Chapter 948.
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CHAP. 948.— An act granting to the Rio Grande Southern Railroad Company the right of way through the Fort Lewis military reservation in La Plata County, in the State of Colorado.September 26, 1890. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Rio Grande Southern Railway Company may build railway, telegraph, and telephone line through, Fort Lewis reservation, Col. That the Rio Grande Southern Railway Company, a corporation created by the State of Colorado, be, and hereby is, permitted and authorized to locate, construct, equip, operate, and maintain a railway, telegraph, and telephone line through the United States military reservation in La Plata County of said State, known as the Fort Lewis military reservation, not exceeding one hundred feet in width, subject toWidth of right of way.Conditions, etc. such conditions and requirements as may be prescribed by the Secretary ofMap to be filed.
War, and as soon as said company has selected such line and right of way, it shall present to and file with the Secretary of War a correct map or plat showing such located line for the consideration and approval or rejection and modification, as may beSecretary of War to approve route. deemed necessary, by the Secretary of War; and no work of construction shall be commenced on or through said reservation until the selection of the route or line of such road shall be approved by the Secretary of War.
Said company shall have the right, subject to the restrictions, limitations, and prohibitions deemed necessary by the Secretary of War, to take from any lands adjacent to said right of way such stone and earth as may be necessary for the constructionEarth, etc., for construction. and repair of said railway, but no timber: and the said Company shall also have the right, for not exceeding ode station forStations, etc. every ten miles of said road through said reservation, to use and occupy such additional ground adjacent to the right of way, for station buildings, depots, shops, sidetracks, turnouts, and water-stations, as may be deemed necessary and be approved by the Secretary of War, not to exceed two hundred feet in width in addition toLimitation. said right of way nor three thousand feet in length, for the station; and the sites for such depots, and so forth, shall be approved by theApproval of Secretary of War.
Secretary of War before any work shall be commenced. Sec. 2. That the right is expressly reserved to alter, amend, orAmendment, etc. repeal this act. Approved, September 26, 1890. Chapter 949: establishing a free public bathing beach on the Potomac River near Washington Monument. Chapter 949 26 Stat. 490 1890-09-26 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-02-21 51 1 public 490 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 949–951. 1890.
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