The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-03-03
THOUSAND
A MONTH
Cost of Conduct.
ing Central
Union.
HOW THE MONEY
Is Discussed
trustees Provide for General E.
penses-lncrease in Member
ship and Expenses.

1t costs $4,000 a year to carry on the
work of Central Union Church. The
trustees Of the church, upon whom de-
| for it's maintenance, estimate its run
ming expenses under the present regime
at that figure.
| Most people, even regular church go
ers, have but a vague idea of what it
costs to conduct the services in the
great stone building, which is both an
object of interest to tourists and the
pride of those who worship in it. When
asked what they consider is expended
to conduct its work they estimate any
where from $4,000 to $4,000, but the
| actual amount expended is, in almost
! exact figures, $4,000.
j. b. Anterior, who for twenty-five
years was treasurer for the trustees of
the present church organization, and
of the Fort Street Church before it be-
came part of Central Union, stated
yesterday that in the time he has
looked after the finances, the cost has
ranged from $4,000 to the present fig
ures. With the increase in the cost
has come also an increase in the MEM
bership of the church, which is now
about 1,G00, making the running ex-
penses per capita a little over 81 per
month.
The receipts come in from various
sources. There are the general collec-
tons taken at the services, the
amounts subscribed by the members
who pledge to give SO much every
year, special contributions and
outside gifts. The disbursements in
clude the pastors salary, which is now
$4,000, besides those for the assistant
pastor, the assistant in local mission
work, the choir and caretakers. be-
sides payments for electric light and
the incidentals which come in the
shape of repairs, expenses for fairs,
Sunday school work. special celebra-
lions, etc. The mission work outside
the LEGAL field. is paid for by special
contributions. and consists in the edu-
cation OF Hawaiian girls at Kawaiahao
Seminary, besides the mission work of
Pleasant Island, in the South Seas.
The mission work on Guam is looked
after by special contributions. and is
not taken from the general church
funds. AS the church has no taxes TO
pay, large expense Is thereby saved.
\ In his twenty-five years treasurer
ship, Mr.. Atherton says the salary OF
$500 to it's present proportions, $500 OF
which is considered the sum which the
pastor needs for parsonage rent. The
present parsonage on Thurston avenue
was bought by a number of persons
belonging to Central Union Church,
but the trustees do not recognize it as
n part of the church property. Mr.
Anterior said he did not believe in
fixing the parsonage in any particular
location, as what place would suit one
pastor as his residence would not suit
his successor. He said that one might
fancy Waikiki, the next Makiki, or
College Hills. and yet another. some
place on Nuuanu street or in the val
ley. and he believed in permitting the
pastor to select his own locality. N.
Atherton says that the vacant plot If
ground on Beretania street, adjoining
the Central Union Church building on
the Waikiki side, will probably never
be used as a dwelling place for the
pastor. 1t is now used mainly as a
place where members can tie up their
carriage horses while they are attend
ing services. The trustees consider
this necessary.