 | Board of Visitors minutes January 20, 1950 |  |
MARY WASHINGTON COLLEGE MATTERS
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
The following resolution was adopted.
RESOLVED that the request of Dr. E. Boyd Graves, Associate Professor of Philosophy, for
an extension of his leave of absence until June 1950, be and the same is hereby granted.
ELECTION
The following resolution was adopted.
RESOLVED that Mr. Teun Don be and he is hereby elected Visiting Instructor in Piano and
Voice at Mary Washington College, incumbency to begin January 3, 1950, with the provision that the
responsibility for his salary be assumed by friends of Mr. Don and of the college.
CONTRACT FOR NEW INFIRMARY
Dr. Combs stated to the Board that on January 3, 1950, sealed bids were received for the
construction of the new infirmary building and certain equipment. A tabulation of the base bids received
is shown as follows
| For Building: | |
| R. H. Wattinger | $231,000.00 |
| Southeastern Construction Company | 243,300.00 |
| Blackwell Engineering Company | 252,500.00 |
| C. Elmo Nuckols | 257,000.00 |
| For Metal Cabinets: | |
| Fred G. Todman Company | 10,612.60 |
| Art Metal Construction Company | 11,810.00 |
| Kewaunee Manufacturing Company | 13,653.25 |
| Flowers School Equipment Company | 20,073.85 |
| For Sterilizers: | |
| Ohio Chemical & Manufacturing Company | 1,987.42 |
| American Sterilizer Company | 2,316.10 |
| For Kitchen Equipment: | |
| Federal Manufacturing Company | 7,369.00 |
| The Straus Company | 7,497.00 |
| Atlantic Equipment Company | 7,984.40 |
| Sheris Company | 8,278.00 |
Our architects concur in the following recommendations that contracts be awarded to the
following.
| Building: | |
| R. H. Wattinger, Richmond, Virginia | $231,000.00 |
| Metal Cabinets: | |
| Art Metal Construction Company | 11,810.00 |
| Sterilizers: | |
| American Sterilizer Company | 2,316.10 |
| Kitchen Equipment: | |
| It is recommended that no award be made for kitchen equipment at this time and new bids will be received at a future date. |
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The total cost of this building and the proposed equipment, including architects' fees,
amounts to approximately $266,500.00. The State appropriation is approximately $158,837.00. We
propose, therefore, to provide the additional funds from the bond issue previously approved by the
Board. Letters of recommendation from the architects are submitted herewith as a basis for the
awards of these contracts.
The following resolution was adopted.
RESOLVED that the President of Mary Washington College be and he is hereby authorized to
award and execute contracts to R. H. Wattinger, $231,000.00, for the Infirmary Building, to Art
Metal Construction Company, $11,810.00, for metal cabinets; to American Sterilizer Company,
$2,316.10, for sterilizing equipment; and that all bids for kitchen equipment be rejected.
| Board of Visitors minutes January 20, 1950 | |