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Excavation-Continued.

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Estimate made by Board of Consulting Engineers for, between Bohio and
Miraflores for sea-level plan..

Estimate made by Mr. Wallace for, between Bohio and Miraflores for sea-
level plan.

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2104

Material removed by dry, from Pedro Miguel and Obispo would be cheap-

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Exhibits, list of, attached to Secretary Taft's statement:

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Exhibit 3. Urgent request for legislation by Gen. Geo. W. Davis..

2086

2578

2581-2586

2583

Exhibit 4. Letter by Gen. Geo. W. Davis to Rear-Admiral Walker, in re-
gard to the collection of revenues on Isthmus..

2586

Exhibit 5. Minutes of, conference of November 28, 1904, 10 a. m., at Presi-
dent Amador's Palace, Panama.

2588

Exhibit 6. Confidential letter of Secretary Taft to the Secretary of State in
regard to repealing the Dingley Tariff Act on the Isthmus ..
Exhibit 7. Notes of a meeting held in office of the Secretary of War, June
11, 1904..

2590

2591

Brief of a conference held in the office of the Secretary of War,
June 18, 1904, between Secretary Taft and a delegation of
Panamanians...

2594

Agreement between the Secretary of War (acting for the Canal
Commission) and the Commission of Panama..

2595

Exhibit 8. Currency and coinage-No. 84-The national convention of
Panama decrees

2597

Exhibit 9. Showing statement of payments made by Isthmian Canal Com-
mission, at rate of three-fourths of 1 per cent for United States currency,
delivered to the Commission

2599

Exhibit 10. Letter from T. P. Shonts to Secretary Taft transmitting letter
from disbursing officer Williams.

2600

Exhibit 11. Memorandum in the method of selecting employees for Isth-
mus service..

2603

Memorandum regarding T. A. Davis

2606

Memorandum of Mr. Cooley for the Secretary of War.

Exhibit 12. Statement showing requisitions for material and supplies on
hand in purchasing department on February 1, 1905, not ordered..
Exhibit 13. Instructions to Maj. Charles F. Mason, surgeon U. S. Army, to

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Exhibit 14. An act to provide for the Government of the Canal Zone, the
construction of the Panama Canal, etc...

2613-2618

Exhibit 15. Confidential memorandum for Secretary of War from J. F.

Wallace, Chief Engineer.

2623

No. 1. Panama Railroad

2623

No. 2. Traffic agreement between the Panama Railroad Com-
pany and the Pacific Steamship Company

2623

No. 3. Commission organization...

2624

Exhibit 16. Report of subcommittee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce
on investigation of affairs of Panama Railroad.

2627

Exhibit 17. Copies of papers complaining of rates on Panama Railroad by
Fred W. Carpenter to R. L. Walker.

2629

Exhibit 18. Letters by W. E. Dauchy, acting chief engineer in regard to
canal-including reports from different engineers....

2634-2661

Exhibit 19. Personal letters from Chief Engineer Wallace to the Secretary
of War in regard to conditions on Canal Zone

2661-2664

Exhibits, list of, attached to Secretary Taft's statement-Continued.
Exhibit 20. Statement of number of employees of the Isthmian Canal Com-
mission, located on the Isthmus during the months from January, 1905,
to October, 1905 ...

Exhibit 21. Newspaper clippings showing condition of employees and
attractions offered by Commission to same

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2664

2665-2669

2669-2675

Exhibit 22. Correspondence with Mr. Wallace as to his appointment as
chief engineer, also in regard to his resignation...
Statement of conversation between Secretary of War, Mr.
Cromwell, and Mr. Wallace, June 25, 1905, at Hotel Man-
hattan..

2673-2675

2675-2677

Exhibit 23. Showing different Bureaus in Department of Construction
and Engineering..
Exhibit 24. Letter of Chief Engineer Wallace to W. E. Dauchy and H. G.
Prescott in regard to relations between Isthmian Canal work
and Panama Railroad
Material on hand.....

2677

2678

Exhibit 25. Letters from Governor Charles E. Magoon, respecting condition
of affairs of Commission on Isthmus as found on May 24, 1905, the date
when he and John F. Wallace arrived
Exhibit 26. Letters from T. P. Shonts to Secretary of War in regard to
former Chief Engineer Wallace...

2679-2686

2686-2688

Exhibit 27. Pipe line, correspondence in regard to...

2688-2703

Exhibits List of, attached to testimony of Edward A. Drake. (See Panama
Railroad.)

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Colon, Engineering force assigned to..

2432-2435

Control of Chagres River above Gamboa, field parties organize to take
charge of..

2430

Engineering and construction operations, number of parties.

