Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-08
WHERE THE MONEY WILL co
Estimated Appropriations Slightly in
Excess of Last Year.
SECRETARY CARLISLES ANNUAL REPORT
Head of the Treasury Department In
forms Congress of the Amount
of Cash Needed to Run
the Government.


today transmitted to the speaker of the
appropriations required for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1898. They are capitulated
by titles as follows, cents being omitted:
Legislative establishment, 1879, ,S29; executive
establishment, $40 sos, 1852; judicial establish
ment, 1907 ,12O; foreign intercourse, $20S2,-
1928: military establishment, S2i, ,292, $50; naval
establishment, $32, ,437773 Indian affairs, ST.,
279 9525; pensions, sl4l ,32S,5SO; public work,
$31 43T 061; postal service, $1,2SS 1884; miscel-
laneods, s36,3i4,216 permanent annual ap-
propriations, s12O,O7S,22O. Total, s421 49,
965
The estimates for the present fiscal year
amounted to si1S, ,091 ,073 and the appropria-
tions for the present fiscal year including
the deficiencies and miscellaneous amounted
to S432, ,421 COS
Under the head of public works appropria-
tions, for $4,000 or over are asked for public
buildings as follows: Allegheny, Pa, post
office, S55 900; Boise City, Idaho, postoftice,
etc, Sl30,G69; Cheyenne, Wyo postotiice,
etc, S1S6,969; Denver, Colo, mint building,
5000 900; Helena, Mont, court house. etc,
1927 ,760; Kansas City, Mo, postotRce, ETC.,
S266,OO0; Meridian, Miss, postoffice $4,000;
Milwaukee, Wis, postoffice, etc, 100000;
Neb., court house, S25,000, also 100000 for
extension of limit of cost Of site and building
at Omaha; Pottsville, Pa, postoilice, $4,000;
Portland, Ore, custom house, S20O'OOO;
Pueblo, Colo, postotlice Sl5O,OOO; South
Omaha, Ncb., postofTce, $4,000; St. Paul,
Mimi, postofice, etc, s125OOO; San
Francisco, court house, etc, 100000;
Savannah, Ga, court house, $lT5OO0; for
constructing relief light vessel for the fourth
and fifth light house districts, $4,000; depot
for sixth light house district, $4,000, re-
building the Sand Island light and fog
station in Alabama, $65, 600: also for the con-
structon of light and fog signal stations as
follows On Fisherman's shoals, near Rock
island, in Lake Michigan, $4,000; on Chap
man shoal, st. Lawrence river S2o,oOO; III
Lake st. Clair, Mich, to mark new channel,
$40 900; on Middle island, Mich, $4,000; on
Rock of Ages. off Isle Royal, Lake Superior,
Mich, $50, 900; steam fender, ETC., for third
light house district, Si5,000 on Point
Arguello. Cal, $4,000. The total appropria-
tions asked for light houses, beacons and fog
signals is $1,5O6,775. The appropriations for
these purposes for the present nscal geui
amounted to $lS0,000
For improvements at the League lsianu
navy yard $293,22 is asked.
For housing torpedo vessels at navy yards
MILLIONS FOR DEFENSE.
Under the head of fortifcations and other
construction under recent acts OF congress
of gun and mortar batteries, 100000 for
sites for Notifications and sea coast detenses.
slO5 900 for the preservation and repair of
fortidcations $33, 900 for the construction
OF sea walls ana the embankments. s5.15o.,
600 for torpedoes for harbor Defense and
81 72S 900 for steel breach loading mortars
and 81 507 ,6S6 for reserve supply OF powder
and projectiles. The total estimates Tor
fortifoations and other works of defense is
15,S15 256 which is an increase OF over
100 per cent over the appropriations of the
present fiscal year.
For the construction of buildings and en-
largement OF military posts $l,00O,000 is
asked Appropriations Inder recent acts
are asked for as follows: Improve
ments at Yellowstone National park. $50, 900;
for the Chickamauga end Chattanooga Ma
tonal park, s145,O0U Gettysburg National
park $4,000, and $S7 800 for the Shiloh
National Military park.
Under the act Of June 3, 1896, appropria-
tons for rivers and harbors are requested
as follows: Improving harbor at Savan-
nah, Ga. 100000; improving Cumberland
Sound, Georgia and Florida, 100000; inn
proving harbor at Galveston, Tex, $S00,O0
improving Humboldt harbor and bay, Call
fornia, $500 900; ship canal connecting the
great lakes between Chicago, Duluth and
Buffalo, $1,090,0 900.
The secretary of war in note states
that the above sums are required to meet
the payments for all the works under con-
tinuous contracts at the time hXed by law
for filing these estimates with the secretary
of the treasury For eXaminlton surveys
and contingencies of rivers and harbors
$l00 900 Is asked. The total estimates for
rivers and harbors is IS ,249, 900, and the total
for public works OF all kinds $31 437 ,061.
statement is appended showing the total
amounts required for the improvement OF
rivers and harbors under the acts OF 1890,
1892 and 1896 but which are not yet under
contract. These amount to Sl7 ,500,0 900. The
estimates for army and navy pensions ag-
gregate $140000 900. There is also $35 zoo
asked for to enable the United States gov
ernment to take part in the international
exposition to be held in Paris in 1900. Other
appropriations are required as follows: For
the construction of a steamer for service
in Alaska $4,000; for the establishment
of fish culture at stations on the st. Johns,
Florida, and other eastern rivers $50 900;
for the recoinage of uncurrent silver coins,
$3.50 600; maintaining and improving ma
tional cemeteries, 100000 headstones for
graves of soldiers $25 900: cables for harbor
defenses, $4,000; for maintenance, etc, OF
national homes for disabled volunteer SOL
diers, $26lS,214; for state and territorial
homes, $4,000 for the surveying OF pub
lie lands. 1925 900; for payment of salaries,
fees and expenses of United States marshals
and their deputies, 81 200 900; for furnishing
artificial limbs and transportations. $685.
600; for special experimental work in bal
looming for use of the signal corps. $4,000