Mr. HENDRICKS. Ten miles on each side, and I think then, if for any cause portions of the lands have been sold or otherwise appropriated, the difference may be made 11 within adistance of perhaps 20 miles. then , sir there is a grant from Atchison by the way of Topeka and Council Grove to the southwestern corner of Kansas, being a road extending from the northeast corner of the State or very near that, in a southwesterly direction to the southwestern corner of the State. That is a grant of alternate sections for ten miles on each side of the road, and then the difference to be made up from a larger extent of country. Then there is a road from Fort Riley, in a southeastern direction, toapoint on the southern boundary, or near that, where that road will intersect a road for which another grant has been made. Then there is a grant for a road from Leavenworth by the way of Law rence, thence in a southerly direction to the southern boundary of the State of Kansas, in the direction of Galveston bay, in Texas. senators have but to look at this map prepared at the GLO to see the extent of the grants already made to the State, until now I presume that 1/2 of the vacant lands in the State of Kansas rate at $2 50 peracre.’ The Senfrom Missouri takes an interest in this particular road to which it is now proosed to make a grant, and I presume because it is proposed to run near the Missouri line. Now, sir, to understand the claim that missouri may have upon this particular road I will call the attention of the Senate to the fact that there has already been made to the State of Missouri a grant of lands for a railroad run ning in a southwestern direction by Springfield. That was a grant of alternate sections, as I recollect, for 6 miles on each side of the road, with a right to make up any deficiencies within a distance of 15 miles on each side of the road. That road runs down to the southwestern art of Missouri, takes much of the public lands in that portion of Missouri lying to the east of Kansas and near the State line. The roadfor which it is now proposed to make a grant to the State of Kansas is to run from Kansas City in a southern direction to the southern boundary of the State. That road is to run almost parallel with a road to which there has already been a grant made. We have already made a grant for a road running from Lawrence in a southern direction to the southern boundar of the State. That road is just 36 miles west from the eastern boundary of Kansas. A road to which we have already made a grant lies just 36 miles west of the boundary line of Kansas; and now it is proposed to grant lands to construct a road between that road and the Kansas boundary line. There is not room between that rant already made and the eastern boundary of an sas to make a full ant. By reference to the map before me it Will be observed that the grant already made extends to within about 15 miles of the State line, and it is proposed to place another grant upon the map of Kansas, which through its whole extent wrll la on the grant already made and in that part 0 Kansas not leave a single oot of land, I presume, at $1 25 an acre. I know the Senfrom Kansas the other day said that this grant amounted to but little, erhaps not more than 7 or 10,000) acres of land in the State of Kansas.