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1930]

UNIVERSITY O F ILLINOIS

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BIDS RECEIVED ON FUME HOODS FOR THE CHEMISTRY ANNEX

The Duriron Company on Durimet " K " finished with three coats lacquer on the exterior, f.o.b. Dayton, Ohio • • • •'ia I0^ °° .;• The Harry Derrough Company on Durimet " K " , 16 gauge welded joints, f.o.b. building (presumably unpainted) 9 000 00 O n one-quarter inch thick cast aluminum one piece construction, f.o.b. building J 001 00 The Adelbert Coleman Company (a division of the Kawneer Company) on combined cast and sheet aluminum, cast ends, otherwise sheet aluminum, f.o.b. Urbana 6 47$ 00 Sheldon and Company on "Shelstone" except tops of # 1 4 gauge sheet aluminum with baked enamel on aluminum, f.o.b. Urbana 4 336 80 Same as above but with tops of # 18 gauge Armco iron 3 840 00 On all asbestos lumber construction, except aluminum blades with C. I. handles, f.o.b. Urbana _ . 2 976 00 .. Asbestos W o o d Mfg. Co. Original bid, using Johns-Manville "Transite" except aluminum blades with C. I. handles, f.o.b. building 4 320 00 Revised bid on similar construction but including the use of thinner material for top, roof, and ends 3 072 00 Structural Slate Company on slate except provide aluminum blades and C. I. handles, assembled f.o.b. Urbana 6 000 00 Alberene Stone Company on alberene stone, except for aluminum blades and C. I. handles, f.o.b. Urbana 5 814 00 N o stock hood met the approval of the chemistry faculty, so that one was designed and bids were secured on these hoods in various materials. Professor Roger Adams, Head of the Department of Chemistry, recommends the use of aluminum, upon which two bids have been secured—one, the lower bid, on cast aluminum and the other on a combination of cast and sheet aluminum. The Supervising Architect believes that it is unnecessary and perhaps unwise to award a contract without having a satisfactory sample submitted and inasmuch as the proposal is for delivered material only, the equipment can be secured on a purchase order. H e recommends that the Board authorize the placing of this order for aluminum hoods with the Harry Derrough Company on the basis of their bid of $5,001 if the sample is satisfactory, and if not, with the next bidder, The Adelbert Coleman Company (a division of the Kawneer Company of Niles, Michigan) on their bid of $6,475.00. I concur in this recommendation. O n motion of M r s . E v a n s , this r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s adopted. CONTRACT FOR 1930-31 ANNUAL REGISTER (21) The Comptroller submits the following proposals received, on the basis of uniform specifications, for printing and binding the 1930-31 Annual Register: Illinois Printing Company, Danville $6 550 00 Rogers Printing Company, Dixon 7 07 J 00 Louis Schwab and Company, Peoria 7 150 00 Gentry Printing Company, Chicago 7 400 00 R. R. Donnelley and Sons Company, Chicago 7 525 00 Journal Printing Company, Springfield 7 680 00 W . B. Conkey and Company, H a m m o n d , Indiana 7 900 00 The Director of the University Press, the Purchasing Agent, and the Comptroller recommend that the contract be placed with the Illinois Printing Company of Danville, the lowest bidder, at an estimated total cost of $6,550. I concur in this recommendation. O n m o t i o n of M r . A r m s t r o n g , this contract w a s a w a r d e d to the lowest bidder, as r e c o m m e n d e d .