The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-23


[ Nov. TO- 1851. the city conveyed to 1t 80
/ acres on Randall island. The Catholic
! prOtectory, which does for Catholic chill
/ dren what the house of refuge does for
I Protestant children, has never received
any grant or lease of land from the city
or state.
Z. Nursery and Child's Hospital-The
| city granted the land on which its build
ings are erected, on Lexington and Fifth
avenues, between Fifteth and Fifty-hrst
streets.
s. St. Philips Church-This is a Protes-
tant Episcopal church for Colored per
! sons. In 1897 the city conveyed to IT for
81 a plot of land, 50X2o0 feet, on First
street for a burying ground.
3. Church of the Redeemer-The city
granted permission in 1854 to the Protes-
tant Episcopal Church of the Redeemer to
occupy a plot of land, extending 204 feet
on Fourth avenue, 30 feet on Eighty
first street ana 100 feet on Eighty-second
street, during the good will of the council.
A frame church was built on the plot and
used until 1855 A controversy then arose,
which was settled by the city conveying in
fee simple eight lots. in size 2oOxl)O feet,
on Eighty-second street and Park avenue,
for consideration of $57 500, of which
$500 was paid at that time and the pal
ance secured by mortgage at per cent.
for ten years. This property is appraised
as worth between S73, 900 and $4,000.
TO- st. Luke's Hospital-Two-thirds of
the land occupied by this hospital was or
iginally a grant from the city, though not
to this particular hospital In 1851 the
council authorized the transfer Of the land
to the managers of st. Lukes. It is de-
nominational in government and charac-
ter. 1t was established for the purpose
Of affording medical and surgical aid and
nursing to sick or disabled persons and
also to provide them, while inmates of the
hospital. with the ministraUOns of the
gospel agreeable to the doctrines and
forms of the Protestant Episcopal
church" Service is daily held. Though
accident cases are freely admitted, yet
patients are not usually received except
on payment
II. Mount Sinai Hospital-This is for the
Jews, but with the tolerance and the lib
crafty marking this race all denomina-
tons are admitted and allowed the min
istrations of clergymen of their choice.
The ground was leased at a rental of 81
for ninety-nine years, on May 81, 1871. 1t
consists of 200 feet on Lexington avenue
and 40 feet on Sixty-sixth and Sixty-sev-
entn streets. In December, 1898, the city
further leased on same conditions 100 feet
on Lexington avenue and rs feet on Six
ty- seventh street.
y. The German hospital in January,
1872, obtained a lease of it's land for nine
ty-nine years at 81.
49, Haknemann hospital has leased
from the city on like condition 200 feet on
Fourth avenue and 125 feet on SiXty-sev-
enth and Sixty-eighth streets.
a. New York State WOman's Hospital
In the hospital the patients in extreme
cases" are allowed the services of a cler-
gyman. 1t secured for 81 the whole block
between Fourth and Lexington avenues
and Forty-ninth and Fiftieth streets.
10 Deaf and Dumb Institutlon-Though
this is supported chiefly by the state,
- ,,g,,y 4y,f
agement. The pupils attend Protestant
service every day. In 1927 the city, for
81, conveyed a tract of land, between
Fourth and Fifth avenues, extending from
Forty-ninth TO Fiftieth streets, and 207
feet wide on each street.
16. The Association for the Improved
Instruction of Deaf Mutes-This institu-
ton secured Aug. l. 1870. from the city
for ninety-nine years, a lease of block of
land, 200 feet on Lexington avenue and
loo feet on Sixty-seventh and SiXty-eighth
streets for the consideration of 81.
Here are nineteen institutions to which
the city has made grants of land; only
three are Catholic. The rest with unlm-
portant exceptions are Jewish and Prot
estant. The most considerable grant to
Catholic institutions was made to the or
phan asylum, yet one must consider
that, in 1896 when the grant was made,
the value of the property was probably
not so great as the value of the land
granted fifteen years later to the Hebrew
orphanage. But Bishop Nelson has based
his argument on the grant of S., 526 1888 dur
ing ten years TO various Ctaholic institu-
tons | ask: Why did not Bishop Nelson
tell the amount of money received by non
Catholic institutions during that time?
Did the bishop know? If not, does he con-
slider it Just to make a charge implying
that only Catholic institutions are thus
made REGIMENTS of public fundS2
l merely refer your readers to the Off
cial records. The last report which
have obtained Is for the year ending Dec.
| 81 1892 This, I am told, is the last report
published, and there has been no impor-
tant change made since this time.
| There are four funds from which moneys
are paid by the city of New York to pri-
vate charities.
/. An allowance granted by the legis-
| lature, by special statute, to various insti-
| tutions
.. The excise money.
s. Theatrical licenses.
A. The corporate school fund.
AS to the first, there are two kinds of al
| lowances-the first, per capita for each
inmate; and, the second, a general grant
or gift irrespective of numbers, report of
/ work or other conditions. The entire fund
disbursed in 1892 was $1,000 6703l. OF this
sum the allowance per capita was ST.,
| 100, 67031. and of this the Catholic institu-
lions received $55S.07S.22, and the non
Catholic institutions received $542, 592. 90. OF
the second class of fixed grants, made
without regard to reports or results, its
distribution was as follows:
Children's Aid Society. 70, OOC
American Female Guardian Society 25,00C
Shepherds Fold of the Protestant
Episcopal church..,................ 5,OOC
TOTAL ............... 5000
Not a Catholic institution received a
penny.
The excise money is distributed in &C.
cordance with the number of children
committed as vagrant, destitute. aban.
doned or criminal, TO asylums. reformato.
ries and other institutions authorized BY
law to receive them. 1t is given out
monthly and upon statements made by
the various institutions and verified by
the returns of the magistrates. This rule
has one exception. The excise money dis.
bursed in 1892 amounted to 1896 $50 as, OF
which five non-Catholic institutions re.
ceived sos 1854 and thirteen Catholic
ones. at the same per capita rate, S591 =,
S2A72. The exception to this rule is tho