New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-16

hose, nine thousand dollars for gradin,
and improving public grounds two thou
sand dollars; for repairs of public buildings
six thousand dollars; for extending and re
4 pairing fences SIX hundred dollars: in all
seventeen thousand six hundred dollars.
Magazine, Boston: For new house fo
shell and powder filing, twelve thousand
dollars.
Saint Louis arsenal, Missouri: For pur
chase OF new boiler for steam engine a
Waterworks, one thousand dollars: for gen
eraI 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 witt
| cut stone the building used as an armory
shop, nine thousand dollars; for erecting a
frame storehOuse, one hundred by twenty
i've feet, one story, four thousand dollars
for building cistern to supply the posi-
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 Fourand-a-haH street, three Thousand
dollars.
Watervliet arsenal, West Troy, New York:
| For repairing public buildings, fifteen hun
dred 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 arsenals: For repairs of
| smaller arsenals, and to meet such unfor-
| seen expenditures at arsenals as accidents
| or other contingencies during the year NAV
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.
continuing 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
trict of Columbia, under the direction of
the Chief Engineer of the army, viz:
For fuel for prOpagating garden and
lodges III public grounds, five hundred dol
lars.
For repairs, fuel, and similar necessaries.
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, hoWer-stands, and pipes, ten thousand
dollars; for constructing six hundred and
thirty-four 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-fve thousand dollars; and the officer
charged with the disbursement of this ap-
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, five hun
dred dollars; for pay of lamp-lighters gas
lifting, 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 improvements 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 Hover pots, mats, Irvine and
glasses, one thousand dollars.
For care and improvement Of grounds
south of Executive Mansion, including pur-
chase of trees, making walks and grading,
house at propagating 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 |
dollars; and said grounds shall be con-
sidered as 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.
square, making and crawling 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 Farragut square, five
dollars
For grading, opening walks and roads,
and grayeling 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 leo from payements and
walks, one thousand dollars.
For starting a nursery for Improvement of
public grounds, two thousand dollars.
For improving Lincoln park, building
Oavements, 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
md fire plugs, and purchase of apparatus
or cleaning water pipes, ten thousand dol
airs; Tor purchase OF sparrows, cages, boxes,
ind care of the same, five hundred dollars; |
or purchase Of treemarkers, and marking
he same, one hundred dsllars for abating
luisances, one thousand dollars.
For improving reservations on different |
venues, twenty thousand dollars
For casual repairs of Navy Yard bridge
md Upper bridge, three thousand dollars. {
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