Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-06-26


have decided to support this book. This
will make practically three books in
Arithmetic ut a total cost for the course
of $1.1O."
How do YOU make only three
bOoks?"
Oral Arithmetic by Grades. Parts
ana =. ~ cents each. .......S 40
Moore's Grammar School Arith-
"e'U .'..''. ........ ........ IA
Model Elementary Arithmetic -. -
Total cost ...... ..... 10
well. what else!"
This Is all I know on the subject of
Arithmetic"
How about other changes?"
81 am opposed to all other changes.
believing so important change as the
Complete Arithmetic Is all that should
he asked of the parents I'm one year."
The publishers being asked for par.
ticulars concerning 1lObinson's Graded
Arithmetic. stated practically the fol-
lowing:
''RoblnsOn's Graded Arithmetic GNlil.
waukcc edition. Is property that was
purchased from another publishing
company by the American BOOK Com.
paiiy several years ago. and was never
offered to the Chicago Board of Eluca.
tiOn for use In their schools. We con.
slider the 1sObinsOn's Graded n very
strong. practical arithmetic. having
been revised three years ago. When
Prof. Moore prepared his arithmetic he
was given the privilege of using any.
thing on the subject Of arithmetic of
which we owned the copyright. Our
rival publishers have. after exhaustive
researches. found that there IL about
the amount of two or three pages In
MOOre's arithmetic which Ii similar to
material found In I,Obinson's Graded
School Arithmetic.
1--WE are willing to leave free and
unprecedented comparison of the two
books to any educator. ana we are cer-
tain he will conclude by saying that
Moore's Grammar School Arithmetic II
the newest of the new ideas on nritl,.
metic that Is now on the schOOl.bOO
market. We have presented this book
purely on Its merits. have made an OK.
tirncly low price. as well as an ex.
ceedlngly liberal exchange rite. and bc.
lieve that the Chicago Board Of E,lucn.
ton ought to give the children the full
benefit Of the many improved methods
found In this book"
Democratic machine bosses urp
evolving scheme to capture the Board
Of Education. depose Superintendent
Lane. get Secretary Grnliam's Job for
one Of their iicutrnants. and make
wholesale changes among the EN-.
ployes.
Within the next three weeks Mayor
Harrison Will have the opportunity Of
appointing seven new members. Should
he. appoint seven Democrats that party
would then have majority Of one on
u political division In the Board. M
the machine leaders are urging him not
to miss tho opportunity to put the
Board In their control.
The Mayor has not us yet given them
dcrstOOh some of his more conservative
advisers have cautioned him to 70
| slow.
In order to have the sought for ma
| jOrity It would be necessary to get thu
cooperation Of \. y. Tr,ile AMI Thorn.
as Cusnck. AMI It Is considered doubt.
ful if that could be done.
Expanded metal street PAYERS have
reached great obstacles In the effort IL
secure n monopoly of the paving wOrl;
to be done In Chicago.
Commissioner McGann II hostile Ia
their method of paving, and the new
assessment law of the city takes It on,
OF the power of the council to award
any paving contracts AMI designate the
manner In which they shall be carried
| out.
Up to u year ago the paving was quite
fairly divided between the asphalt. CO.
har block, brick ana macadam con
tractors. The council. generally. In or.
dering u pavement laid. needed the
wishes Of the property owners as Il
what Its character should be. Com
plalnt was made only as to some arbl
trary orders In regard to asphalt pay
Ing. hut 1t II understood In regard u
these that pressure brought to bear OH
the aldermen had secured their pas
sage.
Just before Commissioner DOwney
took office one OF the asphalt cOmpa
nies Of the city secured the absolute
control Of what IL now known IA EEK
banded metal paving" The principle
Of the paving II that In place Of thu
usual paving foundation Of six inclle,
Of concrete for the base. two inches OF
this II replaced with expanded meta
sheets. Upon this four inches of con
crete II laid.
The claim made for the paving il tha'
1t Is cheaper than the old style and more
durable. An ordinance was passed by
the council for the paving Of SOutl
| Park avenue ana one or two Other
streets.
Commissioners Downey came to hi'
office finding the work going on. IL,
was called on by the representative.
OF the monopoly ana asked TO indOrs,
their new method. He absolutely re-
fused to. He said:
I'm the first place. there Is an abso
lutte monopoly In your style of work
no one can bid against you. ana d,
not believe In that. Again. while Oh
the face of 1t your work appears 10 b,