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Show 114 REPORT OF THE COMMI68IONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. By the decree of the court, the defendants, R. H. Hall and G. W. Pittman, were enjoined from further proceeding in the erection and operation of the s ~ s t emof telephone in Tulsa until they should have been fully authohed so to do by the Secretary of the Interior under the act of March 3,1901. November 2, 1901, the Department ruled that the applicant should be required to present a general outline or plan of what was desired, which should be submitted to the town or city authorities where incorporated for an expression of their views, after which the Depart-ment would pass upon the matter, and the office was directed to pre-pare regulations accordingly. The office, November 6,1901, submitted the draft of regulations which has been given on page 110. November 9, 1901, the Department authorized the establishment of the telephone exchange at Tulsa. on condition that the regulations of November 6 be complied with. November 27,1901, maps of location of a line between Tulsa and Claremore were approved. Iron Range Electric Telephone Company.-September 26, 1901, the Department approved the application of the company to locate a tele-phone and telegraph line through the Chippewa and Fond du Lac reservations in Minnesota, and also approved maps showing its loca tiou. Construction of the line is now under way. Interstate Telephone Company.-This company was authorized to locate a telephone and telegraph line through the Cceur d'Alene Reser-vation in Idaho, and January 2,1902, maps of location were approved. Damages were assessed at $5 per mile on the line, 17.51 miles in length, and payment was made by the company in the sum of $87.55, as approved by the Department February 24, 1902. Muskogee National Telephone Company.-A protest from this com-pany against the granting of any franchide to telephone companies seeking to operate in the Creek Nation, because it held prior claims by virtue of a franchise granted it by that nation, was dismissed by the Department July 26,1901. The case was set forth in last year's report under the head of the Arkansas Valley Telephone Company. This company is still operating lines in the Creek Nation, although it was informed that application for permission to do so should be msde in accordance with section 3 of the act of March 3, 1901. June 12, 1902, the inspector for the Indian Territory was directed to take steps to require certain telephone companies and individuals to come within the provisions of that section. When his report i3 received the office will recommend some action looking to the requiring of all companies and individuals operating telephone lines in the Indian Ter-ritory to come under the provisions of said section 3. Nebrash Telephone Company.-June 21, 1902, this company was authorized to locate a telephone line acFosn tbe Omaha and Winnebago reservations in Nebraska, and September 21, 1901, the Department approved maps of location. Damages have not yet been assessed. |