Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-12-05
THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Sc. Cages Estimates of Appropriations
for Next Year.
TOTAL OF ever 1851 COO. oO0-THE
ESTIMATES INCLUDE s19O,OOo,0oo
FOR THE ARMY, s76,ooooo FOR
THE NAVY AND s145,c00,000 FOR
PENsIONs-PUBLIC BUILDINGS
AND RIVER IMPROVEMENTS.

WASHINGTON, December 4.-The
Secretary of the Treasury to-day trans
mitted to the House of Representatives
estimates of the appropriations requlr-
ed for the services OF the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1900. The aggregate
of the appropriations estimated for is
1851 ,0S1, 1894, an increase over the csti-
mates for the present fiscal year OF
sSS,03S,616, and an increase over the
appropriations for the present fiscal of
s34,2S5,o24. Following is the recapitu-
lation by departments OF the estimates
for next year. including appropriations
for the present fiscal year, cents emit
ted:
Estimates for 1901: Legislative So
936,257; executive, s257,14o; State de-
partment, s2,1S3,27S; treasury depart
ment. 162,171,442; war department, $780,
1881; navy department., S76,469,690;
interior department, S174,660,841; post
Office department, s4,5S1,6S5; depart
ment of agricultural, s4,906,257; depart
nent of labor, S172,930; department CT
justice, $6,27s,57O; grand total, s031,-
0S1,994
Appropriations for 1900:-Legisla-
tive. s10,423,152; executive, s215, 7OS;
State Department. s24,o39.61S; Treas
ury Department. s165.Ss ,410; War De-
partment. 163,OSS,35S; Navy Depart
ment, s51,925, 200; Interior Depart
ment. s167,502, 515; Postofflce Depart
ment, s1,599,S51; Department of Agri-
culture, s3,726,094; Department of
Labor, $172,9S0; Department of JUS
tice, sS.322,077; grand total. s596,846.
e70.
Among the estimates for the fiscal
year are the following: Army and navy
pensions, $144,000,00O; expenses of
pension examining surgeons, 500, 900;
all other expenses. S530,232, making a
total on account of pensions, s145, 230,-
232, or 1880 less than the appropria-
lions for the current year; govern
ment building at Altoona, Pa, $4,000;
Cleveland, O., 100000; jamestown, N.
Y. $4,000; New Brighton, Pa. $751;
600; Philadelphia mint, s351,375.
Important increases in appropria
tons are asked for Improvements and
extensions Of the following navy yards
and naval stations: For the navy yard
at Portsmouth, Ma H, 100000 in
crease nearly 100000; navy yard at
Boston. s1,79S, 300, increase about ST.
100000; naval station aa New London,
$4,000, increase $4,000; navy yard,
Brooklyn, s1,977,000, increase nearly
$1,000, 900; navy yard, League Island,
Pa, s1,963,092. increase $1,163, 900;
navy yard, Washington, s875,017, in
crease s670,000; navy yard, Norfolk,
Va, s1,640,000, increase $1,000, coo; ma
val station, Port Royal, S. c., sSS2,000,
increase s735.000; naval station, Key
West, $4,000; naval station, San
Juan, Porto Rico, $4,000; navy yard,
Pensacola, Fla, $500; naval reser-
walton, Algiers, La, S145,000; navy
yard, Mare Island, Gala, s1,152, 700;
naval station, Puget Sound, Washn.,
s226,065; dredging Dry Tortugas, Fla,
100000; maintenance naval station,
Havana. Cuba. $4,000; dry dock, AL
giers, La. s65O,00s; toward compile
ton of dry docks at Portsmouth, n.
H., 100000; Boston, $500, 600; League
Island 100000; Mare Island, 100000.
For buildings for cadets quarters at
the naval academy, Annapolis, not to
exceed a total cost s3,536.00-$S50,0B
purchase of additional land adjacent
to government hospital for the insane
at Washington, s245.000; construction
of gun and mortar batteries, including
works for the defense of ports Of
Porto Rico, pneumatic dynamite bat
teries. etc. $3.50, coo; installation of
range and position finders, $4,000;