New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-23
TIE sEAMENs RETREAT EMBARRASSED.

CAUSES or IT'S FINANCIAL NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
SIRED BY THE TRUSTEES.
Considerable anxiety is manifested by the
trustees tho scam Retreat thi fate OF bill
now before the Legislature providing for the sale of
portion OF their property gu Sascn Island, to provide
them with means carry the institution The history
Of tn, institution ani tho cascs which have led to Its
present tnansial embarrassment follows One of
the earliest Legislatures of this State passed an
act rcaurn; n tux OF 81 IN DO levied upon
every seaman arriving at this port, and 81 80 upon
the officers and captains of vessels. The mony
roaleI WAS credo1 to IN account called the Irnc
Fund. ana to b. applied tow nd paying tho expenses
Of sick in tho different hospitals Ia the EARL
years OF tho laws operation nld5 uIte hospital priv
leees were afforded the except IN the THREE
months when quarantine regulations were in operation,
and the necessity providing hospital which should
be set apart especially for the salorF became
and apparent In the year 1889. the Legs-
latnro passed act OF incorporation providing
such place. and ~ persons were named as incor
ayor II alth officer. and Presidents OF the solnons
wins Bunk at OF the M,s,n' ,c.ty were also ts
this Commission from the Marine Fund.- and they were
from the headax there, ter With tn $4,000 they
purchased 50 acres of land at stapIeton. Staten
anoJ an pr dS 'nG s they crca ne large large
aud coInmodiOis hospitals and supplied them with all
hee remane in the treasury in The wear Isi3 81 900
In that the Legislature passed an act providing for
tho erection OF tho Mariners Family Asylum and
poraei company consisting OF ladies tn look after the
expended balance In the hands OF the trustees OF tho
Scamrn's Retreat WAS transferred to the new III
s.uon for tho purpose Of erecting the Asylum
AMI aferward 1t enacted that 10 cent Of
the received annually the sailors should be APP
pied towar It's maintenance This made perc p.bIe Dir
Ference in the available for the Semens Retreat
serious embarrassment occurred until the year
1861 when Of tho shipOwncrs. who had collected
tho head from the refused to do any
Longer and carried the into of the state Courts
which sustain a their refusal The matter was not NJ.
pcaled, and therefore ths from the
crre 10 fell on although the greater number NJ shippers
AMI sailors have continued to tho present tim' pay
voluntarily the contribution IN be used for the benefit Of
thu Institution.
The decrease OF commerce during the still further
embarrassed the trustees ~ the Retreat and they
found themselves In arrears, and were compced To
their property. which, by the advance In real estate
had become worth $25O.6OO or the borrowed
$55.OOO has been expended in repairing their build
ings AMI IN paying current expenses. ast year the
Institution again seslpportng Int large deiicrn-
have occurred every month thh year In month
amounting 10 81 100 The trustees say tnat they have
isaturc permission TO sell about - viii n they be
Hove would bring tJOUOO This they state would place
them on sunni basis and after paying on tho mortgage
would leave u $1,000 In The treasury including the
hand They claim that In addiction tO the Of
embarrassment already mentioned the fact that the
In the United Stairs service not To their
hospital increases their burdens. Most OF them
nj rly TO that institution but now for reasons
which IN" tInsfces claim Ia be ignorant 0f they sent
10 tho CITY Hospital or 10 the Brooklyn Lang fsani
College Hospital The trustees state That the $4,000
pruper diversion of the voluntary contributions OF tho
sailors who eontcn plated snch disposition Of their
money and that II tho payment 0i 10 per cent OF the
&c os Is continued should be permitted to deduct tho
5000 interest ON tho mOrtga OF the property If Tho
legislation sought for shall fall the trslecs propose ask
inS contributions from The merchants OF tho city.