New-York tribune., 1909-02-11

that She Legislature had power to repeal the act
@ Oh ~ put the committee reported that bill to
power, and in the report they used the following
bity TO which the vestry can be held as secnf
tate 1eF csp 3 RT9PeE . III Of their va Ess
islature This, in its own nature, must be irregu-
un=ssactoriness mess geneTag os The courts Of
t 1ew are TOO expensive and TOO tedious to make It
Nor doeI inGoe tg with cooperation worth n n1iIong %
responsibi,ity can be secured enthusiastically any
Bishop Potter testiies that he has no power to
SPerFse the grants Of the Xestry; that his assent
they make no report Of their doings in money mat
Iers either TO him or TO the convention of the do-
financial affairs OF the corporation that it is not
regard to the making Of grants and that he does
not wish to be thus consulted; that he is even
cause Of their debt and the committee further goes
and has been for a long time wholly neutralzed by
the fact that the vestry never present any report
in ignorance. enjoy a degree OF satisfaction with
real s somittfs further 70 that as
and responsible administration Of the immense
vestrv be required 10 furnish TO all their corpora
tors tors ful and minute statement and details OF
cificaily stating what lots were sold or Te,et and
other property and the increase drninution in
the value of the estate They further state that
complete list Of all the corporators Of the parish.
as Ine evidence proves InorS was Ol1nculty IN
obtaining such list TO that end the committee
recommended the passage of an act amending the
was introduced in the Senate to-day by Senator
The Senate In 1857. toward the close OF the ses
sion Of that year passed the bin but netting aftep
it was ever reported to the Assembly has not been
Assembly by Mr. i'f Broug Which pToTided for the
consolidation of Episcopal churches This bill had
became lsw and Trinity church inmsdiatseiy
at 1OSth street. Broadway. and the report is
that that church is TO be demolished and church
at , 155th street and BTOsdWay: ,.,o. ;, r-,u
ity Church gives almost no details as 10 how the
income is spent It appears that Trinity Church
St 8eness Capei IN west sad street Both Of
rich and Weiito-do classes They are amply able
to support their own churches, schools and parish
out the policy which it seems TO have adopted years
ago in maintaining these chapels at the expense OF
municants Of those houses OF worship. At St
son dTs s ana te ns3I1 nfore m for the most part
fronts west OF Central Park. Enormous sums are
sPnop oPSnt eaoh Of sny Be more wisely
spent the lower West side in the nelghoornooo
time to time given some information in in regard to
Houses n oned bY TRy % curch and it has been
suggested that some of the moneys no* spent tor
ment Of those who can well AFFORD to nay for It
might more prota6ly be ePsn%dsd % IN makns ba sGe
II is currently reported that at the time DR.. Dix
was Installed as rector Of Trinity the New YORK
Central Railroad Company, which had oeen Tor TOT
many years endeavoring to purchase 81. J0hns arrS
Park from Trinity Church was enabled 20 carr s
out its desire. which II mad been prevented from
carrying by reason OF the fact that the previous
ccfcr would not consent the sale OF the prop
erty because Or. Dix was not familiar with the
zishes OF the previous rector, and therefore CON
sented 70 the sale OF the property. II is also re
rorted that Dr. Dix would not consent TO close 81
Johns Chapel, although the vestry wanted him 10
40 So but that the vestry easily persuaded young
Tr Manning TO accede to their wishes and II is pc
iieyed that If he had been aware Of the geat oeLe
81 commandments of The Episcopal Church throdgh-
out the city TO maintain that ancient LANDMARK ne
would have withheld his signature.
AssenbIynan Cuvier OF New York who recent
II, introduced bill providing for commission 10
Investigate Trinity Church asked the Assembly
U-avs and Means Committee to-day TO hx GATE
eo- hearing on his bill. but the committee hatiS
refused on the ground that Trinitys affairs Wer7
not proper subject for a legislative inVesls1'ioN'
b,,r rather for the courts to decide. Assenoiyiran
Toombs notwithstanding tie action OF the coifirli,
Zee said to-day that intended TO introduce Dil
,x,sd,ng for legislative investigation OF 1rlnl'E'
So ,,,at IT'S provisions would be somewhat diner
ent from the Cuvillier bill