Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-04
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| Estimates tolIs
for 1901. for 1900
Legislative 81. a36. 257 $40, 423 l52
State Department. ....... 2.1ss.a7s 24.1sg GiS
Treasury Department. To-. III. 4l2 1;l. 81 40
War Department. 49, S51 lfs3 USS ..,,S
Navy department %. iG9.690 3l,923 100
Interior department. lT4,66o,s4l 1675n2 $40
| Post Office Department. 4,5Sl,6>5 1,539 SOL
| Dept. of Agriculture. 4,:}o6, .b7 3,726 ogt
Department of Labor. 172.9S0 l72.9S0
department of Justice. 6,2I9.oI0 S,322 or
Grand totals S631 ,0s1 ,994 1896 SAG $40
Among the estimates for the next fiscal
year the following:
Army and navy pensions. $144,Gop,0OO; eX-
penses of pension examining surgeons,
100000; all other expenses, $3.50, 252, max
ing the total on account of pensions $14J,-
23o, 232. This is $3.50 less than the appro-
priations for the current year; new Jail,
penitentiary and other building a Sitka,
Alaska, $4,000 laboratory, marine hos
pital service. $4,000.
Government buildings.
Government buildings at Aberdeen, S. d,
$4,000; Abilene, Texas, $500; Altoona,
Pa, $4,000; Annapolis, Md, $4,000: Bal
timore. Md. 100000; Beaumont, Texas,
$4,000; Blair, Neb., S21,3oo; Bristol, Tenn,
$4,000; Brunswick, Ga, $23.onD; Butte, Mont.
$4,000; Cleveland. Ohio. 100000; Chicago
100000; Dubuque, Iowa, 10000; Elgin Ill,
$4,000. Elizabeth City, \. c.. $4,000; Ell
mira, n. Y, $4,000; Fergus Falls, Mimi,
$4,000; Fitchburg, Mass 100000; Freeport
Ill, S6I ,D' Helena, mont, SlLJ, ifl In
dianapolis, 100000; jamestown, n. Y, $37,
500; GAINESVILLE, Wis. $4,000; Joliet, III,
$4,000; Joplin, Mo- $4,000; Kansas City,
Kan, 500, 900; Leadville. Col, So. 900; Lock
100000; Menomnee, Mich $4,000: Mon
mouth, Ill. S25,5OO; New Brighton, Pa,
S31, 800; New Brunswick, n. j., $4,000; New
iberia, La. $4,000: Newport, VT. $25 900;
Conn, s250oo; Oakland, Cal. $4,000; Oma-
ha, Neb., $3.50 900; Philadelphia mint, $35l,
3I5 Rome, n. Y, $4,000; st. Cloud Mimi,
5000; Salem, Greg, S25,oOO; Streator, Ill.
So, 900; Tampa, Fla, 100000; Winston, n.
c., S2J. 900
Quarantine station. Savannah, Ga. $50
90; Quarantine station. San Diego, Cal.
S2},750; Quarantine station, San Francisco,
Sl37 800.
Aids to Navigation.
Fixed aids TO, navigation to cost over
10000 each, as follows:
Steam fog signal entrance to Cutler har-
Dor. Me, so, 800; light and fog signal sta
ton on Buckle Island, Ne; S14 900; same
at Rockiand breakwater Me, $50, 800: same
at State Ledge, Boston Harbor s42 600;
same at New London, Conn. $45,0oO; same
at Fort WadswUrth, y. Y, $4,000, same on
Pecks Ledge Conn, $4,000; Harbor of
Refuge. Delaware bay, $50 900: light station
off Point No Point, Chesapeake bay, Md,
900; light and fog signal station, Balti-
more harbOr, 10000; same on Ragged Point,
Va, S2h.OO; rebuilding same at Northwest
Point Royal shoal, n. c.. $50, 900; light YES,
sci, Cape Lookout shoals, N c., $4,000;
Cape Fear light, n. c., So 900; Hilsboro'
Inlet light station. Fla, $4,000; Cape San
Bias light station. Fla $4,000; Sand Island
light station, Ala. $50 5000; Sabine Bank
light station, Tex, $4,000; light and fog
signal station. Sabine Pass, Tex, $40 900;
same at Milwaukee breakwater Wis.
