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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES.
FEBRUARY 13, 1893.-Ordered to be printed.
Mr. ALLISON, from the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following REPO RT: [To accompany H. R. 10238.] The Committee on Appropriations, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 10238) "making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1894, and for other purposes," report the same to the Senate with various amendments, and present herewith statements showing the a.mounts estimated for sundry civil expenses in the Book of Estimates for 1894, the amounts provided by the bill as passed by the House of E,epresentatives, the amounts rec ommended by the committee, with the items in detail of increase and reduction of House bill, and "the amounts of the sundry civil appropri ation act for the fiscal year 1893. Appended to this report will be found various letters and papers con sidered by the committee appertaining to the bill and the amendments recommended thereto. Sundry civil expenses, 1894. Amount of estimates for 1894 ____ . ____ •.• __ •.•••••.• _•...• _.•••• __ . *$38, 521, 349. 30 Amount of House bill. __ .. _. _.•• __ ... _..... _•..••••.. _.. . . . • . . . • • . . 39, 425, 953. 15 Increase recommended by the Senate committee (net) •.•. ____ .. .••. 924,161.63 Amount as reported to the Senate ...••.. _•.... _...... 40, 350, 114. 78
Amount of act for 1893 __ ••. _.. _.... _ ...• ~ •.. _..•..• _•.... _.. . . • • . . . 27, 665, 076. 93 The items of increase and reduction in House bill recommended by the committee are as follows: ·
INCREASE. Omaha post-office building, Nebraska ... _.• _•••.•••. _...... • • • • • • • . • $200, 000. 00 Port Townsend marine hospital, Washington._. __ .. _.. . . . • • ...... • • • • 30, 000. 00 Troy post-office building, New York .. _._ ...• _.••••••... _•.. _.....• __ . 50,000.00 Washington, D. C., post-office building ..•... ___ .••.•... ___ •..• _. ___ . 150, 000. 00 Chicago post-office building, Illinois .•••••••.••••..••••..•••. _•••••.. _ 112, 000. 00 542,000.00
. "'This amount i_ncludes nothing for rivers and harbors, as no estimate was included m the annual estimates for these purposes. The Chief of Engineers reported "the in amount that can be profitably expended" the fiscal year 1894 as $16 1115 750. (Book of Estiroatesl 1894, :pa~e 207.) ' 2 SUNDRY CIVIL APPROPRIATION BILL
Cedar Point light station, Maryland ...... ---· .•.•.. ---· ..•••...•..••• i25, 000.00 Chicago breakwater light station, Illinois ...... --.....•..•..•••. 15,500.00 Hog Island light_ station,. Virginia .. ·: ... -...... ••... --••...... •••. 30,000.00 Marrowstone Pomt fog-s1~nal, Washington; ...••....••••.••••..•••••• 3,500.00 Saint Catharine's Sound light station, Georgia ...... •...... ••• 5,000.00 Solomon's Lamp light-house, Virginia .••••...... •...... •.. 30,000.00 Wolf Trap light-house, Virginia ...... ••...••...•.•.•...... 70,000.00 Willamette River light 8tation, Oregon ..•••...•.•...•....••...... 6,000.00 Repairs of light-houses, general. ..••...••••..••....••...... •..•. 80,000.00 Repairs of light-houses, special ....•.•...•...... •...... •...• 150,000.00 Salaries of keepers of light-houses ...... •...•.•...... 20,000.00 Expenses of buoy age ...... •...... •....•...... •..•...... •• 70,000.00 30,000.00 tit1r:g b~r°fi~~;s·::::::::::::::::::::::: ==:::: =::::: =::::::::::: =: =: 20,000.00 Survey of light-house sites .•••••••...•••••.•.•••.•.••••..••••.••••••. 1,000.00 556,000.00 Revenue Cutter Service .....•.....•.•.•...•...... •••••... 25,000.00 Engraving and Printing Bureau, new boiler plant ...... ••. 27,800.00 Coast Survey ...... 40,000,00 Astro-Physical Observatory ...•••.....•.•...... •...... •...•.•.•.••• 2,000,00 International exchanges ...... , ...... •.. 5,000.00 North American ethnology ..... _-_ ...... 15,000.00 mithsonian building, repairs ...... •.. 1,000,00 Fish Commission, maintenance of vessels .••••...•...... •...... 3,200.00 119,000.00 World's Columbian Exposition, viz: Government exhibit ...... •..•••...•••..•.•.•.••...•••••••. 201,750.00 Naval exhibit ...... •...... •...... 10,000.00 World's Columbian Commission ...... •• 236,375.00 World's Columbian Commission, for awards, etc.••••.•••••.•••••. 570,880.00 1, 019, 005. 00 Punishment for violations of internal-revenue laws ...... •••••.•.. 25,000.00 Redemption of worn and mutilated United States currency...... •••• 50,000.00 Alaskan seal fisheries, agents, etc ...... •. 12,950.00 Salmon fisheries of Alaska, protection ...... • 5,000.00 Food, fuel, and clothing for native inhabitants of St. Paul and St. George islands, Alaska ...... •...... 19,500.00 Purchase of Tenth street building ...•••...... •...... ••• 35,000.00 Prevention of epidemics ...... 550,000.00 Expenses of entertainment of guests of the Government during World's Columbian Exposition ...... •..•••..... 50,000.00 Pan-American medical congress ...... •...... ••.....•.••. 15,000.00 enate electric.lighting plant ...... •...... •....•..••••• 10,000.00 House electric-lighting plant ....•...•...••..•...•.•...... •.•••.••• 15,392.63 787,842.63 Regi~ters and receivers opand offices ...•••...... •..•.....•. 60,000.00 ontmgent expenses of land offices ...••...... •...... •••...... 25,000.00 Depredations on public timber, etc ....•...... · ...... 40,000.00 Expen es of hearings in land entries ...... 7,500.00 urveyinf the public lands ...... _.. _ .... _.. _ .. _.... . 200,000.00 urvey o private land claims ...... •••....•..•••....•..•..•..••...•.. 20,000.00 352,500.00 Geological Survey ... _•... __ ....••.•.•••••..•... _...... •.••.••••..... 64,000.00 Pavilions for epileptic insane ...... •.•..•...... •...•.•.•.•.•...... 25,000.00 Howard University ...... _...... •...... •.••...... 6,300.00 Rock Island brid!es, care, .etc ...... •..•.•...... •••. 7,500.00 Repairs of ar ena ...... _. _. __ . ___ .. ___ .. _.. _...... _.•...... ••. 10,000.00 Public grounds, Washington, D. C .. _... ____ .. _. _.... _. _...... • 4,500.00 ?tfilitary posts ..... __ ... ____ . _. __ ....• _...... ___ .. ____ ..... _..•...•. 600,000.00 Yellowstone National Park ..••••..•••.•••••••.•••••...••••••••••••••• 25,000.00 SUNDRY CIVIL .A.PPROPRI.A.TION BILL.
