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Show LAND GRANTS FOR RAILROADS AND INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS 369 Comparison of Land Sales bv Santa Fe (2,944,788 Acres in Kansas) and Kansas Pacific (8,997,713 Acres in Kansas and Colorado)" Year Santa Fe (in Kansas) Acres Average Price Acres Kansas Pacific Average Price 1868.. (Kansas only) 111,271 82.96 382,885 2.91 124,168 3.19 1869.. 1870.... 1871-. 71,801 $5.91 5.90 5.61 123,935 62,851 25,423 3.50 2.92 3.67 1872 . 45,328 1873___ 133,507 1874., 200,459 4.54 5.59 5.44 4.98 4.52 4.72 4.98 35,393 61,366 74,554 135,944 207,938 169,328 (Kansas and 100,383 3.29 3.57 4.23 3.31 3.38 4.09 Colorado) 4.03 1875.. 75,415 1876 122,201 1877__ 85,047 1878 267,122 1879 104,744 1880.. 78.241 188L. 50,033 5.22 99 369 4.28 1882 189,830 4.71 3.56 3.36 105,915 298,478 475,007 4.93 4.41 4.21 1883.. 431,755 1884 . 353,090 1885 770,494 2.66 2.44 711,960 230,387 4.08 4.68 1886,. 347,321 R Compiled from Annual Reports of the Kansas Pacific and Santa Fe Railroads. For 1880 to 1886 the Kansas Pacific sales include also the sales of the Denver Pacific. Before that period the sales of the Denver Pacific were kept separate and are not included in the table. The Kansas Pacific grant in Kansas included 3,925,000 acres. The acreage is for gross sales which would be somewhat reduced by cancellations and forfeitures. Indian Treaties Arouse Public In the same act giving the Santa Fe its grant in Kansas, Congress gave the Leaven-worth, Lawrence and Galveston Railroad and the Missouri, Kansas and Texas (Katy) alternate odd numbered sections for a depth of 10 miles on each side of the line with an additional 10 miles on each side for lieu sections. The grant and right-of-way were to extend "to the southern line of the State" which presumably meant the southern boundary. Unfortunately, the 34-mile deep Osage Indian Reserve, and the 2-mile Cherokee Strip lay between the railroad and the southern boundary separating Kansas and the Indian Territory. Until they were surrendered by their owners or the reserve acquired by the L.L. & G. there was little prospect of building the railroad across the territory to Texas. The way was prepared for the acquisition of the Osage Reserve by a series of treaties. In 1860 a treaty with the Delawares provided for the sale of their 223,966-acre reserve to the Leavenworth, Pawnee and Western Railroad and the following year the Potawa-tomis signed a treaty for the sale of their larger reserve to the same company. The latter agreement was later forfeited by the L.P. & W. whose officers feared it would not pay; the tract, reduced to 340,180 acres through allotments, was sold to the Santa Fe Railroad. Other treaties provided for the sale of the 123,832-acre Kickapoo reserve to the Atchison and Pikes Peak Railroad and the 800,000-acre Neutral Tract of the Cher-okees to the Fort Scott Railroad. |