Los Angeles herald., 1891-10-20


of Columbia, 1925 700; furniture and re-
pairs, 100000; fuel, lights and water
STE, OO0
few interesting items: Educating chill.
dren of Alaska, $4,000; repairs of Capitol,
$4,000; lighting Capitol grounds, $4,000;
taking and compiling eleventh census,
Sl,OOOOOO; new pavement in front of execu-
tive mansion, 81 800; care, repair and re-
furnishing White House, expended under
direction of the president, $35,000 lighting
the White House, $14, 900; care of Washing
ton monument, $4,000; national ceme-
terles, $2O9,000; to continue work of fur
nlshlng headstones for unmarked graves
OF Union soldiers, $4,000; artificial limbs,
100000; publication of official records of
war, S235, 600; national soldiers homes
$2,947,O0
Uncle Sans courts cost him good deal
OF money: Marshals and their deputies,
S675,OOO; district attorneys, $3.50, 900; fees of
clerks, $175,000 fees of commissioners,
$lOO,OOO; jurors $3.50, 900; witnesses, 81, OOO,-
900; support of prisoners, s375,O00 bailiffs,
S!35OOO; stenographers. ETC., $150,O00 in
all
United States courts. ..............m.S3 $780, 100
Some more items: Continuing work on
new library of congress, 100000; public
printing and binding, $2,610,000 construc-
S745. OOO. now rood ~ Va1ia 1t.t'sis posIo'
S75 000 innro,,;,,Cr ha.l,o ~ POI NJ
5000. 900: Baltimore s151 noo. raI,,a pll-.''
5000 900: ST Marv,s Rivor on,oi eeoo ooo'
and Hay Lake channel e9oo ooo SO00'OoO'
Total sundrv civil Lief oo, -,
Eridoroo',f 49, o'''4iV'ooo
the An,or;oor, ,,o,,ls rs inuporCallce OF
tbo+ Gov. ~ tir.4 ~ . lounu ~ Cie iacG
to.,, ~ ~ --l9o O. ollio perhaps IN Ihe MS
tHis ,o,,. W. sIsernllenC tne sum spent
70 o. ~ Se@i on Tne navy VIII exceed the cost
VI ono a. my Oncie gam is now spending
rnore man Two ana nan million dollars
VI iiiI val esoaollshnlenU, ana the
e. - oii.'O ~ Oie near future ne Will
Sa,,ar oI1d '' LIE " Speiu lnuch more
az oans - s,i ~ i n 70 10 pay the
raoins ',,U oieo ~ o. ordnance
~ - tl"e'oe oOI,, ~foo,ooV' coal, cord7
a., io e, 20 ona @l'oooooUi
and a. ooo oo0l PROVISIONS
ra,s,;, o. o1E ooo. ooisUr ucVion ana
ooa. 9Oo oolo e nn6 S'lo'-
cre.sa of tho rp' Gooo'0?o or no tne IN
foIIows. BIZ, 49,, et 900 ooo sio'oO: ,ooV' as
s4oo ooo cranos u eioo T ooo' equipmenC
~ so o.. anu
ing mall " '7'0A'' Si~'io''ooO' max
For tbe navy. deror+r,or+ 90, -.o-,
r1,l,o ~,
c. 80 80 i-oV OooU So hucn as thls.
estahlis br,o,,t ona. aU e VI cue nl1liCary
linz 90 -1e 900. ~, g ~ ~ oincers oI Inc
ooo. nav Of az ee A. con S5,9'o'
tired ofyfnors, q ooo ooo7 sl'ooo'Voo' re-
men s195 ooo s,1bS;stO, lovirou ehllsCeo
81 T45 o0o ~, ~ .ne army,
ooo. nnartarrnostans, 1upplies, S~oao,
nortation 40 caI1n and M iu ETarrison
5sTS; Taose 81 TX COO medical department,
~, poe' J.,aoa ard omrnnnition 5000
Mo-. .oor,,itino sfao 600 Total cost Of
wv ~ col ara roo
~ ~ ,,,hol Wet f,,rnsb
VI coulse oon es, ess' 80 n,,a.,,hodt- doos
Cne auUnoii.s ~ p ;tsaIf Sen,tors dro,v
noC aonsoy W p"y ess noo ,,,;ioar,a. awe
s+1oooo sai'rl a. , "o 600 900 1,,ilo.
sentaIlves' o. s', "a ~,
age Ane o noo e Eno antanoto,.
ploy1e9 S"'o'ooo' - 80 ~ .o,.se ,,,,v,o-n
Cne noueo Spou Iif -, 900 ,,,,,oaor,t
VI ie's s ~ .+o,rrar1bic
1--WE no So'O - esis9eu 80 49, -. -
repo op VI 'no pS.S soe oon M 1,oo,.iu
s~o'VVo' vi Ciio eeAl r1e"'I:, iiI,,o., :;
expenses NJ VI Ino ae
s9''ooo' loV"i Se"iiS oo9O Vi 40 400 ooo
Congress.
When we come to the executive depart
ments we lind that the throne does not cost
much in country ike ours. A modest
S102, 200 covers the entire expenses OF tne
presidential Office, salary, clerk hire, STA
tionery, etc. This sum includes the vice
presidents salary, the private secretary's
and the pay of doorkeepers and ushers at
the executive mansion. Cost OF Gne civil
service commission S4l, OoO; department. OF
state, Sl39,OOO; navy department. leXecu-
tive), $3.50, 600; general postoInce (eNecuGlNel,
$S95000; department. OF justice SioS'ooO'
department. OF labor, Sloo'ooo' On account
of its possession ana management OIL the
records OF the war, when are Delng CON
stantly searched IN behalf oil pensioners Dy
a force of 800 clerks, the war department
executive offices cost large sum IN
comparison with the navy department.
81, 793, 900, of which more than mil
lion goes to the record anu pension dl-
vision. The department OF the interior
is the most expensive bureau winch uncle
Sam keeps in Washington IL is, IN tact
number of bureaus IN one-the lana
Office at 100000, the Indian ofllce at $llo-
600, the pension office at S2,llo,oOo, ana the
patent office at $3.50 TO
swell the grand total of the interior de-
partment TO S4'ooo'VOo. lIe treasury ue-
$3,23O,OOO year, not lncluoing S4,ooo'ooo
for collectlng uhe lnCernii 81 %aSo'ooo
Tor cosC Oh suoCreasuI.es, noi yi,ooo,Voo ~
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