New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-18

act OF May twenty eighteen IN
cred and seVee-..tyy-Uwo, nine thousand dol
Lara.
Library to purchase Morau's large paint
iu- Of the Canyon Of the Yellowstone, ten
thousand dollars
SURVEY OF THE COAST.
For continuing the survey Of the Allan
tic and Gulf coasts Of the United States,
and Lake Champlain, including compensa
ton of civilians engaged in the work. and
excluding pay and emolumenta of officers
of the army and navy and petty officers
and men of the navy employed IN the
work, three hundred and ninety-one thou
eand dollars.
For continuing the survey Of the western
e9ast Of the United States, including com
pensation of civilians engaged in the work,
. two hundred and forty thousand dollars.
For pay and ra6ons of engineers for the
steamers used in the Coast survey, no long
er supplied by the Navy Department, ten
thousand dollars.
For continuing the publications of the
observations made in the progress of Coast
Survey, including compensation for civil
Ians engaged III the work, the publication
to be made at the Government Printing
Office, ten thousand dollars.
For repairs and maintenance OF the com
plement OF vessels used in the Coast Survey,
fOTty-ive thousand dollars.
For extending the triangulatlons OF the
Coast Survey so as to form geOdetic con
necti0n between the Atlantic and Pacific
coasts OF the United States, and assisting
in the State surveys, including compeGsa-
ton of civilians engaged in the work,
thirty-six thousand dollars.
UNDER THE WAR DEPARTMENT.
ARaoR1Es AND ARsENALs.
Springfield armory, Springfield, Massa-
chu5etts: For repairs and preservation Of
grounds, buildings, and machinery; and for
curbstone for armory grounds fronting on
State street, twenty-five thousand dollars
Rock Island armory and arsenal, Rock
Island, Illinois: For new forging shop OF
same dimensions and architecture as shops
already built except that it will be only
one story high, one hundred and ffty-tiye
thousand dollars; for new finishing shop for
armOry, two hundred thousand dollars; for
new fire proof barracks for enlisted men, in
Guiding mess building, bakery and laundry
building, ninety-five thousand dollars; for
new powder magazine, fifteen thousand dol
lars; for completing development of the
waJer-pOWer, one hundred and ten thousand
dollars; for the construction OF avenues and
roads to the Rock Island wagon bridge, and
to the new bridge across the Mississippi
river. to the city of Davenport, and for
building a railroad to connect the present
arsenal railroad with the Chicago and Rock
Island railroad, when changed to its new
location at the lower end OF the island, and
for building two entrances to the island
from the two bridges and an iron fence
connecting the two entrances, and between
the railroad and the public wagon road on
one side and the arsenal on the other side,
twenty-eight thousand dollars: for new
machinery for the new shops already COM
pIetod twenty thousand dollars; for laying
water pipe, three thousand dollars; tor
putting six water wheels (siXty-fye horse
al Z ], g1,a 4YT-,yr
and machinery for transmission OF power to
the shops already in use, twenty-slX thou
sand dollars; in all, six hundred and fifty
two thousand dollars.
For completion Of the wagonroad bridge
connecting Moline with Rock Island one
hundred thousand dollars.
For the construction Of the Rock Island
bridge, the balance Of the appropriation,
continued by the act Of March third,
eighteen hundred and seyenty-on which
may be unexpended at the close OF the
present fiscal year, Is hereby re-appropn-
ated.
Benicia arsenal. Benicia California; For
boring artesian well, twelve thousand six
hundred and eighty-seven dollars for
building new wharf, eleven thousand four
hundred and ninety-eight dollars; Tor re-
moving bank in front OF office, and filing
uD rayine five thousand six hundred and
siahtv-seyen dollars; for necessary grading
of public grounds, eight thousand eight
hundred and eighty dollars; for repairs OF
workshops, store houses and quarters, five
thousand six hundred dollars; in all, forty
four thousand three hundred and fifty two
dollars,
Columbus arsenal, Columbus, Ohio: For
care and repairs of public buildings and
grounds. nine hundred and fifty dollars
Charleston arsenal Charleston, South
Carolina: For putting slate roof on found.
cry building, one thousand three hundred
dollars; for relaying floors in stOrehouSes;
one thousand two hundred dollars: for gen
eral repairs of public buildings and grounds,
two hundred dollars; in all, two thousand
seven hundred dollars.
Detroit arsenal, Dearbornyille, Michigan:
Forpalnting and repairing public buildings,
five hundred dollars
Fort Monroe arsenal 0ld.P Point Comfort,
Virginia: For completing gun-yard fence,
brick foundation wall and fence OF old
musket barrels, three thousand dollars; for
repairing storehouses, for painting and re-
pairing public buildings, three thousand
dollars; in ALL six thousand dollars.
Fort Union arsenal, Fort Union, New
Mexico Territory: For repairing store
houses, magazine, barracks, workshops,
Office, quarters, inclosing wall and fences,
three thousand five hundred dollars.
frankfort arsenal, Bridesburgh, Pennsyl-
vania: For repairs Of public buildings and
grounds, three thousand dollars.
hEnnGD6C aEseuh1, aug uSlts N4dlhG. 4 oE
repairing public buildings, grounds and
fences, one thousand dollars,
Leavenworth arsenal, Leavenworth, Kan
sas: For additions to subalterns' quarters,
one thousand and thirty-six dollars and
ninety cents; for repairs to public build
ings, cisterns, drains, and walks, three
thousand six hundred dollars; for building
q cistern for use of steam engine, five hun
dred and fifty dollars; for purchase of
steam pump, boiler, pipe, and putting up
the same for the purpose of supplying
water to the arsenal, including construc-
tion Of water tank, one thousand dollars;
for putting up fence along new wagon road
to railroad bridge, and along railroad to rail-
raad bridge, three thousand two hundred
and eighty-two dollars and fifty cents for
repairing main fence inolosing arsenal, one
thousand and seventy-eight dollars; for
macadamizing road leading to arsenal from
main road to Leavenworth, and for
roads around arsenal building, one thou
sand FIVE hundred dollars; in ALL twelve
thousand and forty-seven dollars and forty
cents.
New York arsenal, Governors island,