The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-06
ESTIMATES FOR NEXT YEAR.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT SUBMITS
FIGURES TO CONGRESS-.
Among the Appropriations Asked IL
$500, 600 for Grays Harbor-Henvy
Increase Wanted for Both Navy
and Army Embellishments.

WASHINGTON. De- 5.-In conformity
with the requirements OF the law, the
secretary o. the treasury today transmit
ted 10 congress the estimates OF appropria-
lions required for the service OF the fseaI
year ending June ~. fs-so, as furnished by
the several executive departments Those
estimates include permanent annual ap-
propriasions aegregatlng s5sS, o4s.S1s as
against s1os. s15,sl3. the amount OF the ap-
pr0prsat ton, including deficiencies and mis-
cellaneous. for the fiscal year 1883. and
SIS. S47 .s6S the amount Of the estimates
for Iss3.
For the military establishment estimates
for the year 1850 the more important items,
together with an increase in each item
over estimates FOR 1883. are given as fol-
lows:
Contingencies OF the army s95d.oo1. In
crease $1,000; pay and travelling expenses
of the army Ss5. i31,sts, increase sil. Az. az;
subsistence OF the army sll,ss2. 43I. increase
about $500 co. regular supplies quarter
masters department $l4,UV.n, Increase
sl2.oo. 90: incidental expenses quarter
masters department s3,JS,euo. increase 3d.
o1.AD. transportation Of army and sup
plies s-ssi3.s35, increase about $3.50 90:
clothing and camp and garrison equ!page
Sl4.Ti4. al, Increase about 81. 1860, bar
racks and quarters $4,000. increase 81
75n.y9. medical and hospital department
s.. 1o9.oo. increase sl.s75,00o ordnance stores
and supplies N,7S.o:o. increase 81. 80 go:
manufacture OF arms ssn.ooo, increase
Sf1ooo1
For the naval establishment the follow
Ing are the principal items shown:
Fay OF the navy, sl3. 22s 40, increase
about $4,000; increase Of the navy. Sle.
is2.4oz. increase about l.T5o,0o; outfits for
naval apprentices. bureau Of navigation.
Nl2.5o0, Increase SIS. 100: maintenance OF
naval training station at Yerba BuenA
island. Cal. $4,000 lnew); ordnance and
ordnance stores 81 $4,000, Increase $s64 o.:
SlH, o2I; provisions. $4,000. increase
sl.oOaee: construction and repairs, 500, :
go, increase $4,000; repairs 10 United
States ship Constitution, sl50.90o.
Among the items under the head Of pub
lie works are the following:
building for laboratory, marine hospital
Alaska, $4,000; postoffice building at chi
cago. $4,000; public building at Helena,
Mont, SlJU, go. customs house at Port
land, Or, $4,000: public building at St.
Paul. Mimi, 81; oU; public building at
San Francisco. $4,000.
Following are among the important items
submitted by the lighthouse service:
Light near Point Arugello. Cal. $35 30;
MIA, $4,000; at Point Buchon. California.
$1,000: at battle-ground, Columbia river.
Oregon. 81. 90; on Burrows islands. Wash
tngton SIS coo: AT Semiahmoo bay. Wash
ington. S2o 01u for eleven lighthouse tenders
at an average cost Of about $500 each: for
hghtyessel off Cape Mendocino, Cal, so, coo;
improvements at naval station, Port Royal,
>. C. $4,000: at naval station, Key West,
including purchase OF additional land.
$il2. coo: improvements at Mare Island navy
yard. California 1851, $50; at naval academy,
Annapolis. Md, s2.l90We
Under the war department:
For the improvements at Rock Island ar
senal. Illinois. s225. $50: for gun and mortar
batteries, A,fl0, 600; sites for Notifications
and sea coast defenses, $500, 900: for arma-
ment OF Notifications, 81 o71, 99S.
The total amount asked for Notifications
and other works of defense is ST. Isl. 900;
for buildings and grounds 1T West Point
military academy, s239. us. for construction
OF buildings ut military posts, $l.000 600, for
improvements in Yellowstone national
park. sioo0e; for Chickamauga and Chat
burg national park, S.5, N1: for Shiloh ma
tionai military park. s15,o0o
Total amount for continuing or eomplet-
ing improvements OF rivers and harbors Is
SOS. 5S2.I9s some Of the larger Items being
Humboldt harbor and bay California
sl43fi5; harbor at Oakland, Cal. $133 eco:
hreakwater at San Pedro. Cal, $500. 600:
harbor Al Yaquina. Or. $4,000; Grays har-
Dor. Wash. 500, 90: Mississippi river, from
mouth OF Ohio TO mouth of Missouri rivers
ss123 1873; from mouth of the Missouri to ST.
Paul ssae. $50: from head OF passes to mouth
Of Ohio river 81 5S3. 3}3: Columbia river at
Cascades sl0o.ooo; Columbia and lower VIII
lamette rivers below Portland. siyo0eo; en-
si0oo0a.
The postmaster general estimates the de-
fieency IN the postal revenue for 1900 AZ
81 2G5.9SS The estimate for army and navy
pensions Is siif.ooo.S0. cost OF pension SER
vice. 81 D.. 500