Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1942 [PAGE 285]

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[May 15

4. Seamless steel pipe, with fittings, I2j^", 163 pieces, for steam line from New Power Plant, from the Crane Company, T e r r e Haute, Indiana, the lowest bidder, at a price of $6,667.75, f.o.b. Urbana. (This figure is approximate as the pipe will be furnished in random lengths at a unit price.) 5. Rugs and carpets for Men's Residence Hall, from F. K. Robeson, Champaign, the lowest bidder, at a price of $1,457-59, f.o.b. installed. 6. F u r n i t u r e for "Commons" (Lounge) in Men's Residence Hall, from Marshall Field and Company, Chicago, the lowest bidder, at a cost of $3,583.60. 7. Lumber for the Physical Plant Stock, as follows: ( a ) Random widths 6" and wider—lengths 10' to 16'—kiln dried, rough— 2000 board feet 1" clear heart red cypress 4000 board feet l%" red heart birch 2000 board feet 2" plain red oak 2500 board feet i K " plain red oak 1500 board feet 1" plain red oak (b) Clear all heart California redwood—S2S—kiln dried— 3000 board feet 1" x 12" x 16' 2000 board feet 1" x 12" x 12' 2500 board feet 1" x 10" x 16' 2000 board feet 1" x 10" x 12' 1500 board feet 1" x 18" x 10' to l6' from the lowest bidders, as follows: ( a ) T. A. Foley Lumber Company, Paris, Illinois (cypress, oak, and birch) $1 457 50 (b) Union Lumber Company, Chicago (redwood) 1 047 75 Total $2~505~25~ 8. Dental instruments for the Student Supply Store, in the Chicago Departments, for resale to students: 40 sets elevators 50 sets cleavers 160 mirror handles 50 straight edges 120 handles 130 spatulas 52 dentimeters 116 plastic instruments 50 Krause file sets 60 carvers from the F a r a Manufacturing Company, Chicago, at a price of $1,303.24 for the lot. 52 operative instrument sets, each set consisting of 56 instruments, from the F a r a Manufacturing Company, Chicago, at a price of $2,166.93 f ° r the lot. These instruments have been designed according to the specifications of the College of Dentistry, and the F a r a Manufacturing Company is the only manufacturer which will quote on them. This year's bid is 9% under the American Dental T r a d e s Association prices on standard instruments. 9. One 16-mm. sound-recording unit for the Photographic Laboratory, from C. R. Skinner Manufacturing Company, San Francisco, the lowest bidder, at a cost of $3,129.65, f.o.b. Urbana. 10. One heavy duty truck with dump body for the Physical Plant Department, from the Mack International Motor T r u c k Corporation, Peoria, Illinois, the lowest bidder, at a price of $3,480.59, f.o.b. Urbana. 11. One 16-mm. sound projector with arc lamp and amplifiers and speakers for the Physical Plant Department, from Garland B. Fletcher, Urbana, Illinois, the lowest bidder on the basis of specifications, at a price of $1,607. 12. Dining room furniture for Men's Residence Hall, from the Universal Equipment Company, Batesville, Indiana, the lowest bidder (on the basis of alternate proposal No. i A providing for wood top tables), at a price of $4,126.96, f.o.b. Urbana. 13. Rugs for the Chicago Union Building, from Carson, Pirie, Scott, & Co., Chicago, the lowest bidder, at a price of $2,218.