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Show 112 REPOXT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. portation Company, whose abplications for rig& of way thru the Spokane Indian and Military reservations and for a power site on the Indian reservation were denied as being in conflict with the rights granted to the Adams County Electric Transit Company, the prede-cessor of the Big Bend Transit Company. No rights have been granted it, on the ground that investigation of its operations indi-cate that it has no financial standing and that its chief object is to defeat the plans of its successful rival. The real object of any com-pany seeking to acquire rights in these reservations is, no doubt, the acquirement of power sites on the Spokane River and the 360 acres of land mentioned in the paragraph about the Big Bend Transit Company. Uilztah Railway an2 Toll Road.-A map of definite location for s line 4.20 miles long, extending over Indian allotments in what was formerly the Uncompahgrc Ute Reservation, in Utah, was approved on October 17, 1905. A toll road ip operated in connection with the railroad, for which a right of way was granted on January 25, 1906. Virginia and Truckee.-A right of way was granted by the ap-proval on July 27, 1905, of maps of definite location, thku the Carson Indian School lands in ~e;ada, damages for which were assessed and ' paid in the sum of $354. This line is operated in connection with the Southern Pacific Railroad system. Western Pacific.-Authority has. been granted to survey and locate lines thru the Pyramid Lake Reservation in Nevada, and thru Indian allotments in California. On September 29, 1905, maps were ap-proved showing the definite location of the line thru the Pyramid Lake Reservation, on which damages were assessed and paid in the sum of $827. This is an important line from San Francisco to Salt Lake City, an estimated distance of 810 rpiles. Wyhing and Northwestern-This line is operated in connection with the Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company, extending from the terminus of that company's line at Casper, Wyo., to Lander, crossing a part of the Shoshoni or Wind River Reservation. Maps of definite location thru the reservation were approved on July 28 and October 26, 1905. On the Lander line damages were paid amounting to $7,764.88 ; on the Thermopolis branch, $879.73, and for station grounds along the Lander line, $243.07. Construction work is in progress thru the reservation. The construction of this line is probably due to the proposed opening of the ceded lands on the Shoshoni Reservation. Washington and Great Northem.-This road is operated in con- . . nection with the Great Northern Railway lime. Maps of definite location, showing a line thru Indian allotments in what was formerly the north half of the Colville Reservation, were approved on October 28, 1905. Damages assessed in the sum of $9,943.94 were paid on |