Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1940
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1938] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS S3 2. Boltless type steel book shelving as listed in the proposal submitted to bidders, a copy of which is hereby given to the Secretary of the Board for record, from the Metal Office Furniture Company, the low bidder, at a price of $2,113.56. 3. Venetian blinds for the Library from the Mackin Venetian Blind Company, Kankakee, the low bidder, at a price of $2,358.80 installed. 4. Chemicals to be placed in stock in the General Chemical Storeroom for use of various departments during the academic year 1938-1939 from A. Daigger & Company $ 732 36 Wilkens Anderson Company 12460 Schaar & Company 107 91 E. H . Sargent & Company 488 57 Arthur S. L a P i n e & Company 267 54 J. T. Baker Chemical Company 166 12 Merck & Company 600 00 General Chemical Company 040 70 Coleman & Bell 800 81 Mallinckrodt Chemical W o r k s 3 584 97 Total $7 903 58 Quotations were secured from all of these companies and in most cases the order was placed on the basis of the lowest price. Of the total of $7,903.58, twenty items, totaling $888.14, were not purchased on the basis of the lowest price but were selected because of the quality and packing desired as determined by the Supervisor of the General Chemical Storeroom. A list of these items is included in the recommendation of the Comptroller and the Purchasing Agent which is being filed with the Secretary of the Board for record. This report was received for record. LOAN O F E N G I N E E R I N G EQUIPMENT T O MUSEUM O F S C I E N C E AND INDUSTRY (15) T h e Museum of Science and Industry, in Chicago, has asked the University to turn over to it as a gift or a loan (1) an Atkinson gas engine in the Power Plant and (2) an old lathe presented to the Department of Mechanical Engineering a number of years ago by the late Dean W. F. M. Goss of the College of Engineering. It is recommended that a loan of this equipment to the Museum of Science and Industry be authorized for an indefinite period on condition that (1) the Museum acknowledge the receipt of these items as a loan, agreeing not to dispose of them without the University's approval; (2) the Museum return them at the University's request; (3) the Museum give suitable acknowledgment by labels; and (4) the Museum pay all expenses involved in moving this machinery to Chicago. O n m o t i o n of M r . C l e a r y , t h e l o a n of t h i s e q u i p m e n t w a s authorized. The Executive Committee A. J. JANATA adjourned. KARL A. MEYER Acting Clerk Chairman O. M. KARRAKER JAMES M. CLEARY
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