The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-07-24
CLERICAL SALARIES.
The Liberal Remuneration Re-
ceived by Noted Divines-
Handsome Incomes from Dispensing the
Gospel of Jesus Christ Among
the Citizens of New
York City.

Howard Crosby received.Ss, 900 year,
and the congregation win give far
larger sum to anyone that can I'LL his
place; but, alas! such men are not to
be had for money. He had handsome
inheritance which enabled him to graft
fy his unusual benevolence, says New
York correspondent of the Troy Times.
Parkhurst and Booth (also Presbyte-
rians) each receive the same amount,
which seems large, but these men have
so many ways for money that they do
not get rich very fast. They have a
long summer vacation, which costs
great deal, and then it is so easy TO
spend money. They can readily point
to other Presbyterian clergymen who
are still more favored il point OF
salary. Paxton is paid $4,000, while
John Hall has $4,000 year and
house worth $1,000 in addition. Taylor,
Of the Broadway tabernacle, receives
$4,000, but pays his own rent. fils
congregation however, carries S3O,OOO
life insurance for his family. which Is "A
very handsome addition, and he may
certainly be considered ''well-to-do IN
the world
Rector Rainsford of st. Georges re-
ceives s. 900 and Il house, which Is such
handsome pay that Father Ignatius eN-
pected a liberal fee for preaching in IT.
Georges pulpit. Rainsford. however,
rendered him only $50, which he re-
turned as being too small for the occa-
sion, and in this manner Rainsford
came out $50 ahead. Rector Satterlee
of Calvary is not so well paid for,
though he has n house, the salary Is
only 81. 900. We reach bigger figures
at St Bartholomew, where Rector
Green is paid -, 900 and a house. His
congregation includes the Nanderbilts,
whose father (WiIliam) was buried
from that church, on which occasion
admission was by ticket. Rector
Brown of St Thomas also receives
s., 600 and a house, with the satisfac-
ton of having the most fashionable
congregation in the city. Rector Hunt
ington of Grace is paid $4,000, but the
rectory is the most spacious III the city
except Bishop CorriEan's palace.
Grace church was at one time the cen
ter of fashion, but it is now compelled
To live on the memory of the past.
Morgan Dix, the rector of Trinity
church, has a large staff of assistants.
His salary is $4,000 and an allowance
for house rent equal to $1,000 year.
The assistants who serve Trinity chapel
and st. PauIs receive $500, which is
large pay for small work. Trinity
estate is the greatest in America and Is
really worth SlCo.Co0,0O9 hut its income
may not be 50 LARGE as that valuation
naturally represents. At the lowest
estimate. however, IL Is from 1000, 900
TO S3,0O0.0O0 The cashier or comp
troller" is stephen V. Il. Cruger, who
receives $4,000 a year for signing
checks. the real work being done by
his clerks He is rich by inheritance,
while his wife is noted as a clever au-
thor. her pen name being Julien Cor
don.
The efforts of the Protestant Episco-
pal church in this city are now directed
TO the construction of grand cathedral.
Trinity. however, can do the whole
work alone out of the advance in real
estate during the next decade. To
prove this | refer to the recent sale of a
plat containing less than an acre. to
the government for the appraisers
warehouse. The locality is in what
once was Greenwich village, once con-
siderod Trinity's poorest property. but
it brought 500, ,OOO being an estimated
advance of double in ten years. and all
of Trinity's property is advancing at
the same rate. To return TO salaries.
Bishop Potter receives $4,000 and his
house rent, which is $1,000 additional.
The Potters are n rich family, and How
ard Potter, brother of the bishop, is up
among the millions. all made in the
banking house of Brown Bros, OF
which he is now senior partner. Their
wealth, however, has always been
identified with good purposes.
Heber Newton and Robert Collyer
are among the s., 900 men, but the lat
ter makes a handsome addition by
lecturing. He does not, however, hold
the same distinction here that he did
in Chicago, nor does Kittredge, which
shows how easily New York dwarfs
Chicago men. Eaton, who succeeded
Chaplin in the Church of the Divine
rLternity CUniversalist). is also a SO, ,OOC
man. The rich reformed Dutch church
pays each of its pastors 5000, with a
retiring pension of more than half pay.
The latest pensioner is OrIniston, whose
voice and health have utterly failed,
anu y tb MS Intellect IL III normal COnu-
ton, rendering his retirement very
painful. The most independent or
rather unrestricted preacher is Charles
T. Deems. Commodore Vanderbilt be.
queathed him $50, 900 in money and the
life use of large church. Deems has
no board of trustees and all he needs is
n sexton, a choir and some one to at.
tend 70 Pew-letting and collecting rents.
lie is indeed the most autocratic
preacher of the present age; but this
privilege viii die with him, for the
church win then revert to the Wander
bilt estate. 1t is the only church in
the world whose existence rests on one
persons life.