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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1928
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1927] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 321 CONTRACT FOR FURNITURE FOR PHARMACY BUILDING LIBRARY (1) The Supervising Architect reports the following bid received by Schmidt, Garden, & Erikson from Watson & Boaler, of Chicago, on the bookcases, tables, chairs, desk, and other equipment for the complete furnishing of the library in the Pharmacy Building: 6 Oak tables @ $208.00 each $1 248 00 50 Oak Windsor Armchairs @ $14.00 each 700 00 24 Casement Curtains 535 00 11 Double oak bookcases and 2 half cases I 600 00 1 Oak Librarian Desk 360 00 I Swivel Chair 23 50 Total $4 466 50 Bids were also received from Marshall Field & Company and the Library Bureau on substantially the same financial basis. After comparing the different propositions, the Supervising Architect agrees with the Architects, Schmidt, Garden, & Erikson, that the articles offered by Watson & Boaler are more suitable for our purposes and therefore I concur in their recommendation and his that the award be made to that firm. O n motion of M r s . E v a n s , this a w a r d w a s m a d e . CONTRACTS FOR STEEL LOCKERS FOR PHARMACY ADDITION (2) The Supervising Architect reports the following bids received on steel lockers for the new Pharmacy Building: Singh Double Durabilt Steel Locker Co $5 22 ea. $4 82 ea. Durant Steel Locker Co 5 85 ea. 5 60 ea. and recommends that the contract for the lockers be awarded to the Durabilt Steel Locker Co. on the following quantities: 74 Single-row lockers @ $5 22 $386 28 126 Double-row lockers @ $4 84 60984 Total $996 12 I concur in this recommendation. O n motion of M r s . Busey, this a w a r d w a s m a d e . McKlNLEY HOSPITAL FUNDS (3) At the meeting of June 10, the Board authorized the acceptance of $3,000 from the Trustee of the Students' Mutual Benefit Hospital Association, and appropriated it towards meeting the deficit in the operation and equipment of the hospital. The Trustee wishes to transfer $6,000 in additional funds, increasing this assignment to $9,000. I recommend that these additional funds be accepted and appropriated as follows: For operation of the hospital $2 000 For equipment 2 000 As a working budget for 1927-28 5 °°° O n motion of M r s . Busey, this gift w a s accepted and appropriated for the purposes indicated. THE ANIMAL HUSBANDRY BUDGET (4) O n recommendation of the Head of the Department and the Dean, I recommend that $2,000, representing the excess receipts from sales over the budget estimates in the Department of Animal Husbandry be appropriated to the Department for the necessary expense of operation for the year ending June 30, 1927. O n motion of M r s . Busey, this appropriation w a s m a d e , b y the following vote: A y e , M r . Armstrong, M r s . Busey, M r s . E v a n s .
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