The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1883-09-15
Correspondence Baiiimore County i'sioi
5000 EXTRA SUPPLIES.
Sr.nxn ni.1n,cr. Sent. IN,

STcoNp DisTRicr. Sept. 10Th. ISIS.
Msssrs. Editors The people are still lines.
tiga'ing" the school Board ring The expots,-
you have made of the favoriiism II has shoNi TO
Mr. Mcdniry is the topic on every hand. But
this Is not going far enengh. The refusal of Mr.
u. Jcnifcr and tho other two members ofthc
School Board To secure to the county the bcnG,s
tu be derived by inviting competition baore
awarding the book contract, should be probe, 60
the bottom. His explanation does not cxpain
nor even eNcusc. a. shall presently show. What
proved from his school reports about haSng
5000 extra supplies of copy books at the en-, Of
ono year should be made par, Of the ''investga.
ton. Mr. u. Jenifer said the county schooll in
pursuance OF the law Of the land. received ,icir
money quarterly and could Hscc.'ariiy only nuke
thar g'1gn,eHis quarterly. but he could stock Lr
Mclairy's book store with a year and a.haf.
supply OF copy books for the schools Of he
county and pay for them six quarters in aiyatcc
The public schools Of the county, whether ir
h. Jenifcr knows il or not, have three diacrn,
kinds Of copy books supplied 10 them. IL what is
supplied to one school is the same as the supply
90 all the Others. They have the Dun'onian, he
Williams Packard and the Spence-ian copy
books. The ink is NJ; always Maynard L Noye' !;
II is such a. Mr.. Medairy chooses 90 send some.
times IL is Thomas ink. The cap paper Is not Of
the "bet,cr quality" that Mr. u. Jenifer describes
IL Is n most inferior paper. enclose yot a
questions are written. II 10 not worth sl.5l q
rcam, but Mr.. b. Jonifer insist. on paying IA
cents per quirc, or $500 per ream for IL. II the
contract amounts TO anything why can Mr.. Ne
dairy change IL in these particulars The teachers
would not complain no matter what kind Of suf
they get for their schools and Mr.. Medairy an
do rs he plcascs. The paper, the ink and he
copy books Is proof Of il. Tho whole affair
should be probed deeply and thoroughly.
The Baltimore county School Board ha. c,m-
mtied the same kind Of offences that Mr.. lleislcll
reported 10 the Grand Jury Of Baltimore ity
against the fire commissioners. They paid Drc
for the school supplies than they could be par.
chased for IL proposals 10 furnish them hal ben
advertised for. They have also purchased sup
plies Of copy books largely in excess Of what vas
needed for the current year.
The tcrrors of the Grand Jury were Threatened
against one q. your correspondents for exposing
the crooked ways Of taking up collection in ono
OF the eolorcd schools. and n meillcsomc oufsdsr
appeared before that body. but Il unceFmonioisly
snubbcd him. because il was not proper subject
for inquiry. Here l. ono that ourh: 20 receive q
searching investgaiion by the Grand Jury. IL
involves wasicfui expenditure cf public moacy,
AMI the purchase Of supplies far in excess Of tho
current demands. The public investigation Of
the subject does not go far enough because IL has
not the power. but the Grad Jury has the power
and IL ought to exercise IL. $50
l0ur correspondent gives Us the name Of tAe
teacher from whose school the sample Of fools
cap paper obtained. The school IL net To-
ca,ed in the "a district. We say this in oiicr
that no suspicion may rest upon any Of the
teachers of that district.--Ebs. CSioS.