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1897.]

PROCEEDINGS OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

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Heating Plant Buildings—The specifications and drawings were completed for the heating plant buildings consisting of an engine and dynamo house, a boiler house, and a chimney stack 150 feet high, and bids called for to be opened July 9th. The bids for the construction of these buildings were as follows: '

J. C. Robinson, Chicago, 111 Valentine Jobst, Peoria, 111 W. M. Crilly, Chicago, 111 J o h n Cox & H. K. McDonald, Chicago, 111 J. W. E v a n s Sons Co., Bloomingtoh, 111 M. Yeager & Son, Danville, 111 W a r r e n R. Roberts, Chicago, 111 Richard Mohn, Chicago, 111 E d w a r d D. Gleason, Chicago, 111 Angus J. C. Ledgerwood, Chicago, 111 W. Morava, Chicago, 111 $48,366 39,500 36,827 49,909 89.613 40,839 42,500 42,590 39,500 56,400 40,927 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

The committee, not having positive information of getting the latter half of our appropriation by the time of the completion of the buildings, offered the work to Mr. Grilly, who was the lowest bidder, on the condition that he agree to take $25,000 in part payment as the work proceeded, the balance not to be paid until the first of July, 1898. This he refused to do and the committee thought best to reject all the proposals and call for proposals for the buildings separate instead of in one contract. This the committee did, opening the bids on July 23rd, with the following result:

The engine and dynamo building— W. F. Hoyle, Lincoln, 111 E d w a r d Gleason, Chicago, 111 Mr. Morava, Chicago, 111 Richard Mohn, Chicago, 111 Boiler house and chimney— $14,000 15.700 16,796 13,945 14,600 00 00 74 00 00

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$25,250 00 25,385 00 25,740 00 24,850 00

W. F. Hoyle, Lincoln, 111 E d w a r d Gleason, Chicago, 111 J. C. Sedgewick, Champaign, 111 W. Morava, Chicago, 111 Richard Mohn, Chicago, 111

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It was left optional with the contractor as to whether he bid on the buildings separate or all in one bid. The following were the bids received for all the buildings together and not separate:—

Congress Construction Co., Chicago, 111 J . W. E v a n s Sons Co., Bloomington, 111 V. Jobst, Peoria, 111 M, Yeager & Son, Danville, 111 W. R. Roberts, Chicago, 111 E d w a r d Gleason, Chicago, 111 $38,500 00, 39,400 00 39.199 00 37,935 00 38.400 00 39,500 00

M. Yeager & Son, of Danville, being the lowest bidders, either combined -or separate, the contract was awarded to them. They immediately commenced work and now have a large part of their work done. They are under <?ontra~t to have it done by the first of December, 1897, and we have little doubt but that the work will be completed on time. ' Boilers—It became necessary to increase our boiler capacity 250 horse power. It was thought best to use a water tube boiler and to em ploy a patent Murphy furnace in connection with it, one boiler of that capacity being better -and cheaper -than several of smaller sizes. On a call for proposals for this work, one boiler equipped with Murphy furnace, we received the following bids: