Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-03-07

houses. for painting and repairing public build
ings, three thousand dollars; in all, SIX thou
sand dollars.
Fort Union arsenal, Fort Union. New Mexi-
co Territory: For repairing store houses, maya
zine, barracks, workshops, Office. quarters,
lnclosing wall, fences, three thousand five hum
bred dollars. le
Frankford arsenal, Bridgesburgh, Pennsyl.
vania: For repairs of public building and
grounds three thousand dollars.
Kennebec arsenal, Augusta, Maine: For re-
pairing public buildings, grounds, and fences,
one thousand dollars.
Leavsnworth arsenal, Leavenworth, Kansas:
For additions to subalterns' quarters, one
thousand and thirty six dollars and ninety. cents,
for repairs to public buildings, esterns, drains,
and walks, three thousand six hundred dollars
for building cistern for use of steam engine,
FIVE hundred and fifty dollars for purchase of
steam pump, boiler, pipe, and putting up the
same, for the Purpose of supplying water to the
one thousand dollars for putting up fence along
new wagon road to railroad bridge, and along
railroad to railroad bridge, three thousand TIVE
hundred and esghty two dollars and fifty cents;
for repaining main fence inclosing arsenal. one
thousand and seventy eight dollars for macad-
amizing road leading to arsenal from main road
to Leavenworth, and for roads around arsenal
building, one thousand FIVE hundred dollars in
all, twelve thousand and forty seven dollars
New York arsenal Governors island, New
York harbor, New York For repairs of steam
engine, tanks, fire apparatus, docks, drains, and
grounds, and purchase of hose nine thousand
dollars for grading and improving public
grounds, two thousand dollars for repairs of
public buildings. six thousand dollars; for ex-
tending and repairing fences six hundred dol
lars 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 purchase
of new boiler for stiam engine at water wor ks,
one thousand dollars; for general repairs of
public buildings and inclosing fences, Jefferson
barracks, Missouri, two thousand dollars; In
all, three thousand dollars. lad ..l-r9rIiI
: San Antonio arsenal Sanonia, Texas For
taking down walls and rebuilding with cut stone
the building used as an armory shop, nine
thousand dollars for erecting a frame store
house, one hundred by twenty five feet, one
story, four thousand dollars for building
cistern to supply the post with water, two thou
sand dollars for repairing and painting public
buildings and fences. one thousand dollars; in
all. six thousand dollars. ~ r. ..t..- .-.
Vancouver arsenal, Vancouver, Washington
Territori For repairing store houses, work
shops, quarters, barracks, fences, and grounds,
one thousand dollars. -
Washington arsenal, Washington, District of
Columbia: For copning for inclosing walls on
trance gates at the termination of Foua and
half street, three thousand dollars. i-e
Watervliet arsenal, West Troy, New York
For repairing public buildings, fifteen hundred
dollars. e-. -..ar-.
Watertown arsenal, Watertown Massachus-
etts For repairs ofroofs and painting buildings
and fences, five thousand dollars for repairing
and painting officers quarters and renewing
furnaces and water closets, three thousand dol
lars. 3'-a FL.
Contingencies of arsenals For repairs on
smaller arsenals, and 10 meet such unforeseen
expenditures at arsenals as accidents or other
contingencies durine 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 materl-
ais furnished the United States. ~.
For continuing the surveys of the northern
and northwestern lakes. one hundred and sew
enty five thousand dollars Ard this appro-
priation 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, AMI works in the District of
Columbia, under the direction of the Chief
Engineer of the army, viz:
For fuel for propagaitng garden and lodges
in public grounds, five hundred dollars. 81
For repairs, fuel, and similars necessaries, for
ten thousand dollars for fuel, five thousand
dollars for refurnishing the same, twelve thou
sand dollars; for repairs and care of green house,
new floor, flower stands, and pipes,
ten thousand dollars !; for constructing six hun
dred and thirty four feet of sewer for drainage,
three thousand dollars. D.. s-..s.-.. ....
For lighting the Capitol and Executive
Mansion and grounds For lighting the Capitol
and Executive Mansion and public grounds,
forty five thousand dollars; and the Off
Ger charged with the disbursement of this
appropriation shall have the entire care and
control of the consumption of the gas used for
lighting buildings and grounds herein provided
for. -t.-E
For lamps and lamp posts for centre and
south walk, west Capitol grounds, i've hundred
dollars; for pay of lamp lighters, gas fitting,
plumbing, lamps, posts, and repairs OF all sorts,
fifteen thousand dollars. -.,-- sl|
Improvement and care of public grounds
For annual repair OF fences around reserya-
tions, two thousand dollars; for manure. and
hauling the same on public grounds, five thou
reservations and around War and Navy De-
partments, four thousand dollars; for improve
ment, care ana protection of seats and for foun-
tains and fish ponds in Capitol grounds, three
thousand 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
two thousand dollars; for purchase of
trees, tree boxes, and whitewashing fences, 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 purchase of
trees, making walks and grading ten thousand
dollars; for repairs of green house at propagat-
ing garden, three thousand dollars.
For improving Franklin square, introducing
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 considered as por-
lion of the public grounds in the city of Wash
ngton, and shall be under the same control as
he other public buildings and grounds in the
city of 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 thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Judiciary square, by |
water, drainage. purchase of trees, |
and opening and grading walks, twelve thou |
sand five hundred dollars. ,-r