New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-08

| of steam engines, tanks, fire apparatus
docks drains and grounds, and purchase Of
| hose. nine thousand dollars; for grading
I and improving public grounds, two thou
sand dollars; for repairs Of public buildings,
| six thousand dollars for extending and re-
! pairing fenceR, six hundred dollars: in all,
! seventeen 1housana six hundred dollars.
! Magazine, Boston: S'or q new house for
! shell and powder filing, twelve thousand
! dollars.
! Sain: Louis arst naf, Missouri; For pur-
! chase of new boiler for steam engine az
! waJerwOrks, ore thousand dollars; Tor gen
! eral repairs of public buildings and iIcIos-
| ing fences, Jefferson barracks, Missouri, two
| Thousand dollars III all. three thousand
| dollars.
San Antonio email. San Antonio, Texas:
f! For taking down walls and rebuilding with
! Gu. stone the building used as an armoTy
! shop, nine thousand dollars: for erecting d
! frame storehouse. one hundred by twenty.
| five feet. one story, four thousand dollars :;
| for building a ciBtcrD 10 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 urand-a half street, three thousand
dollars.
Watervliet arse nal, West Troy, New York:
For repairing public buildings. fifteen hun
drcd dollars.
Watertown arsenal, WATERFOWL, 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 arsenafs: For repairs of
smaller arsenals, 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.
Forcontinuing the surveys Of the northern
and northwestern lakes, one hundred and
seventy-five thousand dollars. And this
appropriation shall be available from the
time Of the passage Of this act
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS IN and AROUND
WASHINGTON.
Repairs, care, and improvement Of public
buildings, grounds, and works in the Dis
the Chief Engineer of the army, viz:
For tue! for propagating garden and
lodges in public grounds, five hundred dol
lars.
For repairs. fuel. and similar nccessaries,
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, flower stands, and pipes, zen thousand
dollars; for constructing six hundred and
thirty-fOur feet of sewer Tor drainage, three
thousand dollars.
For lighting the Capitol and Executive
Mansion and grounds: For lighting Capitol
and Executive Mansion and public grounds,
fOrty-tive 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 Iampposts for centre and
south walk. west Capitol grounds, i've hun
dred dollars; for pay of lamp-Iighters, 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 tOE fountains and
fish ponds in Capitol grounds, three thou.
sand dollars; for purchase OF seats for Cap.
itoi grounds. one thousand dollars: for hire
of carts for pablo 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 "ots. mats twIne aud
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 al proQagating garden. three thou
sand dollars.
For improving Franklin square, intro,
duciug 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 DE con-
sideved as portion of the public grounds
in the city Of Washington, and shall be un.
der the same control az the other pub
lie buildings and grounds in the city of
Washington. n conformity with the act of
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
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 FarTagut Square. five
thousand dollars.
For grading. opening walks and roads
and crawling the same, drainage, purchase
of trees and shrubs, for Improvement OF re-
servation between Third and Sixth streets,
as per plan. ten thousand dollars; tor re-
moving snow and ice from payeIuents and
walks, one thousand dollars.
For starting nursery for Improvement OF
public grounds, two thousand dollars.
For Improving Lincoln park, building
payements, opening walks, and lodge five
thousand five hundred dollars,
For improving reservation on New York
avenue and Eighteenth street. seven thou
sand five 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-markers, and marking
the same, one hundred dollars; for abating
nuisances, one thousand dollars.
For improving reservations on different |
avenues, twenty thousand dollars.
For casual repairs of Navy Yard bridge |
and Upper bridge. three thousand dollars. |
WASHINGTON AQUEDUC7.