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].. 1906U.S. Government Printing Office, 1906 |
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Page 1952
... building of a dam 14 miles long to retain a head of water of 85 feet across an alluvial valley similar to the valley of the Chagres at Gatun , in which exist already two subsurface gorges , one of which alone is 1,000 feet across and ...
... building of a dam 14 miles long to retain a head of water of 85 feet across an alluvial valley similar to the valley of the Chagres at Gatun , in which exist already two subsurface gorges , one of which alone is 1,000 feet across and ...
Page 1958
... building the dam , though I can not say that it would not be possible to do it . Senator SIMMONS . Is it proposed to construct any such curtain as you now speak of at Gamboa ? Mr. WALLACE . At Gamboa ? No , sir ; because at Gamboa the ...
... building the dam , though I can not say that it would not be possible to do it . Senator SIMMONS . Is it proposed to construct any such curtain as you now speak of at Gamboa ? Mr. WALLACE . At Gamboa ? No , sir ; because at Gamboa the ...
Page 1965
... building across these gorges to make a provision such as you have referred to - running down these aprons until you strike a strong , sufficient foundation- is that impracticable from an engineering standpoint ? Mr. WALLACE . Well , in ...
... building across these gorges to make a provision such as you have referred to - running down these aprons until you strike a strong , sufficient foundation- is that impracticable from an engineering standpoint ? Mr. WALLACE . Well , in ...
Page 1970
... build a dam where I would not have these difficulties , and which would still enable me to build the Pan- ama Canal . Senator MORGAN . You would not recommend it to a client as a safe operation for investment ? Mr. WALLACE . I certainly ...
... build a dam where I would not have these difficulties , and which would still enable me to build the Pan- ama Canal . Senator MORGAN . You would not recommend it to a client as a safe operation for investment ? Mr. WALLACE . I certainly ...
Page 1985
... buildings . There were buildings on it that the French had there , and we went in and arbitrarily fixed them up and put our men in them . It was maintaining a status quo . We did not put any new buildings on that property . In this ...
... buildings . There were buildings on it that the French had there , and we went in and arbitrarily fixed them up and put our men in them . It was maintaining a status quo . We did not put any new buildings on that property . In this ...
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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 present 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
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Page 2418 - II which the United States would possess and exercise if it were the sovereign of the territory within which said lands and waters are located to the entire exclusion of the exercise by the Republic of Panama of any such sovereign rights, power or authority.
Page 2392 - The Republic of Panama grants to the United States in perpetuity the use, occupation and control of a zone of land and land under water for the construction, maintenance, operation, sanitation and protection...
Page 2423 - The Republic of Panama further grants to the United States in perpetuity the use, occupation and control of any other lands and waters outside of the zone above described which may be necessary and convenient for the construction, maintenance, operation, sanitation and protection of the said Canal or of any auxiliary canals or other works necessary and convenient for the construction, maintenance, operation, sanitation and protection of the said enterprise.
Page 2586 - ... this treaty or by reason of the operations of the United States, its agents or employees, or by reason of the construction, maintenance, operation, sanitation and protection of the...
Page 2419 - States, its agents or employees, or by reason of the construction, maintenance, operation, sanitation and protection of the said Canal or of the works of sanitation and protection herein provided for, shall be appraised and settled by a joint Commission appointed by the Governments of the United States and the Republic of Panama...
Page 2386 - Canal and its auxiliary works, with their respective families, and all such persons shall be free and exempt from the military service of the Republic of Panama.
Page 2418 - Colombia, and the sovereignty of such territory being actually vested in the Republic of Panama, the high contracting parties have resolved for that purpose to conclude a convention and have accordingly appointed as their plenipotentiaries, — The President of the United States of America, John Hay, Secretary of State, and The Government of the Republic of Panama...
Page 2585 - States in perpetuity the use, occupation and control of a zone of land and land under water for the construction, maintenance, operation, sanitation and protection of said Canal of the width of ten miles extending to the distance of five miles on each side of the center line of the route of the Canal to be constructed...
Page 2421 - ... during the life of this convention of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) in like gold coin, beginning nine years after the date aforesaid. The provisions of this Article shall be in addition to all other benefits assured to the Republic of Panama under this convention. But no delay or difference of opinion under this Article or any other provisions of this treaty shall affect or interrupt the full operation and effect of this convention in all other respects.
Page 2419 - States and in case the Government of Panama is unable or fails in its duty to enforce this compliance by the cities of Panama and Colon with the sanitary ordinances of the United States the Republic of Panama grants to the United States the right and authority to enforce the same. The same right and authority are granted to the United States for the maintenance of public order in the cities of Panama and Colon and the territories and harbors adjacent thereto in case the Republic of Panama should...