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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[March 14

O n motion of M r . Pogue, the President of the University w a s authorized to request additional funds, to the extent of $180,000, from the General Assembly for the construction of an addition to the hospital. [This action rescinded, page 274.]

RIGHT-OF-WAY EASEMENT ON FRANKLIN COUNTY LAND (24) T h e F a r m Adviser of the Franklin-Hamilton County F a r m Bureau has asked the University for an easement along the east side of the H a r t farm to enable the Southeastern Illinois Electric Cooperative, Incorporated, to install an electric transmission line as a part of the rural electrification project in that area. T h e tract covered is limited to a width of 25 feet along the highway. This arrangement would not in any way interfere with the sale of this land, and the development, if carried out, may improve the prospects for its sale. I recommend that the President and Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute an easement which is submitted to the Secretary of the Board herewith. O n m o t i o n of M r . W i e l a n d , t h e e x e c u t i o n of t h i s e a s e m e n t w a s authorized. NATURAL RESOURCES BUILDING PLANS (25) T h e State Architect's office has submitted to the Physical Plant Department blueprints of the architectural, structural, mechanical, and electrical drawings, with specifications, and also specifications for elevator equipment, for the Natural Resources Building for the approval of the Board of Trustees, as required by the agreement between the Board and the Department of Registration and Education relating to the construction of this building. T h e Director of the Physical Plant Department reports that early in the development of this project representatives of his department and of the State Architect's office met to formulate a procedure to be followed by the two offices in the preparation of plans and specifications for this building. At the State Architect's suggestion the Physical Plant Department sent him (on July 8, 1938) a list of suggestions outlining standards of construction followed on University buildings. Early in the fall a second conference was held for a discussion of preliminary plans, construction standards, and exterior design. At this second conference the Physical Plant Department requested that it be furnished with prints of drawings and other data from time to time as the work progressed so that it could offer suggestions before recommended changes should become extensive and to reduce the time required for final check and approval. In spite of these requests, the first material received was the final general contract drawings and specifications on February 11, 1939. T h e Physical Plant Department submitted to the State Architect's office its comments and suggestions concerning these drawings, and on March 6 a conference was had at which these suggestions were discussed in detail. N o reply has been received on the questions raised. On March 9 the Physical Plant Department received the plans and specifications for heating and plumbing; on March 11 it received the balance of the plans and specifications, i.e., for electrical work and elevator equipment. T h e Director of the Physical Plant Department presents the following report on these plans and specifications: 1. Exterior Design.—The Physical Plant Department has advised the State Architect that it is not satisfied with the exterior design of the building. His office is making further studies and the Department recommends that a decision on the exterior design be postponed until it receives the revised sketches. 2. General Work.—A detailed list of 32 suggestions, which the Physical Plant Department recommends as desirable, and of 43 changes which it recommends as essential before plans and specifications are approved by the Board of Trustees, is submitted. 3. Mechanical Work.—Since it will take the Physical Plant Department a week to check the plans and specifications for the heating, plumbing, electrical,