Fiirrrronrrrn oonennss. sms. 1. ou. ses. isms. 261 To enable the Board of Ordnance and Fortiiication to procure and *f&¤·P°"9;c S¤¤· test one eight-inch caliber high-power gun, cast in one piece, on the °ai>0i1ir;:i$}1r1$'n.J. plan of R. J. Gatling; and the Secretary of War is hereby authorized G“*““¥ f‘” "°“*’· °°°· and directed to contract with said Gatling for said gun, without advertisement, which gun shall be constructed according to the plans and specifications prepared by said Gatlin g, and under his supervision, and to be subjected to the same test now applied to the built-up gun of the same caliber, and the sum of forty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated to pay for said gun; of which sum eighty—ve per centum shall P=¤y¤¤¤¤f¤· be paid in partial payments as the work progresses, in accordance with the contract to be entered into between the Secretary of War and the said Gatling, and the remainder upon the completion and test of said gun: Provided, That before said contract is entered into, the plans and §*g¤*a¤·>¤; f I specifications for said gun shall be deposited with the Secretary of etc}! m”1°°° P °°°' War, which plans and specifications may be modified, in the discretion of said Gatling, from time to time as the work progresses: And pro- Requirements. vided further, That the said gun shall conform in general form and dimensions to modern ordnance, and shall not therefor diifer materially in form and dimensions from service guns, in order that it may admit of being mounted on a service carriage and in a service emplacement or fortification. Fokir Mormon, VIRGINIA: Repair and maintenance of wharf: For §<>**M°¤?:¤· lg}, twenty fender piles, four hundred dollars; forty thousand feet of dock- °P°m'° "W ° ` ing, three inches by eight feet, laid, one thousand one hundred and twenty dollars; repair freight house, painting house and roof, two hundred dollars; fifty chairs for waiting room, seventy-five dollars; fuel for heating same, forty dollars; oil and supplies for lighting same, twenty-five dollars; six cuspidors for same, six dollars; closet for same with fixtures complete, one hundred dollars; whariinger, nine hundred dollars; laborer, policing wharf, four hundred and twenty dollars; in all, three thousand two hundred and eighty-six dollars; for one—half of said sum to be supplied by the United States, one thousand six hundred and forty-three dollars. Repairs and maintenance of roads, pavements, streets, lights, and R°P¤¤°”°°d°»°*°· general police: For one hundred feet of bulkhead retaining wall, to protect road bed south end of Main street from sea, one thousand dollars; two thousand two hundred and ninety-four square yards vitrified brick pavement, with gutters and drains, complete, for Main street, south end, seven thousand four hundred and fifty-five dollars and fifty cents; six thousand five hundred feet two-inch by twelve-inch by sixteen-foot boards, for sidewalks, ninety-seven dollars and fifty cents; two thousand feet three-inch by four·inch by sixteen-foot scantling, for sidewalks, thirty dollars; three hundred pounds of cut nails, for sidewalks, six dollars; one laborer, driver of cart; policing streets, four hundred and eighty dollars; eight street lamps with posts complete, forty dollars; oil and supplies for street lamps, one hundred and seventy- five dollars; one laborer to care for lamps, three hundred dollars; in all, nine thousand five hundred and eighty-four dollars; for one-half of said sum to be supplied by the United States, four thousand seven hundred and ninety-two dollars. ‘ Maintenance of sewer system: For superintendent, one thousand S¤W¤¤¥¤*¤¤- two hundred dollars; two engineers, at nine hundred dollars each; two P<>=¤¢.1>·472- firemen, at six hundred dollars each; three laborers, at five hundred dollars each; coal, six hundred dollars; waste, oil, and pump repairs, two hundred and nity dollars; sewer pipe, cement, brick, and supplies, three hundred dollars; six thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars; for cnehalf of said sum to be supplied by the United States, three thousand thur hundred and twenty-tive dollars. Approved, June 6, 1896.
