The New York herald., 1870-02-22
A SENSATION" EXPLODED.
What it is Said the Trinity Church Corporation
Pays Its Employees and What it Does
Pay-The Truth in Nutshell
That Strike Hoax"

sensational array OF alleged Facts setting forth
The Trinity corporation as guilty OF most irregious
closeness In the payment OF It's employees, from rec
tor down to Its choristers appeared yesterday In
city sensation daily, which turns out to be utterly
devoid or any foundation In fact. 1t Is needless to
state that scarcely single statement IN the entire
article Ia true
First, In the article In question are given the
salaries Of the teachers OF the five schools connected
with the Trinity parish 1t Is stated that the prnci
pals OF these schools paid only $1,000 salary and
5000 to the assistants On the contrary the princl-
pals each pad, with the exception OF the one IN
charge OF the Trinity chapel school, 81, 500 salary,
$1,000 being PAID to the last only, the attendance
at this school compared with that at the Others is
very small, while to the assistants are paid 500
each. u Is said that these assistants give music
lessons and work at other empoyments, and thus
"barely keep themselves alive" As part of the
biography OF a 'Poor Young Man." gotten up In the
highly colored style OF the Partisan fiction OF this
name, thus looks cruelty severe IN type, but It's
truth as Its basis. Next In order are presented
the glowing outlines OF "the huge lott in
used BY poor DR.. Cutler, the eminent oraanst OF
Trinity as bedchamper, because he found IL im.
possible to hire respectable house from mlsera-
Die salary" As Dr. Cutler never occupied THIS loft
the pertlnency OF this attempt at lofty writing ID
very apparent The third subject ventilated is the
salaries OF the musical stan are not princely Mr.
Messter the 0rganist, receiving 1900 year. ana
the chorlsters 81 q 81 week. Many would suppose
the Organlsts are well PAID even at the amount
stated, considering the slight draught that made
their time but the fact Is all Of the organists
aud Trinity chapel receive $500 salary each.
Among the poorly paid ch0rsters Is mentioned
Martin Lee. IL 80 happens that advance In years,
which likewise brought with them no advance In
pay, as they do with all the best voiced choristers,
compelled him to leave the choir some time ago, SO
tnat the sympathy sought to be excited In his
case Is rather ltimeJ. Further on comes the
statement that 'the clergy, who do the hardest
work, VINO pray and preach and minister TO the rich
aud bapIlze, receive less than Journeymen shoe
makers" and IN the same connection II Is stated
that "two consecrated dvines were recently Obliged
to quit Trinity church and st. Paus chapel because
their stipends were 30 miseraby poor.n The truth
is more briefly told than these quotations. Rev.
Mr.. Van Kleeck, one OF the clergymen referred to,
lett over year ago. the other clergyman, Rev.
listers, or deacons as they are called, are only
appointed for year. They receive liberal
salaries As I0r the leading ministerial salaries
Rev. Dr. DIX, rector, receives $4,000 . year.
with house, and Rev. Drs. Vinion, Haight
Weston and Swope, $4,000 each, while Rev.
touchngly commiseralng paragraph IL written
about the sexton OF Trinity church, and his sleeping
Ia the church on account OF his begVarly paw.
His salary Is $1,000 year, and the perquisltes
doubtless twice as much more paid by those going
up the steeple to enjoy the unparalleled view from
Its "wind0wed heightn
Johns chapel are not worth contradlct,ng, as also
the attack on the vestry. Fdlsus IN uno Jaisus in
0nlbtIs tells the whole story. Such IA this sensa-
ZION dissectcd; such the truth In a pulske Of the
alleged strike IN Trinity church,