The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-06
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THE GOVERNMENT,
Nearly All Departments
Ask for an Increase.

Washington, Dec. Sin conformity
with the requirements Of law, the sec
rotary Of the treasury today transmit
ted to congress the estimates of APP
preparations required for the service of
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1900, as
furnished by the several executive de-
nartments
Following is the total recapitulation
Of estimates for 1900, cents omitted:
Executive establishment, $22,O0S 112.
Judicial establishment, $7O7, 62O.
Foreign intercourse, 81, S33. OPS.
Military establishment, $145, 431.
Naval establishment, sac, 114,652.
Indian affairs, $7O69.916.
Pensions, $145, 233.S30.
Public works, $56,92l ,0S0.
Postal service, $4,255,SSS.
Miscellaneous, $3I, 314, 203.
Permanent annual appropriations,
SIPS 667, 22O
Grand total. $693, GAS, S78.
The appropriations for the military
establishment for the fiscal year
amounted to $2S7, 841, 446, and for the ma
val establishment, Sl07,S16,4 G8. For the
military establishment estimates for
year 1900, covering the more important
items, together with the increase in
each item over the estimates, for 1898,
are given as follows:
Contingencies Of the army, 1856, 600:
increase, $4,000: travelling expenses of
the army, $50. AGO. 909, increase 1,443,
S42; subsistence, ST. 682, 43I, increase
S16000,000; regular supplies. quarter
masters department, $14, 900 900, in
oil s,as
quarJermasrer's department So $500, 600
increase So. 300, 900; transportation of the
army and supplies, SIS, S13 S75. increase
about $27 800, 600; clothing and camp
and garrison equipage, $14,744417, in
crease about $13 600 coo; barracks and
quarters, 81, SOC, 600, increase 81, 1850, 900;
medical and hospital department, 81
200 POO, increase $1,975000 ordnance
stores and supplies, 81. 1855 900, increase
81, 100 600; manufacture of arms, $780,
Coo increase $500, 900.
For the naval establishment. the fol
lowing are the principal items:
Pay of the navy. Sl3. 336, 40, increase
about$4500; increase Of the navy $40
49,, $40, increase 81, 700 900; outfits for
naval apprentice bureau of navigation,
SIP, 500. increase $78 1850; ordnance and
ordnance stores, $1,875,00O, INCREASE
1854, O00 naval hospital, Chelsea, Mass,
S45, 900
Following are among the items sub
mitted by the lighthouse service;
For a steam fog signal at Little River
Head, Me, S10,50O; for light and fog
signal stations as follows: At Buckle
island entrance to York NarroWs, Me,
S14, 900: to mark channel through Pol
lock Rip shoals off coast of Massa-
chusetts. $50, 600; near State ledge, Bos-
ton harbor, $4,000; near Black Ledge,
New London harbor, CT, $4,000; Hog
island shOal, Narragansett Bay, R. l.,
to replace light vessels, $35,000 at
Green's Ledge, Norwalk harbor, Ct,
$50, 900; at Peck's ledge Norwalk har-
Dor, Ct $10,500; for improvements at
navy yard. Portsmouth, n. H, $306 900;
at navy yard, Boston, 1867 900; dredg
ing at naval station, New London, Ct.
1926 600
Under the war department for Inn
prOVements at WatertoWn arsenal
Massachusetts, S96,240.
The total amount for fortifications is
/! Sl2, 151S9S. The total amount asked
for continuing or completing improve
ment Of rivers and harbors is SIS, 523.
rs, some of the items being as fol-
lows:
Boston harbor, $l6S,751; Providence
river and Nawagansett Bay, $500. 600;
improving harbor at Boston, Mass.
100000; harbor at Gloucester. Mass,
100000; harbor at Newburyport, Mass,
100000; harbor Of refuge at Cape Ann.
$250,000; harbor of refuge at Point Ju-
dith, r. l., 100000; breakwaters at New
Haven, Ct. 100000
The postmaster general estimates the
deficiency in the postal revenues for
1900 at $i,265.SSS,
The estimate for army and navy pen
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