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

AMI IL u child plays there day Nike this
II will drop dead. lam astonisl,c,l tina.
you. Mr. Koltz. u man Of family, should
permit such II playground to exist In
your district"
| Nohtz-Tlicrc are any number of
schools In the city with Fairgrounds of
only tive feet in size. We are going To
clean up the one at the Franklin school
when vacation comes.
Manelcr-Wcll, II ! have got To wait
until then to have II done I'll pay for
teams to 20 at Il now.
Passing to the subject Of school sites
again Manglcr said: "You purchase
mcIst OF your sites through agcilts."
Cuslck-Yes.
Mangler-rhey get commissions
which the board pays?
Cusick-I don't know.
GiUss-lsn't that true Of such trans.
actions In private business!
| SchneltlPr-TliPre have been some IN
stances where agents have got options
on property which We wanted.
| ManGler-IiOw II II TINT favored
few have been able TO Offer you most Of
your sltesy
schrelier--I don't know that that il
so.
Cusack explained how the board p,,r.
chased sites. by advertising. having
agents In. etc. AlNng commented: /:
''rhis II u very peculiar way Of doing
It,"
Cusack showed that the hoard was
largely governed In the selection Of u
site l'y the recommendations OF Lane.
Mangler presented letter from com.
p!ainlng citizens showing how In the
vicinity OF the Tilton school. West For.
ty-fOurth and Lake stieets. the Anier
son nnd the Ontario schools were clos
al AMI Hll their windows broken. StOrss
had bcen rented there, and the school
accommodations made wretche,l. He
desired the board to investigate this.
Schlnke began to hrOw cold water on
the Investigation by critlc!sing Mangler
for not ndherin2 tO one subject ut ono
time. He wanted sites investigated
first, then buildings and then leases.
A'!ing secured the unanimous consent
W. Wv '" WV pipI,oSiiiuu NSbtN
when II makes Its report to the Council
there he u recommendation that Gov,
Tanner In calling the special session of
the Legislature this fall, assign as one
Of the reasons for the call the necessity
Of passing II law giving school boards
the right to condemn land for school
sites.
Ko!tz explained the charge that u IA
vOred few read estate agents sell most
Of the sites to the board because the
system of buying Is cumbersome. and
most real estate agents will not have
anything 20 do with II. He ana Gross
explained with what great care the
board tries to purchase Its sites.
Mangier-lf you exercise such care
how could you buy the Fapklln school
site within one block of n site on which
school building already stOOdy
kOhtZ said in doing this they Were
trying 90 get the children away from
the dangerous car tracks. Manglei
showed that the board had not accom-
plished this for the reason that tht
children Of the first and fourth grade,
| 'h'i' Ho" az 'NloSSu W
gers OF cars. lie thought KOhtz was
simply making apologies.
Kohtz brought out that the Goethe
street site Franklln school was orig
lnally offered for S5s,OOO; that tht
Council committee rejected this Offer
as too high, but accepted a subseluen,
offer for $4,000. He didn't know
: why.
Mangler-That's Dreyers commits
} sion.
Alllng showed that the board last
year purchased site for $4,000 which
the Comptroller afterward secured fOi
$1,000. The members had no eXplana,
tion to offer as TO how this happened
Gross admitted the method Of purhas