Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-24
|SUNDRY CIVIL BILL
Was Reported to the Senate
Today.
!
MANY CHANGES MADE
AMOUNT OF HOUSE MEASURE
GREATLY INCREASED.
Office Building and Extension Of
Capitol Cut Out-other Items Of
Much Local Interest
MANY CHANGES MADE

| Much Local Interest.
Mr.. Allison today reported from the COM
mittee on appropriations to the Senate the
sundry civil appropriation bill. The amount
Of the bill as 1t was passed by the House Of
| Representatives was $40. 849. 80. the net in
| crease recommended by the Senate being
s. 429. 7O1. The amount as reported to the
Senate was $50. 279. GEO The amount Of APP
preparations for the current fiscal year were
$50 So, O59.
| The changes made in the bill by the Sen
| ate committee follows:
Increase.
Building for subtreasury at Baltimore,
| Md, 5000; rent of quarters at Cleveland,
Ohio, s. I'll; Ellis Island immigrant station,
extending wings. s35OOO0: Marine Hospital
laboratory, $1,000. Total, 1858. 721. Quaran-
tine stations, namely: Portland, Maine,
$4,000; Reedy Island, Delaware river, S.
600; Gulf station, $1,000: San Diego. Cal,
$1,000. Total, Sex. coo. Light houses, bea-
| cons and fog signals. $1,175, 100. Revenue
cutter service, namely: Construction OF
| construction OF revenue cutter for service
on coast of Maine; SOC. 600: construction OF
revenue cutter for service at Philadelphia,
additional. $4,000; site for depot for the
service. $4,000; improvements Of depot at
Oakland. Cal, $4,000. Total. $500 coo.
Telegraph line for Me-saving service, Wis
consin. 5000; printing contributions from
the National Herbardum. 81 coo: building for
National Museum. $250.00O; National Zoo
logical Park. $4,000. Total. s275. 900.
Fish commission. namely: Clerical force,
9.60O; master and crew of steamer Phala-
rope, 81. 700: maintenance of vessels. $40 900;
| station at Put-in-Bay, Ohio, $500; station
at Mammoth Spring. Ark. $4,000; station
at Neosho, Mo-. 5000: steam launches. ad-
ditional. $1,000. Total, $500.
| Payment to Lilioukalani, former Queen OF
Hawaii, 5000, GOO; mint at Denver. Col. 49,
600; Freedmens Hospital building. $4,000;
Capitol building. repairs and improvements,
| 500, 1876; preservation Of records, general
Wind Cave National Park. $500; Column
| bfa Institution for Deaf and Dumb, addi-
tional building. $4,000. Total. $506. 735
| Armories and arsenals. namely: Rock
Island arsenal-Rebuilding storehouse A.
s1s5 900: new hospital building, SIC, 500.
| Powder depot, Dover. N. j., $625O0; SPRING
field. Mass, $500; Watertown, Mass, $14,-
500. Total, $3.50
Lighting Executive Mansion grounds and
parks, $S45; road to Antietam national
cemetery, $1,000; Balls Bluff battlefield,
5000; military posts, $750.OO0: military
reservation at the Preside. California, S10.-
| eco; Providence Hospital, improvements.
etc. 100000; Garfield Memorial Hospital
building. 100000; harbor of New York.
| protection of new steam tug for $4,000.
| Total, $l,OlS,S40.
| National Home, namely: Central branch,
Dayton. Ohio, 5000 northwestern branch,
| Milwaukee, Wis, Sill 500; eastern branch,
Togus. Me, $4,000; Pacific branch. Santa
Monica, Cal, $4,000. Total. $12e.5O0
| Purchase Of wharf and land at Newport.
/ R. T., $1O0, 600; to carry out treaty between
the United States and Great Britain, $50 600:
compensation and expenses of person to be
| appointed to carry out recommendations of
the second International conference. s25OO:
| Department Of Agriculture, building,, $3.50,
| 600; Department of Justice, care Of build
ings, 1000; penitentiary at McNeiIs Island,
claims. $50. 500; purchase of bust of the late
| President Mckinley, $1,000. Total, $480;0OO.
Total increase, s.. 701-
| Decrease.
| Light house at Mulckiltoe Point, Wash
ington, $4,000; extension of Capitol build
| ing, $500. 600; building for House Of Repre-
sentatives, $75O.OOO. Total decrease, $12T2,-
900. Net increase, So. 429, 701.
| The Capitol Extension.
The Senate committee cut out Of the bill
the House propositions to expend $750.00O
| for the purchase Of site and toward the
construction of an Office building south OF
the Capitol grounds, and also the proposed
| appropriation Of 100000 for the extension
| of the Capitol building in accordance with
Senate conferees will resist the appropria-
ton for an Office building for the House to
| any great extent, but the Senate committee
| will want to know whether the House COM
mittee will receive favorably the Senate, 8
plan for an office building north of the
Capitol grounds. or elsewhere, when it gets
| ready to provide 1t. The appropriation of
100000 for the extension of the east front
| of the Capitol Is likely to receive strong
| opposition from the Senate committee, as
hot In tod Low =
which the Senate committee may want
more time to consider
National Museum Building.
The following provision is added to the
bill for a building for the National Museum:
ITO enable the regents of the Smithsonian
i Institution to commence the erection of a
suitable fireproof building with granite
| fronts for the use of the National Museum.
| to be erected on the north side of the mall
between 9th and 18th streets northwest,
substantially in accordance with the plan A.
| prepared and submitted to Congress by the
secretary Of the Smithsonian Institution
| under the provisions Of the act approved
June %, 1862, $250,OOO Said building COM
| plete, including heating and ventilating ap-
paratus and elevators shall cost not to ex-
coed $3,5OO,OOO, and a contract or contracts
| for completion is hereby authorized to be
entered into subject to appropriations to be
made by Congress. The construction shall
| De III charge Oh BERNARD n. GFeens Superlu-
| tendent of buildings and grounds, Library
| of Congress. who shall make the contracts
| herein authorized and disburse all appropri-
atoms made for the work, and shall receive
| as full compensation for his services here
under the sum Of $4,000 annually In add
| ton to his present salary, to be paid out of
| said appropriations
| Payment to Queen Lii.
The provision for the payment of money
to Queen Liliuokalani is carefully guarded
so that none Of 1t shall go directly to any
agent in the following language: '.For
payment to Liliuokalani. formerly queen of
| the kingdom of Hawaii In full satisfaction
and discharge for all claims, legal and
| equitable. two hundred thousand dollars;
and no part Of this sum shall be paid by
| the United States to attorneys or agents,
but the treasury warrant for said sum shall
be issued to said Liliuokalani and shall be
! delivered to her in person upon her per-
| sonal receipt for the same"
| Freedmen's Hospital.
Provision is made for improving Freed
| mems Hospital as follows:
For the construction Of new Freed
mems Hospital building and accessories on
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