The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-07-08

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Eighteen pews are valued at 81, 200
each, while the smallest and least
eligible pews are valued at $50 each.
In this church there is no sub-letting
The rents of the pews of
PLYMOUTH CHURCH
in Brooklyn are larger than those of any
other which was visited. About 200
sittings are sold annually, and in addition
there are about 500 free seats. A rent
ing price is set on each pew, the rents
amounting to S12,033 The pews are
sold at public auction at large premiums
At the last sale the highest premium
paid for a single pew was 1912. Below
this the pews went for $3.50, $685., $3.50,
1925. 1920, etc., the lowest premium
paid being SO. The sum total realized
for the present year, including premi-
ums, was ST., 165. The premiums on
chairs at the last rental were $50. A
part Of pew In many cases is re-let,
but at a rate in proportion to the cost of
the entire pew. The average cost of a
sitting to those who hold pews in Ply
mouth Church is about S35 per annum.
All the pews OF Grace Church, New York,
are sold. When the church was built
in 1917, the selling price of the pews
was In the aggregate S125,000 The
number OF pews was20S. Theyar are sub
iect to a ground rent of II per cent. on
their valuation. The highest rent paid
endowed, and much of its support is de-
rived from the profits of leases Of down.
town property. The amount of ground
rents is 1850. If pew-owner wishes
to dispose of his pew for any reason, a
ready sale is always found, and the
prices paid are largely in advance of
valuations which were assessed nearly
30 years ago. Pews have been sold for
$3.50 year in the temporary absence of
their owners. There are about 100 free
seats in the church, and seats are pro-
vided every Sunday for about 200 Ter
sons outside of the regular congrega-
ton. The system at st. PauPs Metho-
dist Episcopal Church combines both.
SELLING AND RENTING.
Pew owners pay II per centum
ground rent on the valuation, while the
assessment of those who rent pews is 10
per centum of the valuation. The
church has seating capacity OF 1900.
There are 1873 pews on the ground floor,
two-thirds of which are sold; some are
rented, while the remainder are unoc-
cupied, and so nominally free. The
gallery contains 81 pews, few of which
are sold. The assessed valuations vary
from 81, 500 to 5000. Sub-letting is
carried on to a considerable extent, but
speculation IN this matter is not allow
ed. The entire amount raised from the
pews for the support of a church is not
far from 81 900. The pews of the
Madison Square Presbyterian Church,
225 in number, are all sold. The valu-
atoms were assessed in 1858, and there
fore are not the proper basis for a rela-
tive comparison with the revenue from
rentals IN newer, uptown churches.
The values of pews on the ground floor
range from S175 to 81, 300; those in the
gallery from $500 to SIS. The ground
rent is II per centum of the valuation.
In cases of removal and for other
causes, pews are sometimes resoId: in
recent sale in this church the price was
% per centum greater than the original
valuation. The plan of sub-letting is
followed here without any restriction,
and at times as much as 800 has been
paid for single sitting. The annual
amount Of ground rents is about S16,-
500. The revenue of the
BROADWAY TABERNACLE
Congregational is very large. Since
the beginning of DIR. Taylor's passionate,
three years ago, il had been increased
from S15, 900 to S9S, 000. There are 3OS
pews in the church, and all are rented
with the exception of small number in
the gallery. The highest pew rent paid
is 1925; the lowest, $50 No premiums
are paid, and there Is no sale of pews
at auction. The church seats l,540.
The average cost of n sitting is about
SO year, and the average cost of a
pew is sl25 year. The Calvary Bap-