New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-31


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 for
shell and powder filling, 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
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 Tor 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
trct of Columbia: For coping for inclosing
wall on northern front OF arsenal grounds,
and for 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, Hyatertown, Massa-
chusetts: For repairs OF roofs and painting
buildings and fences five thousand dollars;
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and renewing furnaces aud water Closets
three thousand dollars
Contingencies Of arsenafs: For repairs OF
! smaller arsenals, and to meet such untor-
1 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 north western lakes, one hundred and
| seventy-hve thousand dollars. And TINS
| appropriation shall be available from the
time OF the passage of this act:
BUILDIyCs AND GROUNDS IL 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 fOg 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; for fuel,
| five thousand dollars; for refuTnishing the
| same, twelve thousand dollars; for repairs
| and care Of greenhouse, including new
| floor, fOwer-stands, and pipes, ten thousand
! dollars; for constructing six hundred anu
! thirtv-tour feet Of seweg for drainage three
! thousand dollars.
I For lighting the Capitol and Executive
! Mansion and grounds: For lighting Capitol
! and Executive Mansion and public grounds,
| forty-iive thousand dollars: and the officer
| charged with the disbursement OF this APP
| preparation shall have tho entire care and
! control Of the consumption OF the gas used
, for lighting buildings and grounds herein
! provided for
For lamps and lamppcsts for centre and
| south walk, west Capitol gr9unds, 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 Tor Cap
itol grounds, one thousand dollars; for hire
of carts for public grounds, i've 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 tw1ne 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
ducing water, gas, lodge and urinalso 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 portion of the public grounds
III the city of Washington. and shall be I'M
deg the same control as the other pub
lie buildings and grounds in che city OF
Washington. in conformity with the act OF
March second, eighteen hundred and sixty
seven.
For improving and grading 3rmOry
square, making and graveling walks, roads
/ purchase of trees. and drainage ten thou
sand dollars
For the improvement Of Judiciary square
BY introducing water, drainage, purchase Of
trees, and opening and grading walks
twelve thousand five hundred dollars.
For care and improvement Of the Smith
sOnian grounds, two thousand dollars.
| 4H,r 9YnnrOyplnpOfs and for
care OF Lafayette square, three thousand
five hundred dollars.
For Improvement Of FaTragut square, five
thousand dollars.
For grading, opening walks and roads
and crawling the same, drainage, purchase
of trees and shrubs, for improvement OF re
seryation between Third and Sixth streets
as per plan, ten thousand dollars; tor re
moving snow and ico from pavement6 ant
/ walks, one thousand dollars.
For starting nursery for Improvement O
public grounds, two thousand dollars
For improving Lincoln park, building
payements, opening walks, and lodge, tive
thousand five hundred dollars.
For improving reservation on New forl
avenue and Eighteenth street, seven thou
sand five hundred dollars
For repairs of government water pipe
and fire plugs, and purchase of apparatu
| for cleaning water pipes, ten thousand dol
| lars; for purchase of sparrOws cages, boxes
and care of the same, five hundred dollars
for purchase of tree-markers, and marking
the same, one hundred dollars; for abatin}
nuisances, one thousand dollars.
For improving reservations on difefen
avenues, twenty thousand dollars.
For casual repairs Of Navy Yard brdgt
and Upper bridge, three thousand dollars
WASHINGTON AQUEDUCT.