Artificial limbs .•....••...••••••••..••••••••••...•....•...••.....••.. $225,000.00 Garfield Memorial Hospital ...... •..•..•••...... •.....••••. 2,500.00 Index of Confederate records ...•...•.•...... •..•.••...... •. 14,600.00 Machine guns, purchase of ...... •...... •..•. 20.000.00 National Home for ])isabled Volunteer Soldiers ...... •. 7,500.00 Payments to widows of deceased justices of Supreme Court ...... •... 16,164.00 Senate expenses...... •••....•.•...... •...... •• 10,000.00 In Total increase ..••••..••••••••.•••• ~ • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . • • • • . . . • • . . 4, 429, 411. 63 REDUCTION, Rockland Lake Light-Station, New York ..••••••••.•.•.•...•••••••••• 20,000.00 Rivers and harbors, namely: Philadelphia Harbor ...... •••....••. . ..•••...... ••...... •.•.. 200,000.00 Hay Lake Channel .. _.• _. _...... •...... _.. 275,000.00 Hudson River ...... ··----· ...... •••...... ••...... 200,000.00 Up_per Mississtppi RiYer ...... •.•....•.•...... •...... • 200,000.00 St. Marys River .. __ ...... • _...... • _...•...... 770,000.00 Great Lakes ...... _... ____ ....•....•..... ·...... 125,000.00 Cascades of Columbia River ...... •....•...... • 550,250.00 Charleston Harbor·..•...... ••••...... •.••.. 100,000.00 Savannah Harbor ...... •...... : . . 250,000.00 Mobile Harbor ...... _...... _.. . 50,000.00 L?wer ¥is~issippi River .....••...... •...... •••. 665,000.00 M1ssour1 River ..••••••....••.• _..•••..... __ ...... 100,000.00 3,485,250.00 Total reduction ...... •.•..••.••••.••.•.••• __ .•....••...•••.... 3,505,250.00 Net increase .••••••••••••••••••••••..••••••••• _. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 924, 161. 63 APPENDIX. LIGHT-HOUSE ESTABLISHMENT* TREASURY DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE LIGHT-HOUSE BOARD. Washington, Feb1·uary 8, 1893. SIR: In relation to the large increase in the item of repairs of light-houses, which last year was eRtimatecl for at $400,000 and this year at $710,427.99, the causes will be found in the following figures: The estimate for urgent repairs to light-houses in the thirteen dis tricts in which light.houses exist was, on July 1, 1892, as per estimates of engineers...... $427, 298, 78 15 per cent increased cost oflabor by reason of eight.hour law...... 61,094. 82 Total ...... •...... •...... •....••.. _... 491, 393. 60 Increase cost of material by reason of eight.hour law...... 21,364.94 Giving a total amount for urgent repairs under conditions exist• ing during the fiscal year 1892-'93 ..• _••..••..•..•..•••... _.... 512, 758. 54 Appropriation repairs of light.houses 1893...... • • • • . . • • • • . . • • • • . 345, 000. 00 Appropriation less than what is needed for repairs which were urgent July 1, 1892...... • . . . • • • • . . . • • • • . . • • . . . • • . • . . • • • . . . . . • . . • . . . • • . . . 167, 758. 54 The repairs for the year from July 1, 1893, to June 30, 1894, will cer• ta.inly not be less than those for the year ending June 30, 1893. Thisa1nonntwas ...... 512,758.54 The additional cost of material uncler the eight.hour law will be ...... 29,910.91 Bein()' lirrhtly in excess of the increased cost for 1893, because during the present fiscal year, a certa,in amount of material on hand and bought prior to the eight.hour law can be used up, but this will have to be bought anew in another year. These amounts together will be ...... 542,669.45 To which add the difference between the appropriation for repairs of 1893 and the amount actually needed .....••.••...... •...... ••.•.•.•... 167,758.54 For that purpose we obtain...... 710, 427. 99 Thi e timate is founded on a very careful examination of the esti mates ubmitted by the engineers of tbe districts and include in no case repairs which can be put off to another year. All of these repairs, if not done during the year, will lead to still greater repairs being nec e ary, for the reason that decay always begets decay. With regard to the increase of the appropriation for expenses of fog signals from $70,000 for the current year to $110,774.83 for nex:t year, the results are obtained as follows: Engineers' estimates, urgent, for 1893 ...... •••.•••••..•..••...... $85, 976. 03 Increase by reason of eight.hour law...... 4,298.80 Total ...... •...... •....•...••...... •...... •.. 90, 274:83 Appropriation, fog signals for 1893 ...•.•..••..••••••.• _.•..•..••...... 70,000.00 Appropriation, short of urgent needs ....••..•• _.••...•••..••..••.. 20,274.83 ' SUNDRY CIVIL APPROPRIATION BILL. 5 For 1894 the estimates are obtained as follows: For general uses of the service ...... •...... ••••••.•...••.. $90, 000. 00 Shortage on appropriation for 1893 ..•.••.••.•••....•.•.•...•.••.•....•.. 20,274.83 Replacing signal at Point no Point ...••• _•••...... •.••• - - -.•.. - - .... - -. . 6, 000. 00 Replacing signal at Egmont Key . . . . • • • • . • • • • . . . • • . . • • • • . • . . • . • . • • . . . • . . 2, 000. 00 Replacing signal at Southwest Ledge .•• _••••. _•••••••..•••.. -•• - . . • . • . • . 12, 500. 00 Total ..•••••••••••• •••••...••••••••••••••••••••.•.••••••.•••••••. 130,774.83 This sum was erroneously transcrib"ed $110,774.83. The last three items are made necessary by the fact that the existing signals at these stations are insufficient, and safety of navigation demands tl;lat they be replaced with others adapted to the needs of the case. The exceedingly heavy ice of the past winter has done a great deal of damage along all parts of the North Atlantic coast. Up to the present time the various dis trict engineers have been unable to make the close examinations which are necessary to determine, with any degree of accuracy, the exact cost ofrepairs at these stations. At many parts of the coast the ice is in such condition as either to prevent access to the stations or else to prevent any close examinations after reaching them. From the reports which have been received from the district engineers during the past winter, and up to the present time, it is estimated that the damage caused by the ice will not fall much short of $250,000 exclusive of light-houses which have been entirely carried away. In Chesapeake Bay alone the damage caused by the ice, either in breaking parts of the structures themselves or of causing such violent blows as to damage to a greater or less extent the lenses and other illuminating ap paratus, will amount to about $80,000 to $100,000. What will happen at other points, as, for example, Delaware Bay and New York Bay when the ice comes out of the Dela.ware and Hudson rivers, can not be told. In both of them the ice is very thick and solid, and in the former, particularly, there are a number of light-houses in mid stream which are exposed to the