St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-12-24


LIGHTHOUSE ESTABLISHMENT,
For the Atlantic, Cult, Lake, ana Pa
cific coasts, VIZ:
For supplying the lighthouses and
bcacon-lights with oil, wicks, glass chin
news. channels skins, whiting, spirits OF
wine, polishing powder, cleaning towels,
brushes, and other necessary expenses OF
the same, and repairing and keeping in
repair the lighting apparatus, two hun
bred and iiity-one thousand seven hun
dred and seventeen dollars.
For the necessary repairs and incident
al expenses, improving and rciittlng light
houses and buildings connected herewith.
two hundred and twenty-five thousand
dollars.
For salaries ofiivc hundred and eighty
nine keepers of lighthouses and lighted
bcacpns, and their assistants, four hun
drcd and fiity-siX thousand dollars
For -eamen's WAGES, repairs, supplies.
and incidental expenses of twenty-four
light-vca-cls, two hundred and thirty-two
thousand two hundred and ninety dollars.
F1reNpenses ofraieing. cleaning. paint
ing, repairing, rcntocnJ rcmooling and
supply ING losses of beacon. and buov>.
and for chains and ,inkcr, for the SAINT.
two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
For repairs and incidental expenses OF
refitting and improving fog-signals and
buildings connected herewith, thirty
thousand dollars.
For expenses Of visiting and inspecting
lights and other AIDS to navigation. two
thousand dollars.
For lighthouse on HALFWAY Rock
Casco bay, Maine, fifty thousand dollars.
For rebuilding Plum Island light-sta-
ton in addition to former appropriations,
eleven thousand dollars.
For repairs and rcnovatiOns at Throg'
Neck, highland at Neversink, Sandy
Hook, Conover beacon, and Fort Temp
kins light-station at New jersey, thirteen
thousand four hundred dollars.
For stake-iights in the Hudson river.
two thousand dollars.
For stakc-hght~ in Whitehall narrowS.
l. Ike ChampIain, New York. five thou
sand dollars.
For rebuilding Strattord River beacon,
Connecticut, eight thousand dollars.
For building wharf and shed for
landing and storage Of buoys at Black
Rock light-station, Connecticut, ci.ht
thousand dollars.
For repairing and coping the brick
wall on the north side of, and filling in
and grading grounds III the Stat Ii Island
lighthouse depot, twelve thousand five
hundred dollars.
For rebuilding first-cla~s lighthouse
at Cape Hatter"-, North Carolina. in adj
dition 10 former appropriations, forty
thousand dollars.
For replacing tie trn-day 5cacons for
merly n.Lrking tho Florida reefs, fifty
thousand dollars.
For rebuilding Cat Island light-siation
fifteen thousand dollars.
For repairs ana rcnovations at Proc
torville beacon an! Pas Il rOutre liaht-
station, five thousand five hundred dol
lars
For lighthouse at Point aux Her
hes, Louisiana, to take the place of bon
tUnca light-statlon, destroyed by the
rebels, and now re-e,tablised, eight thou
sand dollars.
For new lighthouse at Tmbalier, to
replace the one destroyed i'y hurricane
on the twenty and thirtieth NaIrl
eighteen hunIIcd and >iXiy-,rvcn. fifty
thousand dollars.
For Il new lighthouse at Shell krv-.
to replace the one destroyed in the hurli-
cane OF the fifth and sixth OF October
eighteen hundred and >iNty-scvel, sixty
thousand dollars.
For rebuilding Il light-sla;ion at the
''Swazh," Texas, six Thousand dollars.
For steam tender for lighthouse and
buoy service in the Cult OF Mexico, fifty
thousand dollars.
For rebuilding Grand River hght-~ta-
ton, Lake Erie, thirty thousand dollars.
For Il lighthouse and pier OF prutcc-
ton at Cleveland, Ohio, forty-iivc thou
sand dollars.
For repairs and improvements at Cen
esce light STATEN, Lake Ontario. thirteen
thousand dollars.
For repslrs and renovaiions at Grassy
Island aud Monroe Manifestations, three
thousand ihree hundred dollars.
For range lights to mark the channel
into Pressure Isle harbor, Lake Huron,
seven thousand five hundred dollars.
For the construction of a light-housc
Of spectacle reef, Lake Huron, o"c hum
bred thousand dollars.
For repairs and renoyationS at South
Manlton and Point Bct,cy light-stationS
Lake Michigan, four thousand dollars
For rebuilding the keepers dwelling
at Nu.kegon light-station, Lake Michi-
gan, i'll addition TO former appropria-
tlons, six thousand dollars.
For repairs and rcnovations at ST.
Joseph's, Michigan City, Raspberry isl
land, Minnesota Point, and other light
stations, five thousand six hundred dol
lars.
For repairs ard renovations at Bay
lcy'S liarbor li9ht-station. subject to pro-
visions Of act of Congress March two.
eighteen llndred and >iNty->even, in adj
diiron TO former appropriations, fifteen
thousand dollars.
For rebuilding Portage River li.ht-
house, Lake Superior, twelve thousand
dollars.
For rebuilding LagIe Hiyer Il hit
house, Lake Superior, fourteen thousand
dollars.
For enabling the Lighthouse Board
to experiment with new illuminating ap-
paratus and to"->icnals. iii addition to
former appropriations, tour thousand dol
lars.
For two tir.t-cIa.s light-,hip-, for re-