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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... Committee on Interoceanic Canals. Now , the Pacific Mail Steamship Company is running even worse steamers than it ran before between Panama and San Francisco . The ports where it seems to make its money are the ports in Central America ...
... Committee on Interoceanic Canals. Now , the Pacific Mail Steamship Company is running even worse steamers than it ran before between Panama and San Francisco . The ports where it seems to make its money are the ports in Central America ...
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... Committee on Interoceanic Canals. Senator GORMAN . A little over three millions . Senator KNOX . Yes ; I think they did make an estimate of that . Mr. STEVENS . I understood it was allowed nothing in the detailed estimate . However , I ...
... Committee on Interoceanic Canals. Senator GORMAN . A little over three millions . Senator KNOX . Yes ; I think they did make an estimate of that . Mr. STEVENS . I understood it was allowed nothing in the detailed estimate . However , I ...
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... Committee on Interoceanic Canals. none of the fills had been made , on the theory - which is correct- that the fills should be made from the waste from Culebra cut . But the difficulty came here , that we had no equipment that we could ...
... Committee on Interoceanic Canals. none of the fills had been made , on the theory - which is correct- that the fills should be made from the waste from Culebra cut . But the difficulty came here , that we had no equipment that we could ...
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... Committee on Interoceanic Canals. after considering the matter thoroughly I made up my mind that during the wet season , the only car that could be used , the only car that wet material could be unloaded from , was a flat car with a plow ...
... Committee on Interoceanic Canals. after considering the matter thoroughly I made up my mind that during the wet season , the only car that could be used , the only car that wet material could be unloaded from , was a flat car with a plow ...
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... Committee on Interoceanic Canals. Mr. STEVENS . Yes , sir . That varies with the kind of material . If the material is not inclined to slide , you can get up as high as 40 feet above the base of your shovel . Ordinarily about 30 or 35 ...
... Committee on Interoceanic Canals. Mr. STEVENS . Yes , sir . That varies with the kind of material . If the material is not inclined to slide , you can get up as high as 40 feet above the base of your shovel . Ordinarily about 30 or 35 ...
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