full shock of all the ice coming down the river. It will be seen, therefore, from a short sketch of the condition of affairs at one or two points what may be expected at many others along the coast from Cape Charles northward. It is with ice very much as it is with :fire, when either is once started, no one can foretell the amount of damage which will be done by the time it shall have passed. This amount of $250,000 for probable damage from ice is asked for in addition to the $710,000 which it is known with certainty that the service requires for the urgent repairs of light-houses for the coming year. The urgent repairs mentioned as cost ing $710,000 are founded on the actual estimates, ca,refully made by the engineers of the different districts. The $250,000 to cover probable damage by ice is, of course, an exceedingly .uncertain quantity; it may be more, it may be less, but under any circumstances that sum ought to be provided. Respectfully, yours, F. A. M4.HAN, Captain of Engineers, U.S. A.., Engineer Secretary. The CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, United States Senate, Washington, D. C. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE LIGHT-HOUSE BOARD, Washington, Feb1·uary 8, 1893. Sm: While I was before your committee this morning I was asked to state the necessity for the substitution of a first-order light for the present fourth-order light at Hog Island, on the seacoast of Virginia. In reply, I have the honor to state that the disastrous wrecks which have .recently occurred in this vicinity demonstrate, in the opinion of the Light-House Board, the pressing need of a light of the first order, and on a tower of appropriate height, on Hog Island. The inclosed recommendation, which was made on page 90 of the Board's annual report for 1892, and in the Board's annual report for each of the last .five years, is renewed: This light is of little advantage, except to vessels running close alongshore. The Board recommends, in ord~r to increase its efficiency as a coast light, the substitu tion of a first-order light for the present fourth-order light. There are unlighted gaps between this light and Assateague on the north and Cape Charles on the south of about 5 miles and 2 miles, respectively, which a first-order lens, placed on a tower 150 feet high, would illuminate. Its range of visibility, which would be more than 18 miles, would intersect the Assateague light in 18 fathoms of water. A first- 6 SUNDRY CIVIL APPROPRIATION BILL. order light on that island would be of (Treat assistance to vessels trading on that coa t. It is estimated that a first-order light can be substituted for the pre ent fourth-order light at Hog Island at a cost of $125,000. 'I here is also inclosed a copy of the estimate for the work sulimitted by the Light Hous Board in its annual estimates for 1893-'94, on page 178 of the current Book of Estimates. Hog fsland light station, Virginia.-Establishing a first-order light to take the place of the fourth-order one now at Hog Island, south side of Great Machipongo Inlet, seacoast of Virginia, $125,000. OTE.-The li"'ht now on Hog Islaud does not illuminate the entire interval be tween Ae ateagne and Cape Charles. It is considered important to commerce that this dan(T rous coast should be fully lighted, and it is therefore proposed to place a fir t-order light on a tower 150 feet high. The Board feels that it would fail in its duty if it did not pressingly invite your attention to the great need felt by commerce for a first-order light-house on Hog Island. Respectfully, yoms, R. D. EVANS, Oom1nande1·, U. S. N., Naval Seet·etat"!J. The CHAIRMAN Oli' THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, United States Senate, Washington, D. C. ENGRAVING AND PRINTING. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, February 10, 1893. Srn: I have the honor to call your attention to the estimates of the appropriations required for this Bureau 'for the flscal year 1894 (Book of Estimates 1893-'94, pp. 165, 223,321, and 326), and to say that the amounts provided by the sundry civil bill which has pa ed the House of Representatives are insufficient to provide the amount of work required by the business of the Department for that year. The amounts pro vided by the House bill are identical with the amounts provided in the sundry civil act of last session for the current year, which have proved inadequate for the serv ic , and it is absolutely necessary for the continued operation of this Bureau during the pr sent year that a deficiency a11propriation of at least $37,000 shall be made. An item of this amount is in the deficiency bill as recently passed by the House of Representatives. During the current year I have been called upon by the Treasurer of the United tate to furnish notes and certificates in excess of his estimate, but, owing to the condition of the appropriations provided for the Bureau, I have been able to do so to av ry limited extent, and if the deficiency asked for is not provided I shall not bo able to me t his demands. 'fhe Treasurer's estimate for the current year was 12,000,000 sheets of notes and certHicates, and his estimate for 1894 is 14,875,000 she t . The timate of the Comptroller of tho Currency for bank notes for the year 1 3 was 1,4-44,000 sheets, and his estimate for 1894 is 1,994,500. The estimate of the ommi Aioner of Internal Revenue for internal-revenue stamps for the current year wa 33,250,000 sheets, and his estimate for 1894 is 35,328,500 sheets. The estimates for mi cellan ous work for the current year was 2,616,655 sheets, and the estimate for the sa.me cla of work for 1894 is 2,706,645 sMeets. Tb pl:ite printino- required by the e timates of i893 was 64,944,865, and the num ber stimated for 1 94 is 741166,272, an increase of a little over 14 per cent, while th estimated cost for 1894 exceeds that ot 1893 about 13 per cent. This does not i11clnde the est,imate of $27,800 for a new boiler plant, or the estimate of $7,000 for a,lt ration of the building. The cost of each one thousand printings of work a,ct ually produced and expenditures actually made in 1892 was $18.3-; the estimated c t p r thou ·and for 1893, including the deficiency item of $37,000, will be $18.34, and th e ·timated cost per thousand for 1894, not including the cost of boilers and alt ration to builcling, will be $18.15. These figures are given to show that t:P,e o t of this work is substantially the same from year to year, and that any reduc tion in th aggregate amount appropriated neces arily results in a reduction of the qnanti y of work which can b executed. Tb public pr• ha. been for month calling attention to the torn and dirtyoondition of th pap r curr ncy of the