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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.

[Julys,

REPORT OF T H E COMMITTEE ON BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS.

Mrs. Busey presented the following report from the Committee on Buildings and Grounds:

EXTENSION OF THE HEAT, LIGHT AND POWER PLANT. (1) The supervising architect presented the report upon the proposed extension of the University heat, light, and power plant, the consideration of which was referred to this committee with power [page 273], together with an appropriation of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), for the execution of the work. The various points discussed by the Engineering College Faculty Committee in their report were considered, and the final action was to approve the recommendations of the Faculty Committee with reference to the tunnel extensions and to modify the recommendations with reference to the 10-inch steam line south of the tunnels, changing this line to an 8-inch. This committee, therefore, authorized the carrying of an 8-inch high pressure steam line with the necessary returns from the new boiler-house to the new law school junction; the construction of tunnels of the east-west line through the Auditorium and for a distance of 800 feet south on Mathews Avenue and 300 feet south on Wright Street, with a 10-inch steam main and the necessary returns; and the extension from the ends of these tunnels south in conduit to reach the new buildings south of the Auditorium, using 8-inch mains as far as they form a part of the main loop, and branch mains of the proper size to supply the several buildings.

The foregoing section, No. 1, of the report of the Committee on Buildings and Grounds, involving an appropriation of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for an extension of the heat, light, and power plant, was received for record.

(2) The committee considered the general repair budget which was referred to it by the board with power [page 273], and authorized it as a whole, with the reservation that no single repair item should be included which exceeded $500 in amount. This repair budget totaled seventeen thousand sixty dollars ($17,060).

• The foregoing section, No. 2, of the report of the Committee on Buildings and Grounds, involving an appropriation of seventeen thousand sixty dollars ($17,060) for the general repair budget as recommended by the supervising architect, was received for record.

(3) The Board of Trustees referred to this committee [page 274] for recommendation the question of campus lighting, and this committee recommends that six thousand dollars ($6,000) be appropriated, as much thereof as may be found necessary to be used for the adequate lighting of the campus as far south as the Auditorium. On motion of Mrs. E v a n s , t h e foregoing recommendation, involving a n a p p r o p r i a t i o n of six t h o u s a n d dollars ($6,000) for t h e lighting of the c a m p u s a s far south a s t h e Auditorium, was approved. T h e vote was as follows: Ayes, Mr. Abbott, Mr. Blair, Mrs. Busey, Mrs. E v a n s , Mrs. H e n r o t i n , Mr. Hoit, Mr. Moore, Mr. Trevett, Miss W a t s o n ; noes, n o n e ; absent, Mr. D u n n e , Mr. Meeker, Mr. Montgomery. (4) The board referred for recommendation [page 274] the question of an addition to the library boo]* stacks, and this committee recommends, that the building be extended southward 24 feet at an estimated cost of twenty-seven thousand seven hundred dollars ($27,700), which includes the building extension and elevator and the necessary book stacks to fill out the two top stories of the present stack and the first three stories of the new stack, which will provide space for 76,000 volumes. When it becomes necessary to provide additional book capacity, additional stacks can be placed on the upper two floors of the addition for the accommodation of 44,000 volumes. On motion of Mrs. Busey, it was voted to concur in t h e foregoing recommendation, involving a n appropriation of twenty-seven t h o u s a n d seven hundred dollars ($27,700) for an addition to t h e L i b r a r y book stacks. The vote was as follows: Ayes, Mr. Abbott, Mr. Blair, Mrs. Busey, Mrs. E v a n s , Mrs. H e n r o t i n , Mr. Hoit, Mr. Moore, Mr. Trevett, Miss W a t s o n ; noes, n o n e ; absent, Mr. Dunne, Mr. Meeker, Mr. Montgomery. IMPROVEMENTS TO BUILDINGS. (5) The Board of Trustees referred to this committee for recommendation [page 394] a list of general building improvements which are listed below: 1. Freight truck $2,000 00 2. Deep well pump and motor 1,000 00 3. Clocks for buildings (10) 350 00 4. Boiler-house Drive—Springfield to Green 2,500 00 5. Paving Burrill Avenue from University Hall to Auditorium, 15 feet wide : 2,500 00