Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-02-16
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most Interesting balls which Congress :
called upon to pass every year Is the
,undry Civil Interesting, because It
conveys % the mind or the general
public soms idsa Of the immense SIZE OF
thss country and the amount OF money
required % run II. As is name indi-
Gates. the blll carries the appropriations
Tor the sundry expenses which are not
provided Tor elsewhere. The money
Tor the army, the navy. the diplomatic
service, the pay OF members Of Con-
gress, the president aud the judiciary
are al provided for in other bills, this
- simply FOR the odds and ends
Tue odds and ends count up 20 =
pretty tidy sum. The bill for the pres
ent year carries total OF over s3l ,0O0,-
ooo, and yet in great many cases the
estimates IS submitted by the Secretary
OF the Treasury were cut down by tho
committee on appropriations, after
having been ia the first instance re-
Guced by the Secretary from the
amount originally submitted u some
OF hls subordinates.
Running over the bill hastily, 1 find
some items which are OF general inter
est. For the erection OF public build
lngs the sum of So, 81, 900 IS appropriate
ed, and this does not include the
amount which Will be required to COM
plete these buildings. In only a very
few cases s the first appropriation suf-
heient for the purpose, and it would be
more than surprising If at the next
Congress extra appropriations should
not 0e asked for.
To print the notes issued from the
Bureau Of Engraving aud Printing an
appropriation of s79S, 900 is required.
The sum of $4,000 is necessary to
enable the secretary of the treasury to
transport silver coin about the country.
A like amount will be expended for the
paper on which United States securities
are printed.
II Is generally known that United
States notes, when they are sufficiently
worn so "a to become dirty and untidy,
are not again issued, but are destroyed.
The notes are placed in machine
known as the macerator, and ground
90 pulp, 40 that there shall be no dan
ger of their being stolen and reissued.
The destruction Is carried on in the
presence of committee of officials APP
pointed by the secretary of the treas
ury. Each member of this committee
receives five dollars a day when on
duty. and the sundry civil bill provides
an appropriation OF $3.50 for this pur-
pose.
To keep the public buildings through
out the country in proper condition
takes good deal OF money. The
salaries of the jsnitors and custodians
amount to 100000 year. while the
furniture, fuel, lights, water, etc, cost
an ADDITIONAL $3.50, ,000. The heating
apparatus costs another 1925. 900, and
the vaults, locks and safes 500, 900.
The expense of maintaining the
secret service which has to do with the
suppression of counterfeiting and the
capture of counterfeiters, amounts to
500. 600. and the same amount is paid
out TO prevent the arrival IN this coun-
try OF Chinese.
The gas and electric light bill of the
capitol, including the pay of the men
who look after the Lighting, amounts TO
81 600 year.
oe
public grounds in Washington entails
an expense OF sci 900.
The White House Is run on economical
principles and yet II costs good deal
of money IN the course of year. Here
are some of the items: For care, repair
and furnishing the mansion, s35, 900;
for fuel for the mansion, greenhouses
and stable, 50 .000 for care and repair
of greenhouses, 5000; for lighting the
Executive Mansion. etc. $4,000, for
electric lights. sl02i; for repair and
care Of water pipes, 81 500.
The Washington monument, which is
the Mecca Of all sight seers to Washing
ton, costs sl2. SEQ.
IL may surprise great many people
90 know that lt requires the large sum
of $685. 600 to supply artificial limbs to
pensioners.
The appropriations for the various
Soldiers homes in different parts of
the country is s.. AZ ,0e3.
The courts take a good deal of money
20 run them. Here are some of the
items: Payment of fees and expenses
of United states Narshsls and deputies.
t675. 600; payment OF district attorneys
and ass stants, si20. 600: for fees OF
clerks, $4,000: for fees of United
states commisso oners. SI0o, ,00o. fees of
Jurors, 5000 ,0o0: fees Of witnesses, ST.
eoo. coo, for support, etc, of prisoners.
sas5 900: for pay of bsiliffs. er.ers.
meals for jurors. etc. S2SS, eco.
The cost Of printing FOR Congress and
the various departments aggregates e..
o45, sec.
secretary Of state Blame has been
the recipient of many congratulations
for his brilliant work IN connection
with the negotiation of the reciprocity
treaties with Brazil and Venezuela. II
il curious 60 note how very Little the
penccratic members Of Congress have
20 say on the subject. When reel 4pracity
vss first talked Of in connection with
the Mckinley tariff hiIl. they laughed
at the scheme and pretended 80 think
that it would never amount 30 much
and was SIMPLY inserted n tie b.il Ne
an election device witch woslld never
s~ain he heard of ss soon "a the elee-
ton was over. Now they find that they
have made a mistake. ard wasie thev
rretef,d to feel satisfied With ssvth sas
which will extend our srsde WITH the
outside world their luhilation q kept
within reasonsbie bounds. They sea
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