Investigation of Panama Canal Matters: Hearings Before the Committee on Interoceanic Canals of the United States Senate in the Matter of the Senate Resolution Adopted January 9, 1906, Providing for an Investigation of Matters Relating to the Panama Canal, Etc. [Jan. 11, 1906-Feb. 12, 1907], Volume 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1906 |
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... cars ; but as far as doing economical work now is concerned , I do not think I am putting it strongly from my point of view when I say that I would take the money and throw it into the river or put it into the furnace and burn it just ...
... cars ; but as far as doing economical work now is concerned , I do not think I am putting it strongly from my point of view when I say that I would take the money and throw it into the river or put it into the furnace and burn it just ...
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... cars and 100,000 pounds on each car with an engine not as heavy as I describe , on the Great Northern ; but then I had better grades than that . Senator GORMAN . What is the train load on this road in moving the dirt from the cut ? Mr ...
... cars and 100,000 pounds on each car with an engine not as heavy as I describe , on the Great Northern ; but then I had better grades than that . Senator GORMAN . What is the train load on this road in moving the dirt from the cut ? Mr ...
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... cars . Those were the cars and that was the kind of equipment they were using . They had , and have yet , which I am using now in my prelimi- nary work down there , four or five engines which were built in the United States by the old ...
... cars . Those were the cars and that was the kind of equipment they were using . They had , and have yet , which I am using now in my prelimi- nary work down there , four or five engines which were built in the United States by the old ...
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... cars a car made . I think , near Chicago somewhere , having a capacity of about 14 yards . They have standard trucks , and they are splendidly built cars . But they are what is known as side - dump cars ; that is , you load the material ...
... cars a car made . I think , near Chicago somewhere , having a capacity of about 14 yards . They have standard trucks , and they are splendidly built cars . But they are what is known as side - dump cars ; that is , you load the material ...
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... cars - I made several very sorrowful experiments with them - are not capable of being run over four or five miles an hour with safety on account of these rigid trucks . They will not keep on the tracks , so that I had very largely , as ...
... cars - I made several very sorrowful experiments with them - are not capable of being run over four or five miles an hour with safety on account of these rigid trucks . They will not keep on the tracks , so that I had very largely , as ...
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