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1944]

U N I V E R S I T Y OF I L L I N O I S

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Leases executed under general regulations of the Board of Trustees:

With Whom Illini Publishing Company Mrs. Edward Rogers Properly Lease to basement of Illini Hall Amount to be received by the University a month, plus extras for steam, water, and light

525 00 £125 00

Date April 12, 1944

Lease to property at 602 South Mathews Property Lease of land for use by the Dairy Husbandry Department

March 24, 1944

With Whom Etta L. Percival

Amount to be paid by the University

£850 00

Date March 1, 1944

This report was received for record.

DEMOLITION OF BUILDINGS ON PROPERTIES LOCATED IN CHICAGO (23) On June 30, 1943, the Board authorized the purchase of the properties at 1749, 1751, and 1753 West Polk Street, Chicago. It is expected that deed and title policy will be received in the near future. T h e properties are occupied by three old buildings, the first floors being storerooms and the other floors being apartments. T h e buildings are in very bad state of repair and would require a major outlay for improvement to make them suitable for continued rental. T h e Physical Plant Department, after careful consideration, recommends that the buildings be razed. This recommendation is concurred in by Dean Allen and Business Manager Millizen. A question may arise as to the removal of present tenants. It is proposed that no further leases be made and no present leases be continued for definite periods and that vacation of the properties be secured as rapidly as possible. Authority is requested to consult Chapman and Cutler in case assistance is needed with respect to any doubtful situation. Subject to the foregoing comments, I recommend that authority be given to arrange for razing the buildings on these premises on the best terms that can be obtained. O n m o t i o n of M r . D a v i s , a u t h o r i t y w a s g i v e n a s r e c o m m e n d e d . RATE PROCEEDINGS BEFORE ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION (24) A report of Judge Johnson on rate proceedings before the Illinois Commerce Commission. The University of Illinois filed complaints before the Illinois Commerce Commission last year in order (1) to obtain a reduction of switching charges and (2) a reduction in freight rates on coal from the Danville group of mines. The Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad filed on July 3, 1943, with the Illinois Commerce Commission Supplement No. 40 to its Tariff No. 2, proposing to increase its rates on coal from the Danville group from 70 to 80 cents a ton. This railroad took the position that an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission made some years ago was not applicable to it, although it applied to other carriers from the area, and that it was justified in raising this rate as indicated. The University protested this attempted increase, and I filed a brief in support of the contention that the order of the Interstate Commerce Commission above referred to did not exclude the jurisdiction of the Illinois Commerce Commission in the proceeding and that the argument of the railroad against jurisdiction in the Illinois body was untenable. On April 18, 1944, the Commission made an order disapproving the increase and sustaining my position that it had jurisdiction. In pursuance of authority given me by the Board, I have made arrangements with Mr. N. D. Belnap of Chicago, a lawyer who specializes in rate cases, to help in the preparation and supervise the presentation of the matter of the switching rates and a request for reduction of freight rates from the Danville group, still before the Commission. W e have had conferences, and Mr. Tullock and I are