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 398 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 837. 1890. veuowsmusssuou- IM1·RovEMENT OF THE YELLOWSTONE NA·r10NAL PARK: For com- "§f",,,",;,,,,,,,g em leting the road from Upper Geyser Basin to and around Shoshone ¤>¤d¤,<>¤¤·' Lake; thence across the Continental Divide to Yellowstone Lake and River, and down the latter to the Grand Canyon; thence to Yancey’s, to intersect the road from Cook City to Mammoth Hot Springs; in completing the Gibbon and Madison Canyon roads; in improving and maintaining the old road from Lower Basin and Firehole to the Falls of the Yellowstone; in maintaining roads and bridges generally throughout the park, and in making some small mm. extensions to existing roads, seventy-five thousand dollars: Provided That not less than fifty thousand ollars of this appropriation shall work w be M w be expended for work to be let in sections, after advertisement, to {§'V,g°E°,,,,°$${j "mr the lowest responsible bidder or bidders therefor, to be executed under the supervision and ingwction of an engineer officer of the Army. · under the direction of the ecretary of War. sagmrnnm SIGNAL SERVICE. otsmmmmxn- OBSERVATION AND REPORT OF STOBMS. port of norms. Expenses. To be expended by the Secretary of War: For ·expenses of the meteorological observation and the report, by telegraph, signal, or otherwise, announcing the probable approach and force of storms, for the benefit of the commerce and agriculture of the United States, as follows: m¤·¤¤»¤u,••¤. For the manufacture, purchase, and repair and testing of meteorological instruments and instrument shelters, and other expenses in - connection therewith, and the Secretary of War, as he may think proper, may cause to be issued such meteorological instruments (not exceeding onesetvalued at fifteen dollars to anyone county) to, voluntarp unpaid observers, in order to secure meteorological data from suc observers, under regulations to be rescribed by the Secretary of War, eight thousan seven hundredp dollars. ’1'¤1¤s¤¤vhi¤s- For telegraphing reports, messages, and other meteorological information in connection with the o servation and report of storms, one hundred and twenty thousand dollars. couzmgmupsmm For rent, hire of civilian employees, furniture, light, stationery, §,}‘,ff“° °‘ w“'““$‘ ice. stoves and fixtures, repairs, rent of teleplhones, including "exchange service," text-books, lumber, and other expenses of offices maintained as stations of observation outside of Washington, District mm anus m of Columbia, forty-nine thousand seven hundred and ii ty dollars. 'For expenses of storm, cautionary, oishore, cold-wave, and other signals on the sea, lake, and Gulf coasts of the United States, and in the interior, announcing the probable approach and force of storms, including the pay of observers, services of operators, lan- Rm,. sud ,,,,0,, 0,, terns, electric lights, and flags, eleven thousand dollars. •·¤¤¤¤¤¤ For river and flood observations, and expenses in connection there· Umm mgm m_ with, thirteen thousand dollars. r¤>r¤¤· For observations, and expenses incidental thereto, announcinig the probable approach and severity of frosts or rains, for the bene t of hp md I H E he cotton region of the United States, five thousand dollars. For expenses (including paper, printing and lithographing supplies, forms, hire of civilian printers and engravers) of preparing, printing, distributing, and displaying weather maps or weather bu - etrns, and for the maintenance of a printing office, under the direction of the Chief Signal Officer, in the city of Washington, for the printing of the necessary orders circulars, maps, or bulletins, as may be necessary to carry into effect the appropriations made for the support of the Signal Service, fifteen thousan dollars. T°“*""’“"‘““·"‘°‘ or maintenance and repair of all telegraph lines, including rent