The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-07
CAGES ESTIMATES.
Appropriations Required by the Govern
ment Tor the y xt Tisea, Year.

appropriations required by the Govern
meni Tor the 1t Tisea, Year.
/ Washington. Dec. 6.~-Secretary Gage
to-day transmitted to congress his estt-
mates for appropriations required for
the fiscal year ending June 50, 1899. as
furnished by the several executive de-
partments. The total amount called for
in the estimates is Sl6e 81, sS5, which is
about S., 900, 600 i'll excess pf the appro-
priations for 1895, including deficiencies
and miscellaneous and about sil 900, 900
more than estimated for 1888.
The recapitulation by Items Is as fol-
lows: Estimates Tor 1899. Legislative
establishment. s4. 465. .532. executive es-
tabiishment, S20.0-1,4S4. judicial estab-
ilShnents, Seas,62o; lpreign intercourse.
/ SlSSG. 420t military establishment, SEA-
4-e,043: naval establishments, SO, ,92a 5s9;
Indian affairs, $5.3fa.6I1. pensions. Sl41,-
100; public works, Si3. .364 134. postal
service, S6.04S.1l2, miscellaneous. S361S7,-
4u2. permanent annual appropriations,
ll,S36.2-0; grand total, Sf62, 2,64T .sS5.
IneSe amounts include estimates far
rivers and harbors S4S, 129 100. and forti-
iications and other works of defense
siS,3f9.53l, details Of which already have
been published. The following are some
Of the principal items not of u perma-
nent character, together with important
increases or decreases from present APP
preparations. The amount asked for to
pay expenses &C United States mfnts
and assay offices lis SStS. 300, q decrease
from tAe present appropriation of over
$il4 900. Al Carson City. New. Il reduc-
tlon is made from $50 300 t. SIS, 500. and
al New Orleans from SSl.500 10 Sl5 900,
these two minis To be hereafter conduct
ed as assay offices. An appropriation Of
$1,000 Is asked for an assay office at
Deadwood.
The salary and expenses Of collectors
of internal revenue are reduced about
Sl60,000, and the salaries and expenses
OF agents, etc, lis increased about $3.50
d0e. The general land office asks for
"a 500 for expenses of surveyor gem
eral Of Alaska.
An increase Of $125.o0o is asked for the
bureau OF animal industry; $4,000 is
asked 10 enable the government 10 par
ticipate In the Norway fisheries EXPOSE
tion in 1898
The secretary Of the interior asks for
$4,000 for the relief and civilization of
the Chippewa Indians in Minnesota, To
be reimhursahle sl5n,n00 additional 10
carry out The treaty with the Biackfoot
agency in Montana, sa45 900 additional
to carry out agreements with the Fort
Belknap Indians. The total amount
asked for on account of Indians Is ST.
135,6li, an increase over present appro-
priations Of over S855,01n
Under the head of public works, the
treasury department asks SI00,000 for
the erection Of court house peuiten-
tiary, etc, at Sitka. Alaska; also for the
following amounts for continuation or
completion Of public buildings. Boise,
Idaho, $32. 352 Cheyenne Wyo., $SS.s25,
Chicago. 81 00o 900; Denver tmin1. $780,
600; Ellis Island, ~ Y Immigration sta
tionl, $4,000, Portland, ore, $4,000.
San Francisco, $500 600 Appropriations
are asked for repairs and improvements
at marine hospitals. as follows: Chica-
go. SIC, 75o. Cleveland. $27 $50; Detroit,
$4,000. Evansville, Ind, 10000: San
Francisco, S1S.625. An appropriation of
3a0 600 is asked Tor the construction of a
light house a. Point Aruilie. Cal. $4,000
on Point Buohon. Cal relief vessel for
the Twelfth and Fourteenth Pacific
coast districts. SIS 900: also for d light on
Semimohmo3 bay, Puget Sound, Sc. 900.
The total sum asked for lighthouses,
beaeans. etc. is Se.2os,3lo. The whole
Of the river and harbor esti-
mates. lis $4S,12a. .t60. a. against 9.516412
the present appropriation. The total
postal service deficiency il estimated at
81. 04S. tt2.
The secretary Of the interior asks for
$4,000 10 aid in the protection of tim
Der en public lands, and $4,000 for The
care. etc, Of forest reserves.