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Show 64 BEPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. GRANTS EEBEERED TO IX PREVIOUS ANNUAL REPORTS. Indian and Oklahoma Territories.-Chicago, Rock Island amal Pacgflc Railway Company.-By act of Congress of March 17,1898 (30 Stats., 327, and p. 410 of this report), the above named company was granted an extension of three years from the 1st day of April, 1898, within which to construct the branch lines of road provided for in the act of Congress of February 27,1893 (27 Stats., 492), provided that the company shall construct at least 50 miles of said railway within one year after the passage of the act, and subject also to the condition that the station grounds shall be limited to 2,000 feet in length for each station. On June 20,1898, the company forwarded a draft for $1,593 in payment of the annual tax of $15 per mile for each mile of road constructed through Indian lands for the fiscal year ending June 30,1898. (fainesville, MoAlester and Bt. Louis Railway Company.-By act of Congress of July 7,1898 (30 Stats., 715, and p. 457 of this report), the above-named company was granted the right to commence the cou-strnction of its line of road as soon as a map of definite location of the route from the Red River to near South McAlester shall have been filed with and approved by the Secretary of the Interior, provided that a map of definite location of the road from South McAlester to Fort Smith shall be filed and approved before the construction of that por-tion of the road shall be commenced. Port 8mith and Westem Coal Railroad Company.-By act of Congress of June 7,1898 (30 Stats., 433, and p. 423 of this report), the above named company was granted an extension until December 31,1900, within which to construct its line of road, as provided for by the act of Con-gress of March 2,1896 (29 Stata., 40). Denison and Northem Railway Compaay.-As mentioned in the an-nual report for 1896, the above named company was granted right of way through the Indian Territory by act of Congress of July 30,1892 (27 Stats., 336). By act of Congress of March 29,1898 (30 Stats., 00, and p. 415 of this report), the company was granted an extension of a further period of one year from the passage of the act within which to comply with the provisions of the original act. Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway Company (jormevly the Choctaw Coal and Railway Company).-February 24, 1898, the Secretary of the Interior approved m map of definite location of fractiollal section No. 12, extending eastward from Wister Junction a distance of about 69 miles to a junction with the Kansas City, Pittsbnrg and Gulf Rail-road; also a plat of station gronnds at the latter junction, designated "Uhoctaw Jnnction." August 2, 1898, the company tendered a voucher in the nature of a draft for $328.50 in payment for right of way, at the rate of $50 per mile, for fractional section No. 12, above referred to. On August 5,1898, the Secretary of the Interior approved the plat of additional station grouiid at South McAlester. September 7 |
