New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-16
in the Office Of the architect of the Capitol
extension, shall be considered authentic.
BOTANICAL GARDEN


For reconstructing the eastern parallel
6grGm OF the conservatory in the botanlca
garden, to make it correspond with that a
the west Of the rOtunda, thirteen Thousand
dollars.
For extending the propagating house!
tinCluding the use Of the sash from the Ole
portion Of the conservatory, and for gen
eral repairs to buildings, four thousand five
hundred dollars.
For the construction of sewer and traI
across Third street, to convey the drainage
of the botanical garden to the main sewer
1--WE hundred dollars.
For continuing fence and erecting gate
ways on Third street, seven thousand five
hundred dollars.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.
For additional heating apparatus in the
library OF Congress, to be expended under
the direction Of the architect OF the Capitol
extension two Thousand dollars, or SO much
thereof as may be necessary.
70 enable the librarian to procure for the
library Of Congress the English county his
'ories, the sum OF five thousand dollars, or
so much thereof as may be necessary.
For an additional appropriation, to be ex
pended under the direction of the Joint
Committee on the Library, to decorate the
Capitol with such works of art as may be
ordered and approved by said committee,
as provided by act approved August eight
zenith, eighteen hundred and fftysix, if
teen thousand dollars; and said commit tee,
whenever, in their Judgment, it shall be ex-
pedient, ore authorized to accept any work
of the fine arts on behalf of Congress,
which may be offered, and to assign the
same such place in the Capitol as they may
deem suitable, and shall have the supervi-
sion Of all works Of art that may be placed
N the Capitol.
For the publication of three volumes of
Wilkes Exploring Expedition, agreeably to
act Of May twenty-eighth, eighteen hun
dred and Beventy-two, nine thousand dol
lars.
To enable the Joint Committee on the
Library to purchase Moran's large paint
ing Of the Canyon Of the Yellowstone, ten
thousand dollars.
SURVEY OF THE COAST.
For continuing the survey Of the Allan
tic and Guf coasts of the United States,
and Lake Champlain, including compensa
ton of civilians engaged in the work, and
excluding pay and cmoluments 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
sand dollars.
For continuing the survey of the western
coast Of the United States, including COM
two hundred and forty thousand dollars.
For pay and ratiOns Of engineers for the
steamers used in the Coast survey, no long
or 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 IN 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,
thousand dollars.
For extending the triangulations of the
Coast Survey so as to form geodetic con-
neCtiOn between. the Atlantic and Pacific
coasts of the United States, and assisting
in the State surveys, including compeusa-
ton of civilians engaged in the work,
shirty-six thousand dollars.
UNDER THE WAR DEPARTMENT.
ARMORIEs AND ARsENALs.
Springfield armory, Springfield, Massa-
5husetts; For repairs and preservation of
grounds, buildings, and machinery; and for
for armory grounds fronting on
State street, twenty-five thousand dollars.
Rock Island arm0ry and arsenal, Rock
Island Illinois: For new forging shop of
ame dimensions and architecture as shops
llready built, except that it will be only
me story high, one hundred and ffty-tive |
thousand dollars; for new finishing shop for
lrmory, two hundred thousand dollars; for |
lew fire proof barracks for enlisted men, in
3luding mess building, bakery and laundry |
building, ninotY-five thousand dollars; for |
lew powder magazine, fifteen thousand dol |
ars; for completing development OF the !
one hundred and ten thousand
.Ollars; for the construction of avenues and
Dads to the Rock Island wagon bridge, and
0 the new bridge across the Mississippi |
liver, to the city of Davenport, and for
building q railroad to connect the present
rsenal railroad with the Chicago and Rock
sland railroad, when changed to its new
0cation at the lower end of the island, and
or building two entrances TO the island
rom the two bridges, and an iron fence
Onnecting the two entrances, and between
he railroad and the public wagon road GA
ne side and the arsenal on the other side, |
thousand dollars: for new
lachinery for the new shops already com
leted, twenty thousand dollars: for laying
rater pipe, three thousand dollars; for
utting six water wheels (slxty- i've horse
over cach) in the new dam, with shatting
nd machinery for transmission of power to
le shops already in use, twentJ-six thou
md dollars; in all, six hundred and fifty
NO thousand dollars.
For completion of the wagon-road bridge
Moline with Rock Island, one
1Rdred thousand dollars.
For the construction of the Rock Island
'idge, the balance of the appropriation,
0ntinued by the act of March third.
ghteen hundred and seventy-one, which
ay be unexpended at the close Of the
'esent fiscal year, is hereby re-appropri
ed.
Benicia arsenal, Bonicia, California: For
,ring artesiau well, twelve thousand six
Indred and eighty seven dollars for
Hiding new wharf, eleven thousand four
lndreG and ninaty-eight dollars; for re-
owing bank in front Of office, and filing
ravine, five thousand six hundred and t
ghty-seVen dollars; for necessary grading
public grounds, eight thousand eight {
inbred and eighty dollars; for repairs of {
store houses and quarters, five E
ousand six hundred dollars; in all, forty 6
Ut thousand three hundred and fifty two |
liars, '
Columbus arsenal, Columbus, Ohio: For
re and repairs Of public buildings and (
ounds, nino hundred and fifty dollars.
Charleston arsenal, Charleston, South I
.rolina: For putting slate roof on found t
z building, one thousand three hundred
liars: for RELAXING floors in storehouses, a
e thousand two hundred dollars; for gen S
u repairs of public buildings and grounds,
o hundred dollars; in all, two thousand a
zen hundred dollars. +
Detroit arsenal, Dearbornville, Michigan: Ii
r painting and repairing public buildings, a
Q hundred dollars I.
Fort Monroe arsenal. Old Point Comfort, tt
,ginia: For completing gun-yard fence, II
ok foundation wall, and fence of old
sket barrels, three thousand dollars; for a
pairing storehouses, for painting and re-
ring public buildings, three thousand | a
liars; in all, six thousand dollars.
Sort Union arsenal, Fort Union, New