Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1910 [PAGE 229]

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PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD O'F TRUSTEES.

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M. E. Laboratory—The M. E. . Laboratory must be -re-painted on "che exterior, at a cost of $250.00. Most of the rooms in the east end of the building should have the walls retinted, and in some of them the doors and wood-work around the windows require re-varnishing. There is also some wiring in these rooms which should be replaced with conduit installation. These improvements will cost $500.00. Natural History Hall—The exterior of the Natural History building should have been re-painted last year, but on account of the construction of • the addition, it was'postponed in order that the colors might be uniform. There will also have to be quite a little interior painting and finishing, due to the re-arrangement of rooms for departments which will occupy them next year. There should be appropriated for this building $750.00. Observatory—The flat roofs on the wings of the Observatory should be replaced with new roofs, at a cost of $150.00. The interior painting and general repairs to this building will cost about $185.00. President's House—I have already sent you a memorandum of the repairs on your residence, which includes the washing and painting of the exterior, $180.00; the re-varnishing of oak floors will cost about $150.00, and the interior papering, painting, and general repairs, including whitewashing the basement, $130.00. Reservoir—The storage reservoir, beside the boiler house, should have a roof over it, both to keep the water clean enough so that it will not be objectionable to pump into our service system in case of fire, and also to prevent danger to children who sometimes play around there, and try to skate upon the ice in the winter; it is a very deep reservoir and if a child should get in there, it would be in serious danger of drowning; this would cost about $200.00. State Entomologist's Building—The State Entomologist's building should be painted on the exterior, and it is also advisable to do quite a little painting on the interior, which altogether would cost $200.00. University Hall—There is never any limit to the amount of money which can be spent upon University hall. The exterior was painted last year and over $800.00 spent on the interior decorating. We could easily spend $3,000.00 this year in re-painting the interior. The toilet rooms are inadequate and are poorly ventilated, and I have not yet devised any plan for overcoming the difficulty. I recommend for interior painting, $1,500.00; for general repairs, $250.00; for sub-dividing the present Museum into class rooms, $1,300.00; for rebuilding the east and west end stairways, so as* to eliminate winders, $400.00; and for general repairs in the Academy, $230.00. Woman's Building—'The Woman's building is one of the buildings upon our campus which I feel should be kept in better order than any other and therefore there should be considerable cleaning and re-tinting of walls done, for which I recommend that $500.00 be appropriated. More of the windows should be screened, and it is desirable to put in a spiral stairway from the gymnasium locker room to the basement. These two items would cost in the neighborhood of $130.00. Wood Shop—The metal work on the wood shop should be painted two coats and there is some patching of plastering to be done, which will necessitate some re-decorating. Nearly all of the interior natural wood finish in this building should be re-varnished. The general repairs would cost, $90.00; and the exterior and interior painting, $325.00. Tunnel—The steam tunnel is crowded with pipes and wires up to the point where the connections for Engineering hall are taken off. There is a large amount of open wiring, which should be replaced by cable and this practically must be done before" we can put in the cables necessary to supply the new buildings. With all this open wiring out of the way, I think the tunnel will be ample in size for some time. This will cost $300.00. Steam Connection to Greenhouse—The steam connection to the greenhouse, which is laid underground, is beginning to leak and will have to be