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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, April 04, 1917, NOON EDITION, Image 21

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SCHOOL LAND SCANDAL TAKES
ON FRESH ANGLE IN THE
OTIS-MUELLER BILL
The Tribune, Boston Store, Otis
estate and other interests, in cahoots
with the Jake Loeb majority of the
school board in fighting the Teach
ers' Federation, have their school
land leases nicely fixed up in the
Otis-Mueller bill reaching vote today
in state senate.
The bill specifies 99 years as the
period of time school land leases
shall run. The school board is grant
ed power "to let school property on
leasehold for a term of not longer
than 99 years from the date of the
granting of the lease."
Max Loeb, member of the school
board, is sending a letter to all mem
bers of the legislature pointing out
to them that live, experienced real
estate men favor 33 or 66-year leases
as safer real estate propositions for
the city. v
"A revaluation every 30 years does
not in the opinion of authorities, who
have had practical experience, pre
vent the erection of so-called per
manent improvements and does not
prevent the making by the board of
leases immediately advantageous,"
writes Max Loeb. "It does protect
the taxpayers' interest and afford a
continuous fair basis of settlement
as between the board and Its lessees.
"Senate bill 56, formerly the Bald
win, but now the Otis-Mueller bill,
has many excellent-features. The
lease clause is entirely oupof har
mony with the general character of
the measure."
Max Loeb quotes Paul Stelnbrech
er, president Chicago Real Estate
board, 1916, as saying: "I have be
lieved for a long time that It would
be wise and fair to. all parties con
cerned if there were a revaluation
clause in 99-year leases at the end
of 33 years and at the end of 66
years."
Paul Kraemer, pres. Cook County
Real Estate board, is quoted as saying:
"On account of the enormous ex
pense involved and the Jitigation
that usually accompanies it, to se
cure the erection of a permanent
improvement a lease of 99 years or
more should be given, and a revalua
tion clause should be provided forat
least once every 30 or S3 years,
which will be feasible, and equitable,
o the lessors as well as the lessees."
CITY WORKMEN- ON STRIKE
BLAME CITY HALL CROWD
Several thousand members of the
Chicago Building Trades council
employed in city .construction and
repair work, except that on school
buildings, are out on strike as a pro
test against the unfair way they have
been treated since the beginning of
the Thompson-Lundin regime.
Simon O'Donnell, pres. of the
Building Trades Council, and Jas. J.
Conroy, sec'y, laid the blame at the
door of Mayor Thompson's cabinet
"There is general dissatisfaction,"
said O'Donnell, "and we have been
shunted from pillar to post for
months. Temporary appointees who
don't carry union cards have been
put to work in the place of union,
men and Bridewell inmates have
been used on city work. Union men
have been discriminated against."
"The grievances are many and va
ried," said Conroy. "Certified civil
service men are walking the streets,
while nonunion men are holding
their places. Clausen in engineering
bureau has had the Bridewell bidding
on jobs against outside contractors,
putting free labor up against compe
tition with convict labor. That's been
going on six months. They've even
used Bridewell labor in the city
yards."
Among those called out are work
men employed at the Wilson av. tun
nel, the now Mayfair, Central Park
and Springfield av. pumping stations,
eight new fire stations and the new
police stations. Mayor Thompsoa
blamed the MuniciDal Voters' league.
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