Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1910 [PAGE 228]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.

[June 24

Engineering Hall—The Engineering building is in reasonably good condition, but there are a large number of rooms which still have the original water color tinting upon the walls, and a portion of these should be cleaned off and painted. The changes in the building necessitated by' the removal of the Physics Department are chiefly the removing of partitions, with the exception of the sub-dividing of one room for the use of the commandant, and the construction of a vault for the storage of University drawings. This latter item, if we can use a door from one of the vaults in the present business offices, will cost about $200.00, but it seems to me it is well worth doing. General changes in the Engineering building, aside from the above item will cost about $500.00, and there should be allowed for re-painting and varnishing on the interior of the building $1,000.00. Green House—The University Green House is inadequate- for the demands made upon it, but until some permanent location can be decided upon for these buildings, it does not seem advisable to spend much money in additions. However, it will be necessary to make some repairs on this building and the exterior and interior should be re-painted, involving a total expense of $275.00. Gymnasium—The Men's Gymnasium is not included at this time, because we have a special appropriation for its re-construction. Hydraulic Laboratory—The Hydraulic Laboratory is in reasonably good condition. New gutters were placed upon this building during the past year, but there are a few repairs necessary to the slating, and ventilators should be placed upon the ridge over the east end of the building, as at present the laboratory is too hot for use in summer. Three 36-inch ventilators would cost about $150.00. Another room should be partitioned off on the front of the second story for Professor Talbot's work, and it is also^very desirable to build a vault for the safe keeping of the large amount of manuscript material which he keeps constantly in hand for reference. These items, together with the necessary painting of walls and ceilings, will amount to $500.00. Law Building—The Law building is in reasonably good condition, except for the interior appearance, and there should be a little painting done on the exterior, which together with some minor repairs, will cost $260.00. Judge.Harker wishes the northwest room on the first floor divided, which will probably cost about $80.00. This is all entirely apart from the expense of the proposed new book stack, for which plans are now ready for approval, and which can be constructed within the appropriation. Library—The Library building is now so crowded that it is not at all satisfactory for the purposes for which it is used. The toilet rooms are inadequate, and some improvements must be made in the ventilation. The floors not covered with cork carpet need re-varnishing, and a number of the walls need to be re-finished. • The roof inside of the tower, which forms the ceiling of Dean Kinley's Seminary room, is made of tin, and because there is considerable tramping over it, it has begun to give trouble, and I doubt if we can adequately repair it. This is the only tin work which was used about the building at the time of its construction, and it evidently was poor economy. To put a copper roof over this area would cost $150.00; to re-finish the floors would cost $200.00; general repair and improvements would amount to $220.00. We have discussed during the past year the advisability of finishing on* a stack room and seminar room on the third floor, the cost of which I estimated (including stacks) at something like $8,000.00. I have not included this in my recommendations, but insert it for the sake of record. Metal Shop^-The exterior metal work on the Machine Shop must be repainted, and the interior of the machine shop should be cleaned and the entrance hall re-painted. These items will cost about the sum of $250.00. The electric wiring should be entirely re-constructed. It is now all open wiring, which has been criticised in every report of the fire inspector. Torewire this building with conduit installation would cost $500.00.