New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-22

| new 4oFk harbor, New I 0rk: For repairs
of steam engines, tanks, fire apparatus
docks, drains and grounds, and purchase O
hose, nine thousand dollars; for grading
} and improving public grounds, two thou
sand dollars; for repairs of public buildings
six thousand dollars; for extending and re
pairing fences, six hundred dollars; in all
seventeen thousand six hundred dollars
Magazine, Boston: For new house fol
shell and powder filling, twelve thousand
dollars.
Saint Louis arsenal, Missouri: For pur
chase Of new boiler for steam engine al
waterworks, one thousand dollars for gen
eral repairs of public buildings and inclos
ing fences, Jefferson barracks, Missouri two
thousand dollars; in all, three thousand
dollars.
San Antonio arsenal, San Antonio, Texas
For taking down walls and rebuilding with
cut stone the building used as an armory
shop, nine thousand dollars for erecting a
frame storehouse, one hundred by twenty
five feet one story, four thousand dollars
for building a cistern. to supply the post
| with water, two thousand dollars ; for re
pairing and painting public buildings and
| fences, one thousand dollars; in ALL sixteen
| thousand dollars.
! Vancouver arsenal, Vancouver, Washing
ton territory: For repairing storehouses,
workshops, quarters, barracks, fences and
grounds, one thousand dollars.
Washington arsenal, Washington, Dis
trict Of Columbia: For coping for inclosing
| wall on northern front OF arsenal grounds,
and for entrance gates at the termination
| of Four-and-a-half street, three thousand
| dollars.
Watervliet arsenal, West Troy, New York:
| For repairing public buildings fifteen hun
| dred dollars.
Watertown arsenal, WATERFOWL, Massa-
| chusetts: For repairs of roofs and painting
| buildings and fences, five thousand dollars;
| for repairing and painting officers quarters
and renewing furnaces aud water closets,
| three thousand dollars.
| Contingencies of arsenals: For repairs of
| smaller arsenals, and to meet such unfor-
seen expenditures at arsenals as accidents
| or other contingencies during the year may
| render necessary, ten thousand dollars;
| provided that no money appropriated by
| this act shall be paid as commissions upon
| any labor or materials furnished the United
| States.
Forcontinuing the surveys of the northern
| and northwestern lakes, one hundred and
| seyenty-fve thousand dollars. And this
| appropriation shall be available from the
| time of the passage OF this act.
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS IN AND AROUND
| WASHINGTON.
Repairs, care, and improvement of public
trict of Columbia, under the direction of
the Chief Engineer of the army, viz:
For fuel for propagating garden and
lodges in public grounds, five hundred dol
lars.
For repairs, fuel, and similar necessaries,
for Executive Mansion: For repairs to the
mansion, ten thousand dollars; for fuel,
five thousand dollars; for refurnishing the
same, twelve thousand dollars; for repairs
and care of greenhouse, including new
floor, hoWer-stands, and pipes, ten thousand
dollars; for constructing six hundred and
thirty four feet of sewer for drainage, three
thousand dollars.
For lighting the Capitol and Executive
Mansion and grounds: For lighting Capitol
and Executive Mansion and public grounds,
| forty-tive thousand dollars; and the officer
| charged with the disbursement of this ap-
| preparation shall have the entire care and
control of the consumption of the gas used
| for lighting buildings and grounds herein
provided for.
For lamps and lampposts for centre and
south walk, west Capitol grounds, five hun
dred dollars; for pay Of lamp-lighters, gas
fitting plumbing, lamps, posts and repairs
of all sorts, fifteen thousand dollars.
Improvement and care Of public groends:
! For annual repair of fences around reserva-
| tions. two thousand dollars; for manure
and hauling the same on public grounds,
| five thousand dollars; for painting iron
| fences around reservations, and around
| War and Navy Departments, four thou
sand dollars; for Improvement, care and
protection of seats, and for fountains and
| fish ponds ia Capitol grounds, three thou
| sand dollars; for purchase of seats for Cap
| itoI grounds, one thousand dollars; for hire
Of carts for public grounds, five thousand
dollars; for purchase and repair OF tools for
public grounds, two thousand dollars; for
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washing fences, five thousand dollars; for
purchase of flower pots, mats, Irvine and
glasses, one thousand dollars.
For care and improvement of grounds
south of Executive Mansion, including pur-
chase of tGees, making walks and grading,
ten thousand dollars; for repairs OF green.
house at propagating garden, three thou
sand dollars.
For improving Franklin square, intro
ducing water, gas, lodge and urinals,. six
thousand five hundred dollars.
For improvement of Monument grounds,
grading road, walk, draining, purchase and
hauling gravel for walks and roads, trees
and shrubs, as per plan, fifteen thousand
dollars; and said grounds shall be con.
sidered as a portion of the public grounds
in the city Of Washington, and shall be I'M
der the same control as the other pub
lie buildings and grounds in the city Of
Washington, in conformity with the act Of
March second, eighteen hundred and sixty
seven.
For improving and grading Armory
square, making and crawling walks, roads,
purchase Of trees, and drainage, ten thou
sand dollars.
For the improvement of Judiciary square,
by introducing water, drainage, purchase OF
trees, and opening and grading walks,
twelve thousand FIVE hundred dollars.
For care and improvement of the Smith
sonian. grounds, two thousand dollars.
For completing Improvements and for
care of Lafayette square, three thousand
five hundred dollars.
For improvement Of Farragut square, five
thousand dollars.
For grading, opening walks and roads,
and crawling the same, drainage, purchase
Of trees and shrubs, for improvement OF re-
servation between Third and Sixth streets,
as per plan, ten thousand dollars; tor re-
moving snow and ice from pavements and
walks, one thousand dollars.
For starting nursery for Improvement OF
public grounds, two thousand dollars.
For Improving Lincoln park, building
pavements, opening walks, and lodge, i've
thousand five hundred dollars.
For improving reservation on New York
avenue and Eighteenth street. seven thou
sand five hundred dollars
For repairs of government water pipes
and fire plugs, and purchase of apparatus
for cleaning water pipes, ten thousand dol
lars; for purchase of sparrows cages, boxes,
and care of the same five hundred dollars;
for purchase of tree-markers, and marking
the same, one hundred dollars; for abating
nuisances, one thousand dollars.
For improving reservations on different
avenues, twenty thousand dollars.
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