New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-16

| hose, nine thousand dollars; for gradin
and improving public grounds, two thot
sand dollars; for repairs Of public building
six thousand dollars; for extending and II
pairing fences, six hundred dollars in al
| seventeen Thousand six hundred dollars
Magazine, Boston For new house fo
shell and powder filling, twelve thousan
dollars.
Saint Louis arsenal, Missouri: For pul
chase of new boiler for steam engine a
waterworks, one thousand dollars; for ger
eral repairs of public buildings and iuclos
ing fences, Jefferson barracks, Missouri, tw
thousand dollars; in all, three thousant
dollars.
San Antonio arsenal, San Antonio Texas
For taking down walls and rebuilding will
cut stone the building used as an armor,
| shop, nine thousand dollars for erecting
frame storehouse, one hundred by twenty
five feet, one story, four thousand dollars
| Tor building a cistern to supply the pos
with water, two thousand dollars for re-
pairing and painting public buildings anC
| fences, one thousand dollars; in all, sixteeI
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-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 arsenaIs: For repairs of
smaller arsenals, and to meet such unfOr-
seen expenditures at arseDals 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 north WeStern 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, aud works in the Dis
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 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 greenhouse, including new
floor, flower stands, and pipes, ten thousand
dollars; for constructing six hundred and
thirtyfour 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,
fortytive 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 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 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 for
purchase OF trees, tree boxes and white
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 at propagating garden, three thou
sand dollars.
For improving Franklin square, intro
iucing 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
md shrubs, as per plan, fifteen thousand |
dollars; and said grounds shall be con-
3idered as portion of the public grounds
n the city OF Washington, and shall be I'M
Ter the same control as the other pub
ic buildings and grounds in the city of
Washington, in conformity with the act of
March second, eighteen hundred and sixty
even.
For improving and grading Armory
quare, making and graveling walks, roads,
purchase of trees, and drainage, ten thou
and dollars.
For the improvement of Judiciary square,
y 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
We hundred dollars.
For Improvement of Farragut square, FIVE
hOusand dollars.
For grading, opening walks and roads,
nd crawling the same, drainage, purchase
f trees and shrubs, for improvement of re-
ervati0n between Third and Sixth streets,
S per plan, ten thousand dollars; for re-
loving snow and ice from pavements and
,alks, one thousand dollars.
For starting nursery for Improvement of
ublic grounds, two thousand dollars.
For improving Lincoln park, building
avements, opening walks, and lodge, FIVE
lousand five hundred dollars.e
For improving reservation on New York |
venue and Eighteenth street, seven thou
md five hundred dollars.
For repairs of government water pipes |
Id fire plugs, and purchase of apparatus
r cleaning water pipes, ten thousand dol
re; for purchase of sparrows, cages, boxes,
i'd care of the same, five hundred dollars
r purchase of tree-markers, and marking
e same, one hundred dollars; for abating
lisances, one thousand dollars.
For improving reservations on different
renues, twenty thousand dollars.
For casual repairs of Navy Yard bridge !
i'd Upper bridge, three thousand dollars. {
WASHINGTON AQUEDUCT.