Government now in circulation, and so general ha b en th d ire to inq rove the condition of this currency that tbe Hon. J. H. Outhwaite, of bio, ha introdu eel a special bill providing for the payment by the Government of the transportation charges on currency sent in for redemption. The amount SUNDRY CIVIL .APPROPRIATION BILL. 7 named in tb::i.t bill, $50,000, jg only sufficient to pay these transportation charges, although the language of the bill makes it applicable to the manufacture of 1;1-e-yvnotes. No part of this money would really be available for the purpose of prov1dmg new notes, and the proper place to make such provision is in the appropria~ions for ~his Bureau. It is, I think, greatly to be desired tha,t Congress should provide sufficient nppropriation to keep the cnrrency of the country in a good, clean condition, and this can not be done with 'any less amounts than are submitted in the estimates for 1894. In the foregoing I have spoken of the ordinary expenses of preparing the notes, stamps, and miscellaneous work of the Bureau. For the next year there is an extraordinary expense required for a new boiler plant. The boilers of the Burean have been in use night and day for a period of twelve years, and the inspector of boilers for this District has officially certified that they are not in a :fit condition to be used after the 1st of June next. The boilers themselves give every evidence of the correctness of the inspector's report. Since the last inspection, May 30 fast, they have required more frequent repairs than ever before, and during the recent cold weather it was with the utmost difficulty that the building of the Bureau was kept warm and the machinery supplied with motive power. I would not assume the responsibility of operating these boilers after the date specified in the inspector's report, for, should an explosion occur and lives be lost, the person responsible for the operation of the boilers would be liable to criminal prosecution. The estimate of a reliable boiler manufacturing company of the cost of a new boiler plant is $27,800, which I earnestly urge should be provided. The item of $7,000 for alteration is not so urgent. While I would like to make the employes of the estab lishment comfortable, I submit it to the judgment of the committee as to whether they will provide for it. There was an item submitted with the estimates of the Supervising Architect for an outbuilding for this Bureau. The necessity for this is very great and is fully set forth in my lette:r to the Secretary of the Treasury on page 321 of the Book of Esti mates. I •can not too strongly urge that this appropriation be made. Very respectfully, WM. M. MEREDITH, Chief of Bureau. Hon. WILLIAM B. ALLISON, Chairman Conirnittee on .App1·opriations, United States Senate. GOVERNMENT EXHIBIT, WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION. W ASIIINGTON, February 6, 1893. Sm: Inasmuch as the sundry civil bill bas passed the House of Representatives with no provision for the continuance of the work imposed upon this board, we beg leave to appeal to you and to the Senate committee to a.mend the measure in this regard. Our understanding-whether justified or not-was certainly explicit· that we were to limit our aggregate expenditures for the Government exhibit to $1,000,000. We have from the beginning had this limitation in view, and have diligently sifted out all features which could not be brought within the lines laid down. Our plans and purposes have been brought to the attention of the committees of Congress as fully and as frequently as opportunity has been given, and we are now arriveu at so late a stage that the failure to supply the means for completion must result in confusion and dfacredit under painfully conspicuous circumstances. The limit of one and a half millions, which has been cited as a reason for the non action of the House, afforded no guide as to Congressional intentions in respect to our special branch of the work. Departmental estimates aggregated more than two millions, and in reply to repeated inquiry as to the basis of reduction to one and a half ~llions, the chairman of the House committee (Mr. Candler) assured repre senta_tives of the board that we were justified in the assumption that one million was mtended for our work, leaving $400,000 for the Government buildings and $100,000 for the expenses of the United States commission. We were powerless to secure the enactment of this division into law and were forced t~ begin our work upon the assumption, resting our faith, however, upon the de~larati~:m of our plans and their warm commendation by the committee referred tom then· formal report to the House of Representatives. (House Report No. 3500 l!,ifty-:first Congress, second session.) · ' ~ve!Y. l?recedent and every circumstance known to experience at the time justified this div1s1on ?f tb_e funds; but there was nothing in the law which prevented the subsequent d1vers10n of the means by Congress, in its wisdom to other purposes and such diversion (if the limit be still cited against us) has act~ally taken place. ' 8 SUNDRY CIVIL APPROPRIATION BILL. The Board of Lady Managers, never contemplated as an independent organization, has been, in effect, created at our expense; the auxiliary congresses and the admis sion of foreign goods were probably never intended to be provided for within the ori rinal limitation, while the functions of the United States Commission have been enlarged fourfold, with corresponding expenditures. . There is now upon the calendars of the two Houses, with favorable committee reports, a proposal to take $50,000 from us for the study of the progress of the col ored. race since emancipation, which, should it become a law in its present form, must still further curtail the work devolved upon us. However great our sympathy with the purposes in view, this study is foreign to the important work in hand and should be provided for upon its merits by an additional appropriation. We have no quarrel with the other great branches of exposition work, and were we called upon oould most heartily commend them to the liberality of Congress; but disloyalty to our own task and a failure to call attention to our especial necessities would leave some share of the responsibility for the consequent shortcomings of the Govern ment exhibit upon our shoulders. We respectfully ask that the provision transmitted by the honomble the Secretary of the Treasury, and to be found on page 237 of the Book of Estimates, be inserted as a enate amendment in the sundry civil appropriation bill, and we ask a hearing by your committee in regard to the matter, and invite the fulleet inquiry in relation tli reto. I take