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Table showing movement of vessels at..

Combination lock and sea-level plan:

Amount and cost of excavation saved over entire sea-level type.
Condition of country between Matachin and Gamboa....

Dams not needed at 60-foot level..

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Saving in time.

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2432, 2435

2325

2641

2377

2249, 2250

2247

2248

2245

2246

2247

2311

2310, 2313

2244, 2246, 2309

2314

2314

2248, 2313, 2315

2248, 2315

2249, 2250

Three locks going up to 90-foot level cheaper, transformable, and practi-
cable

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2738

2675

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1951, 1953

2075, 2078

2220

Reference made to, by Mr. Wallace....

Cromwell, Wm. Nelson:

Attorney for Panama Railroad Company.

Contractor should fix hours of labor..

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

Panama Railroad should be turned over to contractor..

Protection necessary if left to contractor....

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Bonds held by, for rebuilding ships for Panama Railroad
Contract for rebuilding ships belonging to Panama Railroad.

Cristobal: Harbor at

Attorney for Panama Canal Company.

Claim presented by, against United States for work performed by French
Canal Company.

2221

2074

1988

1987, 2221

2074

1951, 1953, 1985

2575

2073

2911

2734, 2737

2916

2873,

2881, 2918, 2922, 2926

2428

2145, 2555, 2557, 2770

2018

2018, 2019

Contract drawn by Sullivan & Cromwell, for repairs on ships at Cramps..
Farnham, R. L., member of firm of Sullivan & Cromwell
Member of executive committee of Panama Railroad..

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Amount of material to be removed from, for sea-level canal .

2084

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Opinion of Mr. Wallace is that it can be excavated as soon as locks can be

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Culebra cut-Continued.

Small slides have occurred where cut has already been made........

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2099, 2100

Time needed to complete this particular portion determines time for com-
pleting the whole.

Width same in either type..

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Remarks on, by General Davis.

2085
2035, 2036
2641

2519, 2529,2533, 2535, 2537, 2770

2273, 2274, 2275

Statements showing payments made by Isthmian Canal Commission
under....

Telegram from Mr. Shonts to Secretary of War on.

Currents:

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No engineer can calculate velocity of, in canal without tidal locks
Results of....

2597, 2599

2535, 2537

2089, 2093

2101

2189

2190, 2191

2089

2091

2104, 2154

1977

2094

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Conditions are as favorable for the construction of, as at Gatun

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Most important on line (Report Isthmian Canal Commission, 1899-
1901).

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Would be sufficient if lock canal should be built between Obispo and
Miraflores

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Permeable material can be made impervious by pumping down current.

2155

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Sheet piling, used for foundation.

2115, 2116, 2118

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Should either the Gamboa or the Alajuela site be selected more land will be

Two elements in earth dam proposition.

Davis, C. E.: Engineer waterworks and sewers.

Davis, Geo. W., major-general, U. S. Army (retired):
Copy of proclamation submitted by....

Date of appointment as governor of Canal Zone..
Diagrams submitted

Duties..

Extract from letter by, to Chief Engineer Wallace.

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Member of Canal Commission, appointed 1904

Military governor of Philippine Islands..

Left for Isthmus under orders from President...

Medical supplies ordered by, did not reach Isthmus for some months

Member of Board of Consulting Engineers..

Provisional agreement made by, with Panama authorities.

2165

2773

2161

2163

2164

2519

Regarding incomplete report of.

2297, 2298, 2306, 2307

Report by, as governor of Canal Zone, and subjects discussed in..

2334

Appendixes to customs reports..

2362-2377

Customs ports and revenues..

2334

Points of Mr. Arias's protest July 27 concerning fiscal and economical
Sovereignty within and without Canal Zone...

Letter from Señor Obaldia to Hon. John Hay regarding treaty.
Points in Mr. Obaldia's dispatch of August 11 concerning the cession of
territory...

2352

2345

2344

Present situation regarding the entrance and clearance of vessels...... 2350
Reply of Secretary of State Hay to Señor Obaldia regarding a satisfac-
tory settlement of Canal Zone matters.....

2378-2391

Davis, Geo. W., major-general, U. S. Army (retired)—Continued.

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Services rendered in the organization of a government on the Canal Zone. 2012

Signed majority report...

Statement of....

Status of, in dealing with Republic of Panama.

Supplemental report by, and subjects discussed in...
Custody of property, canal work, and administration..
Disbursing officer on Isthmus.

Panama Railroad.

Telegrams, rates charged

Transfer of canal property to United States....

Thoroughly acquainted with all conditions on Isthmus..
Time connected with United States Army..

Time spent at Suez...

