The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-05-11
THE LAW COURTS.


Il Befors Hen Judge 8AEazds 49,.
Trustee. q dc ss..sI 1S,ys ia d. css
New York for aAe Sale n tk Properly -lThis Ms motion
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city 10 sell and convey their lands the church stu
ate thereon The petitioners were incorporated under
g. 1854 entitled An act TO enable ell religious denomi
nations in this State 10 appoint trustees who shall DO
body ior Inc OF taxing care tenn
purposes therein MENTIONED The church property was
conveyed to the trustees by Charles and Sarah john
son, and by Anthony and Sarah A. Rutgers in April,
1885, On the 10th Of March, 1852 letter was presented
to the joint board Of sessions and trustees of the Scotch
weh Ssy y .s
advisable to the present place OF worship to me
convenient location, and requesting the joint board
to appoint two Of their number to CALL with little delay
possible every person In the church entitled vote
to solicit their votes in favor of against the case
judges Of the Supreme Court for pescn TO dispose Of
the church property the Of Grand and Crosby
streets, in such manner as may be deemed advisable
and to provide another place Of worshsp, with the
Outstanding that such place of worship shall not above
Fourteenth street, and shall be between broadway
The limits thus spccifed, and authorizing the peti-
TONERS to consider the persons whose signed
to the letter as in favor Of the measure and to
insert them In the list Of the voters accordingly.
On the 18th March, 49, in accordance with the request
contained in the letter committee appointed by the
the congregation in reference to the proposed removal
One hundred and six persons in favor of the pro
posed removal; seventeen were opposed to III sixteen
Indifferent in the matter and thirtytwo declined
expression of opinion The Board Of Trustees also
ceived letter signed by 81 pew owners in the church.
who cordially assented the proposed change and to
such disposition the present site church edco as
in the judgment Of the trustees might be conducive to
that end At meeting Of the Board of Trustees held
the oath March, 49, it resolved that 1t expedient
apply to the Supreme Court for permission to sell tho
lands and the church at the Of Crosby and Grand
streets 1t is further commended that unless this removal
is made several wealthy and numerous families already
weared by the delay, will leave tho church at once
thus not only deprving the church OF the income
for the present expenses but putting out OF the
power Of the congregation to advantageously at
future period; that the corporation Is without pcrma-
nent fundsthe proceeds Of the property held by it will
not be sufficient to provide suitable place of worship,
and that reliance for the supply Of deficiency placed
upon the persons who about to leave the church
that should this present application be denied when
the church is moved as moved it must be- at distant
day it will be difficult, if not impossible to meet the
also state that the site Of the present church is becoming
very unpleasant for place of worship that Grand street
is even now quite thoroughare, and win doubtless
every year become still more SO that the congregation
is greatly annoyed by tho noise and hustc especially of
military funerals, which frequent in that vicinity
on the Sabbath BESIDES the character of tho neigh
borhood renders unpleasant and ut times unsafe espe
cay for ladies' to attend evening services in this church.
that the relative position of the house of worship has
Being as il was fifteen years ago the centre Of
the congregation if the tide Of population still continues
upward it will in very short time be its southern
verge that the great of its worshippers
reside above it, of them far up Thirty first
street and that many of the most and wealthy
families connected with the church reside about Seven
teenth Twenty first and Twenty streets that
not their wish to remove far up town as the rapid
growth of city and the changes OF resi-
dences would seem to just that their object Is to
keep the materials Of the church together and that all
they desire, to remove to place about the centre Of
the present congregation, although it not to be
pected that in like the contemplated there
should BIO entire unanimity and that although 1t
impossible to meet the individual convenience and
to secure the universal concur encc, of people scat
tered from Thirty first street to the Battery and from
Brooklyn to Hoboken yet that the trustees truly
that disposition to yield to the necessities of the
case-o sacrifice personal convenience for the good Of
the churchhas widely prevailed and degree Of harmo
ny has been attained beyond their expectations.
The application was opposed and the further argu-
ment adjourned.