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Show of the line would be of much benefit to the agency. Authority wm granted the company by the Department June 21 to proceed to obtain the desired right of way under the prescribed regulations. Oklahoma Telephone and Railway Company.-Application was 6led in this office April 27, 1901, by this company for pelmission to locate and construct telephone lines extending to and f ~ omva rious points in the Indian Territory and Oklahoma. The Department, on May 10, returned the application unapproved and directed this o5ce to advise the applicant to furnish additional evidence required by the regula-tions. The attorney for the company was advised May 15, as directed. Osage and Eastern Oklahoma Telephone Company.-Application was filed in this o5ce June 21, 1901, by J. H. Clapp, president, for per-mission to locate and construct a telephone line along a route described as follows: Commencing at the corporate limits of Ponca City, Okla., and extending thence easterly to the village of Pawhuska, in the Osage Nation, thence in a northerly direction to the town of Elgin, in the State of Kansas; also a branch line from the most convenient point on I the line between Ponca City and Pawhnska, extending in a northerly direction to Kaw Agency and Hay Creek pasture; also a branch from I the main line in a southerly direction to Gray Horse, in the Osage. I Nation, and to Ralston, in Pawnee County, Okla. The application was transmitted to the Department Jnly 1, and July 3 the survey was authorized over the route above described. . Paccific States Telephone and Telegraph Company.-The Department referred to this office, April 24, 1901, a communication from Louis Glass, general manager, making application, accompanied by map of , location, for permission to use a right of way hrough the Yakima Reservation, in the State of Washington, for electrical poles and lines for telephone and telegraph purposes, under the act of February 15, 1901. The line of the proposed route is described as beginning at the point about 1 mile emt of the old town of Yakima and terminating at Mabton, a distance of 33 miles, the line being just off the right of way of the Northern Pacific Railway Company through the reservation. In office letter dated May 2 it was suggested that the company be requested to consider the advisability of making application under the provisions of section 3 of the act of March 3, 1901. The Department concurred May 6, and the compauy mas requested accordingly May 10. No further action has been taken in the matter by the company. Postal Telegraph-Cable Company.--July 22, 1901, the superintendent of the Tnlalip Agency advised this o5oe that the employees of the Postal Telegraph-Cable Company were interfering with the rights of Indians on the Port Midison Reservation, Wash., by reason of an attempt to locate a telegraph line on that reservation. The o5ce was requested by the general manager of the company, Jnly 25, to advise the wmpny whether or not permission had not been granted the |
