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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1940
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748 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [February 16 New condenser to replace one about 35 years old which recently froze and burst 830 00 Total $1 887 33 The balance of $426.04 required for this equipment will be provided from the current budget of the College of Agriculture. O n motion of M r . Jensen, this appropriation was m a d e as recommended, b y the following vote: Aye, M r . A d a m s , M r . Cleary, M r . Jensen, Mr. Mayer, D r . Meyer, M r . Moschel, M r s . Plumb, M r . P o g u e ; no, n o n e ; absent, M r . H o r n e r , M r . K a r r a k e r , M r . Wieland. APPROPRIATION FOR IMPROVEMENT OF ANIMAL HOSPITAL (9) The Committee on Special Appropriations and Non-Recurring Expenditures recommends an assignment from the General Reserve Fund of $10,100 for the improvement of the Animal Hospital in the College of Medicine, first phase. This will provide for a part of the total program of improvements recommended and greatly needed. It is proposed to do this in two or more steps according to a schedule submitted by the Executive Dean of the Chicago Colleges. Further recommendations will be submitted to the Board later. The estimated cost of the complete program is $23,100. On motion of Mr. Cleary, this appropriation was made as recommended, by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Adams, Mr. Cleary, Mr. Jensen, Mr. Mayer, Dr. Meyer, Mr. Moschel, Mrs. Plumb, Mr. Pogue, Mr. Wieland; no, none; absent, Mr. Horner, Mr. Karraker. SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS ON SOUTH FARM (10) The Director of the Physical Plant Department submits the following estimated costs of sanitary improvements on the South Farm buildings, to comply with the requirements of the State Department of Public Health and of the University Health Service: Estimated 1. Pure Bred Dairy Barn— Cost (a) Disconnect toilets in northwest wing from present storm sewer, installing new septic tank and disposal field to connect with toilet and lavatory $ 550 (b) Remove present tenant house and cesspool, moving tenant house on Pennsylvania Avenue to this location, providing new foundation and including the installation of a new septic tank and disposal field 4 150 2. Animal Husbandry Horse Barn— Install new toilet room, septic tank, and disposal field 950 3. Scale House at the Animal Husbandry Beef Cattle Barn— Construct portable urinal and connection for installation in east room 4. Animal Husbandry Swine Barn— Construct new women's toilet room, including septic tank and disposal field 115 870 5. Tenant Residence— Move farm house from Pennsylvania Avenue to a site east of the Munson House, providing new foundation and toilet room, including septic tank and disposal field 3 700 Total Improvements $10 335 Director Havens states that he is not certain as to the justification of investing the funds necessary for Items I (b) and 5. These houses are from twenty to thirty years of age, and it is doubtful whether the properties would be worth the investment after we had them moved, taking the depreciation into
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