New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-13
in the office of the architect of the Capitol
extension, shall be considered authentic.
BOTANICAL GARDEN.

&oT SecOnstructing the eastern parallel
ogram Of the conservatory in the botanica
garden, TO make it correspond with that a
she west OF Che SOtunda, thirteen Thousand
dollars.
For extending che pGopagariag houses
dincludine the use Of the sash from the ole
portion Of the conservatory, and for gen
eral repairs to buildings, $ouT thousand i've
hundred dollars.
For the construction % q sew%r and fTaY
across Yhird street, 20 convey the drainage
of Che botanical garden 90 the main sewer,
ave hundred dollars
Cor continuing fence and erecting gate
wavs on Third street, seven Thousand five
hundred dollars.
LfER4RE OF CoNGEESs.
Cor additional heating APPARATUS in che
library OF Congress, to be expended under
she direction Of the architect Of Che Capitol
extension, Two thousand dOllaGso or 80 snuch
q8lpreof az may be necessary.
70 enable the librarian 20 procure goY che
library Of Congress the English county his
Sores, the sum of five thousand dollars, OF
,R0 much thereof as may be necessary. ~r-
For an additional appropriation, 70 be eX-
pended under the direction OF che joint
Committee on the Library, 70 decorate the
Capitol with such woIRs of art as may be
ordered and approved by said committee.
o. provided by act approved August eight
Genrh, eighteen hundred and fifty six, fif-
gpen thousand dollars; and said committee,
whenever, in their judgment, it shall be @X-
@"dient, are authorized 10 accept any work
of the fine arts on behalf Of Congress-
which mav he offered, and to assign the
same such place in the Capitol as they may
deem suitable, and shall have the supervi-
si0n of all works Of art that may be placed
n the Capitol.
For the publication of three volumes OF
%ilkes' Exploring Expedition, agreeably to
act of HIay twenty eighth, eighteen hun
dred and seventy-two. nine thousand dol
Sars.
To enable che 3oinS Committee on the
Gihrary to purchase Moran's large paint
Sng of the Canyon OF the Yellowstone, ten
shousand dollars.
SURVEY OF TIE COAST.
SCR continuing the survey Of the allan
SIC and Gulf coasts OF the United States,
and Lake Chauiplain, including compensa
&iOn of civilians engaged in the work, and
excluding pay and emolumenrs of officers
Of the army and navy and petty officers
and men Of the navy employed in the
work three hundred and ninety0n@ thou
eand dollars.
For continuing Hhe survey of che western
coast OF the United States, including com
pensafion of civilians engaged in the work,
$wO 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
10 be made at the Government Printing
Office ten thousand dollars.
For TeDairS and maintenance of the com
plement OF vessels used in the Coast Survey,
fOrty-tive thousand dollars.
For extending the triangulations of the
Coast Survey go 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-
zion of civilians engaged in the work,
thirty-six thousand dollars.
UNDER THE WAR DEPARTMENT.
ARMoRIEs AND ARsENALs.
Springfield armory, Springfield, Massa-
chusetts For repairs and preservation of
grounds. buildings. and machinery; and for
curbstone 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 ffty-fve |
thousand dollars; for new finishing shop for
two hundred thousand dollars; for
new fire proof barracks for enlisted men, in
ending mess building. bakery and laundry |
ninetY-fve thousand dollars; for |
new powder magazine, fifteen thousand dol |
lars; for completing development Of the |
water power, one hundred and ten thousand |
iOllaTs for the construction of avenues and
roads to the Rock Island wagon bridge, and
10 the new bridge across the Mississippi
liver, 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
ocation at the lower end Of the island and
or building two entrances to the island
rom the two bridges, and an iron fence
the two entrances, and between
he railroad and the public wagon road on
one side and the arsenal on the other side,
,wenty eight thousand dollars; for new
for the new shops already COM
,leted, twenty thousand dollars; for laying
water pipe, three thousand dollars; for
putting six water wheels (sixty-tive horse
,ower each) in the new dam, with shafting
nd machinery for transmission of power to
he shops already in use, twenty-six thou
and dollars; in all, six hundred and fifty
wO thousand dollars.
For completion of the wagOn-rOad bridge
onnecting Moline with Rock Island one
hundred thousand dollars
For the construction Of the Rock Island
ridge. the balance of the appropriation,
by the act of March third
ighteen hundred and seyenty-one, which
lay lie unexpended at the close OF the
resent fiscal year, is hereby re-appropri-
ted.
Benicia arsenal, Benicia, California; For
oring artesian well, twelve thousand six
undred and eighty-seven dollars; for
orf olay-nD +bnTEau1 fn11p |
undred and ninety-eight dollars; for re-
lOving bank in front of office, and filling
o ravine, five thousand six hundred and
ghty-seven dollars; for necessary grading
+ public grounds, eight thousand eight
undred and eighty dollars; for repairs Of
orkshops store houses and quarters, five
lousand six hundred dollars; in all, forty
,ur thousand three hundred and fifty two
ollars,
Columbus arsenal, Columbus, Ohio: For
ire and repairs of public buildings and
rounds. nine hundred and fifty dollars.
Charleston arsenal, Charleston, South !
arolina: For putting slate roof on found
" building, one thousand three hundred
ollars; for relaxing floors in stOrehouses, &
le thousand two hundred dollars; for gen.
al repairs of public buildings and grounds,
70 hundred dollars; in all, two thousand 3
ven hundred dollars I
Detroit arsenal, DeaPbornville, Michigan: l
or painting and repairing public buildings, a
re hundred dollars. l
Fort Monroe arsenal, Old Point Comfort, t
irginia: For completing gun-yard fence, I
lick foundation wall, and fence OF old
usket barrels, three thousand dollars; for a
pairing stOrehouses, for painting and re-
airing public buildings, three thousand a
,llars; in all, six thousand dollars.
Fort Union arsenal, Fort Union, New