Mr. WILLIAMS. '1 find the language of this portion of the section to which the Senator objects to be as follows: And said corporation shall have the right to take and use from such public domain the necessary stone, timber and other materials for its posts.piers. stations and other needful uses in the construction, maintenance.andoperation ofsaid linesot telegrnph, and may preemptand usesuch portion of the unoc cupied public domainthrough which its said lines of telegraphmay be located as maybe necessaryfor its stations.not exceedingone quarter sectionfor each station These companies are authorized to pre‘empt and use such portions of the unoccupied public domain as may be necessary for the construction of their telegraph lines not exceeding one narter section for each station. I think that aiere is no danger that the public domain will be absorbed by the construction of these tele graph lines, for there is no human probability that more lines will be constructed across the continent or upon the public domain than will probably pay those persons who may invest their capital in such lines. Is it probable that there would be a line run over eve section of the public land lying between the Atlantic States and the Pacific coast? Is there any ground for any such apprehension? The business of the country may sustain 2 or 3 lines, and it would be of advantage to the people concerned, on both sides oft e continent, if large portions of the public domain were appropriated to the construction of these telegraph lines, and I do not believe that the public lands could be applied in a more useful manner than for the construction of these telegraph lines. I believe in the application of the public lands to the construction of railroads and telegraph lines, and there is no we in myjudgment in which the public lands of the country can he used more for the public advantage than by appropriating them for such works of internal improveinent, for then they are made useful and of advantage to all the people. I think this is an apprehension in which the Senfrom Michigan indulges without any foundation, and I will invite iis attention to the old law under which the existin company was organized, in which the same p raseology is employed as is employed in this bill. In the act to facilitate communication between the Atlantic and Pacific States by electric tele graph" the phrascology is this: “And permissionis hereby granted to said parties to whom said contract may be awarded or a majority of them and their assians.to use until the end 0 said ti i ui. such unoccupied public lands of the U.S. as may be necessaryfor the right of and for the purpose of establishing stations for repairs along said line. not exceedingat any station one quarter section of land, such stations not to exceedone in 15 miles on an averageof the whole distance.unless said lands shall be required by the pGuOrYp GosI’eI'sH;DED of the U.S. forrai