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 3022
... contractor would charter a steamer for so small a ship- ment as 600 tons of cement at a time the amount required - and thus the American manufacturer to make deliveries , is limited - on the Atlantic coast , at least — to a single line ...
... contractor would charter a steamer for so small a ship- ment as 600 tons of cement at a time the amount required - and thus the American manufacturer to make deliveries , is limited - on the Atlantic coast , at least — to a single line ...
Page 3080
... contractor the United States employed to perform this work . The law authorized and directed that payment be made for that work . To whom such pay ment should be made was and is a matter of no moment to the Unite States , nor does the ...
... contractor the United States employed to perform this work . The law authorized and directed that payment be made for that work . To whom such pay ment should be made was and is a matter of no moment to the Unite States , nor does the ...
Page 3217
... contractor and two by the Government , with the chief engineer as the fifth man . They are to estimate the cost in time and money for the completion of this work . Am I right about that ? Mr. ROGERS . Yes . Senator KITTREDGE . The ...
... contractor and two by the Government , with the chief engineer as the fifth man . They are to estimate the cost in time and money for the completion of this work . Am I right about that ? Mr. ROGERS . Yes . Senator KITTREDGE . The ...
Page 3218
... contractor was required to assume the entire responsibility of meeting claims due to personal injuries sustained at his hands , by his own employees or by others . That clause aroused - I will not say opposition among the contractors ...
... contractor was required to assume the entire responsibility of meeting claims due to personal injuries sustained at his hands , by his own employees or by others . That clause aroused - I will not say opposition among the contractors ...
Page 3220
... contractor a very much larger sum than we would have to pay him if we assumed a reasonable proportion of that ... contractors against lia- bility of that sort , and these indemnity companies were asking from 3 to 5 per cent upon the pay ...
... contractor a very much larger sum than we would have to pay him if we assumed a reasonable proportion of that ... contractors against lia- bility of that sort , and these indemnity companies were asking from 3 to 5 per cent upon the pay ...
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ACTING CHAIRMAN American amount ANDERSON barrels bic meters board of directors Boca Bohio bonds cent charge chief engineer Colombia Colon completion concession Congress contract contractor counsel Culebra delivered Discharge dividend Drake employees engineering committee estimated cost excavation execution fact feet freight furnish Gatun Gatun dam Government inspection Isthmian Canal Commission Isthmus January La Boca labor LESLEY letter locks material matter ment paid Panama Canal Company Panama Railroad Company pany payment percentage Portland cement President proposed purchasing agent question reason record referred requisitions ROGERS Secretary of War Secretary TAFT Senator CULBERSON Senator HOPKINS Senator KITTREDGE Senator MORGAN Senator TALIAFERRO shares of stock ship SHONTS statement steamers Steamship Line stockholders Sullivan & Cromwell supplies surety syndicate tion traffic transaction understand Union Construction Company United WALKER Washington William Nelson Cromwell York