The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-12-15
BOOK OF ESTIMATES.
The Amounts Asked of Congress bv thu
Various Departua,t.

The Amounts Asked of Congress- nv ths
Various Departments.
WASHINGTON, Dec 6.--The book of
estimates for appropriations for the
nscal year 1894 and 1895 was sent 10
congress yesterday. The amount esti-
mated necessary to carry on the gov
eminent for the fiscal year is SAIL. $40
o4i, as against estimates for IS94-95 of
s42l, 456,526. The estimates for 1895 are
made up as follows:
Executive. s032So: legislative, $50. Tss
| safe department, s1.853 63s treasure denart-
ment slO $3.50; war department s55 275 40.
navy department, s2s,sss III: interior denart.
| ment slsl 22s. 22o: post office department
| sSl3S,Sd; department of agriculture q 2ss "a Z.
| department OF labor, s16i SO. department Of
| justice, IS, 2T3s4l
| The sum OF s43 oOo is asked for to pay the sal.
aries OF an examining force of thirty clerks in
the civil service commission The work Of the
| examining branch has been more than doubled
| by the extensions of the classified service For
| investigation of the pension service. sjO00 ia
asked as against 8! .0,OO] appropriated for the
present fiscal year. The amount asked for n.
aries and expenses of the bureau of animal in
dustry Is s1O,OOO, q decrease Of si5O so from
the appropriation for the present year The
amount asked for the purchase and distribution
OF seeds Is ss5,D0l as against an appropriation
for sl35.Oo0 for the present year.
For the continental railway commission $50 =.
600 Is asked for ordnance, supplies etc for
the army, sji5,62 an increase OF sisJ,61 for
ordnance stores, etc (navy,) S3O.0JJ is asked
against sOO,oJ gun plant. Washington navy
yard, sllI,0Oj equipment Of vessels, slOOUOoO
against s9S,O0J for the present year For
steam machinery for the Chicago, Hartford
and tugs Standish and Spendwell, $3.50, 100 For
the armament and armor of domestic make for
the vessels authorized by various acts of con-
gress s5.6OO,OO0. Various reductions are made in
the appropriations for expenses in the Indian
service, and the total estimate Is 6,93I, SIG as
against an appropriation of az O9S,01 for tbs
present year
In the pension appropria ions the principal
changes are re uction of $500 00J for pension
payments, an increase of II 90 ZOO TOR fees and
expenses OF examining surgeons and an in
crease OF sltO,OJO for clerk hire at pension
agencies
Under the head OF public works the follow
ing: Charleston. s C, public building $50 900.
Kansas City, Mo, public building, 50 OUOo:
Omaha public building slD0OOO St Paul.
Mimi public building. $4,000 Sioux City. Ia.
publ building, $4,000. elect ic light plant for
court, public building at New York. $1,000.
Chinese exclusion act $4,000 repairs and
preserving public buildings, sl25. LOO total
for public buildings under the treasury depart
ment of II, 3l5. as against an appropriation
OF ,oOJ Tor the present year.
For rivers and harbors a total of sl2 so COZ Is
esI imated for. an increase Of more than sj,OOl,-
OOO over the appropriations for the urrent
year or this T.. D 0,u0J is TO be expended upon
such works as may be directed by congress
Some items in the list are: Galveston Tex.
sDO,9OO. St Mary's river, at the falls Michi.
gan, COUO improving Hay lake channel
Michigan ii 0,c00 improving Mississippi river
from mouth of Ohio river 10 Minneapolis, g..
SIS O1O ,
Under the post office department SD $50 OO)
IS asked for compensation to postmasters an
increase OF II, 20 ,OOD for free delivery sl2 327-
$50 an increase OF over a million: railway
postal-car service. SEQ OJ0,1OI, an increase OF
s22,4JOOO0 1t is estimated there will he postal
deficiency of 1871. 756 for the year which
IN appropriation is asked
Under the head of miscellaneous sIo4Oo1 10
Isked for furnishing artificial limbs as against
~ 100 appropriated for that purpose for the
present year
The estimated appropria ton for the support
II soldiers homes is increased from s3,3is56
o s-,53),l L that for expenses OF protecting
he timber on public lands. from siOUJI to $780,
~; for securing public lands. from $1,000 to
4 O.OOO, and expenses of territorial courts fu
J iah from So, 10 to S7lOW
The following increases are made under the
cad Of judicial fees and expenses of United
tates marshals and depuiies-S 5000 o 81
H. I'd; fees of commissioners and justices of
he peace acting as such, 100000 TO $685. OOJ
ses 10 W theses, So OOD to sl5IOO1 support of
risoners S3gQ0U to $4,000
note accompanying the statement OF appro-
ration made for the present year to paw the s
Sunty on sugar says: THE secretary of he =
easurS having recommended the repeal Of the
lgar bounty W no estimate is made for the
seal year, 1895 In case law is not re- {
ealed all, 1000 will be required Tor the pur.
1se."
No estimate is submitted for the support of
e bureau OF American repu olics