Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1904 [PAGE 328]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, BID.S FOR CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS.

June 6f

The bids were opened for construction of buildings, and found to be as follows: .>i\mk

General Contractors. William Allen, Peoria . Collins Bros., Bock Island English Bros., Champaign , F. M. Garthwait, Chicago Gindele Bros., Chicago , , GoldieBros., Chicago , Hanson Bros., Chicago Henry Construction Co., Kankakee., F. H. Jahr, Urbana McCarty Bros., Chicago , ValJobst & Sons, Peoria Woman's Agricultural building:. buildings. 500 00 880 00 195 00

940 200 244 475 800 000 00 00 50 00 00 00 951,972 00 50,500 54,998 67,700 57,440 57,990 67,930 53,000 53,100 53,800 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Foundry.

$ 9,603 00 10,770 00 11,500 00 16,845 00 10,825 00 11,500 00 11,400 00

Plumbing Contractors.

Woman's Temper'ture Agricultural building. regulation. buildings. $6,000 00 6,652 00 6,711 00 7,879 00 6,700 00 $745 00 695 00 745 00 795 00 736 00 $2,400 00 2,299 00 2,157 00 2,649 00 2,100 00

Phillips-Getschow Co., Chicago, (bid on heating Walsh & Heuck Lane Pyke Co., LaFayette, Ind., (bid on heating only) Field, Shorb & Co., Decatur

The bids were referred to Professor White and the Committee on Buildings and Grounds for examination and report. The Board took a recess until 3 o'clock in the afternoon.

AFTERNOON SESSION, J U N E 6, 1904. When the Board met after recess the same members were present a& at the morning session. Upon the recommendation of the Committee on Bulidings and Grounds, the general contract for the erection of the Woman's Building wras awarded to Collins Brothers, of Rock Island,, on their bid of $63,880, and the contract for the plumbing and heating of the Woman's building was awarded to Blake & Murphy, of Rock Island, on their bid of $6,000, with an addition of $745 for temperature regulation, if used. The contract for the agricultural buildings was awarded to English Brothers, of Champaign, on their bid of $50,500, and the heating and plumbing of these buildings was awarded to Walsh & Heuck, of Champaign, for $2,100.