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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1920
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192 BOARD OF TRUSTEES FUEL CONSERVATION CIRCULAR [November 23, (16) A letter from Eugene McAuliffe, Manager of the Fuel Conservation Section of the United States Railroad Administration. November 12, 1918 TO REGIONAL DIRECTORS: Mr. A. H. Aishton Mr. C. H. Markham Mr. B. F. Bush Mr. A.H. Smith Mr.HaleHolden Mr. B. L. Winchell Mr. N. B. Maher DEAR SIRS: The Engineering Experiment Station of the University of Illinois at Urbana, Illinois, has recently published its Circular No. 8, entitled "The Economical Use of Goal in Railway Locomotives". This is an excellent pamphlet on fuel conservation. It contains 70 pages, is very well' illustrated, and is sure to be interesting and useful to enginemen, trainmen, shopmen, trainmasters, dispatchers, and others who have to do with locomotive operation and maintenance or with train operation. ; ! , I would suggest that you ask the Federal Managers to obtain a supply of these circulars for the men on their roads, or ask them ; at least, to advertise it among their men. Its wide circulation will promote fuel economy. It may be obtained from the Engineering Experiment Station of the University at the address above giveny^ jln lo£aJess thatMlQQjithe? price is twenty cents a copy, postage prepaid. For 100 or more the price is $15.00 per hundred, shipped collect. A number of copies, as shown below, is being sent to you separately for your inspection and distribution. Very truly yours, EUGENE MCAULIFFE This; letter was received for record; > Manager -n ELECTRIC CURRENT FOR Y f i M . Q. A, H U T (17) A request submitted by Professor S;W. Farr on behalf of the State Committee having in charge the War Work of the Y. M; C;TA.,; askingthat the University furnish the light for the Y. Mi Gl A; hut at the corner ^>f Wright and Green Streets, which was1 donated by the War Work Committee of the^Yi M. C.^Ai fbr«thedse of S. A. T. C. men. HThe estimate is that the current required'would be Somewhat over ninety-one kilowatts per week. He also requeststhat ah eleetrieakcbnnection be rnMe between the army tet and.t^e Universityisystem.;;:^ ^-"H^IHU m- v-. a- > uiiU-u u- On motion of Mr. Hoit, the Supervising Architect was ihstructicl to furnish during theT continuance of the S. A. T. C. the electric current for lighting the Y . M . C . A. hut. HOG SERUM LABORATORY (18) A statement that the Director of Agricuiture qf the State of Illinois^, f^irectpr^ Charles Adkins, raises the question whether the University would accept the laboratory erected at Springfield for the manufacture of hog cholera serum.
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