Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 August 1889 — The Country's Railroads. [ARTICLE]

The Country's Railroads.

The forthcoming annual report of acting Commissioner Hone, of the General Land Office, will show that daring the fiscal year ended Jane 80, 1889, there were certified to railroad companies, under various grants, a total of 425,046 acre* of land, or 404,116 less than the total certifications of the previous fiscal year. There were pending in the General Land Office on Jane 30, 1889, railroad selections under former grants amounting to 29,444,251 acres, which is aa increase for the year of 4,014,385 acres.