New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-26

DJiaN1CAL GARDEN
For demonstrating the eastern parallel.
ogram OF the conservatory in the botanical
garden, to make it correspond with that at
the west Of the rotunda, thirteen thousand
dollars
For extending the propagating houses
Including the use of the sash from the old
portion Of the conservatory, and for gen
eral repairs to buildings, 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 dollars.
For continuing fence and erecting gate
ways on Third street, seven thousand five
hundred dollars.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.
For additional heating apparatus in the
library of Congress, to be expended under
the direction Of the architect 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
GO much thereof as may be necessary.
For an additional appropriation, to be ex-
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 approved by said committee,
as provided by act approved August eight
eeuth, eighteen hundred and tfty-siX, tif-
teen thousand dollars; and said committee,
whenever, in their Judgment. it shall be ex-
pedient, are authorized to accept any work
OF the fine arts on behalf of Congress,
which NAV be offered, and to assign the
same such place in the Capitol as they may
deem suitable, and shall hare the supervf-
sion of all works OF art that may be placed
in the Capitol.
For the publication Of three volumes Of
Wilkes Exploring Expedition, agreeably to
act of May twenty-eighth, eighteen hun
dred and scventy-two, nine thousand dol
lars.
To enable the Joint Committee on the
Library to purchase Moran'5 large paint
ing of the Canyon of the Yellowstone, ten
thousand dollars.
SURVEY OF TIE COAST.
For continuing the survey of the Allan
Sic and Gulf coasts of the United States
and Lake Champlain, including cOmpensa
ton of civilians engaged in the work, and
excluding pay and emOluments of officers
of the army and navy and petty officers
and men Of the navy employed in the
work. three hundred and ninety-one thou
sand dollars.
For continuing the survey of the western
coast of the United States, including com
DensatiOn of civilians engaged in the work,
two hundred and forty thousand dollars.
For pay and rations Of engineers for the
steamers used in the Coast survey, no long
er supplied by the Navy Department, ten
thousand dollars.
For continuing the publications of the
observations made in the progress Of Coast
Survey, including compensation for civil
ians engaged IN the work, the publication
to be made at the Government Printing
Office, ten thousand dollars.
For repairs and maintenance OF the COM
Il r,rI,v
fortv-five thousand dollars.
For extending the triangulations of the
Coast Survey so as to form a geodetic con-
nection between the Atlantic and Pacific
coasts Of the United States, and assisting
in the State surveys, including compensa-
ton of civilians engaged in the work,
tLirty-six thousand dollars.
UNDER THE WAR DEPARTMENT.
ARMoRIEs AND ARsENALs.
Springfield armory, Springfield, Massa-
chusetts: Fer repairs and preservation of
grounds, buildings, and machinery; and for
curbstone for armOTy grounds fronting on
State street, twenty-five thousand dollars.
Rock Island aTmOTy and arsenal, Rock
Island, Illinois: For new forging shop Of
same dimensions and architecture as shops
already built, except that it will be only
one story nigh, one hundred and itty-tiye
thousand dollars; for new finishing shop for
armOry, two hundred thousand dollars; for
new fire proof barracks for enlisted men, in
Guiding mess building, bakery and laundry
building ninety-fve thousand dollars; Tor
new.powder magazine, fifteen thousand dol
lars; for completing development OF the
empower, 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 with the Chicago and Rock
Island railroad, when changed to its new
location al 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 the public wagon road on
one side and the arsenal on the other side.
twentv-eight thousand dollars: tor new
machinery for the new shops already com
pIeted, twenty thousand dollars; Tor laying
water pipe, three thousand dollars; tor
putting six water wheels isixty-tive horse
power each) in the new dam, with shattlng
and machinery for transmission OF power to
the shops already in use, twenty-slx thou
sand dollars: in all, SIX hundred and nifty
two thousand dollars.
For completion of the ~ag0nT0ad bridge
connecting Moline with Rock Island, one
hundred thousand dollars.
For the construction of the Rock Island
bridge, the balance Of the appropriation,
continued by the act Of March third,
eighteen hundred and seVenty-One, which |
NAV be unexpended at the close of the |
present fiscal year, is hereby Te-approprl-
ated.
Benicia arsenal, Benicia, California; For !
I0ring artesian well, twelve thousand six |
hundred and eighty seven dollars; tor |
building new wharf, eleven thousand four
hundred and ninety-eight dollars; tor re- |
moving bank in front Of Office, and filling |
I1D rayine, five thousand six hundred and |
efghty-seven dollars; for necessary grading
Of nnbIic grounds eight thousand eight |
hundred and eighty dollars for repairs OF
workshops, store houses and quarters nNe
thousand six hundred dollars; IN al, forty
four thousand three hundred and nifty TWO
dollars, Or..o. e.
care and repairs Of public buildings ana
grounds, nine hundred and htty dolIaTs'
: Charleston arsenal, Charleston, South
Carolina: For putting slate root on 1o4ho
erv building, one thousand three hundred
dollars; for relaying floors in storehouses,
one thousand two hundred dollars; TOT gen
eral repairs of public buildings and GROUNDS;
two hundred dollars; in all, two thousand
seven hundred dollars. :,
Detroit arsenal, DearbOrnville, Michigan:
For painting and repairing public buildings
five hundred dollars.
q Fort Monroe arsenal, Old Point Comfort,
Virginia: For completing gun--yard tence,
brick foupdation wall and fence OF oid
musket barrels, three thousand dollars; Tor
repairing storehouses, for painting ana re,
pairing public buildings, three thousand