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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1902
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1901] PROCEEDINGS OP THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR EXPERIMENT STATION. 185 General Fund— Salaries Agronomy Animal husbandry. Dairy husbandry Horticulture , Office and incidentals , Publications Botany From BeceiptsAgronomy... $1,475 425 300 300 300 300 450 100 00 00 00 00 OOj 00 00 00 $3,650 00 270 00 $3,920 00 These recommendations of President Draper were severally adopted as presented. The following resolution offered by Mr. McKay was adopted: Resolved, That this Board, being desirous of having the buildings now under contract completed at the time mentioned in the contracts, hereby requests the Committee on Buildings and Grounds to urge the architect and the contractors to hasten the work on said buildings, as the Board expects them to be completed without further delay. The proposition of Dr. Quine to make a donation to the library of the College of Medicine was referred to the Committee on the College of Medicine with directions to investigate the same and report to the Board. B I D S FOR CONSTRUCTION OF CHEMICAL LABORATORY. Bids were then opened in the presence of the bidders for the construction of the new Chemical Laboratory as follows: GENERAL CONTRACT. Geo. B. Swift & Co., Chicago §107,000 00 S. C. Moore & Son, Kokomo, Ind .. 99.770 00 V. Jobat & Sons, Peoria 95.870 00 Paul P. P. Mueller, Chicago 110,000 00 , $126,875 00 Kelly & O'Brien, Chicago . 99,298 00 P. H. J a h r , Champaign J o h n Griffiths & Son, C h i c a g o . . . . 125,879 00 PLUMBING. Field, Shorb & Co., D e c a t u r . . . . $6,700 00 $7,046 00 H E A T I N G AND VENTILATING. . $17,000 00 Thomas & Smith, Chicago 12,850 00 I t being evident that the lowest bids exceeded the amount of the appropriation for the construction of the building, all were referred to the Committee on Buildings and Grounds and the architect for consideration and report at the afternoon session.
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