Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-09-18

Constable Gabriel. presented an exc.
cution. and. by threatening. induced
Mrs. Bongarl to surrender her we'd
ding and engagement rings and other
jewplry.
1t In Gained that this same Battcn
has a very unsavory reputation as n
lawyer. and at one time came very
near being disbarred from practice by
Judge Carter. Many believe that Bat
ten and Gabriel will get their just dc.
serts at the next trial of tins most N.
teresting case.
Recent Investigations "a to the over.
crowding in the public schools disclose
a condition Of affairs which IL intoler-
able In city making claim to metro.
politan rank and reputation. Partly
because Of lack Of funds and partly be-
cause Of bad management and poor
Judgment fully seventy Of the city
schools are crowded beyond their ca.
pacity, while the hest that can Ike done
In some eases Is to provide the chill.
dren with "branch" schOO;rOOms- TN
sanitary. badly located and wholly un-
lifted Tor the purpose. In one instance
the pupils are crowded in,o an odorif-
erOus shanty and In another they are
accommodated In vacant store which
nestles against a groggery and pre-.
sciss for playground u few feet Of
stone C1irbin2.
II ChicagO's school-goily population
has really increased 80 fast that the
Board Of Education cannot find Inc
means to build room for It's accoiDny.
dalton II IL time for % revision of the
system upon which school moneys are
collected and disbursed. Meantime Il
IL the business Of the Board Of Educl-
ton to cut expenses wherever possible
until this first necessity II met. There
can he no Justification for luxurics or
eiegancies Of any sort until adequate
and decent school accommodations are
first provided Tor the children who are
seeking them. II, as superintendent
Lane says. forty more schools and
school additions are needed. the work
Of building them cannot be done too
quickly.
The seriousness Of the situation ~
not 20 be exaggerated. 1t means that a
large number Of school children are be-
Ing cheated out Of the rights which
American law and society guarantee To
them. This IL not situation which
admits Of hnir-splitt.ng over matters Of
policy. The first thing ~ ,W done is |
to secure 20 the children their rights.
and the public Of Chicago demands
that nothing bc allowed to stand In the
way Of comprising this purpose.
II IN the snRe remark Of ono Of 'lic
contractors for furnishing filters to :he
public schools that the chief cause Of
the painful discrepancy between the
supply and the demand for water lies
In the fact that children use more
water In hot weather than In cold sen.
sOiis. Nothing II more true than this.
II II equally. hut not more. truc that
adults use more wnter In tho hot days
Of summer than In the cold days Of |
winter. Sometimes II may OccNr to cor.
tain persons that II II the duty Of those |
who lave charge OF the water supply
Of the schools ana houses TO see to Il |
That the supply II equal to the great. |
est demand, and not merely to the low.
est demand.
How over. We cannot discern any just
cause for suffering mt present. finder
normal conditions lake water In pure.
AZ present the conditions ARE normal. |
It II long since there WINS any heavy
ruin to wash the fifth Of the streets and |
sewers into the river. and NO reverse |
the current m 10 carry pollution to the |
Intakes Of the cribs. At present the |
hydrants supply wholesome water, and
no ono need fear to drink II.
Nevertheless. II the contractors ore
not fur nislling filters Of sufficient "a.
lmcity for the supply Of the schools. |
they should W called To account. For |
there may In a period Of great hent |
concurrent with u great precipitation
OF moisture. and consequently of great |
impurity Of the hydrant water. The
supply should In made equal to rle
greatest demand.
II II 40 with the water supply ut |
large. For the present. AMI. indeed. Ut |
all times, there ought to he rigid sup.
preston Of waste. The selfish people |
who Use lawn sprinklers ut Illegal |
hours ought to he prosecuted and pun.
isled for the criminal indulgence.
But the aim Of the civic adMinistra. /
tiOn should In toward enlargement Of
the supply by judiciOus expenditure Of
every penny Of the great yearly sur.
plus Of the water department. aud by
keeping the pumps In perfect order and
ut work to the full measure Of their ca.
paclty.
Chicago cigar dealers Saturday de.
clded to establish a permanent cigar
exhibit for the purpose Of booming the
trade In cigars manufactured In Chi. |
cago. The plan II to organize local
Wholesale and retail dealers club. with
headquarters and cigar exhibit In
some centrally located office building.
There the superiority Of local manu-. |
facturetl cigars Will be exploited by
elaborate exhibits and the testimony |
Of cigar experts.
The garbage contractors throughout |
the city need Il good shaking up.
Mr.. Flick IL still on the warpath and |
PROPOSES to have the chair held down |