Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1944 [PAGE 208]

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REASSIGNMENT OF FUNDS FOR REMODELING AND EQUIPMENT OF RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL HOSPITALS (10) On July 25, 1942 (Minutes, page 19), the Board of Trustees approved a revised allocation of the State appropriation of $254,000 for remodeling and equipment of the Research and Educational Hospitals. It has not been found possible to carry out even this revised program, due to the difficulties of securing materials. For that reason the following revised budget is submitted by the Physical Plant Department. It has been reviewed and is recommended by the Executive Dean and the Comptroller. The new budget is set up under ten general headings instead of the more detailed basis of the previous budget. Each item is based on a detailed schedule, but it is suggested that the allocation be made under the ten general divisions in order to permit more flexibility in operation. I recommend approval of this reallocation of funds and further recommend that the Comptroller be authorized to approve minor changes and adjustments within these various items and allocations of the contingency item within the grand total appropriation, on the recommendation of the Director of the Physical Plant and the Executive Dean of the Chicago Colleges. Alterations—For Health Service; humidification; Dark R o o m s ; Child Research Clinic; Hospital Lobby; Medical Dispensary; stair tower d o o r s ; Dietitian's Office; to provide areas for basement windows, half doors to patients' rooms; remodeling in Operating Room No. 3 ; other incidental and general remodeling; and moving $ 76 100 Acoustical Work—On ceilings' for corridors generally throughout hospital and for many wards, offices, operating suites, and laboratories 23 000 Lighting Improvements—Reconstruction of Lobby lights; replacing obsolete glassware with new; and the provision of a few new fixtures 1 350 General Improvements—Reconstruction of elevators; modernization of painting on fourth, fifth, and sixth floors; hardware for new and old doors, and improving of d o o r s ; new terra cotta wainscots; replacement of some tile floors with terrazzo; and installation of some obscure glass 25 150 Equipment Modernization and Improvements—Relocation of laundry equipment; provision of Booster Heater and Dental Unit in Orthopedic Building; X-ray connections in fourth floor; refrigeration improvements; refinishing elevator interiors; new furnishings for south wing; and bumper protection on beds 20 900 Atmospheric Research—Cold Laboratory and Atmospheric Research Laboratories 17 250 Furniture, Equipment, and Furnishings—Narcotic lock boxes; emergency casualty service; new equipment in general lounges on fourth and sixth floors; draperies for a few windows; division screens for some w a r d s ; and furnishings for the Nurses' H o m e . . . 52 100 Grounds Improvements—Landscaping, and building signs 2 700 Architectural and Engineering Expenses—Including architectural expense on remodeling and engineering expense on air-conditioning.. 25 000 Contingency—For further unforeseen expenses 10 500 Total $254 000 O n m o t i o n of M r . L i v i n g s t o n , t h i s r e v i s e d a l l o c a t i o n of f u n d s w a s approved as recommended. INVESTIGATION OF FAILURES IN RAILROAD RAILS (11) Since January I, 1931, the Engineering Experiment Station has been engaged in an investigation of the causes of failures of railroad rails under an agreement with the Technical Committee on Rails of the American Iron and Steel Institute and the Rails Investigation Committee of the Association of American Railroads. These two agencies have financed this investigation and