Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1911-02-18

will be remembered held the mayor
and his building commissioner to the
grand Jury to answer for alleged ON.
cial neglect Of duty in this matter.
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There 10 . general demand for the
abolition Of boulevards.
They are maintained exclusively for
the rich at the expense Of the poor.
They are used exclusively By per.
sons owning automobiles and are
kept up by the taxes Of people who
do not live upon them.
When people Of moderate means
we're enabled to own and enjoy the
driving Of horses, the boulevards were
the delight Of the common people.
Il 10 different now.
People who live upon streets that
are not boulevards can only have
them improved by putting their hands
In their pockets and paying for the
improvements themselves.
All property upon streets not boule'
varded 10 subject to the levy OF spe.
cial assessments for the improvement
and maintenance Of such thorough.
fares.
Property fronting on boulevards 10
not subject to special assessment.
The improvement Of boulevards and
the maintenance Of these costly lux
uries 10 paid for out Of the park taxes
levied upon the general tax payer.
who reaps no benefit from his outlay.
Trees upon boulevards are main
tained out Of the general park taxes.
levied upon all taxpayerS.
While the general taxpayer pays for
the boulevard trees, he has also 70
pay for the trees In front Of his own
homo and 10 then informed By the
city council that he does not own
them.
Special privileges TO none. but equal
rights for all 10 the slogan that 10
growing In volume.
The people chesrfully contribute
to the maintenance Of parks. but they
are unwilling to bs bled longer for
boulevards.
The boulevard - Q tax.sating load
On the general public. must 80.
The Chicago Tribune Of Sunday
June 8. 1900, contained several full
pages Of an interesting account Of the
way that the tax payers were be
ing robbed by alleged pets Of the
then Harrison's administration. Thia
10 the same Harrison. who now seeks
ONCE - friend q the tax payers
The article contains page Of photo
graphs Of street paving frauds alone
II says among other things:
Mayor Harrison's political mana
gers are interested In many street
paving contracts"
"The work Of favored contractor
10 inspected in q lax manner, cit,
inspectors following the keep youl
eyes closed rule.%
bad material and bad work con
tinue to be crowded into Chicago'l
street paving with no interference By
the municipal authorities. These sam,
city officials already have let con
tracts for paving to be laid this year
(1900) aggregating cost Of $2.118.
463, which property owners must pa!
for under special assessment"
IAN inspector who performs bill
work unflinchingly is liable to be de
posed. One former inspector, throws
out because contractors Kicked tha
he was too exacting. asserts that al
honest man cannot hold his place.
Money has been asked by In
spectors for reporting favorably OF
materials"
"A ring has tried to throw bids Il
favored contractors"
LOW grade cement has been de
livered in bags OF other and superior
brands and the public has been KEEP
In ignorance of the substitution"
"The brick trust Is favored. Bat
brick, marked with laminations ant
fire cracks continue to be delivered
wood, and not brick or metal. hal
been used on recently paved streets
to hold gutter sewer inlets in place
insuring decay and disintegration II
a short time"
The Tribune does not hesitate Il
mention names. Among the poll
ticians, contractors and gangsters. 4
gives many in its article Of June 8
1900, who are now doing duty OF
the Chronicle and Briggs House Har
rison Campaign Committees Of 1911
In fact, o roster Of the grafters II
the Tribune article 10 roster OF th'
reformers who are now shouting
"Clean up and clean out for Harri
. son and reform!"
, Poor but honest men who have add
D ed to their modest incomes In the pas
| by acting a. judges Of election are u