Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1914 [PAGE 90]

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U N I V E R S I T Y OF I L L I N O I S .

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[July 5,

1912.

S T E I N W A Y H A L L , CHICAGO., J u l y 3,

2Dr. Edmund J. James, University, of Illinois, Urbana, III. D E A R S I R : I n r e p l y to y o u r s of J u l y 1, I b e g t o s a y t h a t on s t u d y i n g t h e m a t t e r m o r e fully it seemed to m e t h a t t h e b e s t solution of t h e problem would b e t o devise s o m e s c h e m e b y w h i c h all of t h e t r u s s e s could be erected, so t h a t t h e e x p e n s i v e tools n e c e s s a r y for t h i s p u r p o s e w o u l d n o t a g a i n h a v e t o be b r o u g h t t o t h e site. I took t h e m a t t e r u p w i t h t h e l o w e s t bidder, t h e M o r a v a C o n s t r u c t i o n C o m p a n y , a n d t h i s c o m p a n y finally a g r e e d to f u r n i s h a n d e r e c t all steel w o r k e x c e p t i n g t h e e n d s for t h e s u m of $59,500. T h i s p r o p o s a l w a s s u b m i t t e d to a n d t e n t a t i v e l y a p p r o v e d b y Mr. A b b o t t , a n d t h e M o r a v a C o n s t r u c t i o n C o m p a n y w e r e t o l d t h a t if t h e . enclosure cost of t h e b u i l d i n g w o u l d n o t exceed t h e b a l a n c e of t h e f u n d s a v a i l a b l e , t h e w o r k w o u l d be a w a r d e d to t h e m . T h e c o n t r a c t o r s ' bids for t h i s e n c l o s u r e w o r k w e r e received a n d opened t o d a y , a n d i t a p p e a r s t h a t t h e b i d of N . H . Shields, of Danville, of $35,417 is t h e lowest. M r . Shields f u r t h e r a g r e e d t o allow $800 for a c h a n g e in t h e m e t h o d of h o l d i n g •certain roof b e a m s , $450 t o give t h e w o o d w o r k one c o a t of oil i n s t e a d of t w o •coats of paint, a n d $300 a l l o w a n c e on g e n e r a l principles, he finding a t t h e l a s t m o m e n t t h a t h e c a n g e t t h e l u m b e r a t a lower cost t h a n o r i g i n a l l y e s t i m a t e d on >foy h i m . I a m satisfied t h a t t h e s e a l l o w a n c e s a r e f a i r a n d r e a s o n a b l e . M o r a v a C o n s t r u c t i o n C o m p a n y ' s option on t h e steel e x p i r e s on t h e 15th, a n d 1 r e c o m m e n d e d t h a t a c o n t r a c t be e n t e r e d into w i t h t h e M o r a v a C o n s t r u c t i o n •Company a n d N . H . Shields, on c o n t r a c t s of $59,500 a n d $33,867, o r a t o t a l •of $93,367. T h e b a l a n c e of $6,633 is a n insufficient a m o u n t to a r r a n g e for a h e a t i n g s y s t e m *in t h e building, b u t s h o u l d m a k e it possible to i n s t a l l t e m p o r a r y lighting. R e f e r r i n g a g a i n t o y o u r letter, I will s a y t h a t t h e Locomotive L a b o r a t o r y p l a n s a r e well u n d e r w a y a n d will be r e a d y for specification in a s h o r t t i m e . T h e s k e t c h p l a n s for t h e Stock J u d g i n g P a v i l i o n h a v e been s u b m i t t e d t o t h e d e p a r t m e n t , a n d , a s I u n d e r s t a n d it, a r e a p p r o v e d in a g e n e r a l w a y . A s y o u k n o w t h e a p p r o p r i a t i o n for t h i s b u i l d i n g is insufficient to c a r r y out t h e s c h e m e s proposed, a n d it will be n e c e s s a r y to decide w h a t p o r t i o n of t h e b u i l d i n g is t o "be e r e c t e d a t t h i s t i m e . I w o u l d r e c o m m e n d t h a t a n a t t e m p t be m a d e to finish t h e c e n t r a l portion, viz, t h e l a r g e a r e n a , a s c o m p l e t e y a s t h i s c a n be done, b u t s h a l l be p l e a s e d to follow w h a t e v e r you m a y direct m e to do. M y u n d e r s t a n d i n g w a s a n d is t h a t t h e p l a n s for t h e g r e e n h o u s e s w o u l d be s u b m i t t e d b y g r e e n h o u s e b u i l d e r s , w i t h t h e i r bids, a n d I, t h e r e f o r e , h a v e n o t w o r k e d on them. Respectfully yours,

W. CARBYS Z I M M E R M A N .

P . S.—I a m s e n d i n g a copy of t h i s l e t t e r to Mr. A b b o t t , a n d enclose a copy o f b i d s received on t h e enclosure. [SCHEDULE OF BIDS.]

ARCHITECTURAL WORK—ARMORY BUILDING—UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.

Contractors.

**A" "B" Complete Complete "D" building as building in Price per per plans 6 months, Price per cubic yard and speciexcept cubic feet of excafications in grading concrete. vation. 6 months' and time. sewers. $38,500 00 42,448 00 36,939 00 $37,100 00 41,998 00 35,417 00 .25 .25 .17i $0 75 40 40

English Bros •J. F . Schmitt Bros. Company N. H. Shilds

It was voted that the proposition of the Morava Construction Company, which was submitted to and tentatively approved by the president of the board, be approved,# and that the officers of the board be authorized to sign a contract with the* Morava Construction Company to furnish and erect all the steel work for the Armory, excepting the ends, for the sum of fifty-nine thousand five hundred dollars ($59,500); also, that they be authorized to «ign a contract with N. H. Shields, of Danville, for the enclosure of the ^building according to the bids submitted, including the complete architectural work on the building except sewers and grading, to be completed in six months, for the sum of thirty-three thousands eight hundred sixty-seven dollars ($33,867). ' '. •

PLANS FOR STOCK JUDGING PAVILION AND GREENHOUSES. HORTICULTURAL

i President James submitted plans for the Stock judging Pavilion and for the Horticultural Greenhouses.