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P. 662: “At this station the following works have been completed: battery and ordnance quay, platforms for shot, gun carriage store, and the building for unloaded shells. The amount expended upon these objects during the past year is, for labor $ 4,764.56, and for material's $ 8,306.07; making an aggregate of $ 13,070.63. There has also been expended for repairs of magazine the sum of $ 652.80. For the necessary repairs of the buildings and grounds during the next fiscal year there will be required $ 1,500.”
Source
The executive documents, printed by order of the senate of the United States, first session, thirty-fifth congress and special session of 1858. 1857-1858. 16 Volumes. Washington, 1858.
P. 662: “At this station the following works have been completed: battery and ordnance quay, platforms for shot, gun carriage store, and the building for unloaded shells. The amount expended upon these objects during the past year is, for labor $ 4,764.56, and for material's $ 8,306.07; making an aggregate of $ 13,070.63. There has also been expended for repairs of magazine the sum of $ 652.80. For the necessary repairs of the buildings and grounds during the next fiscal year there will be required $ 1,500.”
Source
The executive documents, printed by order of the senate of the United States, first session, thirty-fifth congress and special session of 1858. 1857-1858. 16 Volumes. Washington, 1858.
