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1957] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 439
and in a federal grant (U.S. Public Health Service RC-90-Medicine — Biological
Chemistry Remodeling) and in the state appropriation for 1955-57 "For rehabilitation
and remodeling and minor additions to existing buildings at Urbana-Champaign
and at the Chicago Professional Colleges" for the second.
I concur and recommend that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board
be authorized to execute these contracts.
On motion of Mrs. Watkins, these contracts were awarded, and the
Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board were authorized to execute
the same.
CONTRACT FOR INSTALLATION OF PNEUMATIC TUBE SYSTEM
IN THE RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL HOSPITALS
(21) The Director of the Physical Plant and the Vice-President and Comptroller
recommend award of a contract for $3,200 to the Lamson Corporation, Chicago,
for installation of a pneumatic tube system in the Hospital Laboratories of the
Research and Educational Hospitals.
The work will consist of installation of a tube station in the Hospital Laboratories
and connection of this station to the central dispatching system of the medical
records room. It is a part of the remodeling of the Hospital Laboratories nowbeing
done under the federal matching funds program for improvement and expansion
of health research facilities.
Funds are available in a federal grant (U.S. Public Health Service RC-87-
Remodeling Research and Educational Hospitals Laboratories) and in the state
appropriation for 1955-57 "for rehabilitation and remodeling and minor additions to
existing buildings at Urbana-Champaign and at the Chicago Professional Colleges."
I concur and recommend that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board
be authorized to execute this contract.
On motion of Mrs. Holt, this contract was awarded, and the Comptroller
and the Secretary of the Board were authorized to execute the
same.
CONTRACTS FOR COAL PURCHASES FOR ABBOTT POWER PLANT
(22) The Director of Purchases, the Vice-President and Comptroller, and the
Director of the Physical Plant recommend award of the following contracts for
130,000 tons of coal screenings to be delivered to the Abbott Power Plant during
the period July 1, 1957, through June 30, 1959:
F.O.B. Mine Freight Total Cost
United Electric Coal Company, Chicago
30,000 tons @ S4.50 Si35 000
Bell and Zoller Coal Company, Terre Haute,
Indiana
22,000 tons @ S4.85 106 700
Republic Coal and Coke Company, Peoria
S38 400
28 160
Si73 400
134 860
78,000 tons @, S4.75 370 500 99 840 470 340
Sealed bids on uniform specifications were opened on May 24, 1957- Invitations
were sent to twenty-four producers and sales agencies and advertisements were
published in three daily papers.
The bids are evaluated in the terms of the number of British Thermal Units
purchased for one cent based on guaranteed analysis. A continuous check is maintained
to insure compliance with specifications. The United Electric Coal Company,
Bell and Zoller Coal Company, and Republic Coal and Coke Company are the
lowest bidders. It is advantageous to have contracts with three sources of supply
to be assured of delivery of coal at all times.
A two-year contract is being recommended to enable the mines better to plan
future operations, development, and expansion, and to assure the L T niversity of a
continued reliable source of supply.
The prices quoted are based on present wage scales and are subject to increase
or decrease in event that wage contracts now in effect are changed. Any such
change will affect the price to the extent that production costs are increased or