Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1946 [PAGE 374]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS BY ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION (9) T h e Board of Directors of the Athletic Association has recommended the following special appropriations out of the income of the Association: 1. A detailed report by the firm of Holabird and Root on rehabilitation of the Stadium, $3,500. 2. Compensation to the Alumni Association for services rendered the Athletic Association, $3,000. T h e Comptroller submits the request of the Athletic Association that these appropriations be approved by the Board of Trustees, and I so recommend. O n m o t i o n of M r . D a v i s , t h e s e a p p r o p r i a t i o n s w e r e a p p r o v e d a s recommended. PURCHASES RECOMMENDED (10) The Comptroller recommends that the following purchases submitted by the Purchasing Agent be authorized: 1. Twenty-five Simmons hospital beds and accessories, which are required at the Illinois Eye and E a r Infirmary, from V. Mueller & Company, Chicago, the lowest bidder, at a total price of $2,806.80. 2. One Riehle combination impact testing machine, requested by the Mining and Metallurgical Engineering Department, from Riehle Testing Machine Division of American Machine and Metals, Inc., East Moline, Illinois, at a cost of $1,045 f-o.b. Urbana. 3. 1730 tons screenings coal requested by the Physical Plant Department for use at Abbott Power Plant during March, 1945, from Taylor-English Coal Company, Danville, Illinois, at a total cost of $4,757.50. This cost is based on a price of $2.15 a ton f.o.b. mine, or an approximate cost of $3,719.50 plus (x>$ a ton, or $1,038 freight. Quotations received: Price Taylor-English Coal ComF.O.B. Mine Freight Total pany, Danville $2.15 Catlin $ .60 £2.75 Lafayette Coal Company, Chicago 1.80 Livingston 1.30 3.10 It is nesessary that this order be placed by February 24 for March delivery. I concur.

On motion of Mr. Jensen, these purchases were authorized as recommended.

PURCHASES AUTHORIZED (11) T h e following is a report of purchases proposed by the Purchasing Agent and authorized by the Comptroller as emergency items: 1. Surplus "instructional materials" owned by the United States Army and used in the A.S.T. Dental Training Program, tendered for purchase by the Army Service Forces in accordance with the contract under which the program was operated. This material is quoted as follows: Books $ 6 553 49 Equipment 11 688 77 Total $18 242 26 2. Textbooks for the Chicago Student Supply Store, for use in courses in the Colleges of Medicine and Dentistry, for A.S.T.P., N.C.T.P., and civilian enrollees (848 students), from the Chicago Medical Book Company at a total cost of $15,216.30. Prescribed lists of texts and manuals were submitted by the deans of the respective colleges. These books are quoted as follows: Dental books $ 2 383 40 Medical books 12 832 00 Total $15 216 30 3. 160—15" x 18" x 72" steel lockers, requested by the Physical Plant Department, from the Interior Steel Products Company, Chicago, the only bidder, at a total cost of $2,052.80.