Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-08-20

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For lighting the Capitol and Executive
Mansion ss follows; For gas, thirty-fye thous-
and Collars fer pay OF lamp ID teTs,gas stang
plumbing, lamps, lsmP-posts, and for repairs
OF al sorts, fifteen thousand dollars for fnel foT
Snteemen's lodges and for the Greenhouses o.
tbs Propsgsting gardens, one thousand dollars
Tor annual repairs 81 the nsvy-ysrd and
upper bridges, seven thousand dollars; for re-
pairing and extending water-pipas. purchase OF
apparatus 20 clean them. and FOR cleaning the
spslrgs for Supplying the Capitol. the Execu-
~. 1--WE , hSnsios ana War and Navy Departments,
For additional work and materials for COM
Letting s1pers,ructure Of Chain Bridge, includ-
' ing railing, lighting, and painting, foar III Dus-
/ and nins hundred aud eighty dollsrs
Washington squeduct: Fore nsiaeerins, main
| q, liars; for building a wooden fence sroand
&c verr ment land at the CT eat Fals one thous-
ana hve hundred collars; Tor building dwelling
and ONCE az Great Falls three thousand doll ars:
for p> wing tie roadway over Griffith Park Bird re
and oy er Cabin John bridge with asphalt pave
nent. i've thousand eight hundred dollars; for
furnish Nc aud setting four agneto dial instru-
ment. IN connection with the telesrsph-iine
from Gre Falls 10 Georgetown, one thousand
one hundr. dollsrs
For cont. 'uins enchanting of conduit
road, FIVE tho asand doilSrs.
For widenin Sembsnkments along the line OF
the wsshinsts Aquednct, i've thousand dol
lars.
For continuing the work on the new fail IN the
District of Coiun-,hia, fifty thousand dollars
To enable the JOINT Committee on the Library
Il va tOfSTttr 10 rIOCNut plaNe IOr the acCOfnOIa-
ticn of the Library, two thousand collars.
NAVY DEPARTMENT
For hounty TO sesmen, To pay certificate issued
20 State of New Hampshire, seven HUNDRED and
IL rty nine dollars and fifty cents.
NAvY-YARDs AND STATIONS.
For the navy yard az League Island For the
continuation of work and removal OF property
from he Philadelphia nsvy-yard. three hrn-
drt thousand dollars.
Fer the naval station at New London: For
labor, materials, and erectOns. hfty thousand
dollars.
For the navy-yard at Pensacols. Florida: For
commencing the rebuilding OF the repairing
dock. two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
For the hayward at Norfolk, Virginia: For
iron plating shops, fifty thousand dollars.
For the removal of powder magazine from
Norfolk, Virginia, to be expended under the di-
rection OF the Secretary Of the Navy, aud TO
provide for the construction OF a mag aZine at a
more suitable place near Norfolk, forty thou
For the nsvy-ysrd at Mare Island. Califor-
MIA For continuation of work begun, two hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars.
For repairs al the different navy-ysrds and
preservation of the same five hundred thousand
dollars: PrOrided, That the Secretary OF the
Navy be, and he Is hereby, authorized and di-
reeted to make, out OF any money at his dispo-
sal available for that purpose, sufficient and
appropriate compensation and ackno " led : ment
TO the owners, officers, and sailors OF the Brtish
whaling and sealing steamers which contributed
to the rescue of the Survivors of the Polars for
such rescue, and any loss sustained by resson
thereof, and tor their humane and hospitsble
reception, entertainment, and transportation
until they were al finally aud safely landed In
Newfoundland and Scotland Pr1rtisd further,
That the Secretary OF the Navy be authorized
to use, during the ensuing hscsi year, the bal
snce Of appropriation heretofore made TO the
Navy Department for the construction OF q
hoa,lng iron deck, remaining uuexpended, for
double-turreted monitors as the Secretary of the
Navy may deem necessary for the public service.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULrCRE.
improvement of grounds, Department OF
Agriculture: For labor, eight thousand doll .rs;
for repairing concrete roads AMI walks, i've
hundred dollars; for tools, wagons, lawn-mo~
srs, carts, and general repairs of the same, six
Euntred dollars; for improving new grounds
gained by rllng canal, draining, suTfacing,
sodding, and for two cart-aorses, seven thou
sand dollars; in all, sixteen thousand one huu-
dred dollars.
