New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-30

/ uOcRS5 drains ana GROUNDS, ana purchase o
| 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
pairing fences, six hundred dollars in all
seventeen thousand six hundred dollars
| Magazine, Boston For q 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
eral repairs of public buildings and inclos
ing fences, Jefferson barraoks 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 arm0rJ
shop. nine thousand dollars; for erecting a
frame stOrehouse, one hundred by twenty
five feet, oDe story, four thousand dollars
for building cistern to supply the post
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 stoTehouses,
workshops, quarters, barracks, fences and
grounds, one thousand dollars.
Washington arsenal, Washington, Dis
tTiot OF Columbia: For coping for inclOsing
wall on northern front OF arsenal grounds,
| and tor eatrance gstes 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, WATERFOWL, Massa-
chusetts: For repairs of roofs and painting
buildings and fences, Eve thousand dollars;
for repairing and painting officers quarters
and renewing furnaces aud water closets,
three thousand dollars.
Contingencies of RrseRaIs: For repairs of
smaller arsenals, and to meet such unfor-
seen expenditures a8 arsenaIs IS 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, ouo hundred and
seventy tive thousand dollars. And this
appropriation shall be available from the
time Of the passage Of this act.
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS N AND AROUND
WASHINGTON.
Repairs, care, and improvement of public
buildings, grounds, and werks IN the Dis
the CMef Engineer Of the army, viz:
For fuel tor propagating garden and
lodges i'll public grounds Eve hundred dol
lars.
For repairs, fuel and similar necesaariee,
for Executive Mansion: For repairs to the
mansion ten thousand dollars; for fuel,
five thousand dollars; for Tefurnishing the
same, twelve thousand dollara; for repairs
and care of greenhouse, including new
floor, flower stands, and pipes, ten thousand
dollars: for constructing six hundred and
thirty-tour fee 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 five thousand dollars and the officer
charged with the disbursement of this ap-
Precipitation shall have the entire care and
control Of the consumption Of the gas ased
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
fitting, plumbing, lamps, posts and repairs
OF ali sorts, fifteen thousand dollars.
Improvement and care of public groends:
For annual repair of fences around reaerya-
ti0ne. 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 In 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 fenceR, five thousand dollars; for
purchase Of flower 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,
ten thousand dollars; for repairs of green
house at p"opagaung garden, three thou
sand dollars.
For improving Franklin square, intro.
ducing water, gas, ledge and urinalB, ak
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-
in the city of Washington, and shall be IN
der the same control as tho ~0ther puo
lio buildings and grounds in the city Of
III conformity with the act of
March second, eighteen hundred and sixty
seven.
Eor improving and grading Armory
square, making and graveling walks, reads,
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 hHudred dollars.
For care and Improvement of the Smith |
sODjan grounds, two thousand dollars
For completing improvements and for |
yarc Of Lafayette square, three thousand |
i've hundred dollars.
For Improvement Of Farragut square, five |
thousand dollars.
For grading, opening walks and roads,
md graveling the same, drainage, purchase
# trees and shrubs, for Improvement of re-
eryation between Third and Sixth streets,
s per plan, ten thousand dollars; top re-
moving snow and ice from pavements and
walks, one thousand dollars.
For starting a nursery for Improvement of
ublic grounds, two thousand dollars.
For improving Lincoln park. building
avements, opening walks, and lodge, FIVE
housaRd five hundred dollars.
For improving reservation on New York
venue and Eighteenth street, seven thou
and five hundred dollars.
For repairs of government water pipes
nd fire plugs, and purchase of apparatus
3r cleaning water pipes, ten thousand dol
IRIS; for purchase OF sparrows cages, boxes,
nd care of the same, five hundred dollars
,r purchase of tree-markers, and marking
10 same, one hundred dollars; for abating
distances, one thousand dollars
For improving reservations on different
venues, twenty thousand dollars.
For casual repairs OF Navy Yard bridge
I'd Upper bridge, three thousand dollars.
WASHINGTON AQURDuOT.
For raDairs of dwelIinus for keenara IF