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board of trustees

[February 14,

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGS, JANUARY 31 AND FEBRUARY 1 1 , 1924 The Secretary presented for record the minutes of meetings of the Executive Committee held on January 31 and February 11, 1924. MEETING OF JANUARY 31, 1924 We hereby approve the award o a contract under an agreement drawn up nad f signed by the T. W . Wilmarth Company, by T. W . Gilmore, dated January 14, 1924, for lighting fixtures required in the erection, construction, and completion of the Medical Research Laboratory and Library, according to specifications of the architects, the consideration being T w o Thousand Five Hundred Fifty-seven Dollars and Sixty Cents (£2,557.60), and award the contract for the same in accordance with to said agreement to the said Wilmarth Company and authorize and direct the Comptroller of the University and the Secretary of the Board to sign said contract. W e also approve the award of a contract under an agreement drawn up and signed by the Linden Company, by N . E. Johnson, dated January 11, 1924, for lighting fixtures required in the erection, construction, and completion of the Medical Research Laboratory and Library, according to specifications of the architects, the consideration being Three Thousand Dollars (#3,000.00), and award the contract for the same in accordance with the said agreement to the said Linden Company, and authorize and direct the Comptroller of the University and the Secretary of the Board to sign said contract. W . L. Noble, Chairman Laura B. Evans Chicago, January 31, 1924.

MEETING OF FEBRUARY 11,1 924

A meeting of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois was held at the University, in Urbana, at 2 o'clock p. m. on Monday, February 11, 1924. Dr. W . L. Noble, Chairman, Mrs. Laura B. Evans, and M r . J. W . Armstrong (acting for M r . Trees) were present; also President Kinley, Professor J. M . White, and a number of contractors and their representatives. Dr. Noble called the meeting to order and stated that the purpose of the meeting was to receive and open bids for the general contract for the construction of the McKinley Hospital, Library, Commerce, and Men's Gymnasium buildings, and asked whether all who wished to present bids had done so. There being no response, Dr. Noble declared the bidding closed, and proceeded to open the bids. (See next page.) Dr. Noble thanked the contractors for their interest and attendance, and announced that the certified checks of all but the three low bidders would be returned by the Supervising Architect after the meeting, and the contractors retired. The Committee considered the bids. O n motion of Mrs. Evans, the Supervising Architect was directed to ask the three low bidders on the McKinley Hospital to revise their bids making deductions for certain changes in the plans and to report at the next meeting of the Board. The Committee recommended that the bids of English Brothers for the Library ($506,750) and for the Commerce Building (#336,960) be accepted, subject to the deductions named in the specifications, and T h bids minutes w e r e received for that all e s e on the Gymnasium be rejected. record. The Clerk was instructed to telegraph to M r . Trees the names of the lowest bidders on each building and the amount of their bids. W . L. Noble, Chairman Laura B. Evans H. E. Cunningham James W. Armstrong Clerk