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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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PROJECT T O IMPROVE DRAINAGE FACILITIES IN CHAMPAIGN (21) A letter from the Champaign City Council asking for permission to deepen and to straighten the bed of the "Boneyard Branch" in its course through the campus of the University.

CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS, July 24, 1920

To the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois: WHEREAS, additional drainage facilities in the City of Champaign and the University Community are urgently needed from the standpoint of the health and development of the community; and WHEREAS, the City of Champaign has in contemplation to this end a system of drainage which will involve the widening* deepening, and straightening of the stream known as the Boneyard, through the grounds of the University of Illinois; and WHEREAS, the proposed system of drainage will be of great benefit not only to the City of Champaign, but to the University and the University community as well; The Council of the City of Champaign solicit the co-operation of your Honorable Board in this undertaking and respectfully request that permission may be granted to them by your Board to enter upon the grounds of the University of Illinois, for the purpose of deepening, widening, and straightening the said Boneyard from the East side of Wright Street to the Eastern limits of the grounds of the University in Urbana, through which the said stream extends; also that a release of right of way may be granted for the above purpose when the occasion for the same shall arise. Respectfully submitted,

S. C. TUCKER, Mayor

GEO. J. BAB'B JAMES T. BOLAND GEO. B. FRANKS HENRY B. RAMEY

Council of the City of Champaign, Illinois

On motion of Mr. Trimble this request was granted, subject to the condition that detailed plans for the work on the University property must be submitted to and approved by the Board of Trustees before the work is begun. At this point, at one o'clock p.m., a recess was taken. AFTERNOON SESSION, JULY 26, 1920 When the Board convened on the afternoon of July 26, 1920, the same members were present as during the morning session,

IMPROVEMENTS TO PRESIDENT'S HOUSE

President Carr brought up the matter of repairs and improvements on the President's House, and requested Professor White to present the details to the Board.

ADDITION T O T H E EXPENSE BUDGET O F PHYSICAL. PLANT,

On motion of Mr. Abbott, $6000 was added to the amount appropriated for Physical Plant Extension. The vote was as follows: Aye, Mr. Abbott, Mrs. Busey, Mr. Carr, Mrs. Evans, Mr. Hoit, Mr. Trimble; no, none; absent, Mr. Blair, Mrs. Blake, Mr. Herbert, JVIr. Lowden* Mr. Ward*