Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-08-22
s0ARD Of EDUCATION ROBBERY

The taxpayers have been robbed right
aud left In the Board Of Education this
year.
II turns out that the board never
listens to committee reports. ana that
the reports are always rushed through
that body without debate. ana rs mat.
ter Of fact, until Mr.. George Adams got
Oh the board no protest was ever made
against these loose" methods.
The result Is crookc,incss ran wild.
Nothing short Of u special grand jury
will discover one.tenth OF the crooked.
ness In this crooked body.
Among the grabs lobblcd through by
tiic tough Board Of Education gang
lately We're the following orders:
Ordered, That the proper officers Of
che Board of Education be and they IRE
Dcreby authorized to erect a 12.roOni
building on the school site nj the corner
OF Langley avenue and DIST place, ut
I cost not To exceed SJO,OW.
\ l6.room building on the school site
.orncr AID street and Blanchard ave-
Que. az n cost not To exceed $4,000.
4 l3.room addition to the Bryant
School building. M u cost not to OK.
secd S50.OOO.
\ Broom addition to the Burr School
guiding. at u cost not to exceed $751;
COO
\ G-room addition with assembly hail
~ the Alcott school building, at cost
not to exceed $4,000.
\ 4-room addition to the Tilden
school building, AZ cost not to ex-
eecd $4,000.
a l6-room school building and assem-
Dly hall on the Gallistel school site, ut
= cost not to exceed $4,000.
An S-rOom addition and assembly
hall to the Rogers Park School build
ing, at u cost not to exceed $4,000.
An S-room addition and assembly hall
to the Scammon school. at u cost not
to exceed $4,000.
4 broom addition to the Pickard
School building In lieu of the l2.rOOm
addition.
A 22-room and assembly hall school
building ON the site corner OF 54th
street and Inglcside avenue, at Il cost
not to exceed $4,000.
4 22-roOm school building and assem-
bly, hall on the site on 18th street. near
Blue Island avenue, at cost not to ex'
reed $4,000.
A lG-room school building and assem-
bly, hall on the site corner OF Williams
avenue and Monticello avenue, at Il
cost not to exceed $4,000.
Ordered, That the Mayor ana City
Controlle. be and they are hereby au'
,horized 10 purchase, for the use OF
schools, at a sum not 10 exceed slX
thousand dollars, the property located
al the northeast corner Of 6lst and
sangamOn streets, south Of and ad
Joining the Beale School, known and
described as Lots thirteen 0D, four
teen l4J, iftcen 40 and sixteen 40
Block three 81, Minnick's Subdivision
$500 each for vacant lots mt G1s,
and SangamOn streets.
Ordered, That the Mayor ana City
Controller be and they are hereby au'
thOrixcd to purchase for the use of
schools, Lots twenty-five l25) to thir.
y-iour 'ofl, iH'iusiNc, w Hioch eicNci'
III, Township thirty-eight North
Range thirteen l3J, Section II, Water.
mans Addition to Morrill, Park and
Elsdon, situated on the northwest cor.
ner of sd and Sawyer avenue, having
q frontage of $50 feet on Sawyer ave,
nue by depth Of 125 feet to a 16-foot
alley, for the sum Of four thousand
dollars. and subject to general taxes
after the year 1895.
Ordered. That the proper officers Of
she Board of Education be and they
are hereby authorized TO erect on the
grounds just south OF the present Nor
nal School building, fronting south on
Normal Park way, opposite Stewart