New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-29

| of steam engines, tanks, fire apparatus,
| 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 filing, 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 iuclos-
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 st0reh0use, one hundred by twenty
five feet, one story, four thousand dollars !;
for building cistcrn 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
Wateryliet arsenal, West Troy, New York:
For repairing public buildings, fifteen hun
bred 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 arsenals: For repairs of
smaller arsena1s, and to meet such unf0r-
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
seventyfve thousand dollars. And this
appropriation shall be available from the
time OF the passage OF this act.
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS IN AEB AROUND
WASHINGTON.
Repairs, care, and improvement of public
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, fower-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-fve 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-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-
tons, 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 ct seats for Cap
it0l 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 potts. 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
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 a portion Of the public grounds
in the city Of Washington, and shall be un-
der the same control as the other pub
lie buildings and grounds in the city of
y
March second, eighteen hundred and sixty
seven.
For improving and grading Armory
square, making and crawling 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.
For completing Improvements and for
care of Lafayette square, three thousand
five hundred dollars.
For Improvement Of FarragUt square. five
thousand dollars.
For grading. opening walks and roads,
and crawling the same, drainage, purchase
OF trees and shrubs, for Improvement of re-
servatioG between Third and Sixth streets,
as per plan, ten thousand dollars; tor re-
moving snow and ice from payenients and
walks, one thousand dollars.
For starting a nursery for Improvement of
public grounds, two thousand dollars.
For improving Lincoln park building
pavements, opening walks, and lodge, five
thousand five hundred dollars.
For improving reservation on New York
avenue and Eighteenth street, seven thou
sand tive hundred dollars.
For repairs of government water pipes
and fire plugs, and purchase of apparatus
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-maGkerB, and marking
the same, one hundred dollars; for abatiDg
nuisances, one thousand dollars.
For improving reservations on different |
avenues, twenty thousand dollars.
For casual repairs Of Navy Yard bridge |