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

year.
1t turns out that the board never
| listens to committee reports, and that
the reports are always rushed through
that body without debate. and as q mat.
ter Of fact. until Mr.. George Adams got
on the board no protest was ever made
against these loose" methods.
The result is crookedness ran wild.
Nothing short of a special grand jury
will discover one.tenth of the crooked.
ness In this crooked body.
Among the grabs lobbied through by
the tough Board of Education gang
lately were the following orders:
Ordered. That the proper officers o!
the Poard Of Education be and they are
ocreby authorized to erect a 12.rooni
building on the school site at the corner
Of Langley avenue and 01st place, at
4 cost not to exceed SJO,OOO.
A 16-rOom building on the school site
corner 43d street and Blanchard ave-
nue.. at a cost not to exceed 100000.
A 12.rOOm addition to the Bryant
School building. at cost not to ex-
ceed s5O,UOO.
A 12.room addition to the Burr School
Luilding. at a cost not to exceed $751;.
900.
A Groom addition with assembly hail
to the Alcott School building, at a cost
not to exceed $4,000.
a 4.roOm addition to the Tilden
School building, at a cost not to ex-
cecd S25.OOO.
A 1G-rOOm school building and assem-
bly hall on the Gallistel School site, at
a cost not to exceed $4,000.
An S-rOOm addition and assembly
hall to the Rogers Park School build.
ing. at cost not to exceed $4,000.
An S.rOOm addition and assembly hall
to the Scammon School, ut a cost not
to exceed $4,000.
A broom addition to the Pickard
School building In lieu Of the 12room
addition.
A 22.room and assembly hall school
building on the site corner OF oath
street and 1ngleside avenue, Mt a cost
not to exceed SS5.OOO.
A 22.rOom school building and assem-.
bly, hall on the site on 18th street. near
Blue Island avenue, at cost not to ex.
ceed $4,000.
A 1G-room school building and Assem-.
bly, hall on the site corner Of Williams
avenue ana Monticello avenue, at a
cost not to exceed $4,000.
Ordered. That the Mayor and City
Controller Dc and they are hereby au.
thorizcd to purchase, for the use OF
schools, ut u SUM not TO exceed SIX
thousand dollars. the property located
mt the northeast corner Of O1st and
SangamOn streets. south OF and nd.
Joining the Bpale School. known and
described ns Lots thirteen 13). four
teen t1D. fifteen 15) and sixteen 16).
Block three (3,, Minnick's Subdivision.
$500 each for vacant lots mt O1st
and SangamOn streets.
Ordered, That the Mayor and City
Controller be and they nre hereby au.
thOrixcd to purchase for the use Of
schools. I.Ots twenty-five (2j) to thlr.
ty.four (34), inclusive. In Block eleven
QD. Township thirty.eight North
Rnngc thirteen tl3). Section II. Water.
mans Addition to Morrill, Park and
Els,lOn. situated on the northwest cor.
nor Of 53l aud sawyer avenue. having
u frontage OF $50 feet on Sawyer ave.
nuc by n depth OF 125 feet to n 1G-fOOt
alley. for the sim of four thousand
, dollars, and subject to general taxes
after the year 1905.
= Ordered. That the proper officers Of
7 the Board Of Education be and they
are hereby authorized 10 erect on the
grounds just south Of the present Nor
mnl School building, fronting soDth on
, Normal Park way. opposite Stewa"
Z avenue, from II to % feet back from
the lot line, u 22.rOOm school building
|, with an assembly hall, ut cost not tC
exceed $S5.OOO.
Times are hard, but the Board Of Ed
ucation gang must be taken care of. al
4 witness the following two orders lob
blcd through the City Council June 2
= by the Board of Education influence:
4 Ordered. That the proper officers o
!. the Board Of Education be and they ar
y hereby authorized 10 erect 1G-rOOn
|; school building with assembly hall Ol
the Burr school site, as a cost not to eX
4 ceed $4,000.
4 Ordered, That 1.-THE proper officers o
? the Board OF Education he and they ar
hereby authorized to erect a twelve
r. room addition to the Cornell sclOO
|. building. at a cost not to exceed $55, ,OUt
s Graft IL graft.
II How much of the above 100000 vi.
10 be rake OFF,
n Here Is another awful grab. lobbie
through the Council July - by til
II Board of Educasl0n gang:
u Ordered, That, the Mayor and Cit
2 Comptroller be and they ure hereb
Is authorized to purchase for the use {
No schools, at cost not to exceed 5000,
10 lots % ana 2S, In block 4, In Lowther
n. subdivision of the l.. " OF See. l3. T.. 8
". II. IL, situated on the northeast co
10 ner of Jackson boulevard ana Francisl
N street, fronting fifty feet on Jackso
'd boulevard, by depth of l2l feet. SUI
lc iect to a lease expiring April l, IS.
Z? above property lying west of and a.
Pr Joining the Calhoun school.
ct Real estate dealers laugh heartily
ps the idea of vacant fifty-foot lot
In Jackson boulevard and Francisco sire
being worth 5000.
ct 1t Is very funny, indeed.
Except for the taxpayers.
ut The gang of grafrers in the Board
rc Education lObbied the fOllOwI