Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs - 1895

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I REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 43 grounds adjamnt to the right of may, not to exceed one station for each 10 miles of road, 200 feet in width by a length of 3,000 feet. No maps of definite lomtiou. of the line of the road have yet been filed for approval. San Carlos Reservation, A&.-By act of Congress, approved Pebrua:~ 18, 1895 (28 Stats., 665, and p. 442 of this report)? the Gila Valley, Globe and Northern Railway Company was granted right of way for the exten-sion of its railroad :~ud for a telegraph and telephone line through the San Carlos Reservation, Ariz., eutering the reservation on the south side of the Gila River about 7 miles below Port Thomas, contiuuing down said Gila River in a generally northwesterly direction, crossing the same at or near the Sau Carlos Iiidian Agency; the.nce running up or near the San Carlos River in a generally northerly direction to or near Aliso Creek j thence along or near Aliso Creelr in a generally west-erly or northwesterly direction to the town of Globe, in Gila County, Arie., by such route as shall be deemed advisable by the company; such right of way to be 50 feet in width on each side of the central line of the road; the company also to hwe the right to take from the lands adjacent to the line of r o d material, stone and earth, necessary for the construction of the samej also grounds adjacent to the right of way for station buildings, etc., not to exceed in amount 200 feet in width by 3,000 feet in length for each station, and to an extent not exceeding one station for each 10 miles of road within the limits of the reservation. Jnly 25,1895, the President directed that tlre con-sent of the Indians to the right of way and the const,rt~ctionof the road should be obtained at a council of the chiefs and ,other members of the tribes occupying the reservation; and that the council should be called by the agent of said Indians or by such other officer or officers of the Indian service as t,he Secretary of the Interior may designate. Angust24 the Secretary directed that the connoil should be conducted by the acting agent of the San Carlos Agency. GRANTS REFERRED TO IN PREVIOUS ANNUAL REPORTS. Indian and Oklahoma ~errit0ries.-~ansas Citg, Pittsburq and Puv Railroad Company.-In the annual report for 1893 mention is made of the fact that the above company was granted right of way through tlle Indian Territory by act of Congress approved February 27,1893 (27 Stats., 487). By act of Congress approved March 2,1895 (28 Stats., 744, and p. 450 of this report), section 9 of 'the original act was amended to read as follows: That saidrsilroad company shall build at least fifty miles of its railroad in said Ter- 1 ritory prior to tho first day of Maroh, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, and oom- i plete main line of the same prlor to the first day of March, e~ghteen hnndred end ninety-nine, or the rights herein granted shall be forfeited as to that portion not built. That saidrsilroad compa~~shya ll construct andmai~~tscinan tinuslly all fence, road, and highway crossings, and neoessary bridges over said rrailraadwheuevar said roads and highways do nom or may hereafter cross said railroad's right of way, or may he by the proper authorities laid out aorosa the ssme.