The St. Johns herald., 1893-04-20
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 a year, and the congregation will give a far larger sum to anyone that can fill his place; but, alas! such men are not to be had for money. He had a handsome inheritance which enabled him to grati- fy his unusual benevolence, says a 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 a great deal, and then it is so easy to spend money. They can readily point to other Presbyterian clergymen who are still more favored iB point of salary. Paxton is paid S1O,0OO, while John Hall has S12,OOO a year and a house worth S4, 600 in addition. Taylor, of the Broadway tabernacle, receives S16,00 but pays his own rent. His congregation however, carries $50, ,000 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 SS, 900 and house, which is such handsome pay that Father Ignatius ex- pected liberal fee for preaching in St. 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 house, the salary is only S6,0O0. We reach bigger figures at St. Bartholomew's, where Rector Green is paid 900 and a house. His congregation includes the Vanderbilts, whose father (William) was buried from that church, on which occasion admission was by ticket. Rector Brown of St. Thomas also receives Ss, 900 and a house, with the satisfac- ton of having the most fashionable congregation in the city. Rector Hunt ington of Grace is paid Ss,0OO, but the rectory is the most spacious in the city except Bishop Corrigan's palace. Grace church was at one time the cen BcT Ol luSIllOIl. DuJ IL ID uCH COIlDC1lCu to live on the memory of the past.
 Morgan Dix, the rector of Trinity church, has a large staff of assistants. His salary is S12,000 and an allowance for house rent equal to S4,000 year. The assistants who serve Trinity chapel and St. Paul's receive S7,5OO, which is large pay for small work. Trinity .- l,o ,.- really worth S1OO, coo, coo but its income may not be so large as that valuation naturally represents. At the lowest estimate, however, it is from S2,OOO,0OO to 8, ,0O0, ,0OO. The cashier or comp troller" is Stephen V. E. Crugcr, who receives S1O,OOO 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- sidered Trinity's poorest property, but it brought $40O, 1000, 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 S9,000 and his house rent, which is S3,0O0 additional. The Potters are 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 S6,0O0 men, but the lat ter makes a handsome addition by featuring. 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 Chapin in the Church of the Divine Paternity (Universalist), is also a S6,OO0 man. The rich reformed Dutch church pays each of its pastors SS,OOO, with a retiring pension of more than half pay. The latest pensioner is Ormiston, whose voice and health have utterly failed, and yet his intellect is in normal condi- tion, rendering his retirement very painful. The most independent or rather unrestricted preacher is Charles F. Deems. Commodore Vanderbilt be- queathed him S20,OOO in money and the life use of large church. Deems has no board of trustees and all he needs is a sexton, choir and some one to att tend to pew-letting and collecting rents. He is indeed the most autocratic preacher of the present age; but this privilege will die with him, for the church will then revert to the Wander bilt estate. It is the only church in the world whose existence rests on one persons life.
 4 Dangerous Proceeding. A workman at the Davenport Qa.) ! gas works concluded the other day that