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I957J UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 267
Be it further resolved by this Board of Trustees that Comptroller H. O.
Farber of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, a public corporation,
be and he hereby is authorized to accept payment on behalf of this public
corporation of said distribution and to execute and deliver to The First National
Bank of Chicago, as Trustee under agreement with Victor S. Yarros, dated
October 7, 1949, as amended, the receipt of said corporation in satisfaction thereof.
On motion of Mr. Williamson, this resolution was adopted.
PURCHASES
Purchases Authorized
(15) The following purchase was authorized by the President on the recommendation
of the Director of Purchases and the Vice-President and Comptroller.
Item
Gow test borings in locations and to
depths as directed for the following
proposed buildings:
Food Storage Building
Physics Building
Library Seventh Addition
Auditorium-Gymnasium
Illini Union Building Addition
Department
Physical Plant
(Architectural
Division)
Vendor
Raymond Concrete
Pile Co..
Chicago
Cost
$4. 020 00
The following purchases were approved by the Vice-President and Provost,
acting for the President, pursuant to authorization by the Board of Trustees to
act on recommendations for purchases under International Cooperation Administration
contracts. All of these purchases will be from funds supplied by the
I.C.A. under its contract with the University for educational services to institutions
of higher education in India.
Item
One field intensity meter, range 2 to 400
MC complete with accessories
Seventeen items of machinists'
tion and gaging equipment
One closed circuit television system including
a chain camera, monoscope,
three lenses, a generator, and accessories,
suitable for European standards,
220-volt, 50-cycle
One precipitator, electrostatic, Research
Laboratory Model, self-contained, for
use in removing tarry substances from
carbureted water gases of research
laboratory volumes
Two Jeep station wagons, four-wheel
drive, four-cylinder, right-hand steering;
five heavy duty tires and wheels;
heavy duty springs, with standard
accessories, export packed, f.a.s. New
York, N.Y.
On motion of Mr. Herrick, these purchases were approved.
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
Furnish all labor, tools, and materials
(except studs) necessary to install 120
concrete antenna bases
Department
India Contracts
India Contracts
India Contracts
India Contracts
India Contracts
Department
Electrical
Engineering
Vendor
Stoddart Aircraft Radio
Co., Inc.,
Hollywood, Calif.
The DoAll Co.,
Des Plaines
Pratt & Whitney Co., Inc.
West Hartford, Conn.
The L. S. Starrett Co.,
At hoi, Mass.
The Van Keuren Co.,
Watertown, Mass.
Research-Cottrell, Inc.,
Chicago
Willys Overland
Export Corp.,
Toledo, Ohio
Cost
3 545 CO
f.a.s.
San Francisco,
Calif.
2 867 50
188 00
156 40
150 00
All prices are f.a.s. New York, N.Y.
C. O. Brandes, Inc., 13 534 00
Cleveland, Ohio
f.o.b.
destination
Vendor
Lynne Meyer,
Champaign
7 300 00
f.a.s.
New York,
N.Y.
4 784 38
f.a.s.
New York,
N.Y.
Cost
$S 280 00
f.o.b.
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