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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.

Nov. 30, 1893, $190,031.23, and finds t h e report correct. They have examined t h e vouchers submitted by the business agent, S. W. Shattuck, Ko. 676 to 1400, inclusive, excepting 1037, and find them correct and duly receipted. They have also examined the experiment station warrants, No. 1 to 65, inclusive, for t h e quarter ending Sept. 30. 1893. and find them correct and duly receipted. Respectfully submitted,

ALEX. MCLEAN, ) ^. ... n J. E. ARMSTRONG, ^ ^ance Committee.

On motion of Mr. McKay, it was voted t h a t a central heating plant would be most desirable for t h e University; and t h e committee on buildings and grounds was instructed to report in detail with regard to such a plant a t t h e next meeting of t h e board. The committee on buildings and grounds made t h e following report with regard to moving t h e house in t h e arboretum to t h e south farm:

URBANA, I I I . , December 13, 1893.

To the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. GENTLEMEN:—Your committee on buildings and grounds reports t h a t after examining t h e house in t h e arboretum, on the site of t h e new building, i t was decided to remove it to t h e south farm, to be used for a tenement house, as requested by t h e farm committee. We got two proposals from house movers, one for $250 and one for $125. We made a contract with Mr. Charles Weeks, for $125, to move t h e house t o t h e location desired on t h e south farm. Nothing was said in t h e contract about the expense of going through t h e lines of t h e Electric Street Railway. Mr. Weeks was not permitted by t h e street railway company to go through its lines without considerable delay, nor until t h e University guaranteed t h e expense of crossing. To avoid further charges, unreasonably large, demanded by t h e street railway company, your committee agreed to pay Mr. Weeks $25 more to take another and longer road t o the place of destination. The house is now in place and partially repaired. The street railway company rendered a bill of expense for cutting and repairing wire, etc., amounting to $15.10, and for damage to trolley wire, $10. We decided t h a t t h e bill of expense, amounting to $15.10, be paid in settlement in full of t h e bill rendered by t h e said company; t h a t Mr. Weeks be paid $150, as agreed; and t h a t $500, or so much thereof as may be needed, be appropriated for putting t h e house in good condition for habitation, all these sums to be paid from t h e income of t h e farm. Respectfully submitted,

S. A. BTJLLARD, ) Committee on Is. B. MORRISON, \ Buildings and Grounds.

The report was adopted. The same committee also reported with regard to t h e new building, as

follows: E N G I N E E R I N G HALL. URBANA, I I I . , Dec. 13, 1893.

To the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. GENTLEMEN: Your committer on buildings and grounds reports with regard to Engineering H a l l : Your committee notified C. F. Schultz & Co. t h a t their proposal for erecting Engineering Hall had been accepted by t h e board of trustees, and t h a t they should meet t h e committee, in Chicago, October 12th, ready to present a bond and enter into a contract for t h e erection of said building. Mr. Phil. Yeager and Mr. C. F . Schultz were both present. The members of t h e firm of C. F . Schultz & Co. notified your committee t h a t t h e said firm had taken in another member, Mr. M. Yeager, and