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agreements with the Sanitary District are reached; and (b) authority to employ Wilson and Anderson as consulting engineers.

On motion of Mrs. Holt, this program was approved and authority granted under the conditions recommended.

AWARD OF CONTRACT FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR ADDITIONS TO T H E POWER PLANT A N D THE UTILITIES DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (16) In cost studies of the 1949-1951 building program it is necessary to have estimates of the costs of additions to the Abbott Power Plant and the utilities distribution system. T h e Director of the Physical Plant Department and the Comptroller recommend, and the Chairman of the Building Program Committee concurs, that Sargent and Lundy, Engineers, Chicago, be employed to make these estimates. It is proposed to pay for the actual costs of such estimates plus 100 per cent of the salaries of engineers and draftsmen for indirect costs. In the event that this firm is employed to do the engineering work on the additions to the power plant and utilities distribution system, the University will receive a credit to reduce the indirect cost charge to 50 per cent. The estimated cost of this preliminary contract is $250 for the power plant and $1,250 for the distribution system. Funds are available. I concur and recommend that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute such a contract with Sargent and Lundy. O n m o t i o n o f M r . D a v i s , t h e e x e c u t i o n of t h i s c o n t r a c t w a s a u t h o r ized a s r e c o m m e n d e d . AWARD OF CONTRACT FOR INSTALLATION OF AUTOMATIC FIRE ALARM SYSTEM IN ADMINISTRATION BUILDING (17) Bids were taken on April 30 for the installation of an automatic fire alarm system in the Administration Building, a necessary protection for important records. Six firms were invited to bid but only the Gamewell Company, Newton Upper Falls, Massachusetts, did so, submitting a base bid of $5,398.23. The Director of the Physical Plant Department and the Comptroller recommend that a contract be made with the Gamewell Company in accordance with the base bid plus $50 for extension of the system into three vaults and one storage room. Funds are available. I concur and recommend that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute this contract. O n m o t i o n of M r . M c K e l v e y , t h e e x e c u t i o n o f t h i s c o n t r a c t w a s authorized as recommended. CONTRACT FOR MOVING AND OVERHAULING AND INSTALLATION OF ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT IN COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY LABORATORIES (18) The following bids have been received for moving and overhauling three dental laboratories and the installation of eighteen additional dental units in the Dentistry, Medicine, and Pharmacy Building: Mutual Contracting Company, Chicago $10 463 Fettes-Love and Sieben, Inc., Chicago 9 200 T h e Director of the Physical Plant Department and the Comptroller recommend award of the contract to the lower bidder, Fettes-Love and Sieben, Inc., in the amount of $9,200. Funds are available. I concur and recommend that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute the contract accordingly.

On motion of Mr. McLaughlin, the execution of this contract was authorized as recommended.