New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-12
in the Office of the architect of the Capitol
extension, shall be considered authentic.
BOTANICAL GARDEN

BOTANICAL GARDEN.
EOr demonstrating the eastern parallel
ogram of the conservatory III the botanical
garden, to make it correspond with that at
the west Of the Fotunda, thirteen thousand
dollars.
For extending the propagating houses
!including the use Of the sash from the Old
portion of the conservatory, and Tor gen
eral repairs to buildings, four thousand I'VE
hundred dollars.
For the construction Of sewer and trap
across Third street, to convey the drainage
of the botanical garden 70 the man sewer,
Eve hundred dollars.
For continuing fence and erecting gate
1Eavs on Third street, seven thousand five
hundred dollars.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.
For additional heating apparatus in the
sfhrarv OF Congress, to be expended under
fhn 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
40 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
AZ provided by act approved August eight
zenith, eighteen hundred and tiftysix iii
teen thousand dollars; and said committee,
whenever, in their Judgment 1t shall be eX-
Dedient, are authorized to accept any work
of the fine arts on behalf OF Congress,
which NAV be offered, and to assign the
satnp surh Mace in the Capitol as they may
deem suitable AID shall have the supervi-
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 Nav twenty-eighth, eighteen hun
drcd and seventy-twor nine thousand dol
lars.
To enable the Joint Committee on the
Library TO purchase Morans 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 ninety-0ne 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 Tor the
steamers used in the Coast survey, no long
or supplied by the Navy Department, ten
thousand dollars.
For continuing the applications 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
i ~ 10
Dlement of vessels used in the Coast Survey,
tOrty-fve thousand dollars
For extending the triangulati0ns OF the
Coast Survey so as to form geoGetlc con
ncctiOn 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.
ARM0RIEs AND ARsENALs.
Springfield armory, Springfield, Massa-
chusetts: For repairs and preservation OF
grounds. buildings, and machinery; and for
ourbstOne for armOry grounds fronting on
State street, twenty-five Thousand d0llars.
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 ftty-fve
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 ninetv-tive thousand dollars; for
new powder ma gazine, fifteen thousand dol
lars; for completing development OF the
vyaGer-pOwer, one hundred and ten thousand
dollars: for the construction Of avenues and
roads to uhe Rock Island wagon bridge, and
to the new bridge across the Mississippi
river, to the city of Davenport and tor
building railroad to connect the present
arsenal railroad with the Chicago and Rock
Island railroad, when changed to lts new
location at the lower end of the island, and
for building two entrances to the island
from the two bridges, and an iron tence
connecting the two entrances, and between
the railroad and the public wagon road on
one side and the arsenal on the other SIDE,
twenty-eigbt thousand dollars: for new
machinery for the new shops already com
DIeted, twenty thousand dollars; for laying
water piLc, three thousand dollars: fer
putting six water wheels (sXty-tv3 horse
power EACH in the new dam, with shafting
and machinery for transmission OF power to
the shops already in use, twenty-slX thou
sand dollars: in all, six hundred and fifty
two thousand dollars.
For completion of the wagon-road bridge
connecting Moline with Rock island, one
hundred thousand dollars.
For the construction of the Rock Island
bridge, the balance of the appropriation,
continued bv the act OF March third,
eighteen hundred and seyenty-oDe, which |
may be unexpended at the close Of the
present fiscal wear, is hereby re-appropri
ated.
Benicia arsenal, Benicia, California; For
boring artesiau we'll, 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 |
up ravine, five thousand six hundred and |
eightv-seven dollars; for necessary grading |
of public grounds, eight thousand eight |
hundred and eighty dollars; for repairs OF !
workshops, store houses and quarters, five |
thousand six hundred dollars in all, forty |
four thousand three hundred and fifty two |
dollars,
Columbus arsenal, Columbus Ohio: For |
care and rcpairs of public buildings and !
grounds. nine hundred and fifty dollars.
Charleston arsenal, Charleston, South !
Carolina: For putting slate roof on found. |
cry building, one thousand three hundred |
dollars; for relaying floors in stOrehouSes, |
one thousand two hundred dollars; for 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.
Fort Monroe arsenal, Old Point Comfort, |
Virginia: For completing gun-yard fence, |
brick foundation wall, and fence OF old |
musket barrels, three thousand dollars; for |
repairing starehouses, for painting and re |
pairing public buildings, three thousand |