the liberty to append hereto extracts from reports recently received from several of our branches indicating briefly the nature of the embarrassments to which we shall be subjected by failure to receive the appropriation asked for. For the board. Very respectfully, EDWIN WILLITS, E. C. FOSTER, FRED A. STOCKS, H. A. TAYLOR, G. BROWN GOODE, Executive Committee. Ron. WILLIAM B. ALLISON, Chairman Cornmittee on .Appropriations, United States Senate. [By Prof. G. Brown Goode, Assistant Secretary, representing Smithsonian Institution and National Museum, February 6, 1893.) * The plan and estimates submitted to you on June 30, 1892, was largely reduced from the original plan furnished to the Secretary of the Treasury on March 12, 1890, which was by no means an extravagant one to h ave undertaken, in view of the im portance of the occasion and the grea,t expectations of the people who will attend the exposition. Indeed, the exhibition of the Institution, as at that time limited, would not have been so extensive as that made at the exhibition of 1876, though in n arly every respect a better one. As we are at present situated, unless Congress should appropriate the additional sum for which we have been hoping, a still fur ther reduction will be necessary. We shall, of course, send the objects which have been prepared at the expense of the appropriation, but many very conspicuous gaps exi tin the series which we had hoped to exhibit. These can not be filled without additional mouey, and, furthermore, many objects from the museum itself, which we ha_n. hoped to be able to send, can not go owing to the lack of money to provide surtab~e cases and to pay the expenses of transportation. The charges imposed by the railroads and by the people in Chicago for the storage of packing boxes are so norll?ous in comparfaon with what bas been paid by the Government on previous occa ion , that it is evident that the incidental expenses will be very much larcrer ~han eyer before, and that in order to carry out, with present resources and without mcurrrng a deficiency, even the modified plan will necessitate the close t economy and a, v ry considerable diminution of the effect of the exhibition in every direction. In the matter of the decoration of the walls of the exhibition halls with striking oh,j e t in keeping with the collection on the floor belo'w, it will be impossible for us t~ do anything except in the most meager way. 1th rigid conomy an additional $30,000 to our allotment, such as I understand would come to us if Uongress grants the sum asked for, would enable us to make a er ditable exhibition. The effect of any diminution of this amonnt will, in spite of ?ur be t ~fforts, ~doubtedly be preceptiule to visitors, and will prevent the send mg of things which would add much to the effect and value of our display. SUNDRY CIVIL APPROPRIATION BILL. , 9 [By Lieutenant-Commander E. D. Taussig, U. S. Navy, for Commodore R. W. Meade, representing Navy Department, February 3, 1893.] * * * * If * The. principal exhibit, tbe model battle ship, is ready in a skeleton form, but can not be dressed and given a life-Jike appearance, nor be worked as a reality, from the funds now on hand. [By Hon. A. D. Hazen, Third Assistant Postmaster-General, representing Post-Office Department, January 20, 1893.] * * * * * * Very many articles of interest and instruction contemplated for exhibit, and for which arrangements have been made to gather in, will have to be omitted, thus mak ing a less creditable exhibit of postal facilities, etc., than is desirable, or perhaps comparable with the other great nations. [By Dr. Tarleton H. ~ean, representing U.S. Fish Commission, February 4, 1893.] * * * * * I desire -to say that I am endeavoring simply to follow out as nearly as possible the plan of the exhibit prepared by- my predecessor and approved by the Board. None of the items are p laced higher t h an is consistent with the necessities of the collection, but probably I have under estimated the expenses in some directions. However, I believe that if the full amount of $1,000,000 is granted by Congress the Commission can complete its work with the allotment which would probably fall to its share. I trust that the necessity of granting this additional appropriation will be made so clear to the Congressional committees a.s to secure the balance ac tually necessary for a creditable exhibition. [By IIon. H. A. Taylor, Commissioner of Railroads, representing Department of the Interior, Feb r uary 4, 1893.] If no further appropriat ion is to be made and I am to have at my disposal only 15 per cent _of $800,000, or $30,000 less than the amount I expected, then I shall be compelled to stop work on many exhibits now in process of construction and prep aration, and the ext ent and value of the exhibit from this Department will be greatly circumscribed and impaired. Large numbers of articles, which have been already selected and are now ready for shipment, can not be shipped unless further appropriation is made. The plan of inst allation will also be greatly modified if the amount which I had intended to devote to it is withheld. Expensive contracts h a ve already been let for the construction of cases and other n ecessary articles per taining to the inst allation. Many of these cases and articles will not be needed if the exhibit is to be curtailed, and the money invested in them will be practically wasted. [By Maj. Clifton Comly, U. 8. Army, Ordnance Corps, representing War Department, February 6, 1893.J * * * * * The exhibit proposed has been pl anned with the understanding that all the allot ment will be available. Already have two sections here sent in deficiency estimates, which can only be met by the increase of the appropriations to a million dollars, with the proportionate allotment to this Department. . Each sub-division is crippled for the want of this money. The signal section has depended upon it for furnishing a captiYe observation and reconnoitering bal loon; the Ordnance Department h as been unable to illustrate the manufacture of h eavy ordnance ; the E n gineer Department can not have its type fortification. Th WASHINGTON, February 11, 1B9,. Sm: In response to your verbal instructions I have the honor to submit herewith a st:.tement of expenuitures on behalf of the several branches of our work up to Feb ruary 1, together with showings of the available balance for each from present appro priations and of the amounts which each will receive from the appropriations now asked for. It would be misleading, however, to submit these figures without saying that they do not furnish a fair standard of judgment as to the relative necessities or impor tance of work done and remaining