Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1940 [PAGE 22]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS Schaar and Company Scientific Glass Apparatus Co W. M. Welch Manufacturing Co Wilkens-Anderson Company Total 2 662 148 43 638 $8 683 19 05 64 88 44

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In every instance where the award is not based on the lowest price quoted, it is on the basis of quality and tests of samples secured. Where items are being ordered from out-of-state companies, proper allowance has been made for the differential represented by the 3 % retailers occupational tax. Total amount ordered from out-of-state firms $1 5 5 6 6 6 Plus the occupational t a x 46 70 $1 603 36 The same items quoted by firms within the state (lowest price) would cost $1 779 50 9. Canned fruits and vegetables for the Residence Halls and McKinley Hospital for the year 1938-1939, as per list of items submitted herewith, a copy of which is being given to the Secretary of the Board for record, from the following: Calumet Tea and Coffee Company $ 251 35 Durand-McNeil-Horner Company 140 47 Steele-Wedeles Company 832 23 B. A. Railton Company 29 41 Kothe, Wells & Bauer Company 8 68 John Sexton and Company 19 20 Hagenbart Company 812 41 Sprague, W a r n e r and Company 719 10 Campbell Holton and Company 630 59 O. R. Pieper Company 24 73 J. C. P e r r y Company 135 23 Total $3 603 40 Orders are being placed on the basis of prices and quality. In cases where the lowest quotation was not accepted samples were secured and carefully checked by the managers of the Residence Halls and the Hospital. 10. Uniforms and equipment for advanced course R.O.T.C. students from the Associated Military Stores, Chicago, the lowest bidder for the materials specified, at a price of $36 per outfit. 11. 1,211 square yards of 3/16" Armstrong's Brown Battleship Linoleum, 25 rolls of Congoleum Saturated Lining Felt, and 175 gallons of Armstrong's Linoleum Paste, from F. K. Robeson, the lowest bidder, at a price of $1,810.20. This is for replacement of worn-out linoleum and also for the aisles of the Recital Hall in the Smith Memorial Building. 12. Repairs to Auditorium organ, as per specifications, a copy of which is being given to the Secretary of the Board for record, by the W. W. Kimball Company, of Chicago, at a price of $3,535-

On motion of Dr. Meyer, these purchases were authorized as recommended.

AGREEMENTS FOR COOPERATIVE INVESTIGATIONS (25) A report of the approval of the following agreements for cooperative investigations by the Engineering Experiment Station: 1. T h e American Society for Testing Materials, for an investigation of the effect of speed of testing on the properties of metals. This agreement is drawn for a period of one year beginning July I, 1938, with the provision for