New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-19

docks, drains and grounds, and purchase 0
hose, nine thousand dollars for gradin
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 70
shell and powder filing, twelve Thousand
dollars.
Saint Louis arsenal, Missouri: For pur
| chase Of new boiler for steam engine a
| 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
1 For taking down walls and rebuilding witt
| cut stone the building used as an armory
| shop. nine ehoQsand dollars for erecting q
| frame storehORse, one hundred by twenty
| five feet, ono story, four thousand dollars
| TOR building a eistern 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 tor entrance gates at the termination
OF -Four and-ah half street, three thousand
dollars.
Watervliet arsenal, West Troy, New York:
Fer 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.
For continuing the surveys of the northern
and northwestern lakes, one hundred and
seventy five 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
buildings, grounds, and works in the Dis
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the Chief Engineer of the army, viz:
For fuel for propagating garden and
lodges i'll public grounds, five hundred dol
lars.
For repairs, fuel, and similar neeessaries,
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 green house. including new
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dollars; for constructing six hundred and
thirty-tour 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,
fUrty-tive 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
Tor 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,
fences around reservations, ana around
War and Navy Departments, four thou
sand dollars; for improvement, care and
protection Of sea bs, and for fountains and
fish ponds in Capitol grounds, three thou
sand dollars; for purchase of seats for Cap
ltol 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 trees, making walks and grading,
ten thousand dollars; for repairs of green
house 1t Dropagating garden, three thou
sand dollars.
For improving Franklin square, intro |
iucing water, gas, lodge and urinaIs, six |
thousand five hundred dollars.
For improvement Of Monument grounds, |
grading road, walk, draining, purchase and |
lauling gravel for walks and roads, trees
and shrubs, as per plan, fifteen thousand
lollars; and said grounds shall be CON
'Idered as portion Of the public grounds
II the city of Washington and shall be IN
Ter the same control as the other pub-
ic buildings and grounds in the city of
= y
March second, eighteen hundred and sixty
seven.
For improving and grading Armory
quare, making and graveIing walks, roads,
purchase of trees, and drainage, ten thou
and dollars.
For the improvement of Judiciary square,
" Introducing water, drainage, purchase Of
rees, and opening and grading walks,
Welve thousand five hundred dollars
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oman grounds, two thousand dollars.
For completing improvements and for
are OF Lafayette square, three thousand
We hundred dollars.
For improvement of Farragut square, Ave
housand dollars.
For grading, opening walks and roads,
nd crawling the same, drainage, purchase
trees and shrubs, for improvement of re-
arvatioG between Third and Sixth streets
8 per plan, ten thousand dollars; for re-
loving snow and ice from pavements and
ralks, one thousand dollars.
FOR starting nursery for improvement Of
ubllc grounds, two thousand dollars
For improving Lincoln park, building
avements, opening walks, and lodge, five
lousaRd five hundred dollars,
For improving reservation on New York
venue and Eighteenth street, seven thou
ind five hundred dollars.
EVL repairs OA governments wafer plpeS
I'D fire plugs, and purchase of apparatus
z cleaning water pipes, ten thousand dol
re-; for purchase of sparrows, cages, boxes, l
Id care Of the same, five hundred dollars; {
T purchase OF ree-markers, and marking s
70 same, one hundred dollars; for abating
lisances, one thousand dollars. I
For improving reservations on different :
renues, twenty thousand dollars.
For casual repairs Of Navy Yard bridge
ID Upper bridge, three thousand dollars. 8