Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1932 [PAGE 442]

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One Freas Compartment Incubator equipped with refrigerating machine for the Department of Bacteriology from E. H. Sargent and Company at a cost of $2,200, f.o.b. Irvington, N e w York, payable out of the Special Equipment Fund of the Department of Bacteriology; One car of Grade B & better northern soft cork white pine for stock to be used in maintenance work from the White Pine Lumber Company, whose quotation was the lowest, at a cost of $2,115.00, f.o.b. Urbana, payable out of the Physical Plant Store Revolving Fund. One 18-flask electrically heated Kjeldahl distillation and digestion apparatus from the Laboratory Construction C o m p a n y of Kansas City at a cost of $1,212.50, f.o.b. Kansas City, payable out of the Physical Plant Extension Special Equipment Fund. Five hundred dozen gymnasium towels for the Department of Physical Education for M e n from Marshall Field and Company, whose quotation was the lowest, at a. cost of $1,225.00 f.o.b. Urbana. Metal melting equipment for Intertype and Monotype casting machines for Print Shop from Monomelt Company, Minneapolis, at a cost of $1,516.00 f.o.b. Minneapolis (original cost $1,637.00 less $121.00 allowed for present equipment), to be charged to the Special Equipment Fund of the University Press. Sixty thousand pound Southwark-Emery Universal Testing Machine for the Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from the Baldwin-Southwark Corporation, Philadelphia, at a cost of $3,217.00 f.o.b. Eddystone, Pennsylvania. One 21-foot Grazing Incidence V a c u u m Spectrograph for the Department of Physics from the M a n n Instrument C o m p a n y at a cost not to exceed $2,800.00. T h i s report w a s received for record. A t this point M r . B a r r returned to the chair.

COMPTROLLER'S REPORT OF CONTRACTS AND PURCHASE ORDERS

(22) T h e following report from the Comptroller of contracts and purchase orders executed since the last report: Amount to be CONTRACTS EXECUTEDpaid byTHE COMPTROLLER BY the Name University Date Purpose United Military Stores JUNE p, 1931, TO in July it 1931 24, 1931 of R. O.T. C. uniPrices as Hated SEPTEMBER Purchase contract forms for 1931-32 Renewal of contract reported by the of Trustees in meeting of December 23, Renewal of contract authorizedto Board Board of Trustees in meeting of Julyn, 1930 (Minutes, page 94): 1928 (Minutes, page 3): Amount to be paid by the Name University Date Purpose American Can Company Prices based on tin plate market July 3, 1931 Purchase of a l l with provisions for readjustsanitary tin cans ment with market, and reducfrom January 1, tion in prices for deliveries 1931 to Decemmade between October 15 of her 31, 1933, each year and the following from this CornMarch 3' pany Contract executed under authorization of the Provost: Amount to be paid by the Name University Date Purpose Harry and Arthur Cul$500 July 27, 1931 Secure services of Liege String Quarbertson tet for two concerts and Beethoven Trio for one concert