Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1936 [PAGE 541]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

PLANS FOR JOURNALISM BUILDING

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(21) A letter from the Chairman of the Building Committee of the Illinois Press Association to the Director of the School of Journalism concerning the proposed building for the School of Journalism. A copy of the letter is hereby handed to the Secretary of the Board for record. Since the Association expects the Board of Trustees to ask the General Assembly of Illinois to appropriate funds for this building, and requests that preliminary plans and sketches of the building be prepared, the matter is being brought to the attention of the Board. This report was received for record.

PURCHASES RECOMMENDED

(22) A recommendation that the following purchases be authorized: 1. Pyrex glassware, 102 cases, for the General Chemical Storeroom, from A. Daigger and Company, Chicago, at a cost of approximately $1,700. The Corning Glass Works is the only manufacturer of this type of glassware, and it is sold through jobbers at prices fixed by the manufacturer so that it is noncompetitive. A. Daigger and Company has been selected because of the service it can render. Funds are available in the budget for this purchase. 2. One dump truck, International Model C-35, Ij4 to 2 ton capacity, from the International Harvester Company, at a net price of $1407.10. This truck is to replace a two-ton Dodge truck which has been in the service since August, 1929. Quotations were secured on various models and the Physical Plant Department has checked the specifications of all trucks on which quotations were secured. The International Harvester Company's price is the low net price, after allowance for the old truck Funds are available in the budget of the Physical Plant Department for this purchase. 3. Automobile fleet insurance on University cars and trucks, including the following coverage: Property damage, $5,000; public liability, $25,000/50,000 ("School Bus" endorsement for all passenger cars)—for the year beginning April 5, 1936, from the Indemnity Insurance Company of North America, through Boggs & Cogdal, of Urbana, at a total premium of $1,110.01. This is a renewal of insurance which has been carried by the University for many years. Sealed quotations were secured from thirteen agencies, of which Boggs & Cogdal and Burton & Trelease, both representing the Indemnity Insurance Company of North America, submitted the same quotations, both low. Three years ago when similar quotations were received from these two agencies the business was awarded to Burton & Trelease. Funds are available in the budget to pay the premiums. 4. Chemicals, including 244 items, to be placed in stock in the chemical storerooms as follows: A. Daigger and Company Wilkens Anderson Company Mallinckrodt Chemical Works E. H. Sargent and Company W. M. Welch Manufacturing Company Central Scientific Company Schaar and Company Total $2 273 88 971 27 918 32 453 64 245 47 61 78 30 30 $4 954 66

Sealed competitive quotations were secured from eleven dealers and manufacturers, and the above recommendation is on the basis of accepting the lowest quotation on each item except in a few instances where the material would not be suitable. Funds are available in the budget for this purpose.

On motion of Mr. Barrett, these purchases were authorized.