Fort Wrangel news., 1898-06-22

' the public accommodation; and where any change i'll the location of such tram way. wagon road, or highway k nee esSary to permit the passage of such railroad through any canyon, pass, or deiilc. said railroad company shall, be fore entering upon the ground occupied by such tramway, wagon road, or high way, cause the same to be reconstructed at it's own expense in the nest favorable location. and in aS perfect manner aI tine original road or tlamWav: Provided, that such cNpCnseS shall ba cqutably divided between any number of railroad companies occupying aud using the same canyon. pass, OF Getiie, and that where the space is limited the United States district court shall require the road first constructed to allow any other railroad or tramWay to pass oyer it's tracks or tracks through such canyon, pass or deiile, on such equitable basis aS the said court may prescribe; and all shippers shall be entitled to equal ac commodationS as to the movement of their freight and without discrimination in favor of any person or corporation: Provided, that nothing herein shall be construct aS depriving congress of the right to regulate the charges for freight passengers and wharfage.
 SEC 1. That wnere any company, the right of way to which i, hereby granted, shall in the course of con. truction find it necessary to pass oyer private lands or IosSessOry claims on lands of the United States, condemnation of right of way across the same may be made in accordance with section three of the act entitled An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to aid ill the con structian of railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri river to tine Pacific ocean. and to secure to the government the Use of the same for postal, military and other purposes, approved. July lot, lS62.' approved July 2d. l6ti: Provided further. that any such company. by filing with The secretary of the interior a preliminary actual survey and plat of it's proposed route, shall have the right at any time within one year thereafter. to file the map and profile of definite location pro vided for ill this act. and such pre- liminary survey and plat shall. during tine said period of one year from the time of filing the same. have the effect to render all the lands on which said preliminary survey and plat shall pass subject to such right of way.
 SEC. ,. That any company desiring to secure the benefits of this act shall with in twelve months after filing the prclim- mary mapof location of it's road as here inbefOre prescribed, whether upon sur yeyed or unsurveyed lands. file with the register of the land office for the dis trict where such land is located d map and profile of at least a twenty mile sec ton of its road or a profile of it's entire road if les, than twenty miles, as def nitely fixed, and shall thereafter each year definitely locate and file a map of such location as aforesaid of not less than twenty miles additional of its line of road until the entire road has been thus definitely located, and upon appro- val thereof by the secretary of the inte- rior the same shall be noted upon the records of said office, and thereafter all such lands over which such right of way shall pass shall be disposed of subject to such right of way: Provided, That if any section of such road shall not be com pleted within one year after the definite location of said section so approved, or if the map of definite location be not filed within one year as herein required, or if the entire line be not completed within four years from the filing of the map of definite location, the rights here in granted shall be forfeited as to any such uncompleted section of said road, and thereupon snail revert to the Unit ed States without further action or dec laration, the notation of such uncOm- pleted section upon the records of the land office shall be cancelled; and the reservations of such lands for the pur- poses of said right of way, stations, and terminals shall cease and become null and void without further action.
 SEC. G. That the secretary of the in terior is hereby authorized to issue a permit, by instrument in writing, in conformity with and subject to the re- strictions herein contained, unto any re sponsible person, company, or corpora tion, for q right of way over the public domain in said district, not to exceed one hundred feet in width, and ground for station and other necessary purpos- es, not to exceed five acres for each sta tion for each five miles of road, to con struct wagon roads and wire rope, aerial or other tramways, and the privilege of taking all necessary material from the public domain in said district for the construction of such wagon roads or tramways, together with the right, sub feet to supervision and at rates to be ap- proved by said secretary, to levy and collect toll or freight and passenger charges on passengers, animals, freight, or vehicles passing over the same for d period not exceeding twenty years, and said secretary is also authorized to sell to the owner or owners of such wagon road or tramway, upon the completion