New-York tribune., 1878-03-30
TRINITF'S LEASES.
SOME TENANTS EXPRESSING DlSCONTENT.
COMPLAINTS THAT An ILiBERAL POLICY Is PURSUED
GENERAL DIX's STATEMENT OF HE Diff

SOME TENANTS EXPRESSING DlSCONTENT.
COMPLAINTS THAT An nLlBERAL POLICY Is PURSUED
GENERAL DIX's STATEMENT OF HE Diff
Gully.
The dissatisfaction of q number OF Trinity
Church tenants rents and leases .Ound expression
recently In meeting and statement Of their assere ed
grievances, and a committee appointed 10 request
the church corporation TO make longer leases on oasis
Of per cent The appraised valuation of the property
The chairman had conference with General DIX who
believed that reduction of 10 per cent might be al
lowed by the trustees, reported in yesterday 3
TRIBUNE.
One OF the members o: this committee, Dr. Pbllip
Doun. OF No. l27 West Houstou-s, said recently ::
I not tenant Of the church. but my
mother II. She has complained very much lately about
the high rents. For her, j saw some or the
officers. | was told that the tenants had had
their own way under the Astor leases. bUt Hiat
Trinity Church meant IN make the property pay. J
me 10 hand In a written complaint ana N wcck Pc
Ould give answer. This did, but an answer
never came. The cooperation detllits iLat u WI Ic
cevc complaints from tenants, individually. But this
TO nothing fer the majority OF the tenants are
isfy them. The talk high rents If not vithou,
good Elsewhere prices for houses have been re-
duced here they remain the ~ ten years heo The
~ VnIcSats ia nom S,25 10 3j0 wear; 20 tbs
must be added taxes OF al least $3.50 expenses for
water and repairs viii bring the yearly rental up 20
5000 Considering the situation THIS l. excessive anG
more than the people can endure"
General John Dix. controller of the Trinity corpora
tlou said recently that thc application Of this small
body Of disaccted tenants 10 Trinity Church ~ ab
surd a number Of Mr.. AsOrs tenants 10 demand
meeting with him TO reduce rents. The church would
treat with It's tenants individually. and III no other way
hest of its ability. The main trouble he said, that
they wanted long leases on poor od ttneIncus These
Gecncd uuWIse To grant Nncu The isuir ana
Astor leases expired in 1864 aud 1866 the same rates
were gwen before, but long leases only granted
10 those would erect buildings OF brick or stone Tie
tenants had perfect liberty 10 remove thtu hods AZ the
expiration OF eases before. The c0TporatoB how
ever, would buy the old, IuinOus buildings
General DIX added "The value Of the Trinity Church
pr0perty was much exaggerated nj the recent
meeting OF these tenants Instead o. sGOHOOoOO the
property Today is worth not over e7O0OOoo IL H.
cudes 75O lOts scattered between Fulton ana Houston
sts Broadway and the North River. A few OF tbese
lots are below FutOn-st, but they are AL devoted 10
church purposes. Al one time the church owned sub
stautiay all the land from the fa;tery 70 HoustOnst.
west OF Broadway-abOu 5000 lots, hut the number
now does not exceed 7JO Two hundred OF these lots
are leased for wentyone years with the night to renew
their houses and remaining go, with the buildings,
belong the church. From tins property the income,
In round numbers, S45OOO0 last year since last
October S6i 00O has been paid In taxes. All the prop
crty free from taxation Ia the church ITSELF with It's
grounds and cemeteries, free fnrnary 0nd four SCHOOL
houses Taxes paid on every lnch of ground used
for secular purposes; this buldng-whlch stands
on COZ ner Of the cburchyatd-is taxed On the main
buk of The property-Which lies IN Hudson, Varick.
West Houston, spring and Charon-sts, the rents re-
main substantially az they were before tie war
When high prices ruled they were not raised SINCE then
they have been lowered The great body OF the ten
ants are cOutcnted."