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Show COYMBSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 95 withdrew its protest and relinquished its rights, thus removing all objections to the approval of the maps of the Sioux City and Western. These were accordingly approved July 18, and Supervisor F. M. Conser was designated to act in behalf of the Indian allottees in effect-ing a settlement of damages with the company. UINTAH RAUWAY. Permission was granted this company on June 1, June 5, and July 11, 1905, to survey and locate a line of railroad, to construct a toll road, and to operate a feny in the Uintah Reservation, in Utah. The authority was granted in deference to the wishes of the War Depart-ment, since the immediate construction of the toll road and operation of the ferry would greatly facilitate the handling of supplies for that Department. The company's employees were permitted to enter the reservation under restrictions intended to safeguard the interests of the Indians, and the War Department will cooperate with the Indian ngent to prevent any illegitimate use being made of the authority granted. WESTERN PACIFIC. Permission was granted on June 2, 1905, for the extension of the survey of this line through certain Indian allotments in California. As shown by its articles of incorporation, it is the purpose of the company to build a railroad from San Francisco, Cal., to Salt Lake City, Utah, an estimated distance of 810 miles. WYOMING STATE Under Department authority of May d, 1904, this company sur-veyed and located a line of road through the Shoshone Reservation, in Wyoming. The maps of definite location showing lines extending from the north boundary of the reservation to the south boundary line near Lander, and from the east boundary to the west boundary following the course of the Big Wind River, were approved on September 18,1904. The stock of the company has recently changed hands, and from information obtained from outside sources it is thought that the line as proposed will not be constructed under the above-mentioned corporate name. TYOYINQ AND NOBTEWESTEBA. This campany is constructing an extension of the line of road of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company from Casper westwardly into the Shoshone or Wind River Reservation, in Wyom-ing, and thence to the town of Lander, just south of the reservation |