Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-06-05

them TO the board?
Is this same high official of the board |
candidate for the Republican nomin-
atlon fer Mayor next spring. and is he |
making undue use of his position and |
Influence 10 land him there?
How did the Committee on Buildings |
aud Grounds come to be organized and |
what was the political compact en-
tered into with the gentleman who is
at the head of II?
What is the average price paid for |
undue preference in the awarding of |
school contracts?
How does II come that members of
The board procure or cause the appoint
ment of teachers for political rea sons?
Is il not n fact that promotions of
teachers have been made considera-
'ou of certain support being given to
certain municipal tickets;
What are the relations between cer-
tain members of the School Board Com
mittcc on buildings and Grounds and
the Council Committee on Schools?
Who is the employe that manipulates
the real estate dealings of the board
In connection with the Council Commit
tee on Schools. and who are members
Of the real estate ring who stood back
Of these transactions?
Is !, not n fact that the prices paid
for school sites are grossly in excess of
the prices paid for contiguous property?
II so. why?
Il II not a fact that in the neighbor-
hood of the school sites the surround
ing property for hundreds of feet Is
held under option by the clique of real
estate sharks on the board. and those
who operate In collision with them
from the outside?
What Is the history of the settlement
made with the tenants on the school
section property several months back?
Is IL not fact that the public was
deprived of the revenue that could be
secured on that occasion by raising the
valuation to its fair level. for "a con-
sideration" advanced by the tenants?
> What are the names Of the touching
committee appointed on that occasion
and why should they not be examined
under oath rs to the settlement made
on that occasion and the terms thereof?
How about the recent discussion over
adjustable desks. and is II not fact
that certain members made advances
60 certain bidders in connection with
that contract?
What about the text book contract
and the recent letting thereof?
1t Is not merely common rumor. but
Il Is a well.grounded opinion that there
II graft In all Of these things and In
other affairs. too. that The Eagle wots
Of and may refer to on an another oc.
casion.
There Is talk now on the part Of the
old fossil donkeys who have been led
by the nose by the ring Of expert sharp.
ers who are preylng on the public tax
es In the school board. about subjecting
the teachers and the employees to an
examination by the Civil Service Com.
missloners.
The teachers are all right and should
be left alone.
What IL needed now Is not an exam.
ination Of the teachers by the Civil
Service Board, butn grand jury lnvesti.
cation Of the board itself and Its en-
ployes at headquarters.
It would pay. 1t would cause the dis.
rnption of a gang of public robbers.
worse and more dangerous than any
that Mr.. Joseph Ripley has ever had
10 cope with. 1t will furnish scandal
that will regalc the public for months
and eventually contribute largely TO
the cause of common justice.
The taxpayers have been robbed right
and left In the Board of Education this
year.
II turns out that the board never
listens 10 committee reports. ana that
the reports are always rushed through
that body without debate. and as 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 onc.tenth of the crooked.
ness In this crooked body.
Among che grabs lobbied through by
the tough Board Of Education gang
lately were the following orders:
Ordered. That the proper officers OF
the Board Of Education be and they are
hereby authorized to erect 12-room
building on the school site at the corner
OF Langley avenue and 01st place, ut
cost not TO exceed $4,000.
4 l6-room building on the school site
corner i3d street and Blanchard ave-
nue., at a cost not to exceed 100000.
A l2-room addition to the Bryant
School building, at cost not to eX-
ceed $4,000.
4 l2-room addition TO the Burr School
guiding. at a cost not to exceed ,$5I,-
600. "S
A Groom addition with assembly hail
10 the Alcott School building, at cost
not TO exceed $4,000.
A 4-room addition to the Tilden
School building, at cost not TO ex-
ceed $4,000. i
A l6-room school building and assem-.
bly hall on the Gallistel School site, At
cost not TO exceed $4,000.
An s-room addition and assembly
hall TO the Rogers Park School build
ing. at a cost no; to exceed $4,000.
An S-room addition and assembly hall
10 the ScammOn School, at cost not
10 exceed $4,000.
A Groom addition 10 the Pickard
School building in lieu Of the Broom