Henry Billings Brown

“ It is true that, under the original act of 1862, the grant was limited to the odd-numbered sections 'on each side of said railroad, on the line thereof, and within the limits of ten miles on each side of said road,' but it does not follow that, if the road makes a curve or right angle, the grant ceases in any way to be operative at that point. The railroad is entitled to its grant of 10 alternate sections to each mile of road, and is entitled to have it selected within the limits of 20 miles on each side ”

“ This construction would disentitle the Kansas Pacific Company to any lands west of its terminus at Denver, or west of a north and south line across its 20-mile limit, and the Denver Pacific to any lands south of its terminus at the same place, leaving a triangular piece of about 200,000 acres to revert to the government. ”