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Show 112 REPORT OF TEE 0 0 ~ 8 B I O N E R OF INDIAN AFFAIRB. Conlter, J. N., Construction Company.-This company was antborized December 28, 1901, to locate lines of telephone through portions of the Osage and Cherokee nations; and August 6, 1902, there were approved maps of location showing lines extending from Ponca City, Okla., to Bartlesville, Cherokee Nation, via Pawhuska, and connect-ing with lines to Elgin, Kans., and Ralston and Cleveland, Okla. Cherokee Telephone Cornpany.,Tanuary 16, 1902, application was made for the approval and renewal of a franchise granted this com-pany by the Cherokee Nation, in 1885, for a telephone line extending from Tahlequah to Muskogee, 27 miles. January 21, 1902, the office informed the company that application should be filed under section 3 of the act of March 3, 1901. Jnly 29 the company filed an affidavit showing that 27 miles of line had been constructed and tendered $20 in payment of annual charge. Inasmuch as the annual charge at $5 per annum on each 10 miles of line would amount to only $18 for one year and four months-from March 3, 1901, to June 30, 190Sthe draft was returned with a statement of the amount due. Chickasaw and Choctaw Telephone Company.-There were approved . Jnne 11, 1902, maps of location showing a line from Red River to Hugo, 8.52 miles, and from Durant to Bennington 20.64 miles, and July 7, 1902, a line from Bennington to Hugo. The second and third lines follow the right of way of the Arkansas and Choctgw Railway Company. Carlisle Packing Company.-This company is conducting a aalmon-canning business on Puget Sound, Washington, near the Lummi Res-ervation. An application for permission to locate a telephone line across a portion of the Lnmmi Reservation was approved May 8,1902. Maps have not yet been filed. Globe Telephone Company.-March 4,1902, maps of location showing a line of telephone across the White Mountain Reservation were approved, and the agent for the San Carlos Agency was designated to assess the damages. June 10 he submitted an agreement between the company and the United States whereby the company was to furnish the free use of certain telephone connections in lieu of the payment of monetary damages. July 19 the Department declined to approve it, because such a settlement for damages is not authorized by law. Indian Territory Telephone Company.-Maps of location showing a line 80 miles from Vinita to Sapnlpa were approved Auzust 14, 1901. An affidavit filed Jnly 9, 1902, shows the completion of the line. July 30 the company iiled additional maps showing the location of a proposed line from Afton, via Miami, to the Kansas State line, which maps were approved August 19. Indianola Telephone and Construction Company.-Authority to locate telephone lines in the Cherokee and Creek nations and Osage reser-vation was granted R. H. Hall, the managing owner of this company, |