For the museum, to be expended under the
direction OF Professor Glover, fifteen hundred
dollars.
For the purchase of Duby's cryptogsmic
herbarium, much a. may be necessary, not
exceeding one thousand dollars.
For publishing the report Of the Commission
er OF Agriculture for the years eighteen hun
dred aud seventy-two and eighteen hundred
ard seventy-three. fifty thousand dollars.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS UNDER THE SU-
PERNISING ARCHITECT OF THE
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Pcst-othce and subi reasury, Boston, Massa-
chusetts: For completion of building, three
hundred and ffty-two Thousand and twenty
seven dollars.
Custom house, Boston, Massachusetts: For
twenty five thousand dollars.
| Custom house, Charles on, South Carolina:
Fer completion OF building, approaches, grad
'ng, fencing, and paving, one lndred thousand
dOllaTe.
Custom-house ard subtreasury, Chicago. I'LL
ucis: For continuation Of building, seven hum
dTcd ard fifty thousand collars.
Custom-house and post Office, Cincinnati,
Ohio: For continuation of building, six hun
drsd thousand dollars. And the entire cost VI
said building, exclusive OF cost of site, shall lot
| exceed three million five hundred thousand
II dollars.
Ccnrt- house and post-ofice, Columbia, South
Carolina: For CON pletion OF building, one hun
dI ed sDd fifty six thousand eight hundred and
| ninety nine collars and seventy i've cents.
Custom house, courthouse, and post-otfice
building al Evansville, Indiana: For work
building, fifty tn Jusand dollars: Prorided, That
the said building may be built OF stone, and its
cost, exclusive Of the cost Of site, shall not ex
coed two hundred thousand dollars.
Custcm-house and post-office, Hartford,
| Connecticut: For continuation OF building, one
| hundred ana nfty thousand collars. And the
entire cost o! said hui ding shall not exceed four
| hundred thousand dollars.
Custom-house, court house, aud post-ofice,
Memphis, Tennessee: For work ON building,
| fifty thousand dollars.
Custom house at New Orleans. Louisiana:
For completion of building, one hundred aud
ninety-oue thousand dollars; tor payment for
| adjusted accounts for granite work, forty three
thousand three hundred and twenty seven dol
lars and eighty i've cents.
Post-ofice and court house at New York,
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hundred and EiDety-fOur thousand two hun
dred and seven dollars ana eighty-two cents;
for paving, grading. fencing, and sewerage,
| one hundred and fifty thousand dollars; Tor
heating and ventilation, hosting appar atUs,
and machinery, two hundred thousand dollars;
| for furniture including fittings, fixtures coun-
tiers, and carpets, two hundred thousand dol
| lars making, in all, the sum Of one million
three hundred and forty four thousand two
hundred and seven dollars and eighty-two
cents: Prorided, That alterations in the interior
| Of the building shall be made in order 10 pro-
| vide an additional courtroom az an EXPENSE OF
| not more than the sum OF forty thousand dol
| lars; which amount Is hereby appropriated.
COurt-h house and post Office az Omaha, Ne
| braska: For completion OF building, forty five
thousand five hundred dollars; and for furni-
ture, twenty thousand dollars.
| Custom-hou at Portland, oregon: For grad
| ing, fences, and approaches, twenty thousand
| dollars; for furniture, twenty thousand dollars.
| Court house and pOst-office at Philadelphia,
| Pennsylvania: For continuation of the con-
| struction OF the building, seven hundred and
| fifty thousand dollars. And the entire cost of
said building exclusive OF cost OF site, shall not
| exceed four million dollars.
Custom-house and post-ofice at Saint Louis,
| NJ hui