New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-20
TRINITY'S SIDE OF 1T.
DR. DIX ON THE CORPORATIONS TENE-
MENT-HOUSES.

lighthouses.
A REPLY TO SOME RECENT CRITICIsM-PRAc-
rIcALLY NO LIQUOR SELLING on PREMISES
OWNED BY THE CHURCri-sTATE-
MENTs OF vESTRYMAN.
The Rev. Dr. Morgan Dix. rector Of Trinity Par
ish undertakes in the coming issue of The Church-
man for this week a defence of the Trinity Church
tenemen;s under investigation. IN ie''er oi
considerable length He says in part
Our tenement houses are for the most part: sn,a
structures rarely more than Two or s 're fami,ies
old buildings. formerly occupied as priVa,e
much worn; for houses, like men and women VIII
grow Old and show the ravages OF unei cert,,n
Chnrch have been the Subject Of testmony more
mony been given to the public by Inc Ms
pemped these r@s Of public
beyond their proper province 10 ronS brough their
able staff Of reporters and to institute investigation
on their h ras pub S WITH
of character with which we are so S,p ,aI paces
on Land owned by the Corporaton ,Fri GGrsa
Death Rate in Trinity Tenements." Trinity worse
than Tamman%
THE LIQUOR QUESTION
Tho louor question is not OF the subjects re-
f.rred IN the Tenement House Commission. ana
brief narrative of the facts will show how misiead-
ing is this grauous attack in respect to the
In February. 1874 the following resolution was
pasTsse ere e' shall 1 be- Inserted hereafter in all short
leases granted by the church covenant cc,p oan
neither the tenant nor any b or sSa
sen or expose for sale. or permit TO De soi .,
a1y Strong 1o or sptuou liquors vine ale or beer or
take have license iGr s sibs sS resolution was
passes That in all leases hereafter granted
of
nerai in which no new condition can be required
, thsfe no na spruous or Intoxicating liquors shall be
I'D on no PREMISES, and that this covenant slaI
be in II the form adopted for leases OF one ana
This p sl has Of 9fi land sf1 ore a Mich
long to Trinity Cooperation there are IL , Is cs
but ssysn an presen, ssee their leases
not having expired b rf S SHSeP'S lenses made IN
carly DAYS containing covenants OF renewal mn n
entitled re sm 10 than those conane the FIRST
There not IN 1ne cry Which is 50 free from
the LIQUOR influence as that belonging 10 the ir'n'''
Corporation
IMPROVEMENTS BEING MADE
=, difference to the tenemen-house question
.no,or a few statements of general character
49,, no useful 10 quiet the apprehensions OF 'he
10 ~ tho church 1t should be understood.
Gov exarnple that none of the houses criticised
were build by Trinity Church. The lands on which
they stand was leased Years ago Sy ERECTED by sub
on long nf ibs original essees dwelling houses
and nn iSe tenants the
church corporation acauired ,H ,eev renewed the
eases year after year they have expended large
sums of money IN IMPROVING ,nr tng rear buildings
~, nrnvent the too close contiguty of dwellings
It'd may SIe he s 9d h lhS been i'm
provements but that is the easy Tea he Tn
fbn ccrpora,or must Be the Judge of its ability
10 90 an I'M INA anre excessive death rate in houses
on our property. | have no information as 10 ihg
believe them to be fallacious nm ,..uv
The responsibilities of the corporation are many
eXactirg requirements of the times They value 1n
the good opinion Of their ecb ,hey are
charged ana hope to pass Il on to their successors
ion of il BY persons who occupy the posi-
ton of self-constl,uted critics and judges
WHAT A vEsTRYMAN SAYS.
one OF the vestryrnen Of Trinity Church last
evening said that il was an undoubted TACT that
ne-tenths Of the. statements made about TriHity
church tenement -hou-es we're untrue. and the rest
OF them were By accurate. Most OF the
statements in the newspapers, said the reporter y
informant gives the Trinity Church corporation
credit for owning things which they do not own,
and give them credit for being the proprie'ors OF
tenementG which stand either on land they 90 not
own or Oh land which they have let on long leases
and from which Trinity Church corporation re-
ceivcs only ground ren:s. Trinity Church Is 10
more responsible for houses which have been put
up on such leased land than IL H. for the condition
Of the city Hall for the unsanitary condition
Of the white House
The worst than can be alleged" continued the
reporters informant. against the tenement-'ouses
belonging to The Trinity Church cor2oratio, is
that they are for the most part extremely o'N
DWELLING. which were years ago converted into
tencmonts without inside plumbing. and are now
in a transition state ana being condemned
and rebuilt for business purposes generally as