New Orleans Republican., 1872-10-25

New York harbor, New York. For repairs
of steam engines, tanks, fire apparatus,
docks, drains and grounds, and purchase of
hose, nine thousand dollars; for grading
and improving public grounds, two thou
sand dollars; for repairs of public buildings,
slXthousand dollars; for extending and re-
pairing fences, six hundred dollars in all,
seventeen thousand six hundred dollars.
Magazine, Boston: For new house for
shell and powder filling, twelve thousand
dollars
Saint Louis arsenal, Missouri: For pur-
chase of new boiler for steam engine at
waterworlzs, one thousand dollars; for gen
eral 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 with
cut stone the building used as an arm0ry
shop, nine thousand dollars; for erecting a
frame stOrehOuse, one hundred by twenty
five feet, one story, four thousand dollars
for building a cistern to supply the post
with water, two thousand dollars for re
pairing and painting public buildings and
fences, one thousand dollars; III 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 incloslng
wall on northern front OF arsenal grounds,
and tor entrance gates at the termination
OF Four and-a-half street, three thousand
dollars.
Watervliet arsenal, West Troy, New York:
For repairing public buildings, fifteen hun
dred dollars.
Watertown arsenal, Watertown, 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 may
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.
For continuing the surveys of the northern
and northwestern lakes, one hundred and
seventy-tve 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 in 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 refurnlsnlng the
same, twelve thousand dollars; for repairs
| and care of greenhouse, including new
| floor, tower-stands, and pipes, ten thousand
| dollars; for constructing six hundred and
| thirty-tOur 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-tive thousand dollars; and the officer
! charged with the disbursement of this ap-
propTiation shall have the entire care and
| centrol of the consumption of the gas used
| for lighting buildings and grounds herein
! provided for.
For lamps and lampDosts for centre and
| south walk, west Capitol grounds, tive hun
dred dollars for pay Of lamp-lighters. gas
fitting, plumbing, lamps, posts and repairs
of all sorts, fifteen thousand dollars.
Improvement and care Of public groends:
/ For annual repair Of fences around reserya-
tions, 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 Improvement, 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 flower pots, mats, tWln6 and
glasses, one thousand dollars.
For care and Improvement OF grounds
south Of Executive Mansion, including pur-
chase of trees, making walks and grading,
ten thousand dollars; for repairs OF green
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
and shrubs, as per plan, fifteen thousand
dollars: and said grounds shall be con
sidered as portion of the public grounds
in the city of Washington, and shall be un-
der the same control as the other pub
| Washington, in conformity with the act Of
March second, eighteen hundred and sixty
seven.
For improving and grading Armory
square, making and graveling 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,
| +vra11-n +hOIyGnu u1 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 FaTagut square, five
thousand dollars
For grading, opening walks and roads,
| and grayelng 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 ico from pavements and
| walks, one thousand dollars
For starting nursery for improvement OF
public grounds, two thousand dollars
For improving Lincoln park, building
pavements, 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
and fire plugs, and purchase of apparatus
for cleaning water pipes, ten thousand dol
! lars; for purchase of sparrOws, cages, boxes,
and care of the same, five hundred dollars
for purchase of tree-markers, and marking
the same, one hundred dollars; for abating
nuisances, one thousand dollars.
For improving reservations on different
| avenues, twenty thousand dollars.
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