Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-08-19

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For general repairs at the Assateague light
For rebuilding keepers dwelling At Reedy
Island Ight-station, Delaware Bay, twenty
| thousand dollars.
| For boat house and repairs az Cohsnsey light
station, New Jersey, four hundred dollars
FOR building hght-ship, co be stationed At
Winterquarter shoals, on the coast Of Virginia,
For additional protection OF the lighthouse
AZ Love Point Shosl light ststion, Chesapeake
Bay. five thousand dollars.
For building q lighthouse at or near Solo
mons Lump, in Hedges Strait, between rsngier
| Sound and Chesapeake Bay, fifteen thousand
| dollars: Prorided, That the lighthouse at Fog
Point be discontinued after the completion of
the above.
Fer completing the range-lishts for Craishill
balance Of the appropriation approved june
tenth, eighteen hundred and seventy two,
which may not be expended on the first Of July,
eighteen hundred and seventy-four, not 20 eN-
coed the sum Of five thousand three hundred
and twebty- eight dollars and forty-nne cents,
forty i've thousand dollars.
For completing the ses-cosst light house at
CurTituck Beach, Poyner's Hill, North Carroll
na, seventy thousand dollars.
For re-establishing the Oak Island range
beacoDs at the Oak Island light-ststion, North
Carol ma, four thousand dollars.
For completion of the rebuilding of the nrst-
order sea- coast light on Morris Island, South
Carolina, sixty thousand dollsrs.
For completing the sea-cosst light at Hunting
leland. South Carolina, in addition TO the bal
snce OF the appropriation approved June tenth,
L eighteen hundred and seventy-two. which may
not be expended on the first of July, eighteen
hundred and seyenty-tSo, not 10 exceed the
sum of two thousand nine hundred aud forty
| eight dollars and ninety cents, twenty thousand
| dollars.
For building jettees to protect site OF light
eUSe and erection OF keepers dwelling az Saint
| Augustine llght-station, Florida, twenty thou
| sand dollars.
For constructing An iron stair-tower and keep
ers dwelling at Ssnd Key light-statiOn, Florida,
| Fer building a lighthouse on the Fowey
| Rocks, Florida Reefs, Florida, one hundred
thousand dollars.
For lighthouse and dry-beacon AZ, or in the
| vicinity of Matthias Point, or Port Tobacco
| Flats, in the discretion of the Light House
Board, forty thousand dollars; and the sppro-
pristion made by the act Of June tenth, ghteen
| hundred and seventy two, for a light to mark
| the entrance to Shipping Point, Potomac River,
| Virginia, shall revert to the Treasury.
For purchase of land for sight and erection of
| lighthouse at Calcssieu, Lolsians, in lieu of
| an appropriation which has reverted to the
/ Treasury, fourteen thousand dollars.
/ For rebuilding the lighthouse destroyed in a
hurricane on Dog Island, Saint Georges Sound,
1 Florida, twenty thousand dollsrs.
For completion of the Gulf coast iron light
| house, at Timbalier Island, coast Of Louisiana,
L fifteen thousand dollars.
/ For completion of improvements at Southwest
Rect, Atchafalaya Bay light-station, Louisiana,
| For rebuilding a lighthouse and buoy-depot
| at Southwest Pass, Louisiana, fifteen thousand
dollars.
For erecting fog bells at light-ststions on the
/ Gulf OF Mexico, on the coasts of Florida, Ala
bsms, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, i've
/ For a survey of the Mississippi, Ohio, and
| Missouri Rivers, and TO establish temporary
lights and buoys thereon, fifty thousand dollars;
/ to be available whenever new-ligat districts
/ shall be established on said rivers by law.
| That the jurisdiction of the Light House
Board, created by the act entitled San act
| making appropriations for lighthouses, light
| boats, buOys, and so forth, and providing for
/ the erection and establishment of the same, and
for other purposes" approved August thirty
/ first, eighteen hundred and ffty-two, is here
| by extended over the Mississippi, Ohio, and
| Missouri Rivers, for the establishment of such
beacon-lghts, dsy-beacons, and buOys as may
| be necessary for the use of vessels navigating
| those streams; and for this purpose the said
| board is hereby required 70 divide the desig-
mated rivers into one or two additional light
/ house districts, to be in all respects similar 20
the already existing light house districts; and is
| hereby authorized TO lease the necessary grounds
for all such lights and beacOns as are used to
| point out changeable channels, and which in
| consequence cannot be made permanent.
For establishing at Presque Isle, beacon
ranges light 81 alton, Pennsylvania, depot for
| seasoned lumber, ei ght thOnssB dollars.
| For erection of q new beacon at COnusaut
light-statiOn, Lake Erie, Ohio, four thousand
| dollars.
For rebuilding beacon at the Grand River
light station, FSirport, Ohio, four thousand dol
| lars.
For rebuilding beacon at the Cleveland light
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For building two day-beacOns in Sandusky
Bay, Ohio, twelve thousand dollars.
/ For building two daY-beacons al Maumee
| Bay, fourteen thOusand dollars.
/ For building a keepers dwelling at the Fort
GIatot light-station, Michigan, ten thousand
/ dollars.
For erection of pier-head lights on the north
ern and northwestern lakes, thirty thousand
| dollars.
For erection Of fog-signsls on the northern
and northwestern lakes, twenty thousand dol
| airs.
For rebuilding the crib and tower at the Saint
Clair Flats light-station, Michigan, tea thous-
| and dollars.
For building a new tower and keepers dwell
| ing at White River hght-station, Michigan, If
/ Zee thousand dollars.
For building light house at Tues Marshes
near the mouth of York River, Virginia, fifteen
/ thousand dollars.
For the construction of lighthouse at the
| mouth of Thunder Bay River, in the State of
| Michigan, twenty thousand dollars: Pr0Uided
| That all tolls vessels entering or leaving the
river shall be abolished after the lighthouse is
For repairing and rebuilding lighthouse at
| Rock Harbor, Michigan, five thousand dollars.
For the erection OF day beacons on Columbia
/ River, Oregon, three thousand dollars.
i For building a keepers dwelling aud other
| necessary buildings at Cape Flattery light
station, Washington Territory, eighteen thous-
| For the construction of a cistern and for re-
| pairs at Smiths Island light-statIon, Washing.
ton Territory, one thousand tive hundred dol
/ lars.
For general repairs at Admiralty Head
| Hght-station, Washington Territory, three
/ thousand five hundred dellars.
For light house and fog signal on Yerbs
/ Buena Island, in the bay of San Francisco,
| California, ten thousand dollars.
Fer frst-class lighthouse and fog signal at
/ Piedras Blancas, California, the unexpended
| balance of the appropriation in the act APP
proved June tenth, eighteen hundred and sew
| enty-two, is hereby continued and made avail
| able; and the balance of the appropriation
| made by the act OF June tenth, eighteen hun
Il dred and seyenty-two, for the construction of
| lighthouse and fOg-signal at Point Fermin
light-station, remaining unexpUnded, is hereby
re- Appropriated.
To enable the Light. House Board to continue
its experiments In relation To fog bells, other
signals, for the protection of the commercial
| marine, five thousand dollars.
For building a relief lght-ship for general
| service, in addition to the amount heretofore
appropriated, fifteen thousand dollars, or so
much thereof as may be necessary.
WAR DEPARTMENT.
| ARMoRIEs AND ARsRsALs.
| For Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Hi
| nois: To continue work on the wood wor king
| and gun-csrriage shop for the arsenal, one hun
| Al q ~ rhor1oo md