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Show Indian Reservation, by way of or near Stillwater, Guthrie,andEl Reno, in Oklahoma Territory, and passing through the Osage, Pawnee, Wich-ita, Comanche and Apache Indian reservations. No maps of definite location of the line of road have yet been filed for approval. f i e Choctaw Coal and Railway Company.-By act of Congress approved January 22,1894 (Public, No. 13, and p. 427 of this report), the Choctaw Coal and Railway.Company was granted an extension of two years from February 18,1894, within which to construct its lines of railway in the Indian Territory, as authorized by act of Oongress approved February 18, 1888 (25 Stats., 35), as amended by act of Oongress approved February 21,1891 (26 Stats., 765). Further men-tion will be made of this company under the heading "Grants referred to in previous annual reports." By act of Congress approved August 24,1894 (Public, No. 218, and page 468 of this report), the purchasers of the property and fran-chises of the Choctaw Coal and Railway Company are authorized to organize a corporation and are granted all the powers, privileges, and franchises vested in that company. The act prescribes the manner in which the purchasers shall organize themselves into a new corporation. The property, rights, and franchises of the company were to be sold under judicial sale by decree of the U. S. court for the Indian Terri-tory on September 8,1894, and the act was passed in view of this fact in order to enable the purchasers at said judicial sale to form a new corporation. Section 4 of the act grants the new incorporators the right to construct branches from the main line of the road to the lands held by the company in the Choctaw Nation nuder elevenleases, which were confirmed by act of Congress of October 1, 1890 (26 Stats., 640); also the right to lease itsrailroads, mines, and other property to any company owniilg and operating a line of railroad connecting with the line of road of the new corporation. Kansas and Arkansas Valley Railway Company.-By act of Congress approved June 6,1894 (Public, No. 79, and p. 430 of this report), the Kansas and Arkansas Valley Railway Coinpauy was granted an exten-sion of three years from February 24, 1894, within which to build the first 100 miles of its additional lines of road as provided for in the act of Congress approved February 24,1891 (26 Stats., 783). No maps of definite location of said additionallines of road have yet been filed for approval. Further mention will be made of this company under the heading "Grants referred to in previous annual reports." Hutchinson and Southern Railroad Company.-By act of Cong~ess approved August 27,1894 (Public, No. 221, aud p. 471 of this report), the Hutchinson and Southern Railroad Company mas granted a further extension of three years within which it might construct itsline of road through the Indian and Oklahoma Territories; Further mention will be made of t,his company under the he&ding "Grants referred to in previous au11ua1 reports." |
