. History of the Pennsylvania Railroad Department of the Young Men's Christian Association of Philadelphia . Garden Streets, on theevening of November 28, 1886. Thirty-six railroad men were presentand seven new names were added. The work was growing slowlybut not discouragingly. THE YEAR 1887. From November 28, 1886, to January 23, 1887, meetings werenot held owing to extra services in the churches incident to theChristmas holidays intervening; the committee in charge, however,secured the temporary use of a dwelling-house at 118 North Thirty-second Street, in which, from January 23 to February
. History of the Pennsylvania Railroad Department of the Young Men's Christian Association of Philadelphia . Garden Streets, on theevening of November 28, 1886. Thirty-six railroad men were presentand seven new names were added. The work was growing slowlybut not discouragingly. THE YEAR 1887. From November 28, 1886, to January 23, 1887, meetings werenot held owing to extra services in the churches incident to theChristmas holidays intervening; the committee in charge, however,secured the temporary use of a dwelling-house at 118 North Thirty-second Street, in which, from January 23 to February 20, 1887,they held Sunday afternoon services; from the latter date untilApril 17, the services were held in the homes of railroad men inWest Philadelphia. Early in March, 1887, the parent Associationappointed J. A. Keesberry, Charles G. Cadwallader, James S. Stack-house, Deloss Everett, W. H. Barron, John Hait, Charles Knapp,Alfred McMinn, James M. Hodge, J. L. McClellan, Justus Law,Theodore A. Myers, James Caum and Reese L. Hannum, all Penn-sylvania Railroad men and churchmembers, as a Committee of 12. THE SECOND HOME OF THE DEPARTMENT. AT 3607 HAVERFORD STREET. Management for the Department, They were divided as to denom-inations as follows: Methodist 5; Presbyterian, 4; Baptist, 2; Episco-palian, 1; Lutheran, 1; Christian Church, 1. This committee heldits first meeting on Monday afternoon, March 14, 1887, and organ-ized by electing the following officers: J. A. KeESBErry, G. Cadwallader, Hait, Recording M. Hodge, Treasurer. At the time when the parent Association appointed the Com-mittee of Management it announced the appointment of the follow-ing officials of the Pennsylvania Railroad as an Advisory Com-mittee: N. Parker ShortridgE, Director. WisTAR Morris, Director. Henry D. Welsh, Director. J. N. Du Barry, Third Vice-President. John C. Sims, Secretary. Robert W. Smith, Treasurer. John Scott, General Solicitor. Stephen W.
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