Show MUST CLEAN HOUSE BEfORE ASKING FOR OR MilliON MIWON BONDS Charges Brought Against Building Superintendent of Schools The he board of oC education will wi meet tomorrow tomorrow to to- morrow night in re regular J r monthly ses fes ps- ps siou and will i havo have before it i the qu ques question question g. g tion tiou of calling nn an election on aD tho the is is- of bonds to tho the amount of f 00 for fol the purpose of oC building a u now hi high h school on tho the cast sid side Tho The board can make a n showing that such a n school is badly bailly needed the present high 8 school bool buildings being con congested anti nul totally inadequate Toward thu tho voting of r uch an nn issue issue- of bonds there may be tonic ionic ole serious ob- ob if the tho board persists in iu retain retain- m nig ing as its superintendent of of- buildings and grounds ground George M. M Bridwell whom wheat an Pu n investigation yet unfinished has shown to bo be utterly incompetent if not worse There There- arc aro than who will wi consider that tho the hoard board should clean bouso before asking the public to grant ant it half a I million to spend especially when hen much mitch of ot the expenditure would come under tho supervision of the department de of buildings and grounds rounds of which nn au official such as S Mr 11 Bridwell has shown himself to be be bc is the bead head The t in investigation into the department depart depart- meat ment of buildings s and grounds roun s was not co closed ed when D tho the summer vacation put lint ut an end curl to the proceedings but is stilt Mill Millin ti in abeyance Most of tho the public and some soro of ot the members of the thc board hoard are of opinion that enough W was deduced at atthe atthe the in esti investigation already to convict of gross it M least Tho The full stelo stenographic report of th the proceedings was long on ago Co finished and andin andin andin in the hands hand of the members of the board and the tIle new Dew members have had plenty of opportunity to consider it it so that tbt thc they will i bo be in a n position to Vote voto intelligently when action is proposed Relatives on Payroll It J was S proven prOHn that Bridwell had a ho host t of reI relatives a t i ic c on OH the tho payroll under him bin and aud that in iu some eases cases favoritism favorit ism had been shown in tho payments nt to them for work It I was shown shon that b he permitted the tho names of bogus persons persons persons per per- sons to be placed on the payrolls in in some in instances for large c amounts It I was S ho that he hc hail had received d a check which belonged to tho the compelled com I polled tho the p person on a 3 man nina named Nich Nich- ich DS to whom bom it i. i W was payable to draw dm the and had hod money monc taken tho the money monc and put i it in his Ids pocket It was ns shown WI that tho the schools had hadnot not apt ho llen en properly heated and cared carer for under tinder Bridwell's s a supervision on This Thi was ns evident from the tIC temperature reports of teachers furnished the superintendent superintend eat ent of education on I Bridwell has bas a n tremendous ou pull pun it was as extremely difficult to get It ivi lj denro even front from t teachers and und principals principals pals who should have havo o hJ been 1 ln willing to pInel place at th the tho disposal I of the tho hoard board alt all anthe the ho information of If which they were pos pOSe e Added to 10 tho the difficulties was tho the position taken u 1 bj ly some fmc of or the tIll members of the tl board who ho considered attacked arid and who conch conch- un const themselves m rs cl advocates nr for Bridwell Bridwell Brid Brid- m well wJ as well cl ns' ns judges as-judges his upon conduct eon con duct duc although ho had bad able ahle all through the investigation in tho the u person per r. r son of IF ir I. I C. C l Edwards one of or the tlC best of local attorney It I is said salil that tho Bridwell in invest investigation int t gation will wi come up tomorrow and it t ii it K probable that a special meeting will willit wi ha hp it held to either continue the hearing of testimony or to take action Some of tho the members of the board are arc positive in their declarations that it t must be lc disposed of before tho the bond issue goes zoes before the for their approval |