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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[Sept. 21

A D D I T I O N TO T H E NATURAL HISTORY B U I L D I N G (17) Recommendations from the Supervising Architect concerning the addition to the Natural History Building. September 21, 1921 President David Kinleyy 355 Administration Building

DEAR PRESIDENT KINLEY:

I enclose a schedule of bids received on the addition to the Natural History building yesterday, and I recommend that the awards be based on the low bids in each case, reserving the option to accept any of the alternates in the heating bids. The low bids are as follows: General Contract—L. B. King ...$76,000.00 Heating and Ventilating (Champaign PL & Heating Co.) 6,826.00 Plumbing—Champaign Plumbing & Heating Co 1,429.00 Total $84,255.00 To complete the building, we must add the electric wiring, which I thought we could do to good advantage ourselves; the cost of the heat and power •connections; the finished hardware; lighting fixtures; window shades; superintending expenses; fire protection; and probably a composition topping for the concrete floors. We must also include steel herbarium cases for the entire botanical collection, and considerable laboratory furniture. The proposed contracts do not include any changes in the present building, which cannot very well be made until after the departments move into the new building. I expect we can have the new building done by June first, and that during the summer we can make the changes in the adjacent rooms of the present building. I presume all of the above items will cost approximately $40,000, and we should, in addition, provide some museum cases upon which I have no estimates. I am not prepared as yet to make any recommendations as to how the balance of the appropriation can best be spent. Yours very truly,

JAMES M. WHITE

Supervising Architect

On motion of Mr. Hoit, the contracts for the addition to the Natural History Building were awarded to the low bidders, as recommended, and the right was reserved to take any options named in the bids. The appropriation ($84,255) was made by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Abbott, Mrs. Blake, Mrs. Busey, Mrs. Evans, Mr. Hoit, Mr. Noble; no, none; absent, Mr. Blair, Mrs. Grgisby, Mr. Herbert, Mr. Small, Mr. Trimble.

H O R T I C U L T U R E LABORATORY (18) Recommendations from the Supervising Architect that contracts for the Horticulture Laboratory be awarded to the low bidders as follows: General Contract—English Bros $153,750 Subject to options reducing the total Plumbing—Johnson Bros 9,550 Wiring--Broderick Co 3,000 Heating—E. J. Claffey Co. 13,290 Further recommendations that the bids on the refrigeration plant be rejected and that new bids be requested, and that the elevator contract be referred to the President of the Board with authority to contract for the best elevator for the purpose, at a cost of not more than $4,500.