Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1958
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952 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [October 29 Purchases Recommended The Director of Purchases has proposed and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommends the following purchases. Unless otherwise specified, the purchase in each case is recommended on the basis of lowest bid. I concur. Item One spectrophotometer, dual source unit with power supply Ten gross vials, homeopathic 12 x 35 mm. Nine each balances, single pan, 311 grams capacity Two rolls polyethylene sheeting, 50 ft. x 54 in. x .0015 in. Twelve each polyet hylene pails, 14 Quart One fatigue testing machine for testing fluctuating loads up to 10,000 lbs. dynamic and 20,000 lbs. static capacities, complete with accessories Sixty-six 16 mm. films, various titles as specified 50,000 prednisone tablets—5 mg. One Angabright head unit and accessory attachments, less trade-in allowance on old unit One six-channel polygraph with four preamplifiers Four driver amplifiers Five oscillograph units 200 reams 25 x 38 50 lb. white English finish book paper 250 reams 25 x 38 60 lb. white English finish book paper Six distribution transformers—one 100 kva; one 75 kva; four 15 kva; oil immersed, self cooled One used 1949 Cessna 140A aircraft (to replace Cessna Aircraft N 5688C which was damaged beyond economical repair by a "freak" line squall while anchored on the ground) Labor, material, and machine cost for installation of drainage system on Allerton Trust Farms Nos. 5 and 6 One Amperex type DX-151 reflex klystron Department General Chemical Stores Vendor E . H . S a r g e n t & Co., Chicago Cost $2 995 0 o f.o.b. delivered and installed Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Visual Aids Service Hospital Pharm a c y , Chicago Radiology, Research and Educational Hospitals Surgery, College of M e d i c i n e Riehle Testing Machines Division, A m e r i c a n Machine & Metals, Inc., East Moline Coronet F i l m s , Chicago P a r k e , D a v i s & Co., Chicago Picker X - r a y Corp., Chicago G r a s s I n s t r u m e n t Co., Quincy, M a s s . 3 7 4 0 0 00 f.o.b. Urbana 6 113 7s f.o.b. delivered 5 3 9 0 00 2 5 9 0 00 delivered and installed 2 S40 00 f.o.b. Quincy. Mass. 4 Office S u p p l y Storeroom Physical P l a n t I n s t i t u t e of Aviation Decatur Paper House, Inc., D e c a t u r Springfield Electric S u p p l y Co., Springfield C a p i t o l Aviation, I n c . , Springfield 116 00 f.o.b. delivered 2 743 95 f.o.b. Urbana 3 300 00 f.o.b. delivered 6 604 86 Agricultural Economics Electrical Engineering Piper City F a r m D r a i n a g e Co., Watseka A m p e r e x Electronic Corp., Hicksville, N . Y . 3 0 0 0 00 One Friden Flexowriter, Model FPC-8, with stand; this machine is designed to operate as an automatic typewriter and tape programmer in connection with the IBM tabulating equipment One 1958 truck, cab and chassis only, 18,000 lbs. G.V.W. on which is to be mounted an aviation refueler tank being purchased on a separate transaction from the Farrell Manufacturing Co., Joliet G r a d u a t e College Friden Calculating M a c h i n e Co., Peoria H e i g h t s Litsinger M o t o r Co., Chicago (Ford) f.o.b. Hicksville, N.Y. 2 963 50 f.o.b. Urbana I n s t i t u t e of Aviation 2 5:5 o° f.o.b. Joliet O n motion of M r . Johnston, these purchases were authorized. COMPTROLLER'S REPORT OF CONTRACTS (24) The Comptroller's report of contracts executed during the period September 1 to 30, 1957. With Whom Boeing Airplane Co. Hall Township High School McDonnell Aircraft Corp. Purpose Frequency independent antennas School survey Fatigue of aluminum and steel lugs Amount to be Paid to the University J 1 2 000 00 I 875 00 22 000 00 Effective Date March i, 1957 August 23, 1957 January 25, 1957
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