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BOARD O F T R U S T E E S

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companies. T h e lowest bids in companies meeting the minimum requirements as to financial status a r e : Bodily injury and property damage: Premium Continental Casualty Company, Chicago (Monier and Morrissey, Champaign, agents) $1 265 00 Comprehensive fire and theft: Connecticut Fire and Insurance Company, H a r t f o r d (Cooper, Kanaley & Co., Chicago, agents) 372 92 Total $1 637 92 T h e insurance is for one year beginning April 5, 1946. T h e premium is chargeable to the budget appropriation of the Physical Plant Department. T h e Purchasing Agent and the Comptroller recommend approval of this insurance. I concur and so recommend. O n m o t i o n of D r . M e y e r , t h e a w a r d of t h i s i n s u r a n c e w a s a u t h o r ized as r e c o m m e n d e d . PURCHASES AUTHORIZED (11) T h e following purchases were recommended by the Purchasing Agent and authorized by the Comptroller. Unless otherwise specified the purchases were made on the basis of lowest bids, ceiling prices, or because the items are noncompetitive. Emergency action was necessary to secure delivery in time to meet specific needs or because prices quoted were subject to immediate acceptance. 1. T w o betatron pole pieces, punched according to specifications, for the Department of Physics, from Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at a cost of $3,500. 2. Textbooks and nonexpendable equipment, for the Student Supply Store, Chicago, from the United States Army, at a cost of $15,758.57. 3. One lot of radio and electrical supplies to build up a stock to be used in connection with the new betatron, for the Department of Physics, as follows: from Allied Radio Corporation, $1,688.89; Concord Radio Corporation, $489.04; Newark Electric Company, $374.43; — or a total cost of $2,552.36. 4. T h r e e hundred Sprague 4000 V. D.C. W . 3 mfd oil-filled condensers, and one RA38 15 K V , 500 M.A. power supply, for the Department of Physics, from Hallicrafters Radio Company, Chicago, at a cost of $1,740. 5. Eighty-seven electric water heaters, for the Physical Plant Department, from A. O. Smith Corporation, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at a cost of $4,222.98. (This is a change in the purchase of electric water heaters reported to the Board January 31, 1946. That report stated that orders were placed with the A. O. Smith Corporation, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for 100 heaters, and with A. D. Sackett, Champaign, for 87 heaters. T h e latter dealer was unable to deliver, and consequently the entire order was given to the A. O. Smith Corporation.) 6. Repairing and refinishing furniture for use in portable houses, for the Physical Plant Department, by A. D. Sackett, Champaign, at a cost of $1,621. 7. Cleaning and renovating approximately 250 mattresses received from Kingsbury Heights, Indiana, for use in portable houses, for the Physical Plant Department, by the Champaign Mattress Company, at a cost of approximately

$1,100.

On motion of Dr. Meyer, the action of the Comptroller in authorizing these purchases was approved and confirmed.

PURCHASES RECOMMENDED (12) T h e Purchasing Agent has proposed and the Comptroller recommends the following purchases. Unless otherwise specified, the purchase in each case is recommended on the basis of lowest bid, ceiling price, or because the item is noncompetitive. I concur in the recommendations. 1. Tin lined log casing for insulation of steam pipe, 188 feet, i6j4" bore, 4" shell, for the Physical Plant Department, from General Meters & Controls Company, Chicago, at a cost of $1,072.74 f.o.b. Urbana.