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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[October 17

Installation of Plumbing for Underground Steam Tunnel (Division " G G " ) — G e o r g e S. Walker Plumbing and Heating, Inc., Decatur 18 000 Installation of Piping in Underground Steam Tunnel and Underground Cast Iron Conduit Piping (Division " H H " ) — M. J. Holleran, Inc., Chicago 105 860 Base bid $88 260 Additive alternate for installation of a six-inch high pressure steam main from the University Library north through the new steam tunnel and east to Harker Hall 17 600 (The tunnel from Wright Street east to H a r k e r Hall has already been constructed.) Furnishing and Applying of Thermal Insulation for Piping in Underground Steam Tunnel (Division " I I " ) — Inland Insulation Company, Chicago 26 500 Base bid $17 625 Additive alternate for insulation of six-inch high pressure steam main 8 875 Furnishing and Installation of Electrical Materials, including Tunnel Lighting and Power to Miscellaneous Pumps (Division " J J " ) — Square Deal Electrical Contracting, Inc., Urbana 17 411 Total $446~610 Funds are available in the state capital appropriations to the University for 1961-63 from the Universities Building Fund and have been released. Submitted herewith is a report from the Physical Plant Department on this project, including a schedule of the bids received, a copy of which is being filed with the Secretary of the Board for record. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . S w a i n , t h e s e c o n t r a c t s w e r e a w a r d e d , a s r e c o m mended, by the following v o t e : Aye, M r . Clement, M r . Dilliard, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Pogue, Mr. Swain, Mrs. Watkins, Mr. Williamson; no, none; absent, M r . K e r n e r , M r . Wilkins. CONTRACT FOR STEAM SERVICE TO ILLINOIS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY (11) T h e Department of Mental Health has requested that the University furnish steam service to the new Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary being constructed south of Taylor Street between Wood Street and Wolcott Avenue. T h e Director of the Physical Plant and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend authorization of a contract on the same basis as the University's contracts with other consumers of steam in the Medical Center District supplied by the Medical Center Steam Company. The requirements of the Infirmary will not exceed 12,000 pounds per year maximum demand which is well within the capacity of the present Medical Center Steam Plant. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r s . W a t k i n s , t h i s c o n t r a c t w a s a w a r d e d b y t h e following vote: Aye, M r . Clement, M r . Dilliard, M r . H u g h e s , Mr. Johnston, M r . Pogue, M r . Swain, M r s . W a t k i n s , M r . Williamson; no, n o n e ; absent, M r . Kerner, M r . Wilkins. CONTRACT FOR POWER SUPPLIES FOR THE MEDICAL CENTER CAMPUS (12) T h e Director of the Physical Plant and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend award of a contract for $304,180 to the C and H Electrical Company, Chicago, Illinois, the lowest bidder, for new power supplies for the Research Laboratory and Library Building, Dentistry-Medicine-Pharmacy Building, Second Unit of the Dentistry-Medicine-Pharmacy Building, and the west section of the Research and Educational Hospitals, and network ties between vaults on the Medical Center Campus. These installations are a phase of the 1961-63 improvements changing the electrical supply from an obsolete and overloaded 4,000-volt system to a new