$1,000: same at Fisherman's shoal Rock
Island, Wis, $4,000, same at POinte aux
Barques near Manistique, Mich, So, GEO;
Ps.gl filrnr aaP For II,r,t,
llght and fog signal station on Chapman
shoal. st. Lawrence river, So, 900; same To-
ledo harbor, Ohio $37 800; same Middle
Island Lake Huron, $1,000: same Crisp's
point Lake Superior, Mich, $4,000; same
Rock of Ages, Isle Royal Lake Superior
10000; moving light from Eagle river to
SAND Hills, Mich, $4,000; light and fog sig
nal station, Point Buchon, Cal. s88 900.
Humboldt bay, Cal, Sl5,o00; relief iight
vessel, Pacific coast, $50 600; light vessel off
Cape Mendocino. Cal, $50, 900; light and fog
signal station mouth Columbia river Ore,
$4,000; same Burrows Island, Wash s15-
90; same Semiahmoo Wash, s25 coo
Extension of Navy Yards.
Important increases in appropriations are
asked for improvements and extensions Of
following navy yards and naval stations:
For the navy yard at Portsmouth, n. H.,
$500, 900, increase nearly $500 900; navy
yard at Boston, 81 79s, 800, increase about
81, 400, 900; naval station, New London $50
900, Increase, $4,000; navy yard, Brooklyn,
81, 971, 900 increase nearly 81 900 900: navy
yard, League Island Pa, 81 963, 032 in
crease, 81 ,163, 600; navy yard Washington,
SS15017. increase, 500, 900; navy yard, Nor
folk, Va, $3.50, 900, increase, $1,000, 900;
naval station Port Royal, S. c., $3.50 600,
increase, $733.000; naval station, Key West,
Sl1l,@0; naval station, San Juan, Porto
Rico $4,000; navy yard, Pensacola Fla,
$4,000; navy yard, Mare Island, Cal,
81, 162, 100; naval station, Puget sound
Wash, s226.O85; dredging Dry Tortugas,
Fla, 100000; maintenance naval station,
Havana. Cuba, $4,000; dry dock, Algers,
La, $6oOOOO; toward completion of dry
docks at Portsmouth. N. H, $500, 600;
Boston, S400, 600; League Island 500, 900;
Mare Island, $500, 600; for building for cadet
quarters at the Naval Academy, Annapolis.
not to exceed in total cost So, $50 OOO-Ss5O
600; power house, Naval Academy $500 900:
Storage N Warehouse saoo workshops, etc, at
sea wall at Naval Academy, 5000, 600; foun-
dations for gun battery and beacons $50
600; brick subway, s25, 600; for purchase of
land adjacent to Naval Academy 1911 600:
for four new double houses, $4,000.
More Land for St. EIixabeth's.
The purchase Of additional land adjacent
to Government Hospital for the Insane at
Washington, s245, 900.
Construction of gun and mortar batteries
including works for the defense of ports
of Porto Rico, pneumatic dynamite bat
teris. etc, s5,9S000O; installation of range
and position finders. $15O.0OO; sites for for
titications and sea coast defenses, $500, 600;
armament of Notifications, 1916. 038; total
amount asked for Notifications and other
works Of defense. 81. 72S, 93s.
For the construction of buildings at mill
tary posts, barracks and quarters for the
artillery in connection with project for
sea coast defence, $1,000, 900; for construc-
ton Of ice plants at military posts in Cuba,
Porto Rico, Hawaii and the Philippines,
500 600: Improvement of Yellowstone Ma
tional Park, $4,000; Chickamauga and
Chattanooga National Park $780, Gettys-
burg National Park, 800, 600: Shiloh Ma
tfonal Military Park. s55, 200; Vicksburs
National Park, $50, 900.
River and Harbor Improvements,
Following are the river and harbor i'm
provements estimated for under continuing
contracts, where the sum asked for is
| 100000 or more:
Boston harbor, $3.50 900: Buffalo harbor,
$116,661; Buffalo entrance to Erie Basin
and Black Rock harbor. s19s, lib; Bay Ridge
and Red Hook channels Gowanus bay.
New York, s332 o00y Harbor Of Refuge Del.
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