The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-01-04


For completing the range-lights for Craghil Chan
mel Chesapeake Bay in addition to the balance of |
the appropriation approved June tenth, eighteen |
hundred aud seventy two, which may not be eX,
pended on the first of July, eighteen hundred ana
not to exceed the sum Of five thousand
three hundred and twenty-eight dollars and forty
For completing the sea-coast lighthouse at Curri-
tuck Beach, Poyners Hill, North Carolina seventy
thousand dollars.
at Oak Island light-station North Carolina f1ur
| thousand dollars.
sea-coast light Morris Island, South Carolina,
sixty thousand dollars.
Island Soutn Carolina in addition to the balance of
the appropriation approved june tenth, eighteen
hundred and seyenty-t@o which may NOT De expena-
two, not to exceed the sum of two thousand nine
hundred and forty-efsht dollars and ninety cents,
| twenty thousand dollars.
For building iettees protect site of lighthouse
and erection of keepers dwelling at Saint Augustine
lght-station, Florida, twenty thousand dollars.
For constructing iron saIr-tower and keepers
dwelling at Sand Key light station, Florida twenty
For bnilding a lighthouse on the Fowey Rocks
Florida Reefs Florida one hundred thousand dol
lars. -, ,oo. =. -. :. A., ;,
itv of Matthias Point, Port Tobacco Flats, in the
scetion of the Light house Board, forty thousand
dollars; and the appropriation made by the act Of
lime tenth eighteen hundred and seventy-two, for
light to mark the entrance of Shipping Point, Poto
River HTsna snd r Ste 70 and .i' erection Of
,ight bause at Calsieu louisiana in lieu of appro
priation which has reverted to the Treasury, four
Fer rebuilding the lighthouse destroyed in hur-
ricane on Dog Island Saint Georges SOUND Florida,
twenty thousand do lars.
For COMPLETION of the Gulf coast iron light house.
at Timbaer Island, coast of Louisiana, fifteen thou
For completion of improvements at Southwest
Reef Atchafalaya Bay Light station, Louisiana, five
For reminding a light-hou.e and buoy-depot at
Southwest Pass Louisiana, fifteen thousand dollars.
For erecting fog bells at lightsrations the Gulf
of Mexico, the coasts OF Florida Alabama Missis-
sippi Louisiana and Texas, five thousand dollars.
For survey of the Mississippi, Ohio and Mis-
souri, Rivers, to establish temporary lights and buoys
thereon ifty thousand dollars; to be available when
light house districts shall be established on
said rivers by law
| created by the act entitled IAN act making appro-
priations for lighthouses lightboats, buoys, and
fo tn, and providing for the erection and estab
lishment OF the same, and tor other purposes, ap,
proved August thirty first, eighteen hundred and
fifty-two is hereby extended over the Mississippi
Ohio, and Missouri rivers, for the establishment of
such beacon-lights, day beacons, and buoys as may
streams and for this purpose the said DO I'd is here
by required to divide the designated rivers into one
two additional districts to be in all re-
spect similar to the already existing lighthouse dis
trcts and is hereby authorized to lease the neces
sary ground for all such lights and beacons as are
/ used to point out changeabe channels, and which in
For establishing at Presque Isle, beacon-ranges,
light-station Pennsylvania, depot for seasoned lum
| Der, eight thousand dollars.
| For erection of a new beacon at Conneaut light
station, Lake EIie, Ohio, four thousand dollars
| For rebuilding beacon at the Grand River light
| station, Fairport, Ohio, four thousand dollars.
| ton Ohio, five thousand dollars.
| For building two day-beacons in Sandusky Bay,
| Ohio twelve thousand dollars.
For building two -beacons at Maumee Bay,
| Ohio fourteen thousand dollars.
For building keepers dwelling at tn Fert Ora
For erection Of pier-6ead lights on the northern
and northwestern lakes, thirty thousand dollars.
For erection OF fog-sgnas on the northern and
For rebuilding the crib and lower at the Saint
Clair FLATS light station Michigan, ten thousand dol
For building new tower and keepers dwelling at
White River lght-staton, Michigan, fifteen thousand
dollars.
For building a lighthouse at Tues Marshes near
the mouth of York River Virginia, fifteen thousand
| dollars.
twenty thousand dollars Provided, That all tolls on
vessels entering leaving the river shall be abo-
| ished after the light house is completed.
For repairing and rebuilding lighthouse at Rock
Harbo-, Michigan, five thousand dollars.
For the erection of day-beacons on Columbia Riv-
er, Oregon, three thousand dollars.
sary buildings at Cape Flattery light station Wash
| ington Territory, eighteen thousand dollars.
For the construction Of eistern and for repairs at
Smiths Island light-station, Washington Territory
| one thousand five hundred dollars.
