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Show REPORT OF THE OOMM88IONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 95 Nation, and extending in a general northwesterly direction to a con-nection with the Deni8on and Washita Valley Railway in Sec. 14, T. 1 S., R. 10 E., a distance of about 10 miles. On the same date the Department designated Special United States Indian Agent Taggart to assess damages for right of way of the company through the tribal lands crossed by the line of the road and also to act with and for the individual members of the Choctaw Nation in negotiating amicable settlements with the company for right of way through their individ-ual holdings. - May 5, 1900, the Department declined to approve four plats show-ing additional grounds desired by the company adjacent to its line of road in the Creek and Choctaw nations for reservoirpurposea, designated "Liliaetta Reservoir Reserve," "Turkey Creek Reservoir Reserve," "McAlester Reservoir Reserve,'' and "Limestone Gap Reservoir Reserve," the approval of said plats having been asked for under the provisions of the act of Congress of July 25, 1866 (14 Stats., 236). As in the case of the application for additional station grounds at Mns. cogee for reservoir and stock-yard purposes, the Department held that if the company desired to secure additional grounds for railway pur-poses, application therefor must be made under the provisions of the act of Congress of April 25, 1896 (29 Stats., 109). May 25,1900, the Department approved the map of definite location of the Krebs and Edwards branches of the company's lines of road, the Krebs branch commencing at a point on the main line at McAlester station reserve in the Choctaw Nation, designated as survey station 25351+84.5, and extending in a general easterly and southeasterly direction, lvith numerous spurs and branches extending from the nrain branch line to the company's coal mines; and the Edwards branch, com-mencing at a point on the main line of the company's road a little south of the McAlester station reserve and extending in a general westerly and southwesterly diiection a distance of 1.20 miles, both of said branches, with their spurs, aggregating a total distance of about 11.20 milea. The Secretary, on the same date, designated Special United States Indian Agent Taggart to appraise the darnages for right of way of the company through the tribal lands and also to act with and for the indi-vidual allottees of the Choctsw Nation in negotiating amicable settle-ments with the company for right of way through their individual holdings. June 18, 1900, the Department approved the schedule of appraise-ments for right of way of the Atoka branch as submitted by Special Agent Taggart The total amount of the appraisement for right of way and for station grounds at Lehigh was $1,185.50. July 7, 1900, the company tendered a draft for $1,185.50 in payment of the damages for said Atoh branch and Lehigh station grounds. |