2436

First annual report of governor of Canal Zone, as Appendix No. 2..
First visit of Commission to the Isthmus of Panama..

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Instructions from President, placing the government of Canal Zone

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Proposed dam at Gatun and Tiger Hill alternatively, engineers as-
signed to..

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Cost for carrying through canal.
How it is handled...

(See Panama Railroad.)

French Panama Canal Company:

Adopted plan for lock canal as sea-level plan was too expensive...

Amount asked for canal property by..

Bonds.

Choron, Louis, chief engineer.

2763

2815

1979

2804

Claims of, pending before Commission..
Condition of maps left by...

2081

2143

2297

2086

2018, 2145, 2287, 2291

2069

French Panama Canal Company-Continued.

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Date when property of, was turned over to the United States..

2518

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Telegram, stating price wanted for property.

2150

Time it would have required for them to construct canal.

2013, 2142

Value of maps left by

2070

Various levels considered.

2082

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Amount of water discharged by Chagres River at this point.
Distance from, to Obispo..

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Gautron, Jean Pierre: Liquidator old Panama Canal Company.

2891

General purposes of organization.

2431

Geological gorges.

1960, 1970, 1973, 1974, 2184

Goodrich, Admiral, U. S. Navy: Report by, to Secretary of Navy regarding the

steering of vessels.

2172

Gorgas, W. C., U. S. Army: Charge of sanitation on Canal Zone

2017

Gorgona waterworks..

2641

Government of Canal Zone. (See Canal Zone.)

Grunsky, C. Ewald: Member of board of directors Panama Railroad.................. 2827, 2888

H.

Hains, Peter C., Brigadier-General, U. S. Army, retired

2079

Connection with Panama Railroad.

2137

Cost of maintaining sea-level canal another reason for favoring lock canal.. 2087
Member of Canal Commission.

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Testimony of, in regard to purchase of canal property..
Time and money two of the important factors against sea-level canal..
Time connected with Panama Ĉanal.

2079-2152
2142, 2144
2083

Would prefer sea level if country between Gamboa and Pedro Miguel was
as easy to cut through as that between Bohio and Gamboa ...
Hamburg-American Steamship Company in competition with steamers con-
trolled by Panama Railroad Company.

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Letter from Secretary Hay to Señor Don José Vicente Concha in regard
to....

Letter from Secretary Hay to Hon. W. P. Hepburn in regard to.
Letters from Señor Don José Vicente Concha in regard to ...
Letter from Wm. Nelson Cromwell to Secretary Hay in regard to.

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2953-2957

2955

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Provides for extending our jurisdiction..

of canal and employees...

Ratification of..

Reference to..

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2581

2518, 2522, 2886

2551

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2744

2745

2743

2757

2518, 2522, 2886

2747

2727

2728, 2729

Provides that the United States may import free of duty everything for use

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Compared with some found in borings made for bridge across the Missouri
River...

Not proper name..

1961
2120

Remarks on

1952, 1957, 1972, 1974, 2051, 2077, 2155

International Banking Corporation established branch banks on Isthmus..
Instruction from President placing government of Canal Zone in charge of Canal
Commission

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Circumstances leading to the severance of Mr. Wallace, and correspondence
relating thereto...

2557-2572

Committees appointed, and names of members on each.

2425

Conduct of affairs by.

2293-2297

Directed to submit such plans as might be proposed by the Board of Con-
sulting Engineers..

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Executive order practically placed entire power of, in hands of three mem-
bers.....

2009

Financial statement by treasurer of Commission as Appendix No. 1.
First annual report by

Exhibit No. 23, showing different bureaus in Department of Construc-
tion...

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Machinery of all kinds should be turned over to contractor by.

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Names of members who authorized the payment of for French property.

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Preparations made by, for the accomodation of employees.

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Regarding condition of country between Bay of Limon and Bay of Panama.
Sickness on and means to relieve.....

2286

2240

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Has been asked by Panama Railroad to enter into a tariff agreement...

2815

Very important line...

2815

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Number of, on Isthmus at time of transfer to the United States

Rice used by, as food....

Went to Isthmus voluntarily, and early arrivals at their own expense.
Laboratory tests..

Lampre, Édouard: Council for old Panama Canal Company.

Lands:

2284, 2286

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2285

2029

2891

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to construct sea-level plan....

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2072

2722

Capacity of, in comparison with sea-level canal.

Construction of immense locks for, would probably take as long as it would

Cost and time two strongest reasons for favoring.

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2035, 2171, 2172

1994

2081

2087, 2088

2102

2153, 2154

2102

2098

Lockage time....

Navigation in, safer.

No objectionable currents in.

2156

2035

2101, 2154

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