Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1960 [PAGE 578]

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1959]

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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The Medical Center Steam Company plant is equipped to burn either coal, gas, or oil. Winter operation has been with coal and summer with gas. The fuel oil is for stand-by service. If used for emergency operation instead of gas or coal, there will be a corresponding reduction in expenditure for these two fuels. Fuel Oil for Undergraduate Division The aforesaid officers also recommend the purchase of No. 5 fuel oil, not to exceed 340,000 gallons, for the 1959-60 heating season, from the Jewett and Sowers Oil Company, 2580 South Archer Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, the lowest bidder, at a price not to exceed $0.0939 per gallon subject to adjustment in accordance with the posted price variations published in the "Oil Daily." On the basis of the maximum price quoted, the total cost of 340,000 gallons would be $31,926. I concur and recommend that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute the contracts, subject to approval by the Governor as required by the State Constitution.

On motion of Mrs. Watkins, these contracts were awarded, as recommended, by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Clement, Mr. Herrick, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Pogue, Mr. Swain, Mrs. Watkins, Mr. Wilkins, Mr. Williamson; no, none; absent, Mr. Harewood, Mr. Stratton.

CONTRACTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF ADDITION TO ABBOTT POWER PLANT AND FOR EXTENSIONS OF THE UTILITIES DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (25) The Director of the Physical Plant and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend awards of contracts as follows for construction, installations, and equipment in the construction of an addition to the Abbott Power Plant and extensions of the utilities distribution system, the contract in each case to be subject to the availability and releases of funds in state capital appropriations to the University for 1959-61. In each case the contract recommended is to the lowest bidder. Power Plant Addition New cooling tower, electrical work (Division " 8 - B " ) — S q u a r e Deal Electrical Contracting, Inc., LaPorte, Indiana $ 30 570 Basin for new cooling tower (Division "8-G") — W . R. Stoune Company, Tuscola, Illinois 22 900 Addition for required shoring of south side of Small Homes Council Research $22 450 Building to protect same 450 Cooling tower piping and miscellaneous work (Division "8-H") — Usher Brothers — Ideal Heating Company, 6316 Wentworth Avenue, Chicago 37 777 Turbine generator unit and exciter, electrical equipment and boiler feed pump (Division "8-C") •—General Electric Company, Chicago 637440 Steam generating unit with auxiliaries (Division "8-D") — Babcock and Wilcox Company, Chicago 590 922 Closed feed water heater (Division "8-F") —Alco Products, Inc., Chicago 10 950 Condensing equipment and deaerating heater (Division " 8 - E " ) — W e s t inghouse Electric Corporation, Chicago 76 980 Extension of Utilities Distribution Systems Construction of underground tunnel (Division "A A " ) — K u h n e _ Simmons Company, Inc., Champaign $283 819 Piping system in steam tunnel and steam conduit from tunnel to Assembly Hall (Division "B B " ) — B u r d i c k Plumbing and Heating Company, Decatur 153 526 1 hernial insulation for piping in steam tunnel (Division "C C") — W . J. Donahoe Company, Chicago 49 129 Base bid plus accepted alternates. (The base bid is on the installation of the main steam and return lines; alternates are for installation of subsidiary lines.)