Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1936 [PAGE 798]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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The University has previously purchased microscopes from this Company after examining instruments made by all manufacturers and has found the Leitz Microscope best suited for the Department's use. 7. Fifteen hundred bushels of wheat to be used in grain storage investigation from Schultz & Niemeyer, Granite City, Illinois, at a cost of 92>i cents a bushel. For the purpose it was necessary to find wheat of certain characteristics and this lot was located and inspected by Mr. C. C. Barron, Grain Division, Bureau of Agricultural Economics. On motion of M r . Barrett, these purchases were authorized.

LAUNDRY SERVICE FOR 1 0 3 6 - 1 9 3 7

(26) The Purchasing Agent submits the following competitive quotations on laundry service during the fiscal year beginning July I, 1936: 1. Laundering Gymnasium Towels: White Line Laundry 75c per 100 less 2% Model Laundry 75c per 100 Hicks Laundry and Dry Cleaning 75c per 100 He recommends that the order be placed with the White Line Laundry, the lowest bidder, at a total expenditure of approximately $1,600.00 for the year. 2. Laundering Tank Suits and Gymnasium Towels: Tank Suits Towels White Line Laundry $.00% each less 2% 75c per 100 less 2% Model Laundry oij4 each 75c per 100 Hicks Laundry and Dry Cleaning 08 each 75c per 100 He recommends that the order be placed with the White Line Laundry, the lowest bidder, at a total expenditure of approximately $1,000.00 for the year. 3. Laundering McKinley Hospital Linen: Flat Work White Line Laundry 3 c per lb. less 2% Model Laundry 3 c per lb. Hicks Laundry and Dry Cleaning 3j4c per lb. He recommends that the order be placed with the White Line Laundry, the lowest bidder, at a total expenditure of approximately $2,500.00 for the year. 4. Laundering Residence Halls Linen: Flat Work White Line Laundry 3 c per lb. less 2% Model Laundry 3 c per lb. Hicks Laundry and Dry Cleaning 3^c per lb, He recommends that the order be placed with the White Line Laundry, the lowest bidder, at a total expenditure of approximately $1,000.00 for the year. On motion of M r . Mayer, the Purchasing Agent was authorized to place orders for laundry work with the lowest bidder as recommended.

PURCHASES AUTHORIZED

(27) A report of the following purchases authorized by the President, in accordance with the University Statutes: 1. Ninety choice heifers from the Kokernot Ranch in Texas through the Producers Commission Association, of Kansas City, for the Department of Animal Husbandry, at a price of approximately_$4,7S°- The animals will be used during the summer in regular pasture experiments, and at the end of the grazing season they will be put with the experimental breeding herd. Hence, it is necessary to secure choice quality heifers. (Reason for emergency: The Department had difficulty in locating the quality and grade of animals needed and the order had to be placed by telegraph.) 2. Two thousand board feet of lumber (13/16" x 21/4" face MFMA, first grade Maple Flooring) for floor in Men's Old Gymnasium from Wm. C. Schreiber Lumber Company, of Chicago, the low bidder, at a price of $1420