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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1962
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1960] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 261 following vote: Aye, Mr. Clement, Mr. Harewood, Mr, Herrick, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Pogue, Mr. Swain, Mrs. Watkins, Mr. Wilkins, Mr. Williamson; no, none; absent, Mr. Stratton. CONTRACT FOR LABORATORY FURNITURE FOR FIRST UNrT OF DENTISTRY-MEDICINE-PHARMACY BUILDING (17) The Director of the Physical Plant and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend award of a contract for $3,777.65 to the J. J. Lane Equipment Company, Chicago, the lowest bidder, for laboratory furniture for a room in the first unit of the Dentistry-Medicine-Pharmacy Building. The work will consist of furnishing and installing laboratory furniture as part of the remodeling of Room 505 for the development of a research laboratory for the Department of Anatomy, The room, formerly occupied by the Animal Hospital for storage of animals, was vacated when the Animal Hospital moved into the Medical Research Laboratory Buildmg. The remodeling required and utilities connections for the equipment will be done under a separate contract. Funds are available in a matching grant received from the National Science Foundation, from a nonrecurring appropriation previously authorized by the Board, and from Department of Anatomy funds, I concur. On motion of Mr. Hughes, this contract was awarded by the following vote: Aye, Mr, Clement, Mr. Harewood, Mr, Herrick, Mr, Hughes, Mr. Johnston, Mr, Pogue, Mr, Swain, Mrs. Watkins, Mr. Wilkins, Mr. Williamson; no, none; absent, Mr, Stratton. AMENDMENT OF CONTRACT FOR STEAM SERVICE TO PRESBYTERIAN-ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL 18) The University supplies steam service from the Medical Center Steam ompany to Presbyterian-St, Luke's Hospital under a contract with the latter which provides for delivery of steam at one point adjacent to the Presbyterian Nurses' Home on the west side of Hermitage Avenue south of Harrison Street. Steam meters are located in a junction vault at this point from which underground piping delivers the steam to the various hospital buildings. The University and the Steam Company have no responsibility for operation and maintenance of the system beyond the junction vault. Presbyterian-St. Luke's Hospital is constructing a student apartment building east of Hermitage Avenue and north of Fiournoy Street. The location of this building will make it uneconomical to supply steam to it from the junction vault and Presbyterian-St, Luke's Hospital proposes that the steam supply for this new building he taken from a tunnel along Hermitage Avenue south of the junction vault which will require a separate set of meters,^ The Director of the Physical Plant and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend authorization of an amendment of the contract with PresbyterianSt. Luke's Hospital for these changes. I concur. On motion of Mr, Johnston, this amendment of the contract was authorized, ADDITION TO CONTRACT FOR ORCHARD DOWNS SITE WORK AND UTILITIES (19) The Director of the Physical Plant and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend an increase of $18,352.07 in the contract with Kuhne-Simmons Company, Inc., Champaign, assigned to Shapland Construction Company, Champaign, for supervision, for the site work and utilities construction for the Orchard iJowns Housing project to increase the size of the water mains in the area, to add a second connection from the supply main, and to add a second meter pit. lne National Board of Fire Underwriters has advised that the original plans are not adequate for fire protection, and recommends the changes. 1 concur. On motion of Mr. Herrick, this increase in the contract was Authorized.
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