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Show 118 REPORT OP THE OO~SSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. differed materially from the constructed line, and August 4 the wm-pany submitted corrected maps, which were approved August 9. Raymond-Sans Bois Telephone Company.4annary 9, 1902, the inspector for the Indian Territory transmitted, with recommendation that it be not approved, an act of the Choctaw national council grant-ing to this company the exclusive privilege of operating a telephone line within the limits of the Choctaw Nation. The act was diiap-proved by the President January 22 and returned to the inspector January 23. Rocky Honntain Bell Telephone Company. J u n e 19,1902, there were approved maps of definite location showing a proposed line 22+ miles across the Wind River Reservation, Wyo. Damages assessed in the sum of $112.50 (at $5 per mile) were approved July 11,1902, and have been paid by the company. South McAlester-Eufaula Telephone Company.-May 12, 1902, there were approved maps of location showing a proposed line along the right of way of the Fort Smith and Western Railway Company from the west line of Arkansas to the line between Oklahoma and Indian Territory, a distance of about 121 miles. Washington Water Power Company.--April 15, 1902, there were ap-proved maps of location showing a proposed telephone line through the Coeur d'Alane Reservation, Idaho, a distance of 24 miles. Dam-ages were assessed for right of way (at $5 per mile) $124, and for timber destroyed $100, which amounts were paid by the company, as approved by the Department July 9,1902. This company also acquired right of way for a power line through the Coeur d'AlAne Reservation, referred to on page 117. TBLE 17.-Rmd qf telephone lines in the Indian TerritoTy. Names of companies or owner& ( stmCcotne-d . I~stnmdeetrlo,oe.o ns~t/r utted, Xiles. Hue*. Arkansas Vslley Telephone Co ................................... 27 66 Aouff, H. G .................................................................... 45 Claremore Telepbona Co. ......................................... 90 ............ Cherokee Nation Telephone Co ................................... 60 26 Choct&w Telephone Co ........................................................ 53 ChemkeeTelephone C0.m ......................................... TI ............ Chickasaw-Choctaw Telephone Co ................................ 61 ............ Indian Territory Telephone Co .................................. 78 26 Indianoi&Telephoneand Construetion Co. ................................... 48 North American Telephone and Tele raph Co 294 185 south ~ ~ ~ i ~~ ~ ~tfA .~... :I:.:.:.l~ - ~~ ~ ~f.....~....h.~. l ~~152 ~ ~ Ti~homiogo-Internatl~nTael lephone Co. b ....................... 121 ............ Holes. 83 45 90 76 53 27 61 103 48 479 152 121 NOTB.-Fractions of miles eliminated. aThe Cherokee Telephone Company is operating nmilas of line eonstmcted prior to March 3,1901. aThe hshomingo-Internations1 Telephone Company is operating 120 miles of llne oonatmcted pflox to Msmh 3.1901. Except as noted the above roads have been or are oeiug constructed under the act of March 3, 1901. |