Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1936 [PAGE 772]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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On motion of Mr. Williams, this modification was authorized as recommended.

PURCHASES RECOMMENDED (46) A recommendation that the following purchases be authorized: 1. One VR65—65000 sq. ft. vacuum return line heating pump, complete with 714 H P , 220 volt, 3 phase, 60 cycle motor, vacuum switch, motor controlled discharge valve, pump discharge press to be 30 lbs. per sq. in. gage, with accumulator tank, from C. A. Dunham Company, Chicago, at a price of $1,225.80 f.o.b. Urbana. Quotations were received from three companies. Since the price is the same the Physical Plant Department has selected the Dunham pump as best meeting its requirements. 2. One hundred five cases of P y r e x Laboratory Glassware for stock in the General Chemical Storeroom, for issue to various departments using such equipment at a price of $1,780.00 from the Wilkens-Anderson Company of Chicago. (This is a non-competitive item, and it is desired to give the order to this company because of the service it can render.) 3. One 750-gaIlon capacity Combination Pumping Engine and Hose Truck from the Seagrave Corporation, Columbus, Ohio, at a price of $8,160.60. The price quoted by this Corporation—$8,310.60—was the lowest of quotations secured from three manufacturers. Due to the elimination of extras included in that quotation the price was reduced to $8,160.60. (An appropriation of $10,000 was made for this fire truck by the Board of Trustees at its meeting on July 26, 1935, Minutes, page 358.) 4. Venetian blinds for various buildings (as specified in the attached memorandum from the Purchasing Agent) from the Mackin Venetian Blind Company, of Kankakee, at a price of $2,066.19. Quotations were secured only from this company, because of previous investigations of blinds sold by various dealers and manufacturers, as reported to the Board of Trustees on April 18, Minutes, page 634. 5. Machinery for Physical Plant Department: I 25" Smith & Mills High Speed Crank Shaper $1 000 I No. 2 Ohio Universal Milling Machine 950 1 24"—27" x n ' Cisco Engine Lathe I 150

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from the Hill Clarke Machinery Company, Chicago, at the prices indicated. Quotations were secured from six manufacturers and the prices quoted by the Hill Clarke Company are the most favorable. Funds are available in the budget of the Physical Plant Department for this purchase. 6. One International Model C50 truck with a stake body from the International Harvester Company, at a price of $1,890.00 net, to replace a truck purchased in 1930. T h e proposed truck will have 2 to 2^2 tons more rated capacity than the truck to be replaced, and a removable 6-foot stake bed, as contrasted with the flat bed on the present truck. Quotations were received from six manufacturers and dealers. T h e Physical Plant Department has checked specifications and recommendations in the purchase of the International Model C50. Funds are available in the budget of the Physical Plant Department for this purchase. 7. Paper towels—475 cases of "Cream of the Forest" (unbleached) towels— from W. B. Read and Company, of Bloomington, the low bidders, at a price of $3.19 per case, f.o.b. Urbana, at a total cost of $1,515.25. Funds are available in the budget of the Physical Plant for this purchase. 8. Book paper for the printing of University publications, as follows: ( F o r Office Supply Store) 200 Reams 2 5 x 3 8 —60 # " A " Grade E. F. Book Paper 200 Reams 25 x 38 — 7 0 # "A" Grad« E. F. Book Paper 114 Reams 25x2854—45# "A" Grade E. F. Book Paper 50 Reams 25 x 28J4—52# "A" Grade E. F. Book Paper 30 Reams 2 2 x 3 2 — 37 # "A" Grade E. F. Book Paper 10 Cases 2 5 x 3 8 — 8 o # No. 2 Folding Enamel