The Portland daily press., 1871-05-15

KEEP esentallVes, or the present fscI year, one hun
dred 1ars; ard his regular annual conf epsat,on
Is hereby il creased hat amount a sum sufficient to
pay wcn for the next fl cal year is hereby appro-
Pria.' a. anu hereafter ms Sompe nsatiOn shall be
eight hundred and twenty dollai per annu,n
And Godfrey Weitz.l, OF the corps OF engin GERS, |
United States army, and in charge OF the improve
n,ent on me Louisville Canal, is hereby empowered
and directed, subject to the approval the Chief OF
said corps OF engineers, to adjust and pay, out o.
any money appropriated Tor the improvement OF said
canal, 10 John b. Brown, legal or equitable
claim he may have against the United States arising
out OF his contract by him to perform Won on saiu
Improvement OF said anal III eglilet, h,ia'en diu
seventy: Propided That here shall not he paid to
him in any event over eight thousand TWO hundred
dollars, nor under that sum than, together
with any sums alrea dy paid HIM on account OF said
contract and work. shall be equal to The lair and ro
sonabe value TO the government OF the work done
by him for The government under such contract.
10 pay Winnie Ream Tor making the marble statue
of Abraham Lincoln, ten thousand dollars, which,
in addition to the sum OF five thousand dollars al
work. p''' <'''' w - '' - ''' N''-'' ~
TO reimburse S. Wolf, recorder of deed, Tor the
District oil Columbia, Tor certain books OF record
and indexes purchased by him Tor the use OF his
office, one thousand two hundred and torty-eght
dollars.
10 Mary b. Walker, widow of Robert j. Walker.
for money expended 10y HIM when territorial govern
or OF X 'Dsas, thirteen thousand and three dollars
and seventy-tive cents. much thereof as NAV
be necessary, to be paid on vouchers be submitted
to the proper accounting officers OF the treasury.
For deraying the expenses OF taking the ninth
census OF the United States, one million two hun
dred md fifty thousand dollars.
For the payment OF pensions, under the "Act
granting pensions to certain soldiers and sailors OF
the war OF eighteen hundred and tive We, and the
widows oil deceased soldiers" approved February
fourteen eighteen bundled and seventy-onc, iour
million live hundred thousand dollars.
WAR DEPARTMENT.
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS IN AND AROUND WASH
INGToN.
For repairs, care, and Improvement OF public
buildings, grounds, and works i'll th9 District. oil
Columbia under the direction Of the Oh eft Engineer
of the army, namely
For casual repairs OF the Navy Nafd anu upper
bridges, five Thousand dollars.
For repair of governmen mt water pipes and fire.
plugs ON Pennsylvania avenue, live thousand dol
lars.
For care and improvement of reservations on
New York, Massachusetts, Vermont, and Maryland
avenues, fifteen thousand dollars.
For cleaning out sewer-traps along Pennsylvania
avenue, one th0usan dollars.
For improving Massachusetts, Connecticut, New
York, Maine, Delaware, and New Jersey avenues,
twenty five thOus and dollars.
For annual repairs OF itnces around reservations,
| two thousand dollars.
For care and improvement of public reservation
number two, and Lafayette square, seven thousand
five hundred dollars.
For removing snow and ice from paVemens and
public walks, one thousand dollars.
For manure ana hauling The same to public
grounds and reserVa ions, three thousand dollars.
For painting iron fences around Lafayette square,
| in ii ont OF the War and Navy Depa tments, Two
thousand collars.
Fer improvement, care and protcc ton of seats
and fountains in Capitol grounds two thousand dol
lars.
For purchase and repair of tools used in public
grounds two thousand dollars.
For purchase of trees and tree boxes, aud TO
VIII tewash tree boxes and fences, five thousand dol
| lars.
| For purchase of flower pots, mats, glasses, and
| twme one thousand dollars.
| For lighting the Capitol, Executive Mansion, ard
| public grounds. forty thousand dollars.
For Fay OF lamplighters, plumbing, gas fitting,
lamps, lamp posts, Matches and repairs OF all sol is,
ten thousand dollars.
| For fuel tor centre building OF the Capitol, one
| thousand five hundred dollars.
For annual repairs OF the Executive Mansion, five
| thousand dollars.
| For refurnishing the Executive Mansion, five
| thousand dollars.
For care and improvement of grounds south of
| the Executive Mansion, five thousand dollars.
| For fuel for the Executive mansion three thou
| sand dollars.
For repair of greenhouse at the Executive MAN.
sion, and purchase OF plants, three thousand dollars
For an iron bridge across the canal al Thirteenth
| street west, and Improvement OF Monumental res
ervation, five thousand dollars.
For repairs OF green-honse at Propagating Garden
| three thousand dollars.
For contingents OF office OF Public Buildings and
Grounds, two thousand dollars.
For improving Franklin square, opening and gray
cling walks, and planting trees and sbrubbery, five
| tho uSand dollars.
For Improvement of circle at the intersection of
Massachusetts and Vermont avenues, six thousand
| dollars.
street in ont OF the property OF the I'm ted States
in accordance with the law making change Of grade
| fourteen thousand seven bundled and ninety-two
| dollars
For paving Pennsylvania avenue in front of the
| Botanic Garden, IRON the northwest gate OF the
Ca itol grounds to Third sreer west including grad
ing, laying sidewalks, flag iootways, resctting curb,
| paving and building sewer, under act OF July eight,
eighteen hundred and seventy, twenty-five thousand
| eight hundred and thrty-eight dollars.
