New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-17

dollars.
For extending the propagating houses
INCLUDING the use cEf the sash from the old
portion of the CON ervatory), and for gen
eral repairs to lGtngs, four thousand five
hundred dollars.
For the construction of a sewer and tran
across Third street. to convey the drainage
of the botanical garden to the main sewer
five hundred dollarE
For continuing f snce and erecting gate.
WAYS on Third stredt, seven thousand five
hundred dollars.
LIBRARY or CONGRESS.
For additional hbating apparatus in the
library of Congress-, to be expended under
the direction of thetarchitect of the Capitol
extension, two Thousand dollars, or so much
thereof as may be necessary.
To enable the librarian to procure for the
library Of Congress the English county his
tories, the sum of five thousand dollars, or
so much thereof as may be necessary.
For an additional appropriation, to beex-
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 appro red by said committee,
al provided by act Improved August eight
eenth eighteen hundred and tifty-six, tif-
teen thousand dollirs; and said committee,
whenever, in their Judgment, it shall be ex-
pedient, are authoII zed to accept any work
of the fine arts q n behalf of Congress,
which NAV be off Ered, and to assign the
same such place in he Capitol as they may
deem suitable, aud shall have the superyi-
sion of all works OF art that may be placed
in the Capitol
For the publicatiEn of three volumes of
Wilkes Exploring Expedition, agreeably to
act of May twentt -eighth, eighteen hun
dred and seVenty-tF TO, nine thousand dol
lars.
To enable the Joint Committee on the
Library to purcha be MOran's large paint
ing of the Canyon f the Yellowstone, ten
thousand dollars.
SURVEY n THE COAST.
For continuing tile survey of the Allan
tic and Gulf COASTS of the United States,
and Lake Champla IN, including compensa
ton of civilians en- kaged in the work and
excluding pay and Eemoluments of officers
of the army and havy and petty officers
and men of the tavy employed in the
work, three hundreIi and ninety-one thou
sand dollars.
For continuing tile survey of the western
coast of the United States, including com
pensation Of civilia BIS engaged in the work,
two hundred and ftIrty thousand dollars.
Fer pay and ratit ms of engineers for the
steamers used in tn p Coast survey, no long
er supplied by the Navy Department., ten
thousand dollars.
For continuing he publications of the
observations made n the progress of Coast
Survey, including compensation for civil
ians engaged IN tn b work, the publication
to be made at thb Government Printing.
Office, ten thousand dollars.
For repairs and maintenance of the com
plement of vessels sed in the Coast Survey,
fortyfive Thousand dOllars.
For extending Til triangulations of the
Coast Survey so as to form geodetic con
nection between tile Atlantic and Pacific
coasts Of the UnitId States, and assisting
in the State surve rs, including compensa-
ton of civilians Engaged in the work,
thirty-six thousand dollars.
UNDER THE WAR DEPARTMENT. .
ARMoRIEs AND ARsENALs.
Springfield armo Try, Springfield, Massa-
chusetts; For repaE RS and preservation of
grounds, buildings, and machinery; and for
curbstone for armdry grounds fronting on
State street, twenty-five thousand dollars.
Rock Island arlhory and arsenal, Rock
Island, Illinois: F,5r new forging shop Of
same dimensions aid architecture as shops
already built, except that it will be only
one story high 0nC hundred and ffty-tive
thousand dollars; tbr new finishing shop for
armOry, two hundI I'D thousand dollars; for
new fire proof barr cks for enlisted men, in
Guiding mess building, bakery and laundry
building, ninetY-fyI9 thousand dollars; for
new powder maga2E ne, fifteen thousand dol
lars; for completing development of the
WaUer-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 for
building a railroad to connect the present
arsenal railroad vii the Chicago and Rock
Island railroad, when changed to it's 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 thb public wagon road on
one side and the arsenal on the other side,
twenty-eight thouE band dollars: for new
machinery for the new shops already com
pleted, twenty thousand dollars; for laying
water pipe three thousand dollars; for
putting six water wheels (sixty-fye horse
power each) in the new dam, with shafting
and machinery for transmission of power to
the shops already in use, twenty-six thou
sand dollars; in ALL six hundred and fifty
two thousand dolltIrs.
For completion tf the wagon-road bridge
connecting Moline with Rock Island, one
hundred thousand Elollars. N
For the construction of the Rock Island
bridge, the balanCe of the appropriation,
continued BY thb act of March third,
eighteen hundred and seventy-One, which
may be unexpended at the close of the
present fiscal year is hereby re-appropri-
ated
Benicia arsenal Benfcia, California: For
boring artesian wtI!l, twelve thousand six
hundred and eioIhty-seven dollars; for
building new wharf,, eleven thousand four
hundred and ninety eight dollars for re-
moving bank in FRI Int of Office and filling
up ravine, five tho hsand six hundred and
eighty-seven 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; III all, forty
four thousand three hundred and fifty two
Columbus arsenal, Columbus, Ohio For
care and repairs of public buildings and
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 relayng 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, DearbornYille, Michigan;
Forpainting and repairing public buildings,
FIVE hundred dollars.
Fort Monroe arshnal, Old Point Comfort,
Virginia: For completing gun-yard fence,
brick foundation wall, and fence of old
musket barrels, three thousand dollars; for
repairing storehou Bes, 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, magazinet barracks, workshops
DEf;,n n,arfape inhl0ginp wall and fauaae