Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1954 [PAGE 1092]

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1953]

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Funds are available in the state appropriation for the construction of the Law Building. I concur and recommend that the Acting Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute this contract.

On motion of Mrs. Holt, this contract was authorized and the Acting Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board were authorized to execute the same.

CONTRACT FOR TILE FLOORING IN THE ILLINI U N I O N BUILDING (16) Part of the cork tile flooring (in the east and west stair floor lobbies) will need to be replaced because of the difficulty in keeping the tile in these areas cemented to the concrete subfloor. A small test area in the east lobby has been refloored, and this has proved successful. Bids were then invited for replacing the remainder of the cork tile in these two lobbies, an area of approximately 2,750 square feet. Only one bid was received—from the Acoustical and Floor Tile Company of Champaign, Illinois, which proposed to remove the old tile and all the original underlayment, and to install new tile for a price of $3,314. The Physical Plant Department considers this a reasonable estimate. Funds are available in the Illini Union maintenance reserve fund. The Director of the Physical Plant and the Acting Comptroller recommend award of a contract for $3,314 to t h e Acoustical and Floor Tile Company. I concur and recommend that the Acting Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute this contract.

On motion of Mrs. Watkins, this contract was authorized and the Acting Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board were authorized to execute the same.

CONTRACTS FOR ADDITIONAL CORNCRIBS ON ALLERTON FARMS (17) The corncribs on Allerton Farms No. 5, 6, and 7 have a capacity of 22,000 bushels. In 1952 production was 13,923 bushels in excess of this capacity and the 1953 crop will exceed it 15,500 bushels. Inadequate storage facilities force sale of corn as picked at a price sacrifice. The Dean of the College of Agriculture recommends the construction of five semipermanent pole and snow-fence cribs on the various farms as follows: Each Crib Total Farm No. Number of Cribs Length Capacity (bushels) Capacity 5 2 70 3,000 6,000 6 1 60 2,500 2,500 7 2 60 2,500 5,000 Total 13,500 Bids have been received as follows: Contractor Seventy-foot Crib Sixty-foot Crib Hammerschmidt Brothers $1 470 00 $1 260 00 Joseph S. Davis and Sons I 489 60 I 276 81 Wilkinson Lumber Company 1 373 08 To expedite construction, the Dean of the College of Agriculture and the Acting Comptroller recommend award of contracts for three cribs to the lowest bidder and for two cribs to the second lowest bidder as follows: Hammerschmidt Brothers, two 70-foot cribs on Farm No. 5, $1,470 each, and one 60foot crib on Farm No. 6, $1,260; total contract price for three cribs, $4,200. Joseph S. Davis and Sons, two 60-foot cribs on Farm No. 7, $1,276.81 each; total contract price for two cribs, $2,553.62. These contractors are equipped to do prompt and efficient jobs, and promise completion in October. I concur and recommend that the Acting Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute these contracts.

On motion of Mr. Bissell, these contracts were authorized and the Acting Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board were authorized to execute the same.