to be done. For example, the Navy, whose case has been pressed upon your attention, having planned a single large exhibit, its contracts having already matured, and its avail able and prospective balances are relatively smaller than some others. In other branches the funds have been husbanded for imperative needs in connection with exliiuits fully as important and instructive as that of the Navy. The period of our greatest need is at hand. Exhibits carefully planneu and now at the point of com pletion are to be paid for, while the active and important work of installation, necessarily delayed until the completion of the building, is, as in other branches of the Exposition at large, yet to be done. While heartily commending the Navy to the liberality of Congress, l respectfully ask a further hearing for other branches should you be inclined to favor it at their expense. For the board. Very respectfully, EDWIN WILLITS, Chairman. Hon. WILLIAM B. ALLISON, Chairman Senate Committee on Appropriations, Washington, D. O. Statement of expenditui·es, etc., Board of Management United States Government Exhibits. Expendi• Cash Department. tures. balance. Required. State...... $32,576.84 $7,335.66 $10,088.00 38,246.04 13,114.00 Zia~~~:.·::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ~:: ~t~: !f 56,467.59 28,245.00 8 28,756.83 28,245.00 i~:to1ti~~ ·.:::: :·. :: :: : ·.: :: :: ·.::::: ·.:: ·.: ·.:: :: :: :·. ·.::::::: :: :: :: :: : ~: m: 5i 12,643.94 4, o:l6. oo Interior ...... 65, UJO. 25 54,607.25 30,262.00 ,TnHtice...... 1,279.37 6,703.13 2,018.00 Agriculture ...... ~...... 78, 977. 07 40,760.43 30,262.00 ;1~1ith, ouim:i, ::t!3cl National Museum ...... 65,361.40 54,376.10 30,262.00 1 21,693.11 20,175.00 C~~~~~::t~~ .~~: ::: :: :::::: :::: :: : ::::: :::::: ::::::: :::: :: :::::: •• ~~•. ~~~: ~~. 19,956.25 5,043.00 Total...... 456, 703. 67 341, 546. 33 201, 750. 00 The contingent fund has now been absorbed in a fund raised by an assessment of 5 per c nt, from which all common administrative expenses ( clerical service, janitors, and gua1·dians) are to be paid. NAVY DEPARTMENT EXHIBIT. NA.VY DEPARTMENT, Washington, D. C., January 31, 1899. . IR: The needs of further appropriations to carry out the plans of the representa4 t1ve of the avy Department at the Columbian Exposition are set forth in the in~ clo ed m morandum. The e _pl :_ms are approved by the Department, and it is earnestly hoped that the appropriation of $40,000 may be available. ery respectfully, B. F. TRACY, Secretary. Hon. W. B. ALLISON, United States Senate,. Washington, D. O. SUNDRY CIVIL APPROPRIATION BILL. 11 Necessity and reasons for an appropriation of $40,000 to c?mplete an_d_ conduct the United States naval exhibit at the World's Columbian Exposition. NATURE OF THE EXHIBIT, 1. A full-sized model of a modern armored battle ship, 348 feet long by 69½ feet beam, built on piles in Lake Michigan near a pier leading out_ of the expo~ition grounds. Model built of brick, covered with a peculiar cement which, when pamted, perfectly simulates armor plate; beams of iron and steel, and :fittings generally the same as in a real ship. This part of the exhibit is practically :finished, and when fully completed will, at a total cost of about $70,000, well represent an actual battle ship which would cost not less than $3,500,000. 2. The armanent and equipment of a seagoing modern battle ship ready for com mission. This part of the exhibit is very largely supplied by the Navy Department from actual stores and material on hand and will be available for use hereafter. But many essential articles are not on hand and can not be purchased or made under the regular appropriations except for objects named in those appropriations, hence the necessity for a special appropriation to be immediately available. 3. Small models of other vessels of the Navy, presen1i and past, dry docks, speci mens of armor-piates, naval steam, electrical, and hygienic appliances, food, and clothing, and portraits of naval heroes and other worthies. · This part of the exhibit is already in existence, but money is needed for its pack- ing, transportatien, and installation. . 4. A marine encampment, illustrating the duties and usefulness of marines afloat and ashore, t,he marines in addition to be used as guards. There is at present no money available for this part of the exhibit. 5. Enlisted men of the Navy, sufficient to care for model battle ship and other ex hibits, and to illustrate the naval drills and exercises, and thus to complete an ob ject lesson as to the Navy which it is thought would greatly stimulate interest and recruiting in the service. There is absolutely no money now available for this essential ·part of the exhibit. Thus it is shown that the principal exhibit, the model battle ship, is ready in a skeleton form, but can not be dressed and given a lifelike appearance nor be worked as a reality from the funds now on hand. HISTORY OF THE NAVAL EXIDBIT, When the Board of Management of the Government Exhibit was created by tbe act approved April 25, 1890, Commodore (then captain) R. W. Meade was designated by the President as the representative of the Navy Department on the Board. The board was organized, and at its meeting of October 10, 1890, Commodore Meade proposed for the naval exhibit the plan substantially as outlined above, the chief difference being that the model ship was to be on land, and to be built from the appropriation of $400,000 already made for "a building or buildings for the Govern ment exhibit," asking that not less than oue-tenth of the amount so appropriated should be thus expended. This was the first plan submitted to the board, and received its full and careful consideratiou, and after ample examination and discussion it was approved and authorized as modified, viz, to be built on piles in the lake, instead of on land, and to be paid for from the appropriation for exhibits, instead of that from buildings. The cost was limited to $100,000, and the building contract was formall_y approved by the bo,ard and the Secretary of the Treasury, and, so far as I know, 1s the only detailed plan for exhibit thus submitted and approved. The model battle ship has actually been built for about $30,000 less than the sum authorized; but as its cost is charged to the naval allotment for exhibits, while all the nine other branches of the Government exhibit have their exhibit space pro vided from another appropriation (for buildings), the naval fund for preparation of general exhibits, for transportation, installation, and maintenance, is much more circumscribed than that of other Departments, and the Secretary of the Navy, not being now able to furnish the enlisted men and marines