2163

2161, 2505

2305

2485

2494

2486

2487

2485

2492

2162

2161

2164

2606

2307, 2345, 2352, 2378

2177, 2178, 2210

2519

2758

Letter by Gen. George W. Davis to Rear-Admiral Walker in regard to.
Reasons for being revoked

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Davis, T. A..

De Obaldia, Señor Don J. Domingo, letter.
Diagrams showing ships in sea-level canal.

Dingley tariff act:

Date of executive order putting in effect on Isthmus of Panama..
Exhibit No. 6, letter by Secretary Taft to Secretary Hay in regard to repeal-
ing same.

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Cablegrams from T. P. Shonts and Secretary of War to Chief Engineer Ste-
vens on Gatun dam..

2038

Extract from report of Isthmian Canal Commission of 1899-1901..
Cablegram from Chief Engineer Stevens to T. P. Shonts in regard to Gatun
locks

2059

2111

2111

Written statement by Gen. Henry L. Abbott on relative merits of sea-level
and lock projects...

2152-2159

Maintenance expenses for sea-level and lock canal.

2198

Table showing increase in size of ships..

2203

Cablegrams from various parties regarding annual expenses at Suez Canal..
Table showing existing and proposed ship canals...

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Letter of President to the Secretary of War regarding his authority to acquire
the Panama Railroad and property of Panama Canal Company.

2253

Copy of agreement relating to the delimitation of Canal Zone.
Report by Gen. George W. Davis, governor of Canal Zone.

Letter from William Nelson Cromwell to Attorney-General Knox regarding
Panama Canal property.

Letter from Attorney-General Knox to Admiral Walker regarding compen-
sation claimed by New Panama Canal Company.

2278

2279

2300

2334

Letter from Señor Don J. Domingo de Obaldia to Hon. John Hay, Secretary
of State....

2352

Movement of vessels at the port of Colon for months of August and Sep-
tember

2377

Message of President transmitting first annual report of Isthmian Canal Com-
mission...

2392

Letter of Secretary of War Taft transmitting first annual report of Canal
Commission

2393

First annual report of Isthmian Canal Commission.

2411

Supplemental report of Maj. Gen. George W. Davis as governor of Canal Zone 2485
Extracts from letter from Maj. Gen. George W. Davis to Chief Engineer

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Statement of T. P. Shonts regarding receipts, expenditures of operations of
hotels and mess kitchens on Isthmus of Panama..

2511

Documents inserted in the record-Continued.

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Statement by Secretary of War Taft regarding transactions of the Govern-
ment in respect to the Panama Canal..

2516

Exhibits attached to statement by Secretary of War Taft..
Additional correspondence between Mr. Wallace and Secretary of War Taft.
Papers submitted by Mr. Drake on result of operations of the Panama Rail-
road for calendar year 1905..

2578

2704

2892

Copy of contract made with Cramp & Sons for repair of ships owned by
Panama Railroad....

2918

List showing stockholders of the Panama Railroad.

2942

Letter from John Hay, Secretary of State, to Señor Don José Vicente
Concha regarding treaty with Republic of Colombia.

2952

Sundry letters and copy of treaty with Republic of Colombia.

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Devised plan for creating bonded debt against Panama Railroad for repair
of ships

2928

Familiar with the purchases of coal.

2844

Former testimony on expenditures incurred by Panama Railroad for repair
of ships...

2941

Had no conversation with Mr. Cromwell in regard to creating bonded debt
of Panama Railroad...

2930

Has had charge of operating line since 1893..

2800

Holding office as assistant to president under order of president of rail-
road...

Member of executive committee of Panama Railroad.

Never heard of any American who was stockholder in either French com-
pany...

Requisitions for material and supplies passed upon by.

Secretary and treasurer of Panama Railroad and assistant to president.

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Was stock broker and banker before entering service of Panama Railroad...
Dredging: Conditions under which it will have to be done...

2891
2939

2098

E.

Earthquakes:

Earn Steamship Line: Has contract for carrying coal for Panama Railroad for
last three years..

2845

Danger from

2157

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Employees on Canal Zone: Statement showing number of, on Isthmus from Jan-

uary, 1905, to October, 1905.

2664, 2284

Engineers: Number of, on Isthmus when Mr. Wallace arrived..

1956

Engineering and construction operations, number of parties..........

2436

Equitable Life Insurance Company.

Ernst, Oswald H., Col. U. S. Army:

2910

Does not know why Walker Commission was discharged..
Former testimony on Bohio dam......

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Amount of material taken out at different times while Mr. Wallace was on
Isthmus

1992, 1993, 2096

Barriers left at each end of cut, so as to enable work to be done in the dry... 1999
Below water will require different treatment..

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