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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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outlet at the Airport in a covered pipe conduit. Requests for bids were sent to five firms, but bids were obtained from only two firms as follows:

4I? pipe

General Paving Company. . Chas. M. Porter Company.. #46 460 00 43 501 16

5<f pipe

#11 000 additional 7 600 additional

The Triangle Construction Company of Kankakee, Somers-Barr of Urbana, and Burt Construction company of Decatur did not bid. It has not been possible to secure the necessary priorities to begin this work, but in order to facilitate the progress of this project the Comptroller requests authority to execute the contract with Chas. M. P o r t e r Company if and when priorities are received. This is done on the recommendation of P r o fessor J. J. Doland, Supervising Engineer for the Airport.

On motion of Mr. Jensen, this contract was authorized as recommended.

P R O P O S E D N E W I N T E R C E P T O R S E W E R S F O R THE URBANA AND CHAMPAIGN SANITARY DISTRICT (21) The Urbana and Champaign Sanitary District has requested that the University share in the cost of construction of two new interceptor sewers. T h e total estimated cost of the project is $280,000. The engineer's estimate of the University's portion is $39,200. T h e project is subject to a bond election scheduled for April, 1945. Need for the Project The project is necessary to: 1. Provide relief for present overloaded Sanitary District interceptors. It has been observed that the overload on the present interceptors has caused backing up and flow from tops of manholes on the University campus and adjacent areas, and the occasional backing up of sewage in University buildings. 2. Provide sanitary sewer outlet capacity for anticipated growth of community and University for the period 1945 to 1980. T h e expansion of the plant facilities has been considered sufficiently urgent that the W a r Production Board has already granted approval for immediate construction of an addition to the plant, and bids have already been taken. University Responsibility The University should assume the proportionate share of the cost of the interceptor because: 1. T h e Sanitary District is providing a service paid for from tax receipts and has no recourse to the University through taxation for the University's share of the load in the construction of the plant or for its operation and maintenance. 2. T o provide protection of University property and the health of students and faculty from the backing up of sewers, resulting in possible epidemics of typhoid, dysentery, contamination in food service areas, or any sewage-borne diseases. 3. Contamination of Boneyard from the overflow of present overloaded interceptors. The officers of the District also call attention to the following facts: 1. The University paid nothing toward the original cost of the present treatment plant and the interceptors built at that time. 2. T h e University has paid nothing toward the cost of maintenance of the plant and the treatment of sewage, during all twenty years of operation. Recommendation The Director of the Physical Plant recommends that the Board of Trustees indicate its willingness to assume a share of this cost, not to exceed $39,200, the exact amount to be determined by the Physical Plant Department after further study. It is expected that the work would be completed about April, 1946. Payment of the University's share can be made at our convenience, but, since the University cannot pay interest on deferred installments, it would be necessary to make the payment by approximately the time the construction is completed.