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Show REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 61 CI~$cagoR, ock Island ancZ Pad& Railway 0onzpa1zy.-By act of Con-gress approved February 27, 1893 (2i Stats., p. 402 and p. 401 of this report), the Chicago and Rock Island Railway Company (sucoessor to the Chicago, Kansas andNebraskall.ai1way Company) was granted right of way through the Indian Territory, as an extension of its line, begin-ning at a point to be selected by said company at or near Cl~icasha Station, on said railway, in the Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, and r u u n i ~ ~thge nce by the most practica.bl&r oute southeasterly in the direc-tion of Dallas, Tex., to the sonth line of the Indian Territory, and also through the Indian Territory and any Inclian reservations upon a line beginning at or near said Chicasha Statiou and running thence by the most practicable route in a westerly or south\vesterly direction to the west or south line of Oklahoma Territory. No maps of definite location of the extension of the line authorized by this act of Congres~h ave yet been filed for approval. By act of Congress approved February 28,1893 (27 Stats., p. 495 and p. 494 of this report), the said Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company was granted the right to use for railroad purposes two addi-tional strips of iand, each 100 feet in width, lying 011 each side of the ground selected for station purposes, under act of Congress, at. Chicka-sha St,ation, in the Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory; and said rail-way company is also granted a right of way 1,500 feet in length for a U P " in section 2122, township 7 north, range 7 west of the Indian meridian, said right of way to be of the width of 300 feet for a di8t:tance of 400 feet, and for the remaining 1,100 feet the width shall be 100 feet. Further mention will be made of this company under the heading 1' Grants referred to in previous annual reports." PUYALLUP RESERVATION, Z)VASRINGTON. Nortl~ernP acific Railroad Company.-By act. of Congress approved February 20, 1803 (27 Stats., p. 468 and p. - of this report), the North-ern Pacific Railroad Company was granted right of way, not exceeding 60 feet in width, through tllo Puyallup Reservation, Washington, for a spur 1,378 feet in length, from a point on the Cascade branch of said railroad company now constructed through said reservation to the western boundary thereof. Further mention will be made of this com-pany under the heading '1Grants referred to in previons annual reports." Rapid Tra?~siRt ailroad Company.-Under this heading I deem it proper to speak of the eEort of the Rapid Tra,nsit Railroad Company to secure right of way tl~roughth e Puyallup Reservation without first applying to Congress for such right. Under date of November 16, 1892, Mr. Edwin Eells, United 'States Indian Agent of the Puyallup Agency, forwarded to this office for action an application of the Rapid Transit Railroad Company, of Washington, to construct and operate an electric motor line along the county roads which cross the |