The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-05
Secretary Gage Makes Estimates of
Appropriations Required.
MORE MONEY IS WANTED
EXPENSES WILL GREATLY Ex-
CEED THOSE OF LAST YEAR.
Asks For the Sum of 1851 ,OS1, 1894,
Which Is In Excess Of the Esti-
mates For the Present Fiscal Year
of S3S, O33, 616-The Estimates In
Detail.

Washington. Dee. 1.-THE secretary
the house of representatives estimates
of appropriations required for the serv-
ice of the fiscal year ending June so.
1901. The aggregate of the appropria-
tions estimated for is S631. 0S1. 1894. an in
crease over the estimates for the pres
ent fiscal year of $3S. 0S3. SIC. and an in
crease over the appropriations for the
present fiscal year of 34.235.024. Fol-
lowing is the total reorganization by
departments of the estimates for next
year. cents omitted
Estimates for 1901: Legislative. So
1886. 251: executive, S257. 140; state de-
partment, S2,133,27S; treasury depart
ment, s1S2,11,442; war department.
$190, 1l2,S51: navy department. s76.469.
$50; interior department, sla4.66o, sal;
postoffice department, 81. 5Sl $50. depart
ment of agriculture, S4.306,257; depart
ment of labor. s172,9 department of
justice. s6.279.570. Grand total, 1851, OS1,- a
1894.
Appropriations for 1900: Legislative.
$40. 423. 152; executive, S215.10S; state de-
partment. s2i.ess, SIS; treasury depart
s163. 0SS. 35s: navy department. S51.s25,-
eco: interior department, S161. 502.51
postoffice department, $1.125.S51: de-
partment of agriculture, S43, 126.094: de-
partment of labor. S1l2. $50; department
of justice, IS, 522,077. Grand total. $685.
S46,97
Details of the Estimates.
Among the estimates for the next
fiscal year are as follows: Army and
navy pensions, $144. coo. 600; expenses of
pension examining surgeons, 81, 600;
all other expenses. S530.232. making the
total on account of pensions. S145, ESQ.,
ic 81 9S0 than the
priations for the current year. New
Jail, penitentiary and other buildings at
Sitka. Alaska, $4,000; laboratory ma
rine hospital service. $4,000; govern
ment buildings at Abilene. Tex. S3I,-
500: Beaumont. Tex, S3l 500; Butte.
land. o., 100000; Baltimore, 100000;
Helena. Mont, S129, 7s1; indianapolis.
$500. 600; LeaGville. Colo, $4,000; Los
Angeles, Cal. 100000; Oakland, Cal.
$500. 900; Omaha, $3.50. 900; Philadelphia
mint. 1851, 375; Salem. Ore, $4,000;
quarantine station, San Diego. Cal,
$40. $50: quarantine station. San Fran.
cisco, S137,500
Fixed aids to navigation to cost over
SO. 900 each, as follows: Sabine bank
light station. Texas. $4,000; light and
for signal station, Sabine pass, Texas,
$40. 600; light and fog signal station.
Point Buchon. California. SS3. 600; Hum
boldt bay, California. $4,000; relief light
vessel, Pacific coast, $4,000; light vessel
of Cape Mendocino, California, $4,000;
light and fog signal station mouth Co
lumbia river, Oregon, $4,000; same.
Burrows island. Washington. $4,000;
same, Semiahmoo, Washington. $4,000.
Money For Navy Yards.
Important increases in approprla-
tions are asked for improvements and
extensions of the following navy yards
and naval stations:
For the navy yard at Portsmouth. N
h, S6c2, 000: increase nearly s3O0,OOO;
navy yard at Boston, S1.97S, 300; increase
about 81, 400. 900; naval station at New
London, $4,000; increase, $4,000; navy
yard at Brooklyn. $1,9TI.0o0; increase
nearly S1,000,000; navy yard at League
Island Pa. 81. 963, 092; increase, Sl.663,-
aG0; navy yard at Washington, sS15,Oll;
increase. $3.50 0CG; navy yard at NorIolk,
Va. 81. $40 coo: increase. 81. 0C0, 900; naval
station at Port Royal. 5. c., SsS2,O0O; in
crease. $1,000; naval station at Key
West, s177,000; naval station at san
Juan. Porto Rico, S525. 600; navy yard at
Pensacola. Fla, $4,000; naval reserVa-
ton, Algiers, La, s145,0c0: navy yard,
Mare Island, Cal. 81, 152. 700; naval sta
tion. Puget Sound Wash. S22S,O60;
dredging Dry Tortuga, Fla. $2Oe.OOO;
naval station at havana,
Cuba. $1,000; dry dock at Algiers, Id
$3.50, 600: toward completion OF dry
locks at Portsmouth, n. H.. $500, 600;
Boston. $780, coo; League Island. $1OO, OcO; =
Mare Island, 100000.
For buildings for cadets at the. naval
academy at Annapolis, not to exceed IN
est $685.. 0O0-sS50 900 power house,
naval academy. 100000; storage ware
house work shops. etc, at naval acad-
my, $500. COO: continuation of sea wall
'or gun battery and beacons. $50, coo;
prick subway. $1,000; for purchase of
and adjacent to academy. 1000; for
our new double houses. $4,000.
For Fertilization, Etc.
For purchase of additional land adj
accent to government hospital for in
zane at Washington. SPAS. 600; corstruc- r
ion of gun and mortar batteries. in
,luding works. defense of ports at
Porto Rico, pneumatic dynamite bat
cries. ETC.. $3.50. eco: installation of
Gnge and pI lion finders. S150,O0j; 5 tie;
or Notifications and sea coast. 100000;
of Notifications. sS.9l6.03S;
otal amount asked for Notifications
md other works of defense. s11. 72s. 93S:
or the construction of buildings at mil
tary posts, barracks. etc. for artillery
n connection with project for sea coast
defense s.. 000, 600: for construction of
&c plants at military posts in Cuba,
Porto Rico, Hawaii and the Philippines.
200 0G0: Improvement of Yellowstone
National park, s310. 900. Chickamauga
md Chattanooga National parks. $780,.
co: Gettysburg National park. 100000;
Shiloh National park. $4,000; Vicksburg
National park. $4,000.
For Rivers and Harbors-
Among the river and harbor i'm
estimated for under con-
inuous contracts on which the sum
.sked for is 100000 or more. are the
blowing: Oakland, Cal. harbor $780,.
co; San Francisco harber. $4,000:
San Pedro Cal. harbor S200, 00e; Ever
1T, Wash. harbor, s150.000: Gray's
iarbor Wash. s345.000. Also the fol-
owing river and harbor improvements:
Mouth of Brazos river. Texas. $4,000:
lower Willamette river. below Port
and. Ore. 100000 Columbia river. at
he Cascades Ore. s125,OO0; water way
connecting Puget Sound with Lakes
Union and Washington, 100000
Also harbor improvements. as fol-
ovs: Sa: Diego, Cal. 100000; San
luis Obispo, Cal. s132, 900.
The total amount estimated for I'M
Ter the title of public works is si6.-
1925. as aga nst $40 1856 the amount
f the current appropriations