New-York tribune., 1912-12-01
BOROUGH GOSSIP
BROOKLYN Minister Refuses $500
Increase in Salary.


He is the Rev. c. B. Schuchard. for the
,,,t eight months pastor of the Christ
Enelish Lutheran Church, at Broadway
ard lafayette avenue. The annual meet
ing OF the members was held AT the
church on Tuesday evening, and q feso-
mtion 10 increase the pastors salary was
unanimously passed. In response Mr.,
sehuchard arose and told his flock that
be thanked them and appreciated their
yood will. but he did not think that he
had been with the church long enough 10
Justify. him in accepting an increase in
salsry9 lie declared that he. as pastor,
knew better than any one else the imam
ciarcondtion of the church, and he con-
sldeYed that IL wac ooly just that he
should make some SsRcrNee for the gen
,ral cause His sapshce would take the
form Of refusing an increase in salary
Since Mr. Schuchard has been with the
church he has wiped out a debt Of $500
through his personal efforts. and isnnow
devoting his energies toward deantds up
a $4,000 mortgage. The membership OF
the church has been growing steadily
since the beginning Of his pastora4e.
81 Pauls Methodist Episcopal Church
Al Richards and Sullivan streets. may
mass into the hands of the Bfhelship
Danish Methodist Episcopal rhptch. St
paurs has been decreasing id usefu!pess
for the last twenty years. and now has
an attendance that fluctuates from 10 10
1s at regular meetings. The Rev. Row
land Hnl pastor of the FIRST, Place
Methodist Episcopal Church, has been
hooking after the little flock. and his
church will take in St. Pauls members If
the Bethelship's proposal be accepted
In spite Of the dwindling of the members
more than $4,000 has been expended on
the organization jim the last two decades
and seems to have been wasted. Ihe
Bethelship offers TO give in exchange lot
81 PauTs Church its building, which cost
gOo0o and on which $1,000 has been eX-
nended. II also offers TO give SS,cco
mortgage. non-interest bearing, for the
FIRST three wears. The Bethelship pro-
noses TO convert ST. Pauls Church Into
sailors mission. Baths will be installed
IN the basement and the adjoining par
sonage will be converted into a lodging
house and restaurant. while a part Of the
grounds will be used as woodward where
sailors without money may earn the
price Of their board and keep.
One Of the most earnest OF the many
organizations that are cooperating in the
movement for a memorial to Monsignor
william ]. White is the Erie Basin Board
Of grade. The members of that organi-
sation regard Father White as their foun-
der. and the business men OF the Erie
Basin. without regard to creed or race
are working together to raise consid-
erable sum as their contribution 10 the
fund for a social settlement house, which
will stand as a memorial TO the dead
priest w. Fred Silleck, president or the
Erie Basin Board of Trade, has already
made an advance payment of more than
200 to Francis X. Carmody, chairman OF
the Monsignor White Memorial Commit
Tee. and expects to turn In many hundreds
more as the subscriptions are collected.
In turning over the first collections TO
the chairman of the committee. Mr.. Sill
leck made statement Of the Rev Father
Whites relations to the board Of trade
which has greatly impressed the commit
Tee. As pastor Of the Church Of tre Visi-
tstion, the clergyman concerned ahimself
With The physical and moral as well a.
the spiritual welfare Of the people OF the
Red Hook section IL was with a desire
10 benefit the section that he asked the
business men to meet and organize for
a. % al
and the Erie Basin Board OF Trade was
the result. During the remainder Of his
days Or. White was in constant touch
with the board and suggesting plans for
its activities. The first project he took up
with the members was a playground for
the children. This wac secured and is
known throughoutthe section as Father
Whites playground" His next ambition,
a public library. stlll remains to be
achieved
II was Tour years ago that ! first met
Nonsienor White" Mr. Silleck told Mr.
Carmody. 81 had come into the section
as a builder and was busy preparing 10
pot up a row Of houses when the Rev.
Father White called on me and introduced
Hiuctls Ilt fdlQ if hoh hN"'N "~N
about TO build. and he wanted TO know
what kind OF buildings intended to put
up. He was very glad when he learned
that they were not to be big tenements.
Most Of the buildings here are old frame
structures, and with the advance in land
values the natural tendency is for them to
ee torn down to be replaced by five story
ocusle-deckers, incubators, as the build
ers call them, with provision for twenty
families In a building. Dr. White ex-
psined that he was fighting to keep such
structures out of the neighborhood, as
uiey gave children no protection and pre-
vented them from growing up properly
That was the beginning OF our ac-
quaintance. II was typical Of his char
~cter. The next time we met he talked
soout clean streets, playground for the
'niioren and library. Later on ne sug-
sested that the business men should get
"gether 10 work for the good Of the sec
uon. ! never heard him discuss religion.
Athough he was absolutely loyal to the
Nnets OF his Church, he recognized the
'snt Of every other man TO his own creed
sao form Of worship. All our talks were
s0out conditions In this section and ways
improve them. He kept always In
~'no the Importance Of good homes. clean
.ueeis and healthful conditions as a
ssns TO securing spiritual welfare.
nis advice TO the business men to or
,size led 10 the formation of the Erie
ssln Board of Trade. and he was our
,her and associate until his death. He
a az active part In settling a strike we