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Show as required by the regulations, no action has been taken by the Office other than to return the maps for correction and to notify the com-pany of the requirements. An application for permission to make a preliminary survey for a line across the south half of the Colville Reservation was granted on February 26, 1906, with the understanding that if the located line should parallel within 10 miles any other line of railroad constructed or under construction, it must be shown that the public interests will be promoted by the construction of such parallel line. It has since appeared that the proposed line not only parallels, but is on and crosses and recrosses the surveyed line of the Spokane and British Columbia Railway Company, maps of definite location of which were approved on October 18, 1905. The approval of these maps is now under consideration. Big Bend Transit.-This company is the successor in interest to the Adams County Electric Transit Company, which, on March 18, 1905, was granted a right of way across the Spokane Indian and Military reservati~ns,i n Washington, and in addition was authorized to use for power purposes a site on the Indian reservation at a point called "The Narrows." A showing has been submitted that one-tenth of the line over the reservation was finished before March 18, 1906, on which more than $13,000 had been expended. Other companies, notably the Spokane and Big Bend, Spokane and British Columbia, and Belcher Mountain Railway companies, have sought rights conflicting with those granted the Big Bend Transit Company. Involved with the construction of any railroad into this area is the utilization of the power site at " The Narrows " and the acquirement of 360 acres of land on the Spokane Reservation authorized to be sold by a provision in the current Indian appropria-tion act (34 Stat. L., 377). Clearwater Short Line.-On June 13, 1906, there was approved to this company a map of definite location showing a line of survey thru Indian timber reserves in the Nez Perch Reservation in Idaho. Dam-ages for right of way in the sum of $1,722 have been assesed and paid. Chicago, Mihaukee and St. Paul.-On November 9, 1905, this company was authorized to survey and locate a line of road thru the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River reservations, in North and South Dakota, and on April 30,1906, there was approved to it a map show-ing the definite location of the first section of 20 miles in the Standing Rock Reservation, damages on which in the sum of $3,496 have been assessed and paid. The agent reports that construction work is now under way. (See also Pacific Railway Company.) Dakota and Great Northem.-This is a subsidiary company to the Great Northern Railway, to which were approved on April 17, 1906, maps showing the definite location of a line thru the Devils Lake |