New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-19


! 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
she'll and powder filling, 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 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
frame stOrehouse, one hundred by twenty
five feet, one story, four thousand dollars;
| for building 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 incIosing
wall on northern front OF arsenal grounds,
Of Four and-a-haf street, three thousand
dollars
Watervliet arsenal, West Troy, New York:
For preparing 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 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 CT materials furnished the United
! States.
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. AND AROUND
WASHINGTON.
Repairs, care, and improvement of.publie
| 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 neeessaries,
| 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, howerstands, and pipes, ten thousand
| dollars; for constructing six hundred and
| thirty-tour 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-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 lampposts for centre and
| south walk, west Capitol grounds, i've hun
| dred dollars; for pay of lamplghters, 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 ia 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
/ &c
chase of trees, making walks and grading,
! ten thousand dollars; for repairs of green
| house at propagatlng 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, asp 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 I'M
| der the same control as the other pub
| lie buildings and grounds in the city of
! Washington, in conformity with the act of
! March second, eighteen hundred and sixty
! seven.
For improving and grading Armory
| square, making and graTeliag walks, roads,
| purchase of trees, and drainage, ten thou
/ SaEu dollars.
For the improvement Of Judiciary square,
| bYintroducing 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
! servation between Third and Sixth streets,
as per plan, ten thousand dollars tor re-
moving snow and ice from pavements and
! walks, one thousand dollars.
For starting 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 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
nusances, 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 AQUEDUCT.