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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.

[Jan. 30,

Afternoon Session.

When the board reconvened after luncheon, the same members were present as during the morning session. Prof. James M. White, Supervising Architect, was in attendance and presented the following statements:

COAL CONTRACTS. T h e following bids w e r e received in r e s p o n s e t o t h e C o m p t r o l l e r ' s a d v e r t i s e m e n t for bids for o u r s u p p l y of coal f r o m October 15, 1914, t o October 15, 1 9 1 5 : R E L A T I V E V A L U E S O F BIDS SUBMITTED FOR U N I V E R S I T Y COAL S U P P L Y F O R 1914-1915. B. T. U. Quoted Price Cost price corrected stand- in cents. ard. for ash. a ton. $2 05 178 1 33 1 50 1 25 1 30 1 45 $1 1 1 1 1 1 1 93 68 25 48 25 30 37 11,300 11.500 10.200 10,300 10.000 9.300 11.700 9.06 7.31 6.13 7.19 6.25 7.00 5.85

Name of firm.

Delivery.

Standard ash.

Mueller Lumber Co Collieries Sales Co. Christian County Coal Co R. E . Gannon David R u t t e r & Co Electric Coal Co Edwards & Bradford Lumber Co.

Wabash Big F o u r Wabash Traction Traction

11 11.6 13 16 17 17 12.65

N O T E — B i d from Edwards & Bradford Lumber Co. submitted after October 20, 1915. T h e C h r i s t i a n C o u n t y Coal C o m p a n y w e r e t h e l o w b i d d e r s b u t t h e i r proposition w a s c o n t i n g e n t u p o n t h e Illinois T r a c t i o n S y s t e m e s t a b l i s h i n g a s w i t c h i n g r a t e of t e n c e n t s a t o n f r o m t h e W a b a s h t r a c k s t o o u r boiler h o u s e . N e g o t i a t i o n s w i t h r e f e r e n c e t o t h i s r a t e d e l a y e d t h e a w a r d i n g of t h e c o n t r a c t a n d in t h e m e a n t i m e coal w a s p u r c h a s e d • u p o n t h e open m a r k e t . I t finally s e e m e d u n w i s e t o a c c e p t a n y of t h e bids a n d on D e c e m b e r 16 a l l b i d s received October 10 w e r e r e j e c t e d a s s h o w n in t h e following l e t t e r : D E A R SIRS*: I n a s m u c h a s t h e I n s t i t u t i o n h a s d e l a y e d a c t i o n on t h e coal c o n t r a c t s u c h a l o n g time, i t h a s been decided, in f a i r n e s s t o b i d d e r s , t h a t all bids s h o u l d be rejected. T h e U n i v e r s i t y e x p e c t s t o p u r c h a s e i t s coal for t h e e n s u i n g y e a r on t h e open m a r k e t , o r in s m a l l c o n t r a c t s p l a c e d w i t h s e v e r a l people. I n case y o u a r e i n t e r e s t e d in s u p p l y i n g a n y p a r t of o u r n e e d s , w e will be p l e a s e d t o receive p r o p o s a l s from y o u . Yours truly, JAMES M. W H I T E , Supervising Architect. By H. D. OBERDORFER.

On November a contract was entered into with the Sharon Coal Company for their entire output of screenings at $1.10 a ton delivered at the boiler house, and on December 22 a contract was entered into with the Electric Coal Company of Danville to furnish the balance of our requirements for the year at $1.25 a ton delivered at the boiler house, which is five cents a ton lower than their bid on our coal supply for the entire year, and which, taken in conjunction with the bid from the Sharon Coal Company, will make our coal for the year cost us less than it would have cost us on the basis of any bid received.

The entire report submitted on the coal contracts for the current year was referred to the Committee on Buildings and Grounds for consideration and report.

BUILDING PLANS AND POLICY.

The Supervising Architect called attention to the need for additional land; reported upon the progress of the Chemistry and Administration Buildings; gave the status of the plans for the Education Building, Women's Residence Hall, and Ceramics Building. In connection with the Education Building, the advisability of using the Gothic design as submitted b.y the State Architect was discussed at some length; and in connection with the Women's Residence Hall, the policy of fixing the rentals high enough to secure a return on the investment was discussed. The Supervising Architect presented plans for the Memorial Music Building, the estimate on the completed cost of which was $350,000. The policy of erecting so expensive a building and the possibility of erecting only part of the building contemplated in the plans were discussed. Other general building needs were discussed, and among the grounds and service plant betterments special stress was laid on the need for additional wells and reservoir capacity, data being presented to show that it