The D&RG Railroad YMCA (now the International Trade Center) was used as sleeping quarters for railroad men. "It had a big sun porch on the east, and it had a glass-enclosed reading room. The stationary boiler in the roundhouse heated the YMCA building. The two floors above the lobby were used for sleeping rooms….Each room had a hang-down electric bulb with a pull-chain switch. Also, one single bed and a little nightstand.
On the main floor of the YMCA were showers with hot and cold water, plus indoor flushing toilets. The sewer line went out into the river. There was no toilet or bathing facilities in individual rooms; everyone had to use the shower room." [Bill Burnett p. 27]