contemplated, the expenses of installation, care, and maintenance, must be greatly increased. HISTORY OF APPROPRIATIONS, The expressed intention and plan of Congress (see Candler Report H. R. No. 3500, second session Fifty-first Congress) was that $1,500,000 might be appropri ated for the World's Columbian Exposition, and an act in pursuance of and em bodying this intention was approved April 25, 1890. The same act created the Gov ernment Board of Management, but failed to state what portion of the total sum named would be appropriated for the task imposed upon this Board. This omission 12 SUNDRY CIVIL APPROPRIATION BILL. was a ource of eriou embarrassment for a time; but upon consultation with the committee which fram d the oricrinal bill it was determined to limit the operations of the Board to an aggr gate of $1,000,000, exclusive of the amount appropriated for bmldings, which sum it was encouraged to believe would be forthcoming. The plan of th Board were thereupon made, and in furtherance thereof percentage allotment wer made to the different Government departments represented. The naval allotment was 14 per cent, which would amount to $140,000, if Congress had appr priated the whole sum agreed upon. The naval plans w re formulated and authorized on that basis, and if that amount had been received, and the Navy Department could now furnish all the material and men expected, no additional sum would be asked for. But Congress at its two ses- ions ince has only appropriated $798,250 out of the $1,000,000 expected; the naval proportion of this was $111,755; but this was decreased by the Board of Management by $5,587.75 for the ''common expenses of the Board,'' and the surrender of $1,500 to secure the erection of a Naval Observatory building, thus leaving only $104,688.25 as actually available for a naval exhibit. H nee without extravagance, want of foresight, or other fault on the part of the Bouru. of Management, or Commodore Meade, the naval exhibit is now in the condi tion of a handsome ship only partly fitted up and without a crew or means to run her; very creditable as far as she goes, but incomplete and unmanned-rather a melancholy spectacle for foreign officials to contemplate and report upon, and mor tifying to our national and professional pride. It must be understood that not all the naval allotment has been spent; on the con trary it ha,s been well husbanded, and on the 1st instant there was an available bal ance unappropriated for special objects of about $24,000 still remaining on hand; but of tbis over one-fourth must be retained until after the close of the exhibition for the return of exhibits, and so much will have to be paid for the transportation of articles already packed at the different navy-yards, and their installation on ar rival, and for their care and safe-keeping, that nothing is left to continue the prep aration of further exhibits necessary to complete the fitting up of the model battle ship, to finisll. off the details of the ship itself, or to provide for seamen and marines to man her, keep her clean, and show her off. APPROPRIATION NOW ASKED. The sum of $40,000 is now asked for as the least amount which will provide, in om satisfactory degree, for the completion and display of the exhibit as already auth riz d. Of this sum, over $30,000 is only what the Navy has been led to ex p t from the previous declarations and action of Congress, and the remainder is to :provic1 , though but scantily, for the unexpected additional expenses caused by the inability of the Navy Department to furnish certain necessary articles and men. EXPENSES OF AWARDS, WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION. PRE E TING AN ESTIMATE TO THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS FOR P.R ID! G FOR THE FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE COMMITTEE ON AWARDS F THE WORLD' COLUMBIAN COMMISSION. on ess of the United States, in the act approved April 25, 1890, determined to mm worate the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America by an xbibi ion of he resources and development of the United States and of the civili- z tion of he new world. • l wa provided in the said act that the nations of the world should be invited to p_ar i ipa~e with us in this exhibition, which invitation was duly accepted by nearly sixty nat1 n , and thus the World's Columbian Exposition became international in it bar cter. ' hatever du y, responsibility, or obligation rests upon that nation which acts a h t w~ nth family of :iations is gathered together, must be met in good faith by th mted tat on th1s occasion. . inter~ational exposition which holds its exhibits together for only six months 1 n aril t roporary and ephemeral in its character. The multitude and variety of ~he objects ex4!libit d maite the general effect kaleidoscopic and confusing. SUNDRY CIVIL APPROPRIATION BILL. 13 The permanent character of an exposition, its enduring monument, is its written biRtory. This recorded history marks the exact point of national and international re sources at the period of the exposition. It is a milestone in the march of civiliza tion. It is through the detailed and critical reports of the international judges and ex aminers that this history is written and recorded. / The act of Congress approved April 25, 1890, directed the World's Columbian Com mission to appoint all judges and examiners, manifestly for the purpose above stated. 'fhis is one of the original and exclusive duties of the National Commission and is entirely independent of the exposition company known as the World's Colum bian Exposition. The National Commission, acting under this direction, at its second session, in November, 1890, twenty-six months ago, decided upon an adequate system of awards, and that fact was duly announced to prospective exhibitors at home and abroad. The act of Congress approved August 5, 1892, made provision for medals and diplomas as symbols of award, thus emphasizing the necessity for the appointment of judges to award them. Every international exposition has recognized meritori ous exhibits by the bestowal of medals, and this recognition has come from judges appointed for that special purpose. The appropriation for the medals and diplomas recognizes the national and gov ernmenta,l character of this special work, otherwise provision therefor would have been exacted from the Exposition Company. The National Commission has adopted a system of awards which had its sugges tion and inception at the Philadelphia Exhibition of 1876. This system is based on the educational and instructive character of an exposition, and it seeks through the competency and personal responsibility of the judges to permanently establish the specific points of excellence and improvement of each exhibit. . The committee on awards presents the following estimate of expenses necessary for the pay of judges to be appointed by the committee on awards, in accordance with the act of Congress approved April 25, 1890, and to award and distribute the medals and diplomas to be provided under the act of Congress approved August 5, 1892: Judges: 225 foreign juffges, at $1,000 ______•••••••••••••••••.