New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-20
in the Office OF the architect of the Capitol
extension, shall be considered authentic.
BOTANICAL GARDEN

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BOTANICAL GARDEN.
u For reeonstructing the eastern parallel
ogram of the conservatory in the botanica
"A garden, 10 make it correspond with that a
N the west Of the rotunda, thirteen Thousand
a dollars.
1 For extending the propagating houses
INCLUDING the use of the sash from the DIG
portion of the conservatory, and for gen
VI eral repairs to buildings, four thousand 'nVe
hundred dollars
For the construction of a sewer and trap
across Third street, to convey the drainage
Of the botanical garden to the man sewer
five hundred dollars.
For continuing fence and erecting gate
vavs on Third street, seven thousand five
hundred dollars.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.
For additional heating apparatus in the
library Of Congress, to be expended under
he direction Of the architect of the Capitol
ertension, 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
cries the sum of five thousand dollars, or
80 much thereof as may be necessary.
For an additional appropriation, to beex-
randed under the direction Of the Joint
Committee on the Library, to decorate the
Capitol with such works Of art IS may be
ordered and approved by said committee,
AZ provided by act approved August eight
zenith, eighteen hundred and fifty six, ff-
teen thousand dollars; and said committed,
whenever, in their judgment, it shall DO ex-
Vedieut, are authorized to accept any work
of the fue arts on behalf of Congress,
which may be offered, and. to assign the
sarnA st1cb place in the Capitol as they may
deem suitable, aud shall have the supervi-
sion of all works of art that may be placed
III the Capitol.
For the publication of three volumes of
Wilkes Exploring Expedition, agreeably to
act of May twenty-eighth, eighteen hun
bred and Beventy-two, nine Thousand dol
70 enable the Joint Committee on the
Library to purchase Morau's large paint
ing of The Canyon of the Yellowstone, ten
Thousand dollars.
SURVEY OF THE COAST.
For continuing the survey of the Allan
tic 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 ninetyone thou
sand dollars
For continuing the survey Of the western
coast of the United States, including COM
pensation 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
or 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.
nd inf NJ bn
plement of vessels used in the Coast Survey,
fOrty-fve thousand dollars.
For extending the triangulatiOns of the
Coast Survey 30 as to form geodet1c 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,
thirty-six thousand dollars.
UNDER THE WAR DEPARTMENT,
ARdoRIEs AND ARsENALs.
Springfield armory, Springfield, Massa-
chusetts: For repairs and preservation of
grounds, buildings, and machinery; and for
0urbstone for armory grounds fronting on
State street, twenty-five thousand dollars
Rock Island armory 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 high, one hundred and hfty-fve
thousand dollars; for new finishing shop for
armory, two hundred thousand dollars; for
Jew fire proof barracks for enlisted men, in
GLIDING mess building, bakery and laundry
building, ninetY-fve thousand dollars; for
new powder magazine, fifteen thousand dol |
lare; for completing development of the |
water power, 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 |
~ Of T1nTvaT,yAnpT oT1If ,pE
building a railroad to connect the present |
arsenal railroad with the Chicago and Rock |
Island railroad when changed to its new |
location at 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,
twenty-eight thousand dollars; for new
machinery for the new shops already COM
pleted, twenty thousand dollars; for laying
water pir,e three thousand dollars; for
putting six water wheels Isixty- five horse
power each) in the new dam, with shafting
aud machinery for transmission Of power TO
the shops already in uBe twenty-six thou
sand dollars; in all, six hundred and fifty
two thousand dollars.
For completion of the wagon-road bridge
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
may be unexpended at the close OF the
present fiscal year, is hereby re-apprOpri-
ated,
Benicia arsenal, Benicia, California: For
boring artesian well, twelve thousand six
hundred and eighty-seven dollars; for
building new wharf, eleven thousand four
hundred and ninety-eight dollars; for re-
moving bank in front of office, and filling
mp ravine, five thousand six hundred and
sighty-seven dollars; for necessary grading
Of public grounds, eight thousand eight
hundred and eighty dollars; for repairs of
store houses and quarters, five
six hundred dollars; in all, forty |
four thousand three hundred and fifty two
dollars,
Columbus arsenal, Columbus, Ohio: For
,are and repairs of public buildings and
nine hundred and fifty dollars.
Charleston arsenal, Charleston, South ]
Carolina: For putting slate roof on found
NV building, one thousand three hundred
dollars; for relaying floors in storehouses,
me thousand two hundred dollars; for gen {
Tal repairs of public buildings and grounds,
hundred dollars; in all, two thousand {
even hundred dollars.
Detroit arsenal, DearbornvilIe, Michigan: |
Cor painting and repairing public buildings, &
i've hundred dollars. /
Fort Monroe arsenal, Old Point Comfort, t
Virginia: For completing gun-yard fence, I
rick uDdation wall, and fence of old
nusket barrels, three thousand dollars; for q
epairing storehouses, for painting and re-