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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Page 1983
... ment's sake , and go on with the additional work of widening without interruption of that traffic to any great extent ? Mr. WALLACE . Your canal could be widened or deepened INVESTIGATION OF PANAMA CANAL MATTERS . 1983.
... ment's sake , and go on with the additional work of widening without interruption of that traffic to any great extent ? Mr. WALLACE . Your canal could be widened or deepened INVESTIGATION OF PANAMA CANAL MATTERS . 1983.
Page 1985
... ment have to pay if we take those people's lands ? That is a hypo- thetical question , but we want to know that . Mr. WALLACE . From my knowledge of the people down there and the way they work - I mean the way they work us [ laughter ] ...
... ment have to pay if we take those people's lands ? That is a hypo- thetical question , but we want to know that . Mr. WALLACE . From my knowledge of the people down there and the way they work - I mean the way they work us [ laughter ] ...
Page 2025
... ment of the Panama Railroad with modern appliances . One - tenth of that amount that is , six - tenths of a cent a ton a mile - represents the gross revenue of a great many of the railroads in the United States , out of which they have ...
... ment of the Panama Railroad with modern appliances . One - tenth of that amount that is , six - tenths of a cent a ton a mile - represents the gross revenue of a great many of the railroads in the United States , out of which they have ...
Page 2045
... ment might promise . We have men down there of all kinds , and somebody would be bound to sink his vessel for him . Senator KITTREDGE . Do you consider this canal , when constructed , useless from the military standpoint . Colonel ERNST ...
... ment might promise . We have men down there of all kinds , and somebody would be bound to sink his vessel for him . Senator KITTREDGE . Do you consider this canal , when constructed , useless from the military standpoint . Colonel ERNST ...
Page 2094
... ment of the canal will be impared and indirection of course and of currents established which will ultimately prove obstructive to navi- gation . Senator KITTREDGE . May I interrupt you right there ? What is the character of the ...
... ment of the canal will be impared and indirection of course and of currents established which will ultimately prove obstructive to navi- gation . Senator KITTREDGE . May I interrupt you right there ? What is the character of the ...
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Ancon appointed Article authority Boca Bohio building Canal Zone cent Chagres River CHAIRMAN charge chief engineer city of Panama Colonel ERNST committee Congress construction cost Cristobal Cromwell cubic Culebra DAVIS dredging duties employees excavation executive exercise feet French Gamboa Gatun Gatun dam Government governor HAINS harbor Isthmian Canal Commission Isthmus of Panama June La Boca laborers land letter lock canal material matter ment miles Miraflores necessary Obispo operation Pacific Panama and Colon Panama Canal Company Panama Railroad Company pipe line ports President question rates Republic of Panama sanitary sea-level canal Secretary of War Secretary TAFT Senator ANKENY Senator DRYDEN Senator HOPKINS Senator KITTREDGE Senator MORGAN Senator SIMMONS Senator TALIAFERRO ship Shonts shovels silver Suez supplies territory tion track treaty United vessels WALLACE Washington width