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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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PURCHASE OF COAL FOR URBANA DEPARTMENTS (15) The Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees has authorized the purchase of 4,000 tons of raw screenings coal from the Globe Coal Company, Chicago (coal to be shipped from the mines in the Danville district), at a price of $1.25 a ton f.o.b. mine. Quotations were secured from operators in the Danville district (operators in other areas of Illinois can not compete because of the differential in freight rates), and the award was to the lowest bidder. This is the same type of coal the University burns in its power plant (and for which the University is paying $1.49 a ton under its existing contract), and the low price was quoted because the mine will have a surplus next month as a result of large orders for prepared sizes. A recommendation for this purchase has been submitted to the Governor in accordance with the requirements of the State Constitution. Government spokesmen and representatives of the industry have been urging coal consumers to purchase and store coal against the possibility of shortages and transportation difficulties. Since prompt action was necessary to take advantage of this price and the availability of the coal, the matter was put up to the Executive Committee. O n m o t i o n of M r . D a v i s , t h i s r e p o r t w a s r e c e i v e d f o r r e c o r d ; a n d the a c t i o n of t h e P r e s i d e n t w a s a p p r o v e d a n d c o n f i r m e d . PURCHASES AUTHORIZED (16) A report of the following purchase authorized by the President of the University in accordance with the University Statutes: Ten tons of all-purpose white lead in oil, from the Eagle Picher Lead Company, Chicago, the lowest bidder, at a price of $1,910 f.o.b. Urbana. O n m o t i o n of M r s . G r i g s b y , t h e a c t i o n of t h e P r e s i d e n t w a s a p proved and confirmed. PURCHASES RECOMMENDED (17) A recommendation that the following purchases be authorized: 1. One 200-gallon C P Multi-Flo homogenizer, for the Department of Dairy Husbandry (Dairy Manufactures), from the Creamery Package Manufacturing Company, at a price of $1,265. This equipment is needed because the Creamery is being called on to increase its supplies for the Naval Training Corps mess. 2. Fifty % h.p. type O2S Baldor dental lathes, each with two chucks, for resale to students in the College of Dentistry through the Student Supply Store, from the Central Dental Manufacturing Company, Louisville, Kentucky, at a total cost of $1,480. T h e Central Dental Manufacturing Company is the dealer for Baldor electric lathes, and Baldor has provided this dealer with price protection on these lathes. 3. The following instruments for resale through the Student Supply Store to students in the College of Dentistry: 502 miscellaneous dental pieces; 57 sets Krause files; 54 Mason enamel cleavers; S3 operative instrument sets, consisting of 54 pieces each;—from the F a r a Manufacturing Company, Chicago, at a total cost of $4,321.45. 4. T h e following items of equipment for resale to students in the College of Dentistry through the Student Supply Store: 54 Aluminal dentoforms; 54 No. L460 Ed. dentoforms; 54 No. 1000 Mink correlators; 1000 metal bushings for formers; 150 ivorine teeth;—from the Columbia Dentoform Corporation, at a cost of $1,867. These items are non-competitive and are sold at established prices. O n m o t i o n of M r . L i v i n g s t o n , these p u r c h a s e s w e r e a u t h o r i z e d . PATENT FOR PHOTOTUBES (18) The Secretary of the Board reports the receipt of Canadian Patent No. 404,313 issued April 21, 1942, to the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois on application Ser. No. 459,221 of Joseph Tykocinski Tykociner and Lloyd Preston Garner, and Jakob Kunz, deceased, by Anna Kunz, Executrix, for phototubes. T h i s report w a s received for record.