FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. Il. Ch. 234., 1898. 379 COALING WHARF AT JAPONSKI ISLAND, ALASKA: Coaling wharf, {=~q¤¤¤ki 1¤1¤¤<1. five thousand dollars. A ”Sl`“‘ REPAIRS AND PRESERVATION AT NAVY-YARDS AND STATIONS: For R_¤1>¤ir¤ and prescrrepairs and preservation at navy-yards and stations, iour hundred ”"°“‘ thousand dollars. Toward the construction of four timber dry docks, two hundred thou- rimnm dry attrs. sand dollars each; in all, eight hundred thousand dollars; said dry P°"·P·1°*"’· docks to be not less than seven hundred feet in length, and of other dimensions sufficient to meet the present and probable future requirements of the largest vessels of the Navy and auxiliary ileet. One of —-l<>¤=**i¤¤- these docks to be located at the navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to cost, when completed, not exceeding eight hundred and twenty- ’ five thousand dollars; one at the navy—yard, Boston, Massachusetts, to cost, when completed, not exceeding eight hundred and twenty-tive thousand dollars; one at the navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania, to cost, when completed, not exceeding eight hundred and twenty-tive thousand dollars; and one at the navy-yard, Mare Island, California, to cost, when completed, not exceeding eight hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars; and the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to build one of said docks of granite or concrete faced with granite, and in such case the limit of the cost of said dock is increased two hundred thousand dollars. ~ Toward the construction of one steel floating dock of domestic manu- sm floating awk. iacture which shall be a combined floating and graving dock, two hundred thousand dollars, said dock to be located at the naval reservation —l<>¤¤¤¤¤- at Algiers, Louisiana, to be capable of lifting a vessel of fifteen thousand tons displacement, and twenty-seven feet draft of water, to cost, including moorings and wharf, eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars. The Secretary of the Navy may employ, and pay out of the appro- nxpmmw. priations for dry docks herein authorized, such additional expert aids, draftsmen, writers, and copyists as may be necessary for the preparation of plans and specifications, to an amount not to exceed ten thousand dollars. ' And the Secretary of the Navy be, and is hereby, authorized, under m?u¤g'g;;jf)—;.df)<;1;l8¤¤¤· the limitations hereiubefore provided, to make contracts for the entire rm, p. loss. ` construction of said dry docks, and steel floating dock, and in each case the contract shall be awarded to the lowest best responsible bidder. · The Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized and directed to dfogrjcgj l°°¤*° ¤"• appoint a board of naval officers to determine the desirability of locat· Y ' ing and constructing a dry dock of sufficient capacity to take the largest naval ship in the harbor of Galveston or in the harbor of Sabine Pass, or the waters tributary thereto, Texas, and a dry dock of the same capacity in the waters of Chesapeake Bay above the mouth of the Potomac River; and to report such iinding to the next session of —¤>P<>1'¤· the present Congress; and the sum of one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to defray the expenses of said board. . NAVAL OBSERVATORY: For grounds and roads: For continuing Fwd 0b°*=¤’=°°¤’· grading, extending roads and paths, clearing and improving grounds, tive thousand dollars; building a conduit for underground service for Iivires, pipes, and so forth, five thousand dollars; in all, ten thousand ollars. V Building a double iloor (under the movable floor), twenty-six inch equatorial dome, double doors at entrance to basement, and alterations to machinery, one thousand two hundred dollars. BUREAU on nnmcinn AND Suns-nur. ,m§“gg;;cQ;_M°‘“°m° MEDICAL DEPARTMENT: For surgeons’ necessaries for vessels in d;*¤S°°¤S` “°°°”“‘ commission, navy-yards, naval stations, Marine Corps, and Coast Sur- ' vey, and for the civil establishment at the several naval hospitals, navy·yards, naval laboratory and department·of instruction, museum of hygiene, and Naval Academy, seventy-tive thousand dollars.
