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P. 663: “The ordnance works which have been completed at this station are: the magazine keeper's house and the magazine, upon which objects, there has been expended during the past fiscal year for materials $5,376.76, and for labor $ 145.13; making an aggregate of $ 5,521.89. The works in progress are : shot beds, gun skids, and cranes, new machinery and tools for ordnance department, and repairs at Fort Norfolk; and on these objects there has been expended during the fiscal year for materials $ 915.43, and for labor $ 3,734.16; making an aggregate of $ 4,649.59. Estimates are submitted for completing ordnance building, quay wall at St. Helena, sea wall at magazine, and for an iron crane at Fort Norfolk, amounting to $ 141,265. At the last session of Congress an appropriation was made for commencing the ordnance building. That appropriation will be sufficient for the present fiscal year, and for the next the balance of the estimated cost of this work will be required. A large portion of the lands at St. Helena have been allotted to ordnance purposes, and for the convenient landing of heavy guns, shot, &c, good substantial wharves are necessary. Those in present use are of wood, much decayed and injured by the marine worm, and require renewing. It is deemed best to replace these old wharves by a permanent stone wall, and for commencing this work an appropriation is asked. The sea wall at the magazine has been authorized, and the materials have been contracted for. An estimate is now submitted for its completion, and it is very important that this work should progress without interruption. The iron landing crane is highly necessary, as there is now no convenience at this point for landing heavy articles.”
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. 663: “The ordnance works which have been completed at this station are: the magazine keeper's house and the magazine, upon which objects, there has been expended during the past fiscal year for materials $5,376.76, and for labor $ 145.13; making an aggregate of $ 5,521.89. The works in progress are : shot beds, gun skids, and cranes, new machinery and tools for ordnance department, and repairs at Fort Norfolk; and on these objects there has been expended during the fiscal year for materials $ 915.43, and for labor $ 3,734.16; making an aggregate of $ 4,649.59. Estimates are submitted for completing ordnance building, quay wall at St. Helena, sea wall at magazine, and for an iron crane at Fort Norfolk, amounting to $ 141,265. At the last session of Congress an appropriation was made for commencing the ordnance building. That appropriation will be sufficient for the present fiscal year, and for the next the balance of the estimated cost of this work will be required. A large portion of the lands at St. Helena have been allotted to ordnance purposes, and for the convenient landing of heavy guns, shot, &c, good substantial wharves are necessary. Those in present use are of wood, much decayed and injured by the marine worm, and require renewing. It is deemed best to replace these old wharves by a permanent stone wall, and for commencing this work an appropriation is asked. The sea wall at the magazine has been authorized, and the materials have been contracted for. An estimate is now submitted for its completion, and it is very important that this work should progress without interruption. The iron landing crane is highly necessary, as there is now no convenience at this point for landing heavy articles.”
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.
