The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-03-26

upon the estimates which were there passed upon by The
representatives Of the people who vote the peoples
money How does il happen that there of es
mates for the House. and another for the Senate this
restoration 10 The estimates
MIR GWiN The estimates sent to both houses are
the This is 10 restore the appropriation to the esu
mates.
The amendment agreed to.
The next amendment was TO strike out the following;
For completing engine -house at New York. $4,000 /;
for repairs of all kinds, $4,000 -
And insert in lieu thereof the following;
For completing commanders house, smthery, timber
shed lime pit and coahouse continuing quay wall
ter once, wharf dredg,ng-ehannsl ana piers completing
engine-house and cuiver, and removing piles IN front Of
docks, hng mberpond and like places paving cutters,
and tagging, and for repairs of all kinds, s2i9 800"
Mr.. BRoDHEAD. think loading this bill very
much do the chairman of the Committee on FL
in his place but think is contrary the decision
of that committee that should have many amendments
placed this bill My friend from California ought 10 give
some reason for this immense increase.
| MIR. GWIN. The Committee Finance, owing to the
great press business hem reported this bill back with
reading ii, and left il the Committee Naval Affairs
propose the amendments. The Committee Finance
have uniformly far my recollection goes, every in
in every appropriation bill before them restored
the estimates just doing That has been the
action of the Committee Naval Affairs In this
The amendment agreed TO.
The amendment in the appropriation for the
nayyyard at Philadelphia TO insert after the word for
| the words
Commanders quarters conveying into navyyard
and reservoir"
| The amendment was agreed TO.
| The amendment in the appropriation for the
popriated for and gas for lighting yard and
increase the appropriation for that navyyard from 1884,
| sig 10 S20O,5l2.
The amendment agreed to.
| The next amendment TO increase the appropriation
for the Norfolk navyyad from STA 500 SGD 600 and
include among the objects of appropriation carpenters
workshop and carshed building for muster and other Of
| fees"
| The amendment agreed to.
/ The amendment to increase the appropriation
for the at Pensacola from to $26l 5O5
| The amendment agreed to-
The next amendment to increase the appropriation
for the vayyyard at Memphis from s43s76 to ss6 46S
and include among the objects of appropriation excava-
ton, embankment and grading" and also "pavements,
/ drans and dItches"
/ The amendment was agreed to.
/ YARD SAN FRANCISCO
/ The next amendment increase the appropriation
for the navyyard at San Francisco California; from $780,
900 1914 $751; and include among the objects appro-
prated for foundry, machne-shop boershop, engine
house and patern-shop and for steam-engne and ma
chinery including transportation"
i Mr.. CLARKE l should like to know the meaning OF
that, should like to hear the clause read as 1t will stand
The clause would stand if so amended was accord
ngy read, ms follows:
"For blaeksmiths shop, foundry, machine shop car
peniers shop boiershop engnehouse and patternshop
storehouse and wharf, and for steam-engine and ma
chnery including transportation, 1914 ISL PROVIDED That
befre this shall be expended the Attorney General OF
united snail decide mat
good title to the land upon which the buildings to be
erected
Mr.. GWIN That is precisely the estimate of the de-
partment 1t the other House with that estimate
but the there reduced. The reduction
made upon this information that before The House
Commodore Soa who had been appointed select the site
for navyyard, in the lobby the time, and made
statement connexion with letter which had been nd
dressed to him by Commodore Smith, which have my
table, in which Commodore Smith SAID, that If IL
i.ended to put the nayy-yard into immediate operation
q The eofn utti M
temporary buildings IN order TO have them ready for the
workmen whenever the navy-yard should be commenced
Commodore Soat stated when that read thar he thought
en,ely small, and there ought to be 10000 Tor the
purpose member of the other House, ns
wha he had sad, immsdntriy went and stated hat Com
modorc Soat who selected the site had 100 DOC
all tha, would be expended within year have TIA,
statement Of Commodore Sort before me- showing that this
entire mistake and that his remark referred to
Appropriation for a different purpose.
The other day provided for orthcatons at the
trance the haTbor OF $ Francisco and this estimate
been in by the Navy Department for the purpose
OF building hayward ard that too, quickly, in order
that shall have the Of IT, II sny emergency should
require it, for the bereht Of the public know
is large Appropriation, but is intended TO proceed m
standy with building the navyyard the point which has
been chosen One Of the best the Pacific
been made The estimate Of the department has been
carefully drawn up going into all the details, and pro-
pose restore the item to the estimate as II came from the
department
| MIR BRODHEAD Let us come to some understanding
about this matter At the last session authorized the
erection Of navy-yard and depot in California and how
much did we then appropriated
MIR GWlN. hundred thousand dollars for the purpose
i Of selecting site.
Mr. BRoDHEAD. Has the site been selected, and j.
the itle for the property obtainedi
Il MIR. GWIN Yes, sir; but il be used until this
i appropriation be made
| MIR. BRoOHEAD. find in the items that come from
the House proyiso:
"Tha before this shall be expended the Attorney
General shall decide that the United States have good e
TO the land upon which the buildings TO be erectedn
u wish understanding about this matter
Ii may be all right but when we find the House Of Rep
rescnatves inserting 1000 Of appropriation for
particular purpose, and il is proposed that shall
nearly million Of dollars, ought to look into
what; and that is what propose TO DO.
Il Mr.. GWlN will state, for the information Of the
stor from Pennsylvania that the Committee Of Ways and
Means OF the House reported the item 1914 $751; but through
transformation communicated to the House 1t stricken
down. and the very parties who quoted authority
for striking down have since contradced H. This es
mate carefully prepared at the department II went
before the Committee Of Ways and Means Of the other
House. who reported IL precisely from the de-
partmen In regard the title the properly will say
that hiss been carefully and thoroughly examined but Il
is especially provided in the bill that a dollar shall be
expended until the opinion Of the Attorney General shall be
n given in favor Of the validity Of the title.
| MIR. BRODHEAO. We appropriated 800 900 last year
to select site for navyyard in California and the House
this bill proposes another appropriation of 900
progress with the work How muh is this nsvyyard and
depot ard the enlargement which takes place every year.
costi We ought TO come to ZONE understanding the
| subject. We ought have estimates. Can ex-
pend 5000 100 in year udcouslyi II that
eyer though this much larger should be necessary
to plee the navyyard and depot San Francisco
are appropnang too much at this time Can 5000 900 be
properly expended in year here suppose $500 600