Show o COST OF THE WHITE HOUSE Sum Required Annually to Maintain It and Other Figures Tho white house up to date lifts coat nbont 3000001 of which nenrly ono third has hccn paid for furniture and Interior decoration Originally tho slnto of Virginia Kavo J130000 to build It lIar lnnd nddlttR 72 000 To main aln tho white house coats from 25000 to 50000 n > ear the appropriation for this purpose tirylriK consldernbly But ecry now and then thero Is somt IhlnK exlra to bo paid for and congress Isv I called upon to nUo au extra 30000 or 50000 The biggest pull of Ihlll Mnd ever madp was for 550000 which vns spent a couple of joars aso In a partial rocorstructlon of the Interior In-terior and In Die addition ot wing like terraces jnd an olllco building Kcry now and then n new Bet of china has to ho provided anti usuallj that costs about 25000 rather i blr point of view liepalrs run up o t largo amount nnnnnllv uhlfn rnlnt being an Important Hem The picsldent pets his jiay ever month in the shape of it check or inoro accuratelj spealtliiR n vnr iant for 1GGG7 which Is sent bv messenger to the white house A memorandum of the amount due 16 made out by the auditor for tho stnto dcpnrtmbcnt and IB sent to Iho I warrant war-rant division of the ticasury where It Is examined and marUed us approved The secretary of the treasurj blgns It he comptroller rcrtlflos It as correct cor-rect and then Mr Hoosovelt receives his monc > The smallest warrant over Issued by the treasury depart mcnt was In fnor of ti president of the United States It was for one cent and was forwarded from Washington to Mr Cleveland at Gray Gables tho sum being due to close the account of salary for the fiscal jcar Saturday Evening Post |