Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1900 [PAGE 320]

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UNIVEESITY OF ILLINOIS.

[June 12,

I also emphasize the remarks of the Superintendent about the leak in the roof of the small tower above the President's office. There has been no severe rain since the Library was constructed which has not poured through this roof, making my office at times almost unusable. Another matter connected with the Library Building, to which the Superintendent has not called attention, I think, but which is not unknown to the Board, is the dampness in the basement. It is so serious as to make the basement of the building unfit for use for any purpose. The loss of the use of this portion of the building is too serious to allow the matter to pass without further effort to find the cause of the dampness and to remedy it. A considerable expenditure of money would be justifiable if thereby the trouble could be removed. The Library Building is the center of interest at the University, and any diffieulties about it are a great humiliation to us. I hope that every effort will be made to put it in perfect condition. This will include a new treatment of the walls in the room of the Board of Trustees and in the President's office, at least. 1 recommend that the Superintendent's suggestions touching employes and salaries in his department be adopted, as follows:

For Steam Department— Chief Engineer Joseph Morrow, per year , Engineer Edward Justus, per hour—cents Engineer F. G. Killam, per hour—cents Fireman Spencer Stuckey, per hour—cents , Fireman J. R. Newton, per hour—cents For Watchmen— Day man, Pearl Adams, per month Night man, , per month Gardeners— Head man. Fred Atkinson, per month Assistant, Evelyn Atkinson, per month Janitors— Library Building, per month University Hall, per month Engineering Hall, per month Armory and Men's Gymnasium, jointly, per month Natural History Building, permonth Electrical and Mechanical Laboratories, per month Metal and Wood Shops and Testing Laboratory, per month Astronomical Observatory, per month Toilet rooms, per month One relief, per month $1,200 00 22*2 20 22*2 20 50 00 40 00 60 00 40 00 40 40 40 40 35 35 35 15 27 35 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

5. That $500 be set aside for employment of women as extra help. 6. That I may employ janitor help for the agricultural buildings when completed, and add extra day help for the heating and lighting station, as necessity requires. A p p o i n t m e n t s of e m p l o y e s u n d e r t h e S u p e r i n t e n d e n t of B u i l d i n g s a n d G r o u n d s were m a d e as r e c o m m e n d e d . Also t h e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n of t h e S u p e r i n t e n d e n t of B u i l d i n g s a n d G r o u n d s of a n a p p r o p r i a t i o n of $500.00 for additions to t h e greenh o u s e was a d o p t e d , t h e work to be i n c h a r g e of t h e C o m m i t t e e on Buildings and Grounds. O t h e r i t e m s involving e x p e n d i t u r e s n a m e d in t h e c o m m u n i c a t i o n from t h e S u p e r i n t e n d e n t of B u i l d i n g s a n d G r o u n d s were referred to t h e C o m m i t t e e on B u i l d i n g s a n d G r o u n d s with power to act. T h e y w e r e as follows: 1. T o b u i l d t h r e e coal sheds, one at each of t h e different railroads, w i t h a capacity of 250 to 300 tons each, at an expense of a b o u t $350.00 apiece.