New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-14
CENSURE OF TRINITY
TURNED into PRAISE
Due to Great Improvement
of Living Conditions
of Tenants.
RENTS STILL LOW,
AS REPORT SHOWS
DR.. Manning Makes Mild Thrust
at Those Opposing Change OF
Name of Episcopal Church.

Trinity Parish. whose record as
,s,6lord has cost il the criticism OF
philanthropists and newspapers oil inc
city. is persisting in its enort 10 oet'ei
the living conditions Of It's tenants ac-
cording 10 its annual report, gwen Out
,.es,erdav OF the 459 dwelling houses
., sround owned by the church $40 are
ou,ned and controlled by Trinity, ana
1i3 belong 10 lessees. The NUMBER OF
houses standing on parish ground ou'
not owned by the church was reduced pS
oS in q wear. and In those that remain
The aim is 10 obtain the best possloie
housing conditions.
The rents, despite the Increased ue
nsnds for accommodations, nave ho'
been raised. The average rate hoius at
q n week. or between 81 and y month
a room. The limits of the rents pdiu
remain the same. one tenant rehuhs the
whole of a small house paying N-
month. The average number OF i"iii'iieS
"a q house in the dwellings now oeiohs-
ing to Trinity is rs.
only one-third Of the dwelling houses
have accommodations for as many as
fnrpn
thirds OF the residence properties 40 not
fall under the legal definition oil tehe-
ments. or houses for three or more ldnii-
lies. Large Yards are the rule, according
~ tho report. and are commonly used by
the tenants for the cultivation OF flowers
ond in some cases Of vegetables as we'll
The dwellings have been kept clear OF uh-
desirable tenants.
Despite IFS income Of s977, 29S. accrulng
f,cu the real estate rent, Trinity reports
a deficit. Expenditures for religious, edu-
cational and charitable work were greater
than the entire net income, and the par
ishs liabilities on notes were increased
last year by $4,000, making its indebted
ness $4,000 TO clergy Trinity pald
10000 in salaries; church music cost s05,-
200: 5000 was given to the support OF
other churches. and s372,60O was paid for
the support Of cay and night schools
Pew rents are collected in part In only
four churches Of the parish, and IN TWO
Of these are so low as to be almost negh-
cible. In all other places seats are free.
The gifts of the people of Trinity in
creased from s1O9 100 to $4,000, from $500
COMMITMENTS, HdhHi6 al o'NA"oN o.
more than sl4 each. Trinity is the largest
Protestant parish in America.
in the rectors statement DR.. Manning
saws that the unhappy hostility 10 the
mother parish, sometimes latent, oiteh
openly and bitterly expressed" seems no"
10 have wholly vanished. dispelled by
The new understanding Of the ideal ana
aim Of the church, and by the publicity
with which that aim has been set 1orth'
1t is largelya as a result OF this, ne adds'
that the old hostility on the part of the
,,ress and public has been replaced by
IAN attitude of good will and fairness
which is all that should be asked or de-
sired
DIR. Manning discusses the question OF
the city's foreign born population. taxing
"A side thrust at those who, in the last
convention. opposed A change of name in
the Episcopal Church.
AS a part of the historical Catnohe
Church we owe special welcome ana lei
lowship to some of these, our brethren oil
other races. And # we are TO be found
worthy Of such call as this and to meet
II as we should we shall have TO let the
scales fan from our eyes and burst th'
hands OF our uncomfortable Protestan
Etascopalian congregationalsm and cater
the vision OF our true Catholic heritage
and mission far more fully than we have
set dreamed OF doing