The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-06


Independent offices .... 2,4OO,695
District of Columbia ......... 11,Ss4.928
War :. :. Observation-Disclosures. 200, 461, 645
navy ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1l6029s9l4
Interior :. =. ........ 191, 224, 1872
Postofflce department proper. 1.695,690
Deficiency in postal revenues. 1854, 122
Department agriculture ...... T,6S1,13
Commerce and labor . 14187 913
Justice =. :. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 9,51S.640
Expenses of the postal service are
paid from the postal revenues and are
not estimated for.
The money order business has grown
to such an extent that in the opinion OF
Postmaster General Hitchcock some
change in the method of auditing the
accounts is necessary in the interest of
economy and efficiency. SO that he asks
for an appropriation of $24570, to pur
chase adding machines.
What the Money Is For.
For collecting the corporation tax
100000 is asked. Total estimates re-
quired on account of the forestry ser
vice are $5,043, 700, of this amount 1897, i
500 being for the protection of the &c.
100000 acres recently added to the ma
tional forests.
Secretary of War Dickinson wants
$1,35OOO0 for the encampment and ma
neuvers of the organized militia, as
against an appropriation of $425,000 for
the current year For buildings and
grounds at West Point military acai-
envy S1,OIO,252 is asked.
The SIT, ,724 asked for under the
head of increase of the navy is for the
completion, QUILTING and armament OF
vessels already authorized. For mod
ernizing turrets of naval ships 1854 900
is wanted.
For public works under the bureau of
yards and docks the estimates include:
Navy yard. Boston. los, 900
Naval station Guantanamo. 900
Navy yard, Mare Island. ....... 10Y 900
Navy yard. New York ......... $4,000
Navy yard. Norfolk. ---........-. 100000
Hawaii ............ ............ 2,o45, 900
Navy yard. Philadelphia. 215,000
Navy yard, Puget Sound...... $4,000
For land for a torpedo station
near the Pacific coast of the
United States standardization 145.000
Public Buildings.
Under the head of public buildings
some of the estimates include:
Denver -..................... $2oO'U00
Eureka. Cal. -................... 10000
Kansas City. Kan. 10000
Salt Lake City. 100000
Tacoma. Wash. ................ 100000
The total increase in isthmian canal
expenditures is from $33 63S,000 to $4S,-
O63.524
For public works under the war de-
Partment the estimates include 81. 600 900
for the alteration and maintenance of
the sea coast artillery; $L319,000 for sea
coast batteries in the Philippines; ST.
600, 900 for Notifications in the insular
possessions: 100000 for storehouses at
Manila; $1S3, 600 for completing the mil
itary prison at FIT. Leavenworth; $780,,
900 to complete the army supply depot
at FIT. Mason, Cal; $1,000 for a cavalry
post in Hawaiian territory and $4,000
for the Improvement of the Yellow
stone National park. The interior de-
partment wants $5O0,0O for protecting
the public lands and the attorney gen.
eral 100000 for the detection and pros
ecution of crimes against the govern
ment and the investigation Of the acts
of officers of the United States and ter
ritorial courts.
Senator Myer has submitted esti
mates aggregating 1884, 122 for new
ships for the navy. They came in too
late for insertion in the book of esti-
mates laid before congress today and
will be separately transmitted to that
body by Secretary MacVeagh.