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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1870
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112 ventured to take a vote to ascertain how many wished to engage in labor in the Mechanical shop, provided one be established here. Every man wa& swift to vote in favor of work. My own conviction is, that a shop should be immediately provided. I would, therefore, respectfully ask the Executive Committee to sanction the purchase of the following named machinery and apparatus for that purpose : I. An engine of 8 or 10 horse power, with regular cylinder, made to order, in such a manner as to be susceptible of receiving different valve-gears for $250 or $300. II. A machinist or engine lathe, from the Putnam Machine Company, of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, of 14 inch swing, having all the modern improvements, and being itself a model of workmanship, which can be purchased at reduced rates for this institution, at $310. III. A chuck, drills, etc., for, say $40. IV. Twenty feet of~%inch shafting at, say $20. V. Material and apparatus for, or perhaps a portable forge, for $20 or $40. VI. Anvil, vises, hammers, etc., say $40. The necessary shop room may be provided for by raising the roof of the present carpenter's shop, thereby adding a second story, which will perhaps cost $130, making room for the present for the machine and carpenter's shop, both of which can be supplied by the same power. This enlargement of the building, and also, the purchase of a boiler for $300 or $400, perhaps the Agricultural Department will be willing to undertake first, because the appropriation to the Mechanical Department for the purchase of models and machinery is small, and second, on account of the many benefits to the Agricultural Department arising from the presence of the shops. It is my belief, that the $2,000 appropriated to the Mechanical Department for providing models, etc., can be best used in first procuring apparatus for a shop, as above indicated, and then paying students for work producing models. I think it is also advisable, that the Executive Committee sanction the employment of an experienced workman, to be present at the shop, engaged at model work, and when not there myself, having the immediate oversight of students at work in the shop. Mr. Alexander Thompson, a graduate of Michigan University, is such a man, and a rapid worker, whom I can recommend in the highest terms. He can be secured for $1,200 per year, and if permanency cannot be promised, I would very strongly recommend as an economical measure, his temporary employment for model work, etc., till the $2,000 already appropriated for illustrative models, be exhausted. I submit the following estimate of expenses and receipts for the year, for which the Mechanical Department will be liable on account of the shop, if instituted : Expenses.. $m QQ Cost of machinery Wages of mechanic MateriaiB 200 0 0 " ; " ^ QQ •. •• JO000 $2,550*00
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