Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-09-12

hereby authorized to erect 16-rOOm
school building with assembly hall on
the Burr school site, Mt u cost not to
exceed $4,000.
ordered. That the proper officers Of
the Board of Education be and they are
hereby authorized to erect twelve.
room addition to the Cornell School
building. ut cost not to exceed $50, 900.
Graft Is graft.
How much Of the above S13O.OOO will
he rake OFF,"
Here Is another awful grab. lobbie.l
through the Council July % by the
Board Of Education gang:
Ordered. That the Mayor and City
be and they are hereby
authorized to purchase for the Use Of
schools, at cost not to exceed $1,000.
lots e and %. In block 4. in LOwther's
subdl, lslOn of the Il. " Of Sec. 13, +. 30
". II. 13. situated on thenOrtheast cor.
ner of jackson boulevard and Francisco
street. fronting fifty feet on Jackson
boulevard. by a depth Of 121 feet. Sub
jcct TO lease expiring April 1, 1907
!abovr property lying west OF and ad.
Joining the Calhoun school.
Real estate dealers laugh heartily
ut the idea OF n vacant JO.fOot lot III
Jackson boulevard and Francisco
street being worth $4,000.
1t IL very funny. indeed.
Except for the taxpayers.
Tho Eagle proposes to ask a few
questions OH the subject, 10 which II
may supply the answers later " the
investigators and the Civic Federation
should fail to do no.
Who Is the high official Of the board
who rents his own houses for tempo
iTry school houses?
How many Of these temporary schoo
houses arc now In use, and what Is the
rent being paid for them?
Has not the demand for tcmporar.
school houses been on the increase cvcl
since this high official OF the board ha'
found 1t a profitable investment to rem
them 10 the board?
Il this same high official Of the bOart
a candidate for the Republican nOmin
alton for Mayor next spring, and II h
making undue use Of his position AM
influence TO land him there? 90 ss .
How did the Committee on Building
and Grounds come tn be organized an,
what was the political compact eil
tercd into with the gentleman who 4
at the head of It?
What II the average price paid 70
undue preference In the awarding o
school contracts?
How does 1t come that members o
the hoard procure or cause the appoint
ment of teachers for political reasons
Is II not u fact that promotions O
teachers have bccn made a cOnsiler,l
ton of certain support being given t
certain municipal tickets?
What are the relations between cei
tain members of the School Board Com
mittcc on Buildings and Grounds an
the Council Committee on Schools?
Who Ii ths cmplOye that manipulate
the real estate dealings OF the boar
In connection with the Council Commit
tee on Schools, and who are member
| Of the real estate ring who stood bac
OF these transactions!
Is I. not fact that the prices pal
for school sites are grossly In excess q
the prices paid for contiguous property
II so, why!
Is 1t not a fact that In the nelghbO
hood of the school sites the surrOnn'
Ing property for hundreds of feet
held under option by the clique of RET
estate sharks on the board, ana thOs
who operate In colluslOn with the
from tho outside? ,..,...
What Is the history Of the settleihcI
made with the tenants Oh the schO'
section property several months bach
Is 1t not a fact that the public WI
deprived of the revenue that could
secured Oh that occasion by raising Il
valuation to Its fair level, for "a co
sidemtiOn" advanced by the tenants:
What are the names OF the tOuchiI
committee appointed on that occnslt
and why should they not he examine
under oath as to the settlement mat
on that occasion and the terms thereo
How about the recent discussion Ov
adjustable desks, ana Is 1t not n fa
that certain members made advanc
90 certain bidders In connection wi
, that contract!
What about the text book contra
ana the recent letting thereof?
1t Is not merely common rumOr, b
1t Is well-grOunded opinion that the
Is graft In all of these things and
other affairs, too, that The Eagle VIC
of ana may refer to on an another {
. casiOn.
There Is talk now on the part of t
I old fossil dOnkeys who have been
: by the nose by the ring of expert shai
Q crs who are preylng on the public ta
: es In the school board, about subject
the teachers and the employees to
r examination by the Civil Service Co
!, misslOncrs.
S The teachers are all right and shOr
!. bc left alone.
j. What Is needed now is not an eya
I inatiOn of the teachers by the CT
$ Service Board, but grand jury inves
r cation of the board itself and its @
I ploycs mt headquarters.
3 It, would pay. 1t would cause the
a ruptiOn of gang of public robbie
!. worse ana more dangerous than a