New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-15

New York harbor, New York: For repair
of steam engines, tanks, fire apparatus
docks, drains and grounds, and purchase O
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 q new house fol
shell and powder filing, twelve thousand
dollars.
Saint Louis arsenal, Missouri For pur
chase of new boiler for steam engine al
waterworks, one thousand dollars; for gen
eral repairs OF public buildings and inclos
| 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 a
| frame storehOuse, one hundred by twenty
| i've feet, one story, four thousand dollars
Tor building a cistern to supply the post
| with water, two thousand dollars for 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
trict 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.
WATERFOWL 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 arsenals: For repairs of
smaller arsenals, and to meet such unfor-
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 northwestern lakes, one hundred and
seyenty:tive thousand dollars. And this
appropriation shall be available from the
time of the passage Of this act,
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS N 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 for 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 refurnishing the
same, twelve thousand dollars; for repairs
and care of greenhouse, including new
floor, hOwer-stands, and pipes, ten thousand
dollars; for constructing six hundred and
thirty -four 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,
forty-five thousand dollars and the officer
charged with the disbursement of this ap-
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-ighters 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
ducing water, gas, lodge and urinals, six
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
dered as portion of the public grounds
IN the city OF Washington, and shall be I'M
der the Same control as the other pub
lie buildings and grounds in the city of
in conformity with the act of
March second, eighteen hundred and sixty
seven.
For improving and grading Armory
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
5rees, and opening and grading walks,
5welyS thousand five hundred dollars.
For care and improvement of the Smith
lonia.: grounds, two thousand dollars.
For completing improvements and for
ARE of Lafayette square, three thousand
i've hundred dollars.
For improvement of Farragut square, five
thousand dollars.
For grading opening walks and roads,
md crawling the same, drainage, purchase
# trees and shrubs, for Improvement Of re-
eryatiOn between Third and Sixth streets,
Is per plan, ten thousand dollars; ter re-
moving snow and ice from payements and
walks, one thousand dollars.
For starting a nursery for improvement of |
public grounds, two thousand dollars.
For improving Lincoln park, building |
,avements, opening walks, and lodge, FIVE
thousand five hundred dollars. l.
For improving reservation on New York
venue and Eighteenth street, seven thou
and five hundred dollars.
For repairs Of government water pipes
ND ilre plugs, and purchase of apparatus
Or Cleaning water pipes, ten thousand dol
are; Tor purchase OF sparrOws, cages, boxes, !
nd care OF the same, five hundred dollars;
Of purchase of tree-markers, and marking 8
he same, one hundred dollars; for abatin9
one thousand dollars. fl
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