•••••••••••••• $225,000.00 434 domestic judges, at $600...... • • ...... • . . •• ••. . . ••••. ••••••. 260,400.00 100 stenographers for judges (2 months, at $100); 100 at $200 ··-··· ••••. 20,000.00 Assistant to the executive commHtee, 18 mouths, at $250 ...... •.. -~. 4, 500. 00 13 clerks, one for each of the 13 committees (12 months, at $130); 13 at $1,560 ...... _...... ••...... •...... •• - • • . 20,280.00 1 chief clerk, 18 months, at $208.33 .... ____ ...... • ...... •.•.. 3,749.94 16 messengers 13, one for each committee, and 3 for committee on awards (6 months at $50); 16 at $300 ...... _.•.. ...•..••..•.••...•.••••• 4,800.00 4 interpreters (6 months at $100); 4 at $600 ...... •••••.•••••••••••..•• 2,400.00 2 office interpreters (18 months, at $50); 2 at $900 ...... •••...... 1,800.00 Expenses of committee, based on 180 days' services of 12 commissioners at $6 per day, and three round trips from their homes, as per the fol- lowing estimates, 12 commissioners at $1,080...... • • • • . . • • . . 12,960.00 Transportation of commissioners: Smalley, Chicago to and from Vermont..... • . . . • . • • . . • • • • $70.00 Sewell, Chicago to and from New Jersey...... 40.00 Thacher, Chicago to and from New York...... 52.00 Lowndes, Chicago to an.d from Maryland...... 50.00 Britton, Chicago to and from District of Columbia...... 50.00 Andrews, Chicago to and from North Carolina...... 50.00 Hundley, Chicago to and fromAlabama...... ••.••..• 50.00 Williams, Chicago to and from Tennessee...... • . • • • . • ,50.00 Cochran, Chicago to and from Texas...... 100.00 Hopkins, Chicago to and from Washington. ___ ...... 130.00 McDonald, Chicago to and from California...... 130.00 King, Chicago to and from Iowa ...... _...... 25.00 Transportation as above._ ...... •.....••....••..•...•••..••••• 2,391.00 Stationary and postage, etc., until June 30, 1894, 18 months ..••.•••••• 12,600.00 Total .••• ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 570.880. 94 14 SUNDRY CIVIL .APPROPR.IATION BILL. EXPLANATIONS. Pay of judges.-A.t Philadelphia foreign judges were paid $1,000 each and domestic judge were paid $600 each. .At foreign international expositions the judges were appointed dir ctly by the Government, and a decoration or order of distinction is be stowed upon a judg~. This is ~eg-arded so highly by reas~n of its ?P~ning the way for it wearer to somal and political honor that the appomtment 1s its own recom pen e. The judges to be appointed at this exposition are to be of an expert charac ter, and in mo t cases will be already in active employment. They will be obliged to relinquish for a time their positions, and during the two most warm and trying months in the year perform arduous and responsible duties at a distance from their home . The um above mentioned will barely cover their expenses while engaged in thi work, and is in no sense intended as a compensation for their services. It would not be fair to confine the appointment of judges to simply those who were rich enough to bear all tl1eir own expenses, and such a course would deprive the Ex po ition of the services of some of the most co1npetent and desirable judges. We would be charged with distributing honors to a favored class. In foreign countries the judges for the most part come from the capital of the country in which the ex position is held. Here we expect to recognize the different sections of our country in the distribution of these appointments. The number of judges is based upon re ports ma RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMEN1S. OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, UNITED STATES ARMY, Washington, D. C., Februa1·y 11, 1893. SIR: There was available January 1, 1893, the following amounts for the following works, deductions having been made from the balances in hand for liabilities in curred and contractors' earning1i in December not paid for, and for contractors' per centages retained from beginning of work and not paid to date: Cascades Canal ...... _...... ••...•.... $331,612 Charleston, S. C ....••...... •.. - - -...... -..• 79,542 Galveston ...... •...... 533,316 Hay Lake Channel ... _...... _...... •...... 289,159 Hudson River ..•...... •..•.•• 184,766 Humboldt Bay ...... -...... - -. 176,950 Lakes Ship Channel ...•...... •...... 374,316 Mobile ...... •.•...•...... : ....••...... • 145,176 Philadelphia ....••...... •...... •...... ••• _..• 585,200 Point Judith ....•...... ••...... •...... •...... •...••.• 75,000 Saint Johns Bar _...... •...... 112,000 Saint Marys River Canal...... ••.....•. 1,188,671 Savannah liarbor ...... •' .•...•...... •...... • 168,058 Great Kanawha ..... _...... ••.••..•..•••.....••...•••.•••••. 200,000 Very respectfully, your obedient servant, THOS. LINCOLN CASEY, Brig. Gen., Chief of Enginee1·1. Hon. WILLIAM B. ALLISON, United States Senate. PRIVATE CLAIMS BEFORE THE SENATE. COPY OF RESOLUTION. Resolved: That the Secretary of the Senate cause to be prepared an alphabetical list of all private claims which have been before the Senate, with the action of the Senate thereon, since the 4th day of March, 1881 (and up to the 4th day of March, 1891), and that he communi~ate the same to the Senate when completed. Offered by Mr. Spooner of Wisconsin, September 26, 1890 • . Passed the Senate September 30, 1890. SENATE. To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay the persons who performed the work of arranging and preparing the index of private claims introduced in the Senate dur ing the Forty-seventh, Forty-eighth, Forty-ninth, Fiftieth, and Fifty-first Congresses, under Senate resolution of September, 30 1890, $10,000, which sum may be expended as additional pay or compensation to any officer or employe of the United States. Revision in Fortieth Congress, Mis. Doc.No. 43, added 361 pages, appropriated. $7, 000 Revision in Forty-sixth Congress, Mis. Doc. No. 14, added 825 pages, ap- propriated. . . • • . . . . • • ...... • • ...... • . . • • • • . • • • • • . • • • • . • • • • . • • • • • • . • . • 4, 250 Present work adds ( estimated) 2,300 pages. At rate ofrev!s~o1.t ~n Fortiet~ Congress amounts to ..••••••••••••••••••••••• 44,600 At rate of rev1s10n m Forty-suth Congress amounts to •••••••••••••••••••••• 11,848 0 S. Rep. 2---81