Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1902 [PAGE 209]

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UNIVERSITY O F I L L I N O I S .

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It is necessary therefore that the Board take this matter under consideration, and confirm the action of the officers of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, so far as may be deemed proper under all the circumstances of the case, and that the expenditure of $47,000.00 in addition to the insurance money be approved. Respectfully submitted,

ALEXANDER MCLEAN, F. M. MCKAY,

Committee on College of Medicine. T h i s r e p o r t was referred to t h e B u s i n e s s M a n a g e r with the r e q u e s t t h a t he give t h e B o a r d information r e g a r d i n g it as soon as practicable.

TILING ON THE SOUTH FARM.

URBANA, I I I . , Sept. 28,1901. lo the Board of Irustees of the University of Illinois: GENTLEMEN:—Your Committee to which was referred the drainage of the south farm submits the following report: The outlet tile, so far as we were able to fiad them, where four or more inches in diameter, were in Rood order, and we think capable of carrying the water from the farm. All tile above catch basins are completeiy rilled and useless. The basins were made of brick and partly arched over and then covered with plank and stone. All were broken in at the top and filled with earth. All basins were covered with earth. A diligent search was made for a plot of the drainage work at the Secretary's office, the Business Managers office, the Superintendant's office, the civil engineer's office, and at the Agricultural Budding, but nothing could be found relative to drainage on this farm. Your Committee recommends that an engineer be employed to act with Mr. Hedges to locate plot and drains recently laid on the east eighty of said farm and place said plot on record with the Secretary, Further, that an engineer be employed to seek levels and locate catch basins on all lands lying north of a line running east and west by the farm house west of what is known as the Best forty. And that the engineer be instructed to run lines for drainage on this land and plot the same and place the record with the Secretary. Th£ tile to be laid as soon as crops can be removed. The expense of work already done, outside of the mileage and individual expenses of the chairman of the Committee, is $7.00, which sum has not been paid. Your committee can give no location of drains definitely as we employed no engineer but Mr. Hedges, and your chairman will be quite good authority if we should be consulted when these catch basins and outlets are sought for. Your Committee recommends that the Committee on Agriculture be charged with superintendence of this work. Respectfully submitted,

F. L HATCH,

Chairman of Committee, T h e report of t h e C o m m i t t e e was a d o p t e d a n d $250.00 was a p p r o p r i a t e d for t h e i m m e d i a t e use of t h e C o m m i t t e e .