For cutting street through the Presidents grounds
| as per plan one thousand one hundred and ninety
| two dollars.
| For construction of circular fence around and
| through the Presidents grounds TO Seventeenth
| street west, including foundation walls, curling.
tagging, and iron fencing, torty-t thousand five
| hundred dollars.
| WASHINGTON AQUEDUCT.
| For finishing coping and iron railing on bridges
For widening embankments over conduit and
| macadamiZing roads, ten thousand dollars,
For comp citing gate-houses at distributing
yoir, twenty thousand four hundred and ninoty-six
| dollars.
For completing high serv ce reser yOr four thou
| sand dollars.
For ventators ever conduit, two thousand eight
| hundred dollars.
For fencing reservoirs three thousandsx hundred
dollars.
| For building office at Rock Creek bridge. three
thousand three hundred dollars
For engineering, superrntendence, and repairs for
the fiscal year end ng June thirty eighteen hundred
| and seventy-two twenty Thousand dollars.
For completing eartl work and making the slope
| For completing slCpe-wall OF distributing reser-
| voir, twenty thousand dollars.
| ARMoRIEs AND ARsENALs.
For Springfield armory, Springfield. Massachu-
sett>: Repairs and pTeSeI walton OF grounds, build
| ines and machinery. twenty thousand dollars mac
! adamlzing public roads ing and around the armory
grounds, two thousand dollars.
| For completing the bridge at Rock Island being
| an uDexpended balance covered into the treasury
under The act OF July twelve eighteen hundred and
seventy five hundred thousand dollars.
For ltocE island almory and arsenal, Rock Island
power, two hundred thousand dollars permanent
forging shop, Two hundred thousand dollars: con-
ntstff
| sahd doilars; purchasing and layil 6 pipe, eight
thousand dollars; two blocks OF subaltern officers
main avenues and streets, five thousand cellars;
tools and machinery required for new shC ps nearly
completed, twenty thousand dollars
For Allegheny arsenal Pittsburgh, PENNSYLVANIA:
For repairs TO public buildings, grounds, and ma
chinery, one thousand five hundred dollars;
nav The cost OF Grading, paving, and ourbpg on
Thirty-ninth and Forieth streets from Butler
| street to Penn avenue,.and Penn avenue. be-
tween Thrlynine and Fortieth streets, eleven thou
sand five hundred dollars; under pinnng. and
boundary wall, five thousand seven hundred dol
lars.
For Augusta arsenal, Augusta, Georgia: Quarters
for married soldiers, one thousand seven hundred
and fifty dollals.
For Beneca arsenal Benecia California: Perma-
nent bafrac Tor enlisted men, and cstern Tor same,
| hity-twO thousand eight hundred and fifty seven
| dollars; cistern Tor new office, two thousand eight
| hundred and ffty-seven dollars; brick reservoir
| fourteen thousand two hundred aud eighty-six
| dollars; guaTd-hOuse and fire engne-house
eleven thousand four hundred and fwenty-nine dol
lars; grading and improving arsenal grounds, five
thousand dollars; repairs of public buildings aud
machinery, one thousand dollars.
For Columbus arsenal, Columbus, Ohio: Cisterns
and wells, one thousand dollars; grading grounds,
making roads, and drains, fSe thousand dollars; le-
pairs to buildings, one thousand dollars.
>, For Charleston arsenal, Charleston, South Caro-
lima: Repairs of officers quarters, enlisted mems
barracks, and other public buildings, grounds,
fences, and drains, five thousand dollars
For Detroit arsenal, Dearbornville Michigan:
Repairs to public buildings and grounds, five hun
ured dollars.
For Fort Monroe arsenal, including gun-yard
with new fence, three thousand dollars; repairing
TWO sorehouses, one thousand five hundred dollars;
painting and retairing pubic buildings, one thou
sand five hundred dollars
For Fort Union arsenal, New Mexico: one set of
quarters one thousand five hundred and seventy
lve do'iars repairing buildings and grounds, three
thousand dllars.
For Franklofd arsenal, Philadelphia, Penns Iva
one thousand doliars repairing boundjr wa Is and
entertainments, three thousand eight hundred dol
lars; repairs 10 public building, thOnsand dol
iars; repairs to machinery, five thousand dollars.
For indianapolis ARSENAL. indianapolis, Indiana:
Guar i-touse and gateway at main entrance, ten
tn. us,hd dollars; improving grounds and roadways
hve thousand dollars; repairs to public buildings,
drains and sewers, six tho Jsand dollars.
FOR Leavenworth arsenal, Leayenworth, Kansas
repairing buildings fences, csterns and walks five
thousand dollars; painting public buildings, one
thousand five hundred dollars; macadamizbg road
ways, on account of wagon road leading from Mis-
souri, river bridge to the main road to Leavenworth
three thousand dollars; erecting new magazine
for storing ammunition twelve thousand nine Hmm
dred and fifty doais.
For New York arsenal. Governors Island, New
YORK harbor: Repairs OF buildings, quarters and |
grounds, six thousand niue bundled dollars.
For Pikesville arsenal, Pikesvlle, Maryland: Re-
pairs and preservation OF arsenal, barracks quar-
tiers, workshops, stables, magazine, and incosures
two hundred dollars.
For Saint Louis arse al. st. Louis, Missouri:
Cficers quarters on Jefferson ban. acks ordnance
reservation eighteen thousand dollars. |
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