New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-09

garden, to make 1t correspond with that at
she west Of the gOtunda, thirteen thousand
dollars.
For extending the propagating houses
Including the use of the sash from the Oh
portion of she conservatory, and .10r gem
eral repairs to buildings, tOur thousand uVe
hundred dollars
For the construction Of q sewer and trap
across Third street. to convey the drainage
of the botanical garden to the main sewer
SlTe hundred dollars
For continuing fence and erecting gate
~ays on Thir! street, seven thousand tive
hundred dollars
LIBRARY o! CONGRESS-
For ada ional heating apparatus in I'll"
library Of Congress, to be expended under
fine direction Of the architect OF the Capi:o!
extension, two thousand dollars. or sc much
thereof "a IHay be necessary.
To enable ihe Librarian to NTDcur" for the
library OF Congress the English county his
6ori.P. the sum of five thousand dollars. or
o. much thereof as may be necessary.
yor an additional appropriation, to be"&'
R,e.ded Un4tr the direction of the Joint
COMMITTED GA the Library. to decorate the
Capitol with such works of art as mag be
Ardcred and approved by said committee.
8. provided by act approved August eight,
zenith. pigE.-"cn hundred and tftyslX. iii
H4en Thousand dollars; and said committee
whenever. in their judgment, it shall be eX-
pcdient, are authorized to accept any work
Of the fine arts on behalf OF Congress,
which NAV be offered. and to assign the
same such place in the Capltol as they may
deem suitable, and shall have the supervl-
sion of all works Of art that may be placed
in the Capitol.
For the publication Of three volumes Of
Wilkes Exploring Expedition, agrecably TO
act of May twentE-eighth, eighteen nun
dred and seventytwo, 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 TIE COAST.
For continuing the survey of the Allan
tic and Guli coasts of the United States,
and Lake Champlain, including cOmpensa
ton OF civilians engaged in the work, and
excluding pay and emoluments OF officers
of the army and navy and petty othcera
and men Of the navy employed III the
work, three hundred and ninety-0ne thou
sand dollars.
For confirming the survey of the western
coast Of the United States including com
pensation OF civilians engaged in the work,
two hundred and prty thousand dollars.
For ayaud ratiOns OF engineers Tor the
steamers used in the Coast survey, no long
er 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
iang engaged III the work, the publication
to he made at the Government Printing
Office, ten Thousand dollars.
For repairs and maintenance OF the c0rn'
pIement Of yesscls used in the Coast Survey.
iDTty-tive thousand dollars
For extending the triangulatiOns Of the
Coast Survey 80 as to form geOdetic con-
nectiOn between the Atlantic and Pacific
coasts OF the United States. and assisting
In the State surveys, including cOmpensa.
ton OF civilians engaged in the W0!k,
GLirty-six thousand dollars.
Under THE WAR DEPARTMENT.
ARM0RIEs AND ARsENALs.
Springfield armory, Springfield. Nasss-
Chusetts: For repairs and preservation OF
grounds, buildings and machinery: and tor
curbstOne for almory grounds fronting on
State street, twenty-five thousand dollars
Rock Island arm0ry and arsenal, Rock
Island, Illinois: For new forging shop Of
same Dimensions and architecture as shops
already built except that it will be only
one story high, one hundred and ffty-fve
thousand dollars; for new finishing shop Tor
armOry, two hundred thousand dollars; for
new fire proof barracks for enlisted men, in
ending mess building. bakery and laundry
building, ninetY-fiye thousand dollars: tor
new powder magazine, fifteen thousand dH!-
lars: for completing development OF the
waJcr-pOwer. one hundred and ten thousand
dollars; for the construction Of avenues and
roads to the Rock Island wagon bridge, and
to the new bridge across the Mississippi
river. to the city of Davenport. and tor
building q railroad to connect the present
arsenal railroad with the Chicago and Roch
ISLAND railroad, when changed TO lts new
location at the lower end OF the island. and
for building two entrances to the island
from the two bridges, and an iron fence
connecting the two entrances, and between
the railroad and the public wagon road on
one side and the arsenal on the other side.
twenty-eight thousand dollars: for new
machinery for the new shops already com
Dieted, twenty thousand dollars; for laying
water pipe, three thousand dollars: tor
putting SIX water wheels (siXty-tVe horse
power each) in the new dam, with shattln%
and machinery for transmission OF power to
the shops already III use, twenty-sIX thou
sand dollars: in all. six hundred ana fifty
two thousand dollars.
For completion OF the wagon-rOad bridge
connecting Moline with Rock Island, one
hundred thousand dollars.
For the construction of the Rock Island
EE1hgt, lLlt DdlIICt Vi tIlC EtbptC ~ At+0'oAit
continued by the act OF MaIch third,
eighteen hundred and seventy-one, which
NAV be uncXpended at the close OF the
present fiscal year, is hereby re-appropri-
ated.
Bcnicia arsenal, Benicia, California; For
boring artesian well, twelve thousand SIX
hundred and eighty-seven dollars; for
building new wharf, eleven thousand four
hundred and ninety-eight dollars; for re-
I,Y it,f rnut pf office and HItJUT
up ravine, five thousand six hundred and
eighty dollars; for necessary grading
of public grounds, eight thousand eight
hundred and eighty dollars; for repairs Of
workshops, store houses and quarters, five
thousand six hundred dollars; in all forty
four thousand three hundred and fifty two
dollars,
Columbus arsenal. Columbus, Ohio; For
care and repairs Of public buildings ana
grounds. nine hundred and fifty dollars.
Charleston arsenal, Charleston, South
Carolina: For putting slate roof on found
cry building, one thousand three hundred
dollars: for relaying floors in stOrehouses,
one thousand two hundred dollars; for gen
eral repairs Of public buildings and grounds
two hundred dollars; in all, two thousand
seven hundred dollars.
Detroit arsenal, Dearbornville, Michigan:
For painting and repairing public buildings,
Fort Monroe arsenal, Old Point Comfort,
Virginia: For completing gun-yard fence;
brick foundation wall, and fence OF old
musket barrels, three thousand dollars; for
repairing storehouses, for painting and re-
pairing public buildings, three thousand
dollars; IN all, six thousand dollars.
Fort Union arsenal, Fort Union, New
Mexico Territory: For repairing store
houses, magazine, barracks, workshops,
office, quarters, inclosing wall, and fences,
three thousand five hundred dollars.
Frankfort arsenal, Bridesburgh. Pennsyl-