Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-06-06
OF District Interest.

The sundry civil service appropriation bill,
which has been reported to the House by the
Appropriations Committee, provides a. folio vs.:
For public printing, ei.6f5 y507 sc; Court Of
Claims, SIC, co., Department Of State, $500;
Treasury Department, s325.OOO; War Depart
s226, 900; Agricultural Department. taO, 900;
Department of Justice and Attorney G sneral's
Office, $4,000; Supreme Court, SOS 900; Su-
preme Court ID. of c., SIS 900; Post Once De
partment, $4,000; for both Houses of Con
gress, 1855 ,507 IS; tor the support and main
tenance OF convicts transferred from the
District of Columbia, $40 600; for work on the
Capitol and for care and repairs, 50, 900; i'm
proving the grounds and paving the road " AZ at
the eastern front, Sl2j 900; for the erection OF
engine house No. 3, $40, 600; for preservation
amount that will be due by the United States
70 the ID. Of @. for one-third of the Sxahe
cost OF maintaining the fire department, s35 ,0JO
reform school of the District, 1000; for
repairs TO buildings and grouDds, SlO,75O; for
salaries and other expenses of the Metropolitan
police, S207 $50: PrOrided, That a further sum
of Sl03, 765 shall be paid to defray the expenses
of the said police force by the cities of Wash
ington and Georgetown and the county, and the
corporate authorities of said cities are REQUIRED
to levy special tax not exceeding one third of
one per centum, which shall be specially depos-
tied once in each week, as such collec ions are
made For the Insane Asylum, Sill ,7S5; for
repairs and Improvement of building, sl5 900;
extension to the hospital edifce, $35 $50; extern
sion of the west detached building, SI2 900;
Columbia Institute for the Deaf and Dumb'
5000; Columbia Lying-in Asylum, S2i 600;
Children's Hospital, So 600; wOmens Chris.
tan Association, 5000, to be ex-
pended for the sole purpose of erecting
building on the ground recently purchased;
terquarter Shoals, on the coast of Virginia,
$4,000; for lighthouse and day beacon at Ma
thias Point, Va, $40 ,OeO; to enable the Secrsta-
ry Of War to purchase for the United Statos the
lot and buildings thereon west of winters
building on F street, and the house and lot in
the rear of and Immediately adjoining the army
cost Of the aforementioned lot not to exceed
sS5 ,OC0 and OF the second 70 900; support OF the
Freedmen's Hospital S5O, 900.
PUBLIC GROUNDS.
South eff the Executive Mansion, SfO 900:
Smithsonian, SO. 600; Armory Square, to inclose
on two sides with posts and chains and for as
phslt walks, 5000; excavating walks, graveling
and asphalt for four reservations between 81
and 9Th streets, SIS 600; ihclOsng Lincoln Square
and for purchase OF trees and seats, 5000; tor a
pedestal for Balls marble statue of Lincoln,
For continuing Improvement of Judiciary
square, purchase Of seats, trees and evergreens
and for fountain, $40 900; and the jail building
situated on said square shall be sold as soon as
practicable, and the money placed in the Treas
ury TOR the improvement of said square, for i'm
provement OF various reserv ations, $40 900; for
repairing the various fountains In the public
grounds, LOCO; work and grading in and
around botanical garden, gil ,925; ordinary care
and protection of Lafayette square, 81 900; an
Dual repair Of fences. -, 600; for manure aud
hire OF horses and carts, So 900; painting iron
fences, $1,000; purchase and repair of seats,
$1,000; repair of tools, 50 900; trees, tree boxes
lime and whitewashing, 5000; flower pots,
twine, wire and glasses, 81 ,OO0 removing snow
and ice, $1,000; purchase Of young trees aud
plants for nursery, 50 600; for construction, a
fountain and for asphalt walks in the circle ct
the intersection OF Vermont and Rhode Island
avenues, $1,000; Tor inciOsing and improving
the triangular reservation Oh PENNSYLVANIA ay-
enue and 2lSt street, So 900.
EXECUTIVE MANSION AND CAPITOL.
For continuing improvement of reservation
No. 8. $4,000; improvement OF grounds OF old
canal, $4,000; annual repairs Executive man
sloD, SO oOO; refurnisIing, $4,000; fuel and
greenhouses. 5000. For lighting the Capitol
pay OF lamplghters, plumbing, Lamps. lamp
posts. and repairs of all sorts, SIS 90; fusl for
watchmen's lodges and for the greenhouses az
the p' opagating gardens. Il, 900.
Annual repairs at the navy yard and upper
bridges, 81 600; repairing aud extending w4te.
pipes, purchase of aPpar stus TO clean them, AMI
for cleaning the springs for supplying the Gag
ito, the Execute We mansion. anu war AMI N,yy
departments, so. 900; for afiitional work III
materials for completing superstruc:are OF Ihe
Chain bridge, q, $50.
WASHINGTON AQURDuoT.
For engineering, maintenance and general
repairs, $1,000; building wooden fence around
government land at Great Falls, g., 800; for
NJ
Al 900; for paving roadway over Griffith Park
bridge, and over Cabin John bridge with
asphalt, $500; fer four magnetic dial instru-
mehts, ia connection with the telegraph line
from Great Falls To Georgetown, 81 100; con-.
tipuing matchmaking conduit road, 5000.
Improvement OF Agricultural department
grounds, slB, 100.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Treasury building, annual repairs, sN,0o0;
emodelling OF heating apparatus in south aud
east wings, sSS. i:s0i for continuation Of con-
struction of the building for the State, War and
Navy departments, 500 900; for furniture for
the new building TO be occupied by the State
department., all2, 900. ito be available lmmedi-
ately;) for furniture and repairs OF the same,
and for carpets for public buildings under the
water and miscellaneous items required by
ianitOrs and watchmen in public buildings uu-
der control Of the Treasury department, s225,-
600; for heating apparatus for buildings under
control Of the Treasury department, $500 900;
for heating and lighting the south wing OF the
new building for the State. War and Navy de-
Dartments. 20