under constructors on Cary street. be-
tween Adams and Jefferson. VIII Be
ready for use February !. 1913. This
structure viii cost Szs.eee and win be
operated in conjunction with the build
ing on FsfsA street
Nolsoooe CS0vcseo0a CSOD1g
Tue monthly meeting Of the board
Of directors has been postponed until
s,rtober Is In order that the directors
may confer with MISS Brooks. the r.
w. C. A. National Secretary Of Con-
~ensS0Us, IN regard 60 the Biennial
Convention Of he vatjonai Youug
wymen's Christian Assocsasica. which
f. 70 b held IN Richmond during the
month - ASH TIE national con-
veustou % two yeors ago was held
IN IpSsanapclt& 70 10 particularly ap-
prcpvsase that workers. from every
section % IT, couatry should gather
ss RScoR0Nd q me dine when the
local association - ma1ktng such ..
&aatic ssrsoe0 end 0eskiuG ~ pro-
Grsss win ske csnss1Sesson - two
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