New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-05-17
ATTACK ON TRUSTEES.
Or. Manning Says They Lost
$4,000 for Long Island Diocese.

Garden City. Long Island. May 16-There was
trouble in the Episcopal Convention OF the
Diocese OF Long Island here to-day over praise
OK the trustees Of the estate Of the diocese in
bishop Burgess's address yesterday. Bishop
frederick Burgess spoke Of the wise manage
ment on the part Of the trustees IN the handling
OF the Maurice estate at Maspeth. Queens Bor-
Ough. which was recently sold by them Tor
s2s2.OOO
To-day the Rev. DR.. John Manning. rector OF
the Church Of the Holy Comforter. Brooklyn
when Asa Bird Gardiner offered a resolution that
1900 copies Of the Bishops address be printed
offered an amendment that the part referring
70 the wisdom OF the trustees be omitted As no
one seconded the amendment IL was lost and the
original resolution was carried DR.. Manning
said later that three delegates had promised 20
second his amendment, and he could not under
stand why they went back on their word. Dr.
Manning. when he saw he had lost left the
cathedral. when the convention was In session.
and went to the Long Island Railroad station.
At the station he said that this was chance
he had been waiting for for some time. so he
could show how the mismanagement OF the
trustees had lost fully $4,000 to the diocese.
Il had three delegates who promised to second
my amendment" he said. "They were William
Craig Wilmer. Edward F. Howell and George w.
Kirke If some one had seconded my amend
ment 1 would have told Of the whole transac-
ton. and think the majority of the convention
would have agreed with me in the end. The
trustees easily lost $4,000, and to-day 1t would
be nearer 100000 Two years ago this conven-
ton gave authority 20 the trustees OF the estate
Bishop Burgess, the Rev. Henry c. Swentzel.
the Rev ]. B. Backus. the Rev T, G. Jackson,
AA4!exander E. Orr, William n. Male. Wilhelmus
Mynderse and Augustus Van Wyck-to sell the
maurice property at Maspeth.
beGore June last the trustees received an
oner OF S4Z0'OOO. About the same time I called
on BlshOp Burgess with an offer OF $4,000 for
me property At a subsequent time offered
S1S0O00-S70!O00 above the highest bidder.
that he had a bid OF 100000. 1 asked Mr.. Orr
who the party was, but he would not tell me.
told him would 81 $4,000. The board was
then holding meeting IN Brooklyn, but they did
not act on the sale that day, the reason. I do
not know. Subsequent to that offered S250,O00
and that time there was no one over IL. Mr..
AGynderse was appointed by the trustees to con-
duct the sale, and at his Office he told me that
they were advised by real estate owners not
to sell the property for some time, and he had
written to his two lawyers 70 the same effect.
The parties who connected with me told
me ten days later to make an offer Of S3OO,OOO,
which I did to Mr.. Mynderse: 100000 cash
down, 100000 in three months. and the other
100000 in six months. 1 received an imne-
date reply by letter saying that the property
had been sold. That settled it.
why Mr.. Mynderse sold the property don't
know, after his telling me that he would not
time. The whole result is that the diocese lost
$4,000 on account Of the hasty proceedings Of
the trustees"
Bishop Burgess said that DR.. Manning never
offered over 100000 for the property and that
all the dealing in regard TO the sale done
in a businesslike way. and was open and above
board. CDR. Manning never told us who the
parties he dealing with were and we could
do no business in that manner said the Bishop.
IF he had made such an offer as he claims to
have made Mr.. Mynderse would have notified
me to that effect as 1 was chairman OF that
body"
The social service committee Of the diocese.
In it's report to-day. referred at length to the
growing use Of Sunday for baseball games and
theatrical displays. Il also gave az length cor
respondence with the American Automobile As
ISOLATION relative to practice Sunday morn
ing by the contestants in the Vanderbilt Cup
races. The association promised to try TO see
that this did not occur this year
The committee congratulated the people Of
Long Island over the passage Of the bill which
prohibits racetFack within four miles Of the
Mineola courthouse. Incidentally the report
denOunces racetrack gambling and poolrOoms.
which, it alleges have greatly increased in num-
Der, thing not to be wondered at in view OF
the Legislature having permitted the racetracks
TO be state schools for the education of people
in gambling.
Several small mortgages were approved Of
where churches needed the money for perma-
nent improvements.