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board of trustees

WIRING

[September 17

A 3 Bidders Base Bid Deduct Deduct 1. Hatfield Electric Co $i 74* oo $45 00 $50 00 2. Marrs-Tanner Electric Co 2 995 00 78 00 70 00 Alternate A—If all electrical work in connection with Garage is omitted, deduct. Alternate B—If all electrical work indicated in Room No. 101 is omitted, deduct. On motion of Mr. Trees, the general contract was awarded to the lowest bidder, A . W . S t o o l m a n , o n the basis of his bid of $87,487, plus £ 1 5 0 0 for the b a s e m e n t , a n d subject to the acceptance of option F. O n m o t i o n of M r . A r m s t r o n g , the contract for heating w a s a w a r d e d to the lowest bidders, J o h n s o n Brothers, o n the basis of their bid of $5328. O n motion of Mrs. Evans, the contract for plumbing was awarded to the lowest bidders, the Carson-Payson Company, on the basis of their bid of 510,483. O n motion of Mrs. Evans, the contract for the wiring was awarded to the lowest bidders, the Hatfield Electric Company, on the basis of their bid of £2742. O n motion of Dr. Noble, $25,000 additional was appropriated from the Reserve and Contingent Fund for the construction of the President's House. The vote was as follows: Aye, Mr. Armstrong, Mr. Barr, Mr. Blair, Mrs. Blake, Mrs. Evans, Mr. Fisher, Dr. Noble, Mr. Trees; no, none; absent, Mr. Emmerson, Mrs. Grigsby, Mr. Simpson. PAVING O F FLORIDA A V E N U E (17) A recommendation that the Board accept assessment against University property fronting on Florida Avenue i Urbana f r pavement and l g t n . The n o ihig Supervising Architect reports that the City Engineer of Urbana estimates the University's share of this as $22,068.98. O n m o t i o n of M r s . E v a n s , the B o a r d voted to express its willingness to b e assessed for this i m p r o v e m e n t .

LINCOLN AVENUE STORM SEWER

(18) O n M a y 9, 1930 (Minutes, page 582), the Board approved participation in the construction of a storm sewer on Lincoln Avenue from the University outlet through the Forestry to the Bone Yard, if means permit. The University's share on the basis of tributary area of the cost of this improvement is $26,805. The Supervising Architect is of the opinion that this project should go forward this year since funds are available for the purpose. O n motion of M r . Trees, the B o a r d voted to express its willingness to p a y its share of the cost of this i m p r o v e m e n t . It w a s the opinion of the B o a r d that the just distribution of the cost should b e studied further.

ASSIGNMENT OF PATENT RIGHTS

(19) The Secretary of the Board reports that he has received the following assignments to the Board of Trustees of the rights, title, and interest in the inventions concerned for which applications are pending: 1. From H. E. Babbitt and Harry E. Schlenz, U. S. Letters Patent Serial No. 459,397, for an improvement in Sludge Digestion (Case 1). This assignment has been recorded in Liber K 144, page 394 of Transfers of Patents. 2. From Dana Burks, Jr., U. S. Letters Patent Serial No. 462,401, covering an improvement in Chemical Treatment of Water (Case 1). This assignment has been recorded in Liber O 144, page 513 of Transfers of Patents.