Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-09-30

VIVA, do you think of that. taN.pay-
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Ten thousand dollars for four.room
frame building.
No wonder lot of poor Scalawags |
have grown rich since they went on the |
school Board.
Ordered. That the proper officers OF
the Board of Education lW and they |
are hereby authorized to erect an eight
room addition to the West Pullman
school building. nt II cost not to- exceed
S,J.uO.
Thirty.iivc thousand dollars for IN
cightroom addition.
How many are In on this job?
Here are two orders passed 10y tn"
last Council. which real estate men say
nr" S,andalOus.
ordered. That the Mayor and city
comptroll,r hr and they are hereby
schools. az u cost not to exceed S.nW.
lot b. block u. Mcrigold's subdivision.
Src. -. T.. ~ ~. II. IL. situated oil list
court north of and adjoining tile
Bryant school lot. having II lr"ntag" nf
- feet by II depth of i2i.1j feet.
ordered. That the Mayor aud city
Comptroller he and they are hereby
authorized To purchase for the Use Oi
schools the north ~ feet of Sub. Lot II
of the sub. Of lot ~ aid part of Ia, II
in block I. United states Bank Addn. to
Chicago. being the W. T. Of the W. 1, s.
T.. See. -. :. ~ ~. II. II T.. Sd H. W..
adjoining the Ward School on the
south. AZ II cost not exceeding Sl.,OW.
The prices are said tn lW exceeding.
" high for the property mentioned.
This is the Board of Education that
reduced the teachers salaries ) per
cent. on account of lizard times"
These have been soft times" for the
grnft"rs.
So much for this phase of the ease.
Let us look NJ another.
Time was when there was II mutual
admiration society. one end of which
was In the Board of Education rooms
and the other In the city Hall.
| An Alderman who was the chairman
of II certain Council committee was u
member of the mutual admiration 80.
cicty. the chairman Of the chief graft.
ing committee and IN employee Of III"
board were the others.
| The Alderman was compliant and
easy. the Board of Education fellows
! were business men. There was u per.
feet understanding between the chair
man of the Council committee AMI the
chairman of the chief grating com.
mite" Of the board.
There were u great many little trans.
actions ON foot between these parties
~ that time. Many of them. In fact,
were finally perfected and cOns'immai'
cd. The details of these transactions
woWld make Interesting reading. but
all things must have an end. ana III,
mutual admiration party came To II,
jumping on place. TIL" other members
of the Council committee got on To til,
racket aud the last plans went awry
| How about the text book supplies al
the school Board!
How about the Rand McNally ,rus,
AMI what are the relations Of certain
members of the School Board and Ger
tain crafty employees Of the board will
that organization:
What about the letting of the con
! tract for combination desks. which tool
place some months ago.
What about the letting of the var
nish cOIItrnctsI
The first two questions The Eagl
: will cndcavor To answer at u future
: date. Concerning the last II Will tai
Il few facts AMI perhaps later Civ,
names and details.
When the letting of the contracts fo
adjustable desks came M there wa
u spirited contest between u number q
firms. There was u great difference II
the bids. there being In some instance
: u difference of several thousand lol
lars for q supply of the srlf-sam
goods.
1t Is alleged that nearly every on" -
these bidders was felt out carefully u
to how much he or she was willing 4
put M In return for being awnrdr
! the contract NJ his or her own Figures
When Mayor Harrison and his M
poln,rrS get through with ,ll"I
hrrc,il,an task Of breaking nj III
= real estate ring IN the city Board q
Education they could moi do better Ina
u urn their attention To the mrtholS ID
! which this inner circle Of thieves hav
u enriched themselves AMI plnndrrn I'll
l. people In III" past. Having ma St"rr
these detail :. they should bm The
energies toward making It imloSSlh'
! l." repeat these transactions.
l. III" Eagle has recently come Mt" pr
y : >-lOn of som" facts connected wit
& TIL II .iu~Im"nl some months agb {
the rraral> of the school 'cr' inn tenant
u which would aSIuunl Mayor llnrrlSp
:" and others If umfulhrh 10 them.
u The story of the attempted hllvkma,
Il ing of on" of lhrS" tenants Is PARTIAL
y given n" an illustration "f the m 'thu'
employed 10y III" organized gang IF IA
u robbers which has lived and iuttcn,
=" on public pluudrr IN HE school hoal
FOE for years.
III The particular tenant r"l"grud 10 h"
u. the lrl~" of II Srhuul section located
the heart e The hr, u, ~ dist let of III
u city, II ran uur win all thr others Ia
year, The properly, l.k' all III" "ll''
1t ~'Huul S"rIluls was leased ~ n r,dlr
81 IoUsly low rent. and There was II publ
d,mund That his property he rrva!u'
re.