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Show . 98 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. '. . west of the Mi~sourXi iver, together vith a plat of the 640-acre tract of L , ground to be used for railway purposes on the west bank of the said i river and a plat of the trait of 188 acre8 on the east bank, were duly $ , filed with and approved by the Department, and the sum of $15,335.76, which had bren previously paid under the agreements and heId i r ~th e Treasury pendiug their ratiBcatiou, has been applied in accordance with the provisious of the act. . . The total length of the proposed road appears from the approved maps to be 175.23 miles. Paylnent has been made for only 90.1 miles and when the work of construction shall be carried beyond 100 miies west of the Missonri River the additioual payment upon the.remaiuder of this line (85.13 miles), at $110 per mile, will become due. The Dakota Central Railwaj Coinpany failed to file maps of the definite location of its line of railway within the limit prescribed and. therefwe, January 26,1891, this office presented the matter to the De-partment, with a full report of all facts in the case. Indian and Oklahoma Territories.-By act of June 27, 1890 (26 State., 181)? the Chicago, Eamm and Nebraslca Railway Comnpany wae aut,hor-ieed to sell its entire line of road and all i@ railway property in the Indian and Oklahoma Territories to the Chicago, Rock Island and Pa-ci$ c Railway Company. May, 1891, the lat,ter company Bled in this offlce for record a Brst mortgage covering this property, executed to , the United States Trust Oompauy of Xew York. December 4,1890, the attorueys for the Choctaw Coal and Railway Co+~~pafnilye d for record in this offlce a mortgage covering its property: in the Choctaw Nation, exeiuted to the Girard Life Insurance, Annuity, and Trust Company of Philadelphia in the sum of $1,000,000. The act of February 21,1591 p6 Svats., 765), extends theright-of-way aotsof this oompany so that it shall have until February 18,1894, to build. November 3, 1890, the attorneys for the Kansas and Arkansas Palley ;Railway Company submitted two drafts aggregating the slim of $3,435.72 to cover the a~inualp ayment of $15 per mile required by its right-of-way act. , September 12, 1890, the Kansas City and Pacifcc Railway Company filed a map of'the detiuite location of the Brst 25.1nile section of its line of railway which, September 13, 1890, was submitte(1 to the Depart-ment by this o&ce, with a recommentlation that it be approved. Rw Percbs ~eservationI,d aho.-The maps of the defiuite location of the Spokane and Palouse flailway through this reserve were approved by the Department April 2,1591, after which they were transmitted to the agent by this office, with iustruct,ions to oorlvene the Indians in council for the purpose of having them agree upon the amount of compensation to be paid them in their tribal capacity for the right of way, and also the amount to be paid to such individual members as would sustain damages in construction of the road. Red Cliff Reservation, Wisconsin.-In 1885 the Bayfield Transfer Rail. way Company executed agreements with the Red Oliff band of Indians for |