For general repairs at Admiralty Head light sta
ton, Washington Territory, three thousand five hun
For lighthouse and fog-signal on Yerba Buena
Island, in the bay OF San Francisco California, ten
| thousand dollars.
For first-cass light -house and fog signal at Pied
ras Blancas, California, the unexpended balance
the appropriation in the act approved June tenthf
! eighteen hundred and seventy-two is hereby con-
tinued and made available; and the balance of the
cen hundred and seventy-two, for the construction
of lighthouse and fog sgnal at Point Fermin ght
station, remaining unexpended, is hereby re-appro-
10 enable the Lighthouse Board to continue its
experiments in relation to tog-bels, or other signals
| for the protection of the commercial marine, five
| thousand dollars.
For building relief light-ship for general service
in addition to the amount heretofore appropriated
fifteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may
WAR DEPARTMENT.
ARMoRIEs AND ARsENALs.
| For Rock Island arsenal Rock Island, Illinois, To
continue work on the woodworking and gun carriage
shop for the arsenal one hundred and fifty thousand
| dollars.
| For new rolling-mill and forging shop for the
| armory, ninety-tive thousand dollars.
Fer roofs, floors, doors, and windows, and other
work for completing the finishing shop, eighty thou
sand and five hundred dollars.
For repairs and completion of stone reservoir, as
follows: For water-tght interior wall floor and
roof five thousand hundred dollars; for water
pipe, and laying the same, five thousand seven hun
dred and fifty dollars; for Rock Island watel power,
| five thousand and four hundred dollars.
For Rock Island bridget For alt rations and re-
pairs and additional machinery qor draw OF the
| thousand and four hundred dollars; one half of
which shall be reimbursed to the government by
| the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Raj road Com
For sewers, building new roads, care and preserya-
| ton of permanent buildings and bridges, building
fences and grading grounds, and repairs and extern
sion of the railroad, twenty thousand dollars.
For new machinery and shop-fxtures for shops,
| fifteen thousand dollars.
For Springfield armory, Springfield, Massachu-
sets: For repairs, and preservation of grounds,
buildings, and machinery, twenty thousand dollars.
| For Benecia arsenal, California: For blacksmith
shop, thirty-fve thousand dollars; for transferring
CHI hr,tId
| new shop-builiings, two thousand three hundred
| and seventy-five dollars.
For repairing roads, buildings, sewers, drains, and
| grading grounds, ten thousand dollars.
For continuing the boring OF artesian well, OF,
it arteslan water is procured for putting down per-
flow of water, tc pump up water to the reservoir,
| five thousand and forty dollars.
For machinery for shops, for fences, and other sim
liar necessaries, four thousand eight hundred and
| eighty-five dollars.
| For repairs of arsenals: For repairs OF smaller
arsenals and to meet such unforeseen expenditures
at arsenas accidents other contingencies dur
dollars dol rs' ''- s 1''' -sN0-S'''' '' "
To enable the Secretary of War to purchase for
the United States or the owners thereof the lot and
| buildings thereon, Immediately west of Winder's
building. on F. street, Washington City, and the
house ard lot in the rear of and Immediately adjon-
| Washington City, thirty-eght thousand five hun
bred dollars, much thereof may be necessary
adjoining Winders building shall not exceed thirty
five thousand dollars, aud the cost OF said property
| adjoining the Army Medical Museum snail not eX-
coed three thousand five hundred dollars, and that
| payment shall not be made for either lot until the
title thereto is perfect and the property free of in
| cumbrance.
is hereby declared that the northern part of
| Woodawn Cemetery, in the city Of Emira, in the
| state of New York. occupied by soldiers graves,
shall be deemed national cemetery far only that
the headstones of said soldiers graves shall be re-
newed and maintained and the graves cared for, I'M
der the provisions of law applicable to national Gem
| eteries.
y That section second of an act entitled can act
making appropriations for the ssupport of the army
for the fiscal year ending June thirtleth, eighteen
hundred and seventy-fve, and for other purposes"
passed at the present session. shall be construed to
direct 1.-THE Third Auditor of the Treasury to certify
to the Secretary of the Treasury the necessary
in the settlement of accounts for steamboats, and
other vessels pending in his Office under the joint
resolution approved December twenty-third, eight
cen hundred and sixtynine, and March third, eight
cen hundred and seventy-one and said sum so GER
titled shall be excepted from the operation of the said
| second section But nothing herein contained shall
be construed to affect the resent jurisdiction OF the
Second Comptroller of the Treasury in this class OF
| cases: PrOuided That the Secretary of War is au-
thorzed to employ not exceeding thirteen enlisted
men tor one year in the Ordnance Bureau.
| To enable the Secretary OF War to begin the pub
| LEGATION of the official records of the OF the re-
| bellon, both of the Union and of the Confederate