Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-12-09
Totals. ...,. s593, o48, 978 s462, o47, ss5


The appropriations for the military
establishment for the fiscal year 1854
amounted to $2S7 .Si1 .44G, and for tho
naval establishment $107 S16.4GS Tho
important items in the estimate for
1900 with the increase in each item
over the estimates for 1899 are as fol-
lowS:-PaY and travelling expenses.
500, 1909 increase S41.443. $40: sub
sistcnce. S17.GS2 49,. increase about
S160OO,OOO: regular supplies quarter
masters department. S14OOO.0OO in
crease $4,000. 600: incidental expenses
luartermastcr's department.. S3.9OOOOO
increase $3.3OO.00O transportation AMI
supplies. S29.S13S75 increase about
S27,3OO,0 900; clothing and pquipagc,
S14. I44,431, increase about S13.GOO.Ouo;
barracks and quarters. S2.jOO.0OO. i'll
crease S1.7J0.0O0: medical and hospital
Department. 50 200 300, increase SLATE
300: ordnance stores and supplies. 81
10000, increase S1.150,0O0; manufac-
ture of arms, 100000. increase $4OO.-
200.
For the naval establishment these
are the principal items:-Pay of navy.
Sl3,226, 40, increase about $4,500.000;
Increase of navy, $10,1924 02, increase
about $1,750OOO; ordnance and ord
nance stores, $1,S75.OOO, increase SSG4,
300: equipment of vessels. 50. 225. $50.
Increase Sal ,S27; provisions, $300O.0O0
increase $1.595.OOO: construction and
'epair, So, 900 600, increase $500. 900; re-
pairs to Constitution. 100000.
Among the items under the head of
public works are:-Post office at Buff
falo. y. Y. 1921 900; Mint Building.
Philadelphia, 100000.
The most important items submitted
| by the lighthouse service are:-FOr
light and for signal stations as fol
ows:-Near Black Ledge. New London,
Conn. $4,000; Hog Island Shoal. Mar
.agansett Bay. II. l.. to replace light
5cssels. $50 900: Mt Green's Ledge Nor
walk, Conn. 100000 at Peck Ledge. Nor
walk. Conn, $4,000; on Chapman
Shoal. st. Lawrence River. $4,000:
| improvements at Tompkinsville, y. Y.
$50 900; lighthouse depot. Buffalo 500
! 900.
The following are the estimates for
public works under the Navy Depart
ment :-Improvements at Portsmouth
Navy Yard. S3OG. 900; at Boston Navy
Yard. S3GT ,OOO mt Brooklyn Navy Yard,
SG12 .O62: at League Island Navy Yard,
S755. 767: at Washington Navy Yard,
800. OO0 at Norfolk Navy Yard, in
Guiding concrete and granite dry dock.
81. 100000 dredging at naval station,
New London. Conn, $4,000; improve
ments at Port Royal Naval Station.
S45. 1000: at Key West Naval Station.
including purchase of additional land.
I12.52O; improvements at Mare Island
Navy Yard. 1851, $50; improvements at
Naval Academy, $2120,OOO.
Under the War Department these es-
Inmates are made:-Gun and mortar
batteries, $4,410,000; armament for for
tifcations. $7071,99S The total a
mount asked for Notifications and
other works of defence is So, 151,S9S.
For the buildings and grounds at West
Point, there is asked $239,77S, and for
construction of buildings at military
posts, $1,000,000
The total amount asked for continu-
ing improvements of rivers and har-
bors, is SOS, 523, rs, the largest items
being:-Buffalo harbor $4S5, 49S; har-
Dor of refuge. Delaware Bay. $5S7 800;
Providence River and Narragansett
Bay. II. l., 100000; removing obstruc-
hons Ill East NV Il anu iiNl pl'V ~
York. 100000; improving Harlem Riv-
er. 100000; improving Hudson River,
100000; improving Delaware River,
$500. 600; harbor of refuge at Cape
Ann. Mass. $3.50. 900; harbor of refuge
at Point Judith II. l., 100000; break
waters at New Haven, Conn. 100000;
continuing Improvement, New York
harbor, n. Y. 100000; Tonawanda
River and Niagara River, n. Y, $780,
300; Rattan Bay, n. j., 100000
The Postmaster General estimates
the deficiency in the postal revenues
for 1900 at 81, 265, SSS.
The estimate for army and navy pen
sions is $144. OOO,O cost of pensions
service, 81 .233, $50; total, $145, 233, 500
This is nearly $4,O00,000 increase from
lhn Ronrns fnr the last fiscal wear.