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 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1907 |
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Page 3080
... completion and was taken into account as something for which the United States must pay . It was upon this same basis that the Spooner law proceeded . The amount appropriated thereby for the canal amounted to $ 175,000,000 , of which ...
... completion and was taken into account as something for which the United States must pay . It was upon this same basis that the Spooner law proceeded . The amount appropriated thereby for the canal amounted to $ 175,000,000 , of which ...
Page 3081
... completion of this great work , to save precious time , and to pre- vent the great injury which would result from an abandonment of the work the company has , ever since the visit of the Commission to the Isthmus at which the data for ...
... completion of this great work , to save precious time , and to pre- vent the great injury which would result from an abandonment of the work the company has , ever since the visit of the Commission to the Isthmus at which the data for ...
Page 3085
... completion of the waterworks system of the district of Panama , ordered that water be furnished free to persons living in the district of Colon . The emergency measures above outlined , to provide sufficient water , resulted in no ...
... completion of the waterworks system of the district of Panama , ordered that water be furnished free to persons living in the district of Colon . The emergency measures above outlined , to provide sufficient water , resulted in no ...
Page 3088
... completion of about 250 feet of dredging by the end of this month there will be a 27 - foot channel up to and alongside of those two docks , and an addi- tional dock is to be constructed in this channel between docks 11 and 14. A ...
... completion of about 250 feet of dredging by the end of this month there will be a 27 - foot channel up to and alongside of those two docks , and an addi- tional dock is to be constructed in this channel between docks 11 and 14. A ...
Page 3093
... completion of addi- tional docks and wharves now building , and the gradual increase of larger equipment and heavier power now arriving , the possibility of another freight blockade or congestion grows less and less . In fact , it was ...
... completion of addi- tional docks and wharves now building , and the gradual increase of larger equipment and heavier power now arriving , the possibility of another freight blockade or congestion grows less and less . In fact , it was ...
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