New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-23

| New York harbof, New York: For repairs
of steam engines, tanks, fire apparatus
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.
| hagazine, Boston: For q new house fol
shell and powder filling, twelve thousand
| dollars
Saint Louis arsenal, Missouri For pur.
chase Of new boiler for steam engine at
waterw0rke, 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 cistern to supply the post
| with water, two thousand dollars; for re
| pairing and painting public buildings and
| fences, one thousand dollars; il all, sixteen
| thousand dollars.
Vancouver arsenal, Vancouver Washing
ton territory: For repairing storehouees,
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 eatranoe 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, 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 unfOr-
seen expenditures as arsenals as accidents
or other contingencies during the year may
render necessary, zen 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 che surveys Of the northern
and northwestern lakes, one hundred and
seyentytve thousand dollars. And this
appropriation shall be available from the
time of the passage Of this act.
BUILDINGS AID GROUNDS IN AND AROUND
WARRINGTON.
ht pdlLbg GaLS, buu pEuNbIuGub Oi pubic
buildings, grounds, and works in the Dis
trict of Columbia, under the direction OF
the Chief Engineer of the army viz:
For fuel foF 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; fer fuel,
five thousand dollars; for refurnishng the
aarDn khn1,aunJ do1lorc. F,,. roT,oip,
and care of greenhouse, including new
floor flower stands, and pipes, ten thousand
dollars; for constructing six hundred and
thirty-t0ur 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-fve thousand dollars; and the officer
charged with the disbursement of this APP
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 lampposfs for centre and
south walk, west Capitol grounds, five hun
dred dollars; for pay of lampIightere, gas
fitting, plumbing, lamP9, posts and repairs
of all sorts, fifteen thousand dollars.
Improvement and care of public grOen6s:
For annual repair of fences around reserva-
tions, $WO 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 in Capitol grounds, three thou
sand dollars; for purchase Of seats for Cap |
itol 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; fer |
purchase of trees, tree boxes and white /.
washing fences, Ave thousand dollars; for |
purchase OF flower pots, mats. swine and |
glasses, one thousand dollars.
For care and Improvement Of grounds |
south Of Executive hansion, including pur
chase OF trees, making walks and grading, |
ten thousand dollars; for repairs OF green
house at propagatinS 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 d portion of the public grounds
in the city of Washington and shah be I'M
der the same control as the other pub
lie buildings and grounds in the city Of
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,
" introducing water, drainage, purchase OF
rees. and opening and grading walks,
welve thousand five hundred dollars.
For care and improvement of the Smith
oman. grounds, two thousand dollars
For completing improvements and for
are of Lafayette square, three thousand
i've hundred dollars,
For Improvement of Farragut square, five
thousand dollars
For grading, opening walks and roads,
nd grayehng the same, drainage. purchase
f trees and shrubs, for Improvement of re-
ervation between Third and Sixth streets, |
s per plan, ten thousand dollars; tor re-
moving snow and ice from payements and !
1alks, one thousand dollars
For starting nursery for Improvement of
ublic grounds, two Thousand dollars.
For improving Lincoln park, building
avements, opening walks, and lodge, tive
1Ousand five hundred dollars.
For improving reservation on New York
venue and Eighteenth street, seven thou [
and five hundred dollars. &
For repairs of government water pipes (
nd fire plugs, and purchase of apparatus
'r cleaning water pipes, ten thousand dol+
Ers; for purchase of sparrows, cages, boxes, I
nd care of the same, five hundred dollars; c
II purchase of tree-markers, and marking q
le same, one hundred dollars for abating
distances, oAe thousand dollars.
For improving reservations on different g
venHes, twenty theusand dollars. t
For casual repairs of Navy Yard bridge I
n TTv,,ar F,r;dya rhraa 4bnusand dollars | q