New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-20

docks, drains and grounds, and purchase Of
| 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 foI
shell and powder filing, twelve thousand
dollars.
Saint Louis arsenal, Missouri: For pur
chase of new boiler for steam engine at
waterWOrks, one thousand dollars for gen
eral repairs Of public buildings and incIos-
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 st0rehouse, one hundred by twenty
live feet, one story, four thousand dollars
for building g eistern TO supply the post
with water, two thousand dollars for re
pairing and painting public buildings and
fences, one thoEsAnd 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 FouF-and-a half street, three thousand
dollars.
Watervliet arsenal, West Troy, New York:
Fer repairing public buildings, fifteen hun
bred dollars.
Watertown arsenal, Watertown, 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 untor-
seen expenditures at arsenals as accidents
or other contingencies during the year may
render necessary, ten thousand delIars;
provided, that no money appropriated by
this act shall be paid as commissions upon
any labor or materials furnished the United
States.
For continuing the surveys Of the northern
and northwestern lakes, one hundred and
seventy-tve thousand dollars. And this
appropriation ahall be available from the
time of the passage OF this act.
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS IN AND AROUND
WASHINGTON.
Repairs, care, and Improvement of public
buildings, grounds, and works in the Dis
trict OF Columbia, under the direction of
the Chief Engineer of the army, viz:
For fuel tor propagating garden and
lodges in public grounds, five hundred dol
lars.
For repairs, fuel, and similar necessaries,
for Executive Mansion: For repairs to the
ten thousand dollars; for fuel,
five thousand dollars; for refurnishing the
same, twelve thousand dollars; for repairs
and care of greenhouse, including new
floor, flower stands, and pipes, ten thousand
dollars; for constructing six hundred and
feet Of sewer for drainage, three
dollars.
For lighting the Capitol and Executive
Mansion and grounds: For lighting Capitol
and Executive Mansion and public grounds,
forty-hve 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
lifting, plumbing, lamps, posts and repairs
of all sorts, fifteen thousand dollars.
Improvement and care of public groends:
For annual repair of fences around reserVa-
tons, 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 |
ish ponds in Capitol grounds, three thou |
sand dollars; Cor purchase Of seats for Cap |
tod grounds, one thousand dollars; for hire |
If carts for public grounds, five thousand |
dollars; for purchase and repair of tools for
public grounds, two thousand dollars; for |
purchase OF trees, tree boxes and white
washing fences, Eve thousand dollars; for
purchase ct flower pots, mats, Irvine and
classes, one Thousand dollars.
For care and Improvement of grounds
outh of Executive Mansion, including pur-
hase of trees, making walks and grading,
en- thousand dollars; for repairs Of green
ouse at propagating garden, three thou
and dollars.
For improving Franklin square, intro
ucing water, gas, lodge aud urinals six
thousand five hundred dollars.
For improvement Of Monument grounds,
rading road, walk, draining, purchase and
auling gravel for walks and roads, trees
nd shrubs, as per plan, fifteen thousand
ollars; and said grounds shall be con
ldered as portion of the public grounds
l the city of Washington, and shall be I'M
er the same control as the other pub
g buildings and grounds in the city of
Washington, in conformity with the act of
iarch second, eighteen hundred and sixty
even.
For improving and grading Armory
luare, making and crawling walks, roads,
urchage Of trees, and drainage, ten thou
and dollars.
For the improvement Of Judiciary square,
V introducing water, drainage, purchase OF
ees, and opening and grading walks,
Eelve thousand five hundred dollars.
For care and Improvement Of the Smith
)nian grounds, two thousand dollars,
For completing improvements and for
are Of Lafayette square, three thousand
ye hundred dollars.
For Improvement Of Farragut square, five
lousand dollars.
For grading, opening walks and roads,
Id grHYeling the same, drainage, purchase
trees and shrubs, for improvement of re
rvation between Third and Sixth streets,
per plan, ten thousand dollars; tor re-
owing snow and ice from pavements and |
alks, one thousand dollars.
For starting nursery for Improvement of
lblic grounds, two thousand dollars.
For improving Lincoln park building
svements, opening walks, and lodge, five
ousRnd five hundred dollars,
For improving reservation on New York
yenue and Eighteenth street, seven thou
nd five hundred dollars.
For repairs of government water pipes
Id fire plugs, and purchase of apparatus ]
r cleaning water pipes, ten thousand dol
RS; for purchase of sparrOws, cages, boxes, |
ID care of the same, five hundred dollars; r
r purchase Of tree-markers, and marking s
Q same, one hundred dollars for abating
Iisances, one thousand dollars. I
For improving reservations on different {
enues, twenty thousand dollars. +
For casual repairs of Navy Yard bridge /