| |
| |
Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1954
This is a reduced-resolution page image for fast online browsing.
EXTRACTED TEXT FROM PAGE:
376 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [September 24 On motion of Mr. Grange, this resolution was adopted by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Fornof, Mr. Grange, Mr. Hickman, Mrs. Holt, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Megran, Mrs. Watkins; no, none; absent, Mr. Herrick, Mr. Nickell, Mr. Stevenson. EASEMENT TO ILLINOIS POWER COMPANY OVER UNIVERSITY PROPERTY (13) The Illinois Power Company is constructing an electric loop feed power line around the cities of Champaign and Urbana to provide an alternate source of power for the community. The proposed route would extend across University of Illinois farms along the north fence line at the south edges of Sections 19 and 20 beginning at South First Street extended, Champaign, to South Race Street extended, Urbana. The Illinois Power Company has requested an easement granting it the right to construct and maintain this electric power line on the University property. The poles and guy wires will be constructed along the fence lines so as not to interfere with farming operations. I concur in the recommendations of the Dean of the College of Agriculture, the Director of the Physical Plant, and the Comptroller that this easement be granted and that the following resolution be adopted: A W , therefore, be it resolved by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, a public corporation of the state of Illinois, that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board of Trustees be and hereby are authorized to execute, acknowledge, and deliver in the name of and in behalf of this corporation, an instrument of conveyance in such form, and other documents in connection therewith, as to them may seem necessary or desirable, in order to effectuate a conveyance to the Illinois Power Company of a right of easement to construct and maintain an electric power line extending across University of Illinois farms along the north fence line at the south edge of Sections 19 and zo beginning at South First Street extended, Champaign, to South Race Street extended, Urbana. O n m o t i o n of M r s . H o l t , t h i s r e s o l u t i o n w a s a d o p t e d . CONTRACT FOR AGRICULTURAL BUILDING (14) Several years ago the College of Agriculture prepared teaching materials to aid in the teaching of agriculture to returning veterans. The demand for these "lesson units" by vocational agriculture classes in high schools has been great and it is necessary to maintain an adequate inventory to meet current demands. The June, 1952, inventory was more than four million pages of 127 different teaching units. This inventory has been stored in grain bins constructed some years ago. They are not satisfactory for this type of storage. The College of Agriculture recommends construction of a steel building which will serve as a work shop as well as for storage on the south side of Florida Avenue, east of the old University Golf Course. Representatives of the College invited bids from the Martin Steel Products Company, Mansfield, Ohio (local representative in Rantoul, Illinois) and the Butler Manufacturing Company, Kansas City, Missouri and Galesburg, Illinois (local representative in Champaign, Illinois). The former did not bid but the Butler Manufacturing Company has offered to construct a standard "Butler" metal building, size 36 by 84 feet with 10-foot sidewalls, a concrete foundation with a four-inch reinforced concrete floor, gable roof, rigid steel truss frame, roof and walls to be covered with .026 gauge aluminum, for a price of #8,752.95. A recent University purchase of a metal warehouse building indicates that this is a good price. Funds accumulated from the sale of the teaching units are available to pay for this building. The site has been approved by the Building Program Committee and by the Director of the Physical Plant. The Dean of the College of Agriculture, the Director of Purchases, and the Comptroller recommend award of a contract for $8,752.95 to the Butler Manufacturing Company for the construction of this building. I concur and recommend further that an assignment be made from Agricultural Research Revolving funds sufficient to cover the cost of this construction. On motion of Mr. Grange, this contract was authorized and the assignment of funds recommended was made by the following vote:
| |
