Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1880 [PAGE 144]

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To whom. C.P.White Robinson & Burr W. Malthy U. S. Patent Office Fuller & Fuller Publishers Illini Illinois Central Railroad Co T. K. Robeson & Bros Flemming &Doane Architectural Department.. Mechanical Department Champaign Gazette R. B. Harmell '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. E. S. Lawrence R. Sutton Jas. W. Christopher Agricultural Department... Wm. Price Alexander Spence Thos. McKinzie Yale Lock MTg Co Robert Excel Architectural Department.. L.B.andW.Ry T. J. Burrill M E. Lapham Mechanical Department 111. Cent. Railroad donation A.E.Foote Crane Bros. MTg Co Students' pay-roll H. Swannell Treyett & Green C. and U. Gas Co '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'."'.'.. Eichbe*rg Bros Agricultural Department Geo. A. Wild Decker, Smith & Co JohnO'Neil U. S. Express Co E. A. McAllister S. W. Shattuck

Hay Work Repairing pianos... Binding reports Glass Circulars, etc Freight 105 yards crash Work on flues Work and material.. Printing Publishing proposals Painting 5 vols. Herd-book Brick Periodicals Farm expense, November Work and material Paint and glass Painting and glazing Balance on Greenhouse Brick work _ gross padlocks Pipe and hardware Work for other Departments Freight t Expense to Springfield Lumber Work for other Departments Freight, September, October, November. Books Bowls and hardware Hardware November, 1878 Chemicals Hardware Tools Gas for November Cord Work on grounds Specimens for cabs Papyrographic ink and paper. Work and material Expressage Postage, three months Petty expense, three months ..

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The report was received and ordered on file. The bills presented were audited and allowed. Prof. Burrill's request in regard to fencing and seeding of apple orchard, also planting of experimental orchard, was referred to Messrs. Gardner and Pickrell, with power to act. A report from the Corresponding Secretary, in regard to the publication of the biennial reports of the University for the years 1875 and 1876, also 1877 and 1878, was received, and ordered on file. Col. E. B. Mason, chairman of Committee to appoint a Professor of Mechanics, submitted the following report, which was received:

CHAMPAIGN, December 18,1878. To the President and Board of Trustees of the Illinois Industrial University: Your Committee to whom was referred the employment of Professor Peabody to fill the chair of Mechanical Engineering, offered through Dr. Gregory, Eegent, the position to Professor Peabody at a salary of $1,800 per year, which was declined by him. But on the urgent representation of the Regent ot the importance of filling the position at once it was deemed advisable to employ Professor Peabody at a salary of $2,000 per year, and he was so employed. . . . O A . T _, . E. B. MASON, Chairman.