Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-12-18
yrsuc LAND RssBERT.
uIustrssIsns by Commissioners
...,k. Of wagea Koad. Railroad
and Canal Frauds

...,t. Of Wagon Koad. Railroad
aad Canal Frauds
srusal of the annual report OF
,.,a Commissioner Sparks develops
=. ,.c, that public land depredasions
go been common, bsld and outrage
=. "a an tYten, appalling to the honest
.;,i,.u. The "a pages Of bis report are
,.I.u ap principally With their recital
v. have already quoted eopiously from
:. roort, and shall from time 20 time
.iu farther extracts. Below are few
Grtsressine ones
rAoos BoAD AND CANAL GRANTS
-. .xity of administration o5serv-
AZ IN tie treatment Of grants fer rail
"a. spusars TO have extended TO other
s,.a,s OF similar character.
ps.xssp 1854 and 1863 several grants
..,s made for wagon roads IN Oregon.
conolaiuts we're fled that the comps-
-. had failed to construct their roads
-s,souifed. apd that IN some cases no
,,ad had been bsilt, although the Gov
.,nor had certified to construction and
eonpletinn.
soecisi agent, who made a personal
.,sm,nsti1u OF the Willamette Valley
"a Cascade Mountain Road, and took
sfHd.yits OF citizens, reported constrac-
,,on a mere pFetext, and that for one
Snndrsd miles be conid not find the
,,zne al A road. Upward OF 10000
scrss vere patented to the company in
Is.a, After this special report had been
made
and Ysauina Bay Company after in
foyma,ion had been received that the
charter Of the company had been dis.
sglyrd BY gso iodrrant0 proceedings in
he state courts. Tue Oregon Central
Wagon Road was located for a consider
sble distance through territory to which
he Indian title had not been extin
eu;shed, bat the lands we're patented to
tns company, and over 100. 600 acres we're
certified which are within the permanent
Indian reservation.
A grant Of 100000 acres was made in
1865 for q breakwater, harbor and ship
canal at Portage Lake, IN Michigan,
which vas increased to 400 900 acres Ia
1865. The canal Ia q miles in length,
Chiefly through natural water ways. A
ssmmittee of the House of Representa-
tivss Of the Forty eighth Congress re-
ported, upon testimony taken, that the
% called harbor of refuge is place of
~.sihsr. that the canal is a ditch A.
,.ssF.,aa,Iy nro,aetsd ,ba, .and has
s..s,.a ;nto Inc cnannsi ana ,ha, ,h.
- - 4. a.. S-,..,,,a ., - -.
...A,s,, go .'.s 49,. ;,s.,.
cess.y Az, S
oous.oe7, Al. sno 30 ~, aa,o oosu pa-
H'ss 1890 "
saAen irou. sacan' oou nauoeIou
.ses,ons suo1eo' 70 p.Iva,o culty nestes'
sas Doa'ion " 'ne oana', auu nos iion
anus u.s'snascu On miuo'ai w .uo
ennsu o.a.es pI'oI W ,ne ao':
.vsou .ua. neaiJ sue u"i' v, tu,s quaa
Wy vas saAen outsioo oi iesA nuiIss,
sn1 nas suo anus seiocsou oon "I.nous
snu ~"nln sucn limits we're lnsef1,o.eo
snos On .ue copp-r range. Iasss
ssaeos'ohs we're aI.o@e anu apptoveo
sppaisn'y "1usu. soiu.'ny, anu con
nay W 'ne pfoS'sion' vi INC s'an"nR
a'''
"'hA "iih""A"AL'
The lateral limits OF railroad grants,
as here,ofore laid oowa upon the maps.
BY which areas of grants have been as
snmed, Withdrawals made aud the rights |
OF settlers concluded, are found upon |
measurement to have been customarlly
extended beyond the prescr bed dis
tsnces from the lines OF road. so as TO
embrace lands outside the actual limits
OF the grants. An adjustment of the |
grant for the Alabama and Florida
Railroad IN Alabama, now about com
pieted, shows that sue granted limits |
were osetdrawn 10 the amount OF "a,
20 90 aores' OF ~ the fase OF sso acres
". miIe'
hn average oser~iseofa~ai ot .ne HA
mile iiinns OF toe Rfant 10, .ne winons
hnu saint ieter foau IN Minhesosa 10
shown AZ .ae rate OF about too acres per
nile, making solai enistReInent OF tne
R.Aus IN ornknai n limits 70 .ne amoun'
noa'is Aoo'oov Ao.er' pos'ues iuisuet
sn'aIRemen. oI 'ne IN ,noe,nn.y ossa in's
anounubR W souie 'oo wy soIes' W
Ms eAoess app1oVas 10 10, IN enis roso' as
ee'ote no'eo, over Sov"o acros afe
ioanu W oc ou.s'oe oi MI nin
An acouis.e ineasa'eueu.o ssv..
" ioiy miles Oh .ne eIsu.eu hm'ss o
sns Aicnison. Iopeka anu "a santa re Ioso
Aasn treated as Granted iands For tbat
isneth OF road which were ontside OF
we true line OF tne Ten 'miie hnits OF
tne grant snd farther computsnons
soos tnat tne oSeroravn ianos on sne
vnoie line VIII aggregate absat ooo'VVJ
acres OF ~ tne rate OF ooo acres Per
nile, e.,
osei' i'wneurawals 10, tne missouri,
naesss sna ,exas road, IN Kansas, aFe
inoica.sd AZ tne rate OF ABOUT "oo acres
pss mhe.
lne lines OF we graus Tor tne hansss
Eaciho ROAD are sno~n 70 have ooou
EeHUfAtiN WIufue0 from lAiI Wlff 10