. The city of Troy and its vicinity. se ofthe association, Theodore Voorhees,Lewis E. Gurley and Jose;h De-Golyer were appointed, in July, 1882,a l)uilding committee. On July 24,the work of for the foun-dations of the building was begun onthe plat of ground on the northwestcorner of the alley, north side ofBroadway, between the depot andSeventh Street. On Tuesday even-ing, December 19, the attractive build-ing was formally occupied. The in-terior is admirably arranged withoffices, parlors, library, reading andassembly rooms on the first and secondfloors. The cost of the building, in
. The city of Troy and its vicinity. se ofthe association, Theodore Voorhees,Lewis E. Gurley and Jose;h De-Golyer were appointed, in July, 1882,a l)uilding committee. On July 24,the work of for the foun-dations of the building was begun onthe plat of ground on the northwestcorner of the alley, north side ofBroadway, between the depot andSeventh Street. On Tuesday even-ing, December 19, the attractive build-ing was formally occupied. The in-terior is admirably arranged withoffices, parlors, library, reading andassembly rooms on the first and secondfloors. The cost of the building, in-cluding its furniture, was about $10,-000; $2,000 having been contributedby the railroad companies and $5 000by citizens of Troy, leaving an unpaiddebt of $3,000. About 1,000 vol-umes are contained in the officers : Theodore Voorhees,president; Joseph Crandall, vice-presi-dent ; Charles A. Nimmo, secretary;J. W. A. Cluett, treasurer ; AlexanderMunro, general secretary; Lewis , chairman of finance T. R. R, YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION BUILDING. 805 Troy Scientific Association, organized October, 1870, incorporatedDecember, 1874. R. H. Ward, , president; J. W. A. Cluett, firstvice-president; A. M. Wright, M. D.,second vice-president; George H. En-nis, corresponding secretary ; JosephMcKay, recording secretary and treas-urer. Microscope section : R. , M. D., chairman ; C. E. Hana-man, secretary and treasurer. Troy Steel and Iron Com-pany —A capital of $2,500,000,buildings to cover the area of a par-allelogram three-fourths of a milelong by one-fourth of a mile wide,employment for three thousand men,annual amount of wages $1,500,000,coal required 100,000 tons, capacityto produce yearly steel rails to track aroad extending from Troy to Chicago,are in part particulars sufficient to in-dicate the magnitude of the corpora-lions business. The furnaces, facto-ries, forges, mills, and offices of thecompanys extensive works in thesouth
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