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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[April 17

authorized to execute the same. This action was taken by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Herrick, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Swain, Mrs. Watkins, Mr. Williamson; no, none; absent, Mr. Bissell, Mrs. Holt, Mr. Nickell, Mr. Stratton.

CONTRACTS FOR ADDITION TO ABBOTT POWER PLANT (17) T h e Director of the Physical Plant Department and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend award of contracts as follows for the construction of the Abbott Power Plant Addition, Unit No. 6. T h e award in each case is to the lowest bidder. Installation of piping system (Division " 7 K " ) — G a l l a h e r and Speck, Inc., 546 West Harrison Street, Chicago 7, Illinois $135 667 Installation of electrical equipment (Division "7I") — Northern States Company, Inc., 33 North LaSalle Street, Chicago 2, Illinois.. 90 305 Attached is a report from the Physical Plant Department listing all bids received, and a copy is being filed with the Secretary of the Board for record. Funds are available in the state appropriations to the University for capital improvements for the biennium 1957-59. I concur and recommend that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute these contracts, subject to the release of funds by the Governor. O n m o t i o n of M r . S w a i n , t h e s e c o n t r a c t s w e r e a w a r d e d , a s recomm e n d e d , a n d t h e C o m p t r o l l e r a n d t h e S e c r e t a r y of t h e B o a r d were a u t h o r i z e d t o e x e c u t e t h e s a m e . T h i s a c t i o n w a s t a k e n b y t h e following v o t e : A y e , M r . H e r r i c k , M r . H u g h e s , M r . J o h n s t o n , M r . Livingston, M r . S w a i n , M r s . W a t k i n s , M r . W i l l i a m s o n ; n o , n o n e ; a b s e n t , Mr. Bissell, M r s . H o l t , M r . Nickell, M r . S t r a t t o n . CONTRACTS FOR EXTENSION OF UTILITIES DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (18) The Director of the Physical Plant Department and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend award of contracts as follows for additions to and extensions of the Utilities Distribution System at Urbana. T h e award in each case is to the lowest bidder: Construction of a subsurface electrical load distribution center vault, immediately west of the new Biology Building, as part of the campus electrical distribution system (Division " L L " ) — C . A. Petry & Sons, Inc., Champaign $ 45 880 00 Installation of electrical equipment and cables in the v a u l t — S q u a r e Deal Electrical Contracting, Inc., LaPorte, Indiana 209 135 28 Construction of steam tunnels, duct runs, manholes, and load center (Division " M M " ) — K u h n e - S i m m o n s Company, Inc., Champaign 343 281 00 This will include construction of a tunnel from Wright Street and Armory Avenue to Mathews Avenue; a tunnel from the southwest corner of the Student-Staff Apartments on Goodwin Avenue north across Green Street and east along Green Street to the Physics Building; and construction of duct runs and manholes to serve the distribution center and load center. Installation of piping addition to steam distribution system (Division " N N " ) — Gallaher & Speck, C h i c a g o . . . . . . . 107 345 °° This will include the installation of piping in the new tunnels; a twelve-inch main in an existing tunnel from Sixth Street and Gregory Drive to Wright Street and A r m o r y Avenue; a six-inch return main in the existing tunnel on Mathews Avenue; and a steam conduit line from the existing tunnel on Mathews Avenue to Davenport Hall. Thermal insulation for the steam piping (Division " O O " ) — W . J. Donahoe Company, Chicago 4° 68° °° Funds are available in the state appropriations to the University for capital improvements for the biennium 1957-59.