Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-08-01
WIN Rs0ARD TO school 60ARO
"ExFRAvA0ANCE.


may supply the answers later If the
investigators and the Civic Federation
should fail to do 80.
Who Is the high official of the board
who rents his own houses for tempo.
rary school houses?
How many of these temporary school
houses are now In use. and what Is the
rent being paid Tor them!
Has not the demand for temporary
school houses been on the increase ever
since this high official Of the board mas
found it a profitable investment to rent
them to the board!
L. this same high official of the boa ri
a candidate for the Republican month";
alton for Mayor next spring. and Is he
making undue use of his position and
influence TO land him there!
How did the Committee OH Buildings
/ and Grounds come to be organized ana
what was. the political compact en-
tered into with the gentleman who Ia
at the head of 1t!
What Is the averag" price paid for
undue preference In the awarding Of
school contracts!
How does 1t come that members of
the board procure or cause the appoint
ment of teachers for political rea sons !
| Is IL not q fact that promotions Of
teachers have been made a cOnsi'lera'
ton of certain support being given to
certain municipal tickets!
What are the relations between Ger.
| tain members of the School Board Com
mittee Oh Buildings ana Grounds and
the Council Committee on Schools!
Who IL the employee that manipulate-
the real estate dealings Of the board
In connection with the Council Commit.
tee Oh schools. and who are members
of the real estate ring who stood back
Of these transa ctions!
Is 1, not u fact that the prices paid
for school sites are grossly In excess Of
the prices paid for contiguous property
II 50. why!
Is II not a fact that In the nelghbor
hood of the school sites the surround
ing property for hundreds Of feet Il
held under option by the clique Of real
.xtatc sharks on the board. and those
who operate In collision with them
from the outside?
What Il the history Of the settlement
made with the tenants ON the school
section property several months back!
Is II not fact that the public was
deprived Of the revenue that could In
secured on that occasion by raising the
i L., e..t, fNp ss,a sn0 N.
sideiTltiOn" advanced by the tenants!
, What are the names Of the touching
committee appointed on that occasion
and why should they not In examined
under oath rs to the settlement made
on that occasion and the terms thereof
How about the recent discussion over
adjustable desks. and II II not fact
that certain members made advances
90 certain bidders In connection with
that cOntracty
What about the text book contrac
AMI the recent letting thereof!
1t II not merely common runlOr. bu
II IL Il well-grOunded opinion that Their,
IL graft In all of these things ana II
other affairs. too. that The Eagle wot
Of and may refer to on an another %
casiOn.
There IL talk now on the part Of tn
old fossil donkeys who have been H.
by the nose by the ring Of expert SHARP
ers who are preying on the public taN
~ In the school board, about subjectin
the teachers ana the employees to n
examination by the Civil Service Con
missIOners.
The teachers are all right anu sho,il
be left alone.
What II needed now n not an exam
/, inatiOn Of the teachers by the Civ
/, Service Board, hut u grand jury invest
, cation of the board itself and Its en
, plOyes at headquarters.
1t would pay. 1t would cause the Ill
ruption OF u gang Of public robber
, worse and more dangerous than an
: that John j. BadenOch has ever In
to cope with. 1t will furnish scand
that will regale the public for mOntl
!, ana eventually contribute largely
: the cause of common justice.