The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-03-22

on the river THAMES, near Now LOnuon,
Connecticut, decided TO the United States for
pasal purposes, ten thousand dollars; but no
further amount shall be contracted 10 DO
LIGHTHOUSE ESTABLISHMENT.
For the Atlantic, Gulf, Lake, and Pacific
coasts, yiki
For supplying the lighthouses and beacon
lights with oil, wicks, glass chimneys, cha
mols skins, whiting, spirits Of wine, polish:
Fling powder, cleaning towels. Brushes and
other necessary expetiscs OF the SAME, and
APPARATUS, two hundred and ffty-one thou
sand seven hundred and seventeen dollars.
For the necessary repairs aud Incidental
expenses, improving and reflttlng light
houses and buildings connected Herewith,
two hundred and twenty-five thousand dol
lars.
For salaries ofnye hundred and eighty -nlne
keepers Of lighthouses and lighted beacons,
and their assistants, four hundred and afty-
six thousand dollars.
For seamen's wages, repairs, supplies,
and incidental expenses Of twenty. -four light
vessels, two hundred and thlrty-two thou
sand two hundred and ninety dollars.
For expenses Of raising, cleaning, painting,
repairing, rsnoving, tremooring, and sup
plying losses Of beacons and buoys, and for
chains and slnkers for the same, two hun
dred and my thousand dollars.
For repairs aud incidental expenses Of re-
fitting and improving fog-signais and build
ings connected Herewith, thirty thousand
dollars.
For expenses OF visiting and inspecting
lights and other aids to navigation, two
thousand dollars.
For a lighthouse on Halfway Rock, Cas-
co bay, Maine, ffty Thousand dollars.
For rebuilding Plum Island llght-station,
In addition to former appropriations, eleven
thousand dollars.
For repairs and renoyations at Throg's
Neck, highlands at Neversink, Sandy Hook,
Conoyer beacon, and Fort Tompklns light
station at New Jersey, thirteen thousand
four hundred dollars.
For stakc-llghts In the Hudson river, two
thousand dollars.
For stake-lights In Whitehall narrows,
Lake Champlain, New York, five thousand
dollars.
rebuilding stratford River beacon, Con-
necticut, eight thousand dollars.
| For building q wharf and shed for landing
and storage Of buoys at Black Rock light
station, Connecticut, eight thousand dol
lars.
| For repairing and coping the brick wall
/ on the north side Of, and filling In and grad
Ing grounds at the Staten Island lighthouse
depot, twelve thousand Ave hundred dol
| lars.
For rebuilding arst-class lighthouse at
Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. In addition
to former appropriations, forty thousand
dollars.
For replacing the tcn-day bcacons for
merly marking the Florida reefs, fifty thou
sand dollars.
For rebuilding Cat Island llght-station,
| fifteen thousand dollars.
For repairs and renovations at Proctor
willie beacon and Pas POutro light station,
Ave thousand Ave hundred dollars.
| For a lighthouse at Point aux Hcrbcs,
Louisiana, to take the place Of Bon Fonca
light-station, destroyed by the rebels, and
/ now re-establlshed, eight thousand dollars.
| For new lighthouse ut Timballer, to re-
place the one destroyed by hurricane on
the twenty ninth and thirtieth March, eight
cen hundred and slyty-seyen, fiIty thousand
dollars.
For a new lighthouse at Shell Keys, to
replace the one destroyed by the hurricane
OF the nfth and sixth Of October, eighteen
hundred and sixty-seyen, sixty thousand
dollars.
For rebuilding light.station at the
"Swash," Texas, six thousand dollars.
For steam tender for lighthouse and
buoy service In the Gulf of Mexico, my
thousand dollars.
For rebuilding Grand River light-statlon,
Lake Eric, thirty thousand dollars.
For a lighthouse and pier Of protection at
Cleveland, Ohio, forty-flve thousand dollars.
For repairs and improvements at Gencscc
light-statiou, Lake Ontario, thirteen thou
sand dollars.
For repairs and renoyations at Grassy
Island and Monroe light-stations, three thou.
sand three hundred dollars.
For range lights to mark the chan
mel into Pressure Isle harbor, Lake Huron,
seven thousand five hundred dollars.
For the construction of a lighthouse on
Spectacle reef, Lake Huron, one hundred
thousand dollars.
For repairs and rcnovations at South Man
itou and Point Betsey light-stations, Lake
Michigan, four thousand dollars.
For rebuilding the keepers dwelling al
Muskegon llght-statlon, Lake Michigan, IL
addition to former appropriations, six thou
sand dollars.
For repairs and renovations at st. Joseph's
Michigan City, Raspberry Island, MinnesotG
Point, aud other llght-stations, five thousant
six hundred dollars.
For repairs and renovations at Bayley'l
Harbor llght-station, subject to provisions o
act Of Congress March two, eighteen hun
dred and sixty-seven, In addition to forme
appropriations, fifteen thousand dollars.
For rebuilding Portage River lighthouse
Lake Superior, twelve thousand dollars.
For rebuilding Eagle River lighthouse
Lake Superior, fourteen thousand dollars.
For enabling the Lighthouse Board to ex
pertinent with new Illuminating apparatu
and fog signals, In addition to former appro
priations, four thousand dollars.
! For two flrst-class light-ships, for relic
vessels for outside stations, one hundrc
thousand dollars.
For compensation of two superintendent
of the life-saying stations upon tho coas
OF Long Island and New Jersey, three thou
: sand dollars.
For compensation of Hny-four keepers @
, stations, at two hundred dollars each, to
thousand eight hundred dollars.
! For contingencies Of llfe-saving stations o
! the coast of the United States, ten thousan
dollars; Provided, That the Secretary Of tn
Treasury shall have power, amer q week
J notice to the public, to sell and convey an
real estate no longer used for lighthous
purposes, the ayails Of such sale to be pal
Into the national treasury.
9 For life-boat station on Narraganse
Beach, Rhode Island, to be expended undt
the direction of the Secretary ofthe Treasurl
u Ave thousand dollars.
REVENUE CUTTER SERVICE.
, For pay of officers and pilots, four hui
\ dred and eight thousand six hundred do
= lars.
a For rations for officers and pilots, twent,
" eight thousand four hundred and sevcnt.
:, nine dollars.
a For pay of petty Of officers and crew, thru
!. hundred aud eighty thousand eight hundre
and my dollars.
For rations Of petty officers and crew, OF
!, hundred and thirty-threo thousand i've hui
= dred and sixty-one dollars.
a For fuel, one hundred thousand dollars.
a For repairs and outfits, one hundred an
= twenty-five thousand dollars.
For supplies Of ship chandlery, flfty tho
: sand eight hundred dollars.
For travelling expenses, Ave thousar
/ dollars.
CONSTRUCTION BRANCH OF TIL
l. TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
For completing main stairway west win
Is eight thousand Ave hundred dollarsi Proviie
That all moneys appropriated for the exte
l. sion of the Treasury building shall be di
ID bursed only by one Of the regular dlsbursir
clerks of the Treasury Department, wi
70 shall receive no extra compensation for SUI
10 service.
rs For fencing and approaches to south fror
ST twenty thousand dollars.
p For annual repairs, ten thousand dollar
D, For repairs and preservation of publ