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1898]

PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES COAL TESTS.

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SPRINGFIELD, I I I . , September 30, 1898.

To the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, GENTLEMEN:—Recognizing the value of the tests of coal made by the mechanical engineering department to determine the relative steam producing qualities of coal, as a guide in the annual purchase of coal for the university, it is hereby ordered by this board that such tests of coal be continued, especially of the forms of coal known as slack and pea coal, and that the Business Manager be instructed to purchase at the best rates obtainable thirty tons of slack and thirty tons of pea coal from each of the several mines of the State that have been bidding on furnishing coal tor the University, and that the Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds and the professor of mechanical engineering be instructed to test these qualities of coals at the times and in such manner and under such conditions as in their judgment will best unite to furnish the information sought for by this Board, and to report to the Board the result of these tests. It is further ordered that the professor of applied chemistry be instructed to make such chemical analyses of these coals as will fully determine their composition and character as to their power to make steam and any other general or special facts which may be obtained in such analyses, and to report the results of his investigation to this Board. It is the desire to have these Teports at the same time from different departments, so that complete information of any coal may be had by an examination of these combined reports. Respectfully submitted,

S. A. BULLARD,

Chairman Committee on Buildings and Grounds, T h e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s of t h e C o m m i t t e e were a d o p t e d . 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 r e c o m m e n d e d t h e p a y m e n t of t h e balance, $295.31, of C h a r l e s Gr. A r m s t r o n g ' s bill for s e r v i c e s as c o n s u l t i n g e n g i n e e r on]the H e a t i n g , L i g h t i n g , a n d P o w e r p l a n t , ' a n d t h e b a l a n c e was o r d e r e d paid.

MINNESOTA LANDS.

T h e following r e s o l u t i o n was offered b y M r . B u l l a r d : WHEREAS, Tthe University owns several thousand acres of land in the •State of Minnesota, which several years ago were appraised and placed on sale by the board, and WHEREAS, A new listing: and appraisement is now advisable in order to adjust the prices to the conditions at present prevailing, so that the University may be properly guarded against loss on such sales of lands, therefore Resolved, That a committee of two members of this board be appointed to list and appraise the said lands and report their acts for the approval of this 'board as soon as practicable. The report of the committee shall include a legal description of each piece of land, number of acres therein, the quality of the soil, proximity to railroad stations, villages, and water courses, and a general description of its topography, with a view of determining its value for farming purposes. Mrs. F l o w e r moved t h a t t h e resolution b e a d o p t e d a n d t h a t M e s s r s . R a y m o n d a n d M c L e a n be a p p o i n t e d s u c h c o m m i t t e e , a n d t h e m o t i o n prevailed.