Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1950
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195°] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS IO51 PURCHASES RECOMMENDED ( J 3 ) The Director of Purchases has proposed and the Comptroller recommends the following purchases. Unless otherwise specified, the purchase in each case is recommended on the basis of the lowest bid (see Appendix, page 1063). I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . F o r n o f , t h e s e p u r c h a s e s w e r e a u t h o r i z e d a s recommended. REPORT OF EMERGENCY PURCHASES OF COAL (14) As a result of the coal strike, on October 25, 1949, the Board of Trustees authorized the President of the Board and the Comptroller to approve emergency purchases of coal at the best price obtainable by the Director of Purchases. Following is a report of such purchases made since the last Board meeting on February 16, 1950: Urbana- Champaign Price Taylor-English Coal Co., Danville (J.o.b. One car per day (600 tons) 1 % x l/^" remine) Freight Total screened screenings Per ton $ 4 60 $ 99 $ 5 59 Total 2 760 00 594 00 3 354 00 Capitol Coal Co., St. Louis, Missouri Ten cars (500 tons) X x 2 8" mixed washed screenings and %x.o" raw screenings Per ton 6 00 2 70 8 70 Total 3 000 00 1 350 00 4 350 00 Haddaway Coal Co., St. Louis, Missouri 150 cars (7,500 tons) i}4" screenings to be shipped one car per day 3/1-8/31/50 Per ton 3 60 2 64 6 24 Total 27 000 00 19 800 00 46 800 00 Total ?32 760 00 ?2i 744 00 ?54 504 00 SUMMARY OF EMERGENCY COAL PURCHASED OCTOBER 24, 1949, TO MARCH I , 1950 Total Purchases 22264.28 Tons Average Cost Per Ton $6.416 Contract Price 4.99 Excess Over Contract Price Per T o n . . $1.426 Total Excess £142 851 24 $31 748 86 The Provost and the Comptroller commented on this matter. President Williamson expressed the appreciation of the Board for the excellent work of the Provost and other officers in the emergency. CONTRACT FOR POWER PLANT ADDITION (15) The Director of the Physical Plant and the Comptroller recommend award of a contract for $114,665 to Kuhne-Simmons Company, Inc., Champaign, the lowest bidder, for construction of the addition to the Abbott Power Plant. This contract will cover the superstructure and erection of structural steel (which has been purchased separately) for an additional turbine room. Funds are available in the State appropriation for 1949-1951 for "Additions to Power and Heating Plant and Remodeling of Existing Buildings" ("For Permanent Improvements at Urbana-Champaign"). I concur and recommend that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute this contract subject to the release of funds by the Governor. On motion of Mrs. Watkins, authority was given as recommended. FRANK HENDERSON SIMPSON M r . F o r n o f presented the following: The Honorable Frank Henderson Simpson was born in Vincennes, Indiana, December 6, 1870, and died in Flora, Illinois, March 3, 1950.
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