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 3U.S. Government Printing Office, 1907 |
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... SENATE , Washington , D. C. , Tuesday , March 27 , 1906 . The committee met at 10.30 o'clock a . m . Present : Senators Millard ( chairman ) , Kittredge , Dryden , Hopkins , Ankeny , Morgan , Taliaferro , and Simmons . STATEMENT OF BRIG ...
... SENATE , Washington , D. C. , Tuesday , March 27 , 1906 . The committee met at 10.30 o'clock a . m . Present : Senators Millard ( chairman ) , Kittredge , Dryden , Hopkins , Ankeny , Morgan , Taliaferro , and Simmons . STATEMENT OF BRIG ...
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... Senator MORGAN . Do you consider that there is no necessity for stopping off the flow of water in the permeable ... HOPKINS . And below that is the sand , through which the water seeps or can seep ? General HAINS . Yes ; it is supposed to ...
... Senator MORGAN . Do you consider that there is no necessity for stopping off the flow of water in the permeable ... HOPKINS . And below that is the sand , through which the water seeps or can seep ? General HAINS . Yes ; it is supposed to ...
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... Senator MORGAN . If you use that sheet piling , or if you use the cement grouting , we will call it concrete ... HOPKINS . This does not fairly represent it , then [ referring to blueprint profile ] ? General HAINS . No , sir ; that is ...
... Senator MORGAN . If you use that sheet piling , or if you use the cement grouting , we will call it concrete ... HOPKINS . This does not fairly represent it , then [ referring to blueprint profile ] ? General HAINS . No , sir ; that is ...
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... Senator MORGAN . Does it not look exactly like it ? General HAINS . No , sir . Senator MORGAN . What is the ... HOPKINS . He did not say that they were washed out of that . Senator MORGAN . I think he did . He said he could not say how ...
... Senator MORGAN . Does it not look exactly like it ? General HAINS . No , sir . Senator MORGAN . What is the ... HOPKINS . He did not say that they were washed out of that . Senator MORGAN . I think he did . He said he could not say how ...
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... Senator MORGAN . And earthquakes . General HAINS . And there are earthquakes . There are some very little seismic ... HOPKINS . That line of argument , Senator , would show that you can not build any kind of a canal across the Isthmus ...
... Senator MORGAN . And earthquakes . General HAINS . And there are earthquakes . There are some very little seismic ... HOPKINS . That line of argument , Senator , would show that you can not build any kind of a canal across the Isthmus ...
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