Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-12-05
Treasury Transmits Estimate
Of Appropriations to
the House.
THE ESTIMATE is LARGE
List Shows Decided Increase over
Last Year-How Departments Fare
River and Harbor Improvss
ments Are Laid Out.

Washington, Dec. 4.-(By Associated
Press, 1.-The secretary of the treasury
today transmitted to the house of rep
resentatives estimates of the appropri-
ations which will be required for the
service of the fiscal year ending June
Both, 1901. The aggregate of the APP
propriations estimated for is $631, ,0s1,.
994, an increase over the estimates for
the present fiscal year of s434, ,235 1924.
Following is the total recapitulation by
departments of the estimates for neyn
year including the appropriations for
the present fiscal year: Estimates for
1901: Legislative. S9,9s6,oOo; execu-
tive, $257,140; state department, S2.-
1925; treasury department, $780,
171,412; war department, $19O,112,s5
navy department., S4,5s1,6s5; depart-
ment of agriculture, $4,sO6,257 depart-
ment of labor. S172,9so; department of
justice, $6,s79,57o; grand total, s6s1,-
0s1,a94. Appropriations for 1900; Leg
islative, $1o,423,152; executive, s215,-
7os; state department, $24,O39, ,61S;
treasury department, $685. ,41O; war
department, $163,0ss, 1853; navy depart
ment, $51,925,20o; interior department,
sl67,5os.515; postoffice department, ST.
5s9,s51; department of agriculture,
S3,7a6,o94; department of labor, $l72,-
0s0; department of justice, $s,322, orr;
grand total, $596.S46,o70.
Among the estimates for The fiscal
year are the following: Army and
navy pensions, $144,o ,b0O: expense of
pension examining surgeons, $780,
900; all other expenses, $532,2S2, mak-
ing the total account Of pensions, Sl45.-
230,232. This is $3.;,s0 less than the
appropriations for the current year /,
Government buildings are und.r
construction at Aberdeen, S. D., $43.-
800; Chicago. $500,0o0; Dubuque, Iowa,
$4,000; Elgin. ILL.,, $4,000; Freeport,
ILL.,, $37.500; Janesville, Wis, $4,000;
Joliet, Ill, $4,000; Menominee, Mich,
$25,oQ0; Monmouth, H., $2s,5oo; Strea-
tor, ILL.,, $4,000. AMONG the fixed aids
to navigation to cost over $4,000 each
are: Light and fog signals station on
Milwaukee Breakwater, Wis, $4,000;
same at Fishermen's Shoal, Rock Is
land, Wis, $50,0O0; same at Pointe Aux
Barques. near Manistique, Mich, Sa2,-
900; Peshtigo Reef, Wis, for light ves-
sci, $4,000; light fog signal station at
Crisp's Point, Lake Superior. Mich,
$4,000; Rock of Ages, Isla Royal, Lake
Superior, Mich, $4,000; moving light
from Eagle River to Sand Hills, Mich,
$4,000.
Among the river and harbQr irn-
provements estimated for 2nder con-
tinuing contracts on which the sum
asked for is 100000 or more are:
Michigan City harbor, Indiana, $780,
900; Calumet Qllinois) harbor, $780,
900; st. Joseph (NIichigan) harbor,
$3.50, 900; Kenosha (Nyisconsin) harbor,
$141,0O0; Harbor of Refuge. Alilwau-
kee bay, $1O5,OOO; Duluth 1Nlinnesota)
.harbor and Superior (Wisconsin), !,
$s37,oOO; Mississippi river from the
mouth of the Ohio river to Minneapo-
lis, $150,000; Chicago river. $137,0OO;
Illinois and Mississippi canal, Sl,OO0,-
600; Detroit river, 100000; Hay lake
channel, st. Mary's river, Mich, S294,-
115; waterway from Kewesnaw bay to
Lake Superior, Mich, S175,OOO; the to-
tai appropriations asked for on ac-
count of river and harbor improve
ments under the continuing contract
system is $15,5S2, ,626, an increase of
nearly S10,OOO,O0 above the present ap-
preparations. Under the Missouri riv-
er commission $1,000,O0O is asked for,
and under the Mississippi river COM
mission $3,O0O,00O. The total amount
estimated for under the title of public
works is $76,416,225, as against S4o.-
6o3,466, the amount of the current ap-
preparations.