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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1928
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190 board of trustees [December 14 DENTAL. BUILDING INSURANCE SETTLEMENT (13) The Comptroller reports that he has received and deposited with the Treasurer of the University the full amount of insurance settlement on the Dental Buildingfireof last September, in accordance with the estimate submitted at the November meeting of the Board. In order to meet the requirements of the Trust Deed covering the bond issue on the Dental Building, and in accordance with the action of the Board on November 20, the Treasurer has deposited with the Chicago Trust Company, Trustee, Dental Building bonds totaling $4500, which were on hand in the treasury. These bonds will be returned to the University whenever the full amount of the settlement on the building has been expended in restoration or improvement of the building. This report was received for record. CONTRACT FOR PRINTING ANNUAL. REGISTER (14) The Comptroller reports that the following bids have been received on the printing of the 1926-27 annual register: Uniform specifications, copy attached, were submitted to the following firms and bids were received in the form of unit prices on the various items in the specifications. The approximate cost of the work on the basis of these unit prices would be as follows: O. M . Rogers (Rogers Printing Company), Dixon ? 6 575 00 Gentry Printing Company, Chicago 7 000 00 Mead Grede Printing Company, Chicago 8 050 00 R. R. Donnelley and Sons Company, Chicago 8 400 00 Review Printing and Stationery Company, Decatur 9 700 00 J. W . Franks and Sons, Peoria 11 500 00 Herald Printing and Stationery Company, Decatur N o bid Jefferson Printing Company, Springfield N o bid Pantagraph Printing and Stationery Company, Bloomington N o bid Rand McNally and Company, Chicago N o bid Stromberg-Allen and Company, Chicago N o bid Mr. H. M . Edwards, Purchasing Agent, Mr. H. E. Cunningham, Director of the University Press, and Mr. Morey, Comptroller, recommend that the contract be awarded to the low bidder, O. M . Rogers, of Dixon, Illinois. I concur in this and recommend that the Secretary of the Board and the Comptroller be authorized to execute this contract. O n motion of M r s . Ickes, this recommendation w a s adopted. CONTRACT WITH JAHN & OLL.1ER ENGRAVING COMPANY (15) The Comptroller recommends that a contract for the engraving work of the University be made with Jahn & Oilier Engraving Company for two years. I recommend that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board of Trustees be authorized to make this contract. O n motion of M r . Armstrong, this contract w a s authorized. GIFT FROM THE NATHAN MANUFACTURING COMPANY (16) Under the authority given the President by the Board, I have authorized Dean M . S. Ketchum to accept the following gifts to the locomotive testing plant: 1 No. 8 Simple lifting injector 1 Type DV-4 mechanical lubricator with check valves 1 Type C reflex water guage with boiler valves This equipment will be very useful and has a value of about $300. This report w a s received for record. REPORT OF CONTRACTS AND PURCHASE ORDERS (17) The following report from the Comptroller of contracts executed by him since his last report, and also a report of purchase orders executed by the Purchasing Agent in excess of $1,000 for the month of November:
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