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UNIVERSITY O F ILLINOIS. R E P O R T OF LETTING CONTRACT FOR NEW BUILDING.

The joint committee constituted t o receive bids and let the contract for the new building made t h e following r e p o r t :

To the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. GENTLEMEN: Your Executive Committee and Committee on Buildings and Grounds, whom, at your meeting of September 8th, you authorized to receive jointly the bids t h a t might be sent in for the erection of the natural science building, and to act thereon, met at 3 o'clock p. ni., Monday, September 21, 1891, in Professor Ricker's room in University Hall, in Urbana. Of the Executive Committee, all the members were present, and from the Committee on Buildings and Grounds, Messrs. Bullard and Graham, Mr. McLean being absent. The Secretary of the Board was made secretary of the meeting. The several gentlemen who had handed in bids were all present, except Mr. Valentine Jobst. The bids were then opened and were found to be from L. M. Moore, of Danville; Wm. Schroder & Son, of Peoria ; Peter Kinney & Son, of Peoria; Deal & Allen, of Peoria: and Valentine Jobst. of Peoria. There was also a partial bid from Kerr & Bro., of Urbana. I t was found, upon reading and comparing the bids t h a t t h a t of Valentine Jobst was the lowest. I t was as follows:

PEORIA, I I I . , September 19, 1891.

To the Honorable Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. GENTLEMEN: 1. I propose to furnish all materials and labor, as per amended drawings and specifications, for the natural science building, the cut stone for same to be of Warrensburg or Bedford stone, for the sum of fifty-seven thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven dollars ($57,857.00). No. 2. If hard bricks in cement be used for footings of all interior walls, instead of dimension stone, same width, my price will be fifty-seven thousand one hundred and nineteen dollars and fifty cents ($57,119.50). No. 3. If external basement walls and footings are also built of hard bricks in cement, instead of stone, then faced with pitch-faced stone from grade-level to water-table, I ask the sum of fifty-five thousand five hundred and ninety-eight dollars and ninety-three cents ($55,598.93). No. 4. If all visible external brick walls of building are faced outside with St. Louis pressed bricks, No. 3 color, and colored mortar joints, frieze of cornice unchanged, as well as stone ashler, etc., add the sum of fourteen hundred dollars to bid No. 3. To-wit:

Bid 3 P r e s s e d brick a n d facings, bid 4.. Total $55,598 93 1,400 00 $56,998 93

Fifty-six thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight dollars and ninety-three cents. Yours respectfully,

V. JOBST.

The committee then retired to the University Parlor to consider which form of Mr. Jobst's bid should be accepted. After explanations by Professor Kicker, it was voted, on motion of Mr. Cobb, to accept Mr. Jobst's proposal No. 2, with the addition of pressed brick at price named therefor in No. 4; t h a t is, to erect the building according to the amended plans and specifications, except t h a t all interior walls should have footings of hard brick laid in cement, in place of footings of dimension stone, and t h a t all visible external brick walls should be faced with St. Louis pressed