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], Volumul 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1906 |
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What direct interest has the Government in the facilities for transportation between Colon and San Francisco ? Secretary Taft . It is a three weeks ' trip , as compared with a week's trip . Perhaps I exaggerate by saying three weeks ...
What direct interest has the Government in the facilities for transportation between Colon and San Francisco ? Secretary Taft . It is a three weeks ' trip , as compared with a week's trip . Perhaps I exaggerate by saying three weeks ...
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Mr. Secretary , during the month of October the congestion at Colon , and , in fact , all the way over the road , I think , was very different from what it is now , was it not ? Secretary TAFT . Oh , yes . The congestion , so far as the ...
Mr. Secretary , during the month of October the congestion at Colon , and , in fact , all the way over the road , I think , was very different from what it is now , was it not ? Secretary TAFT . Oh , yes . The congestion , so far as the ...
Pagina 16
Do they obstruct you on this side , between New York and Colon ! Secretary TAFT . No , sir ; we have our own line there . Senator GORMAN . I know ; but with their steamships is there any attempt or any evidence there of obstruction ?
Do they obstruct you on this side , between New York and Colon ! Secretary TAFT . No , sir ; we have our own line there . Senator GORMAN . I know ; but with their steamships is there any attempt or any evidence there of obstruction ?
Pagina 27
I was desperate ; I had nothing else too do — to haul coal from Colon to Panama . The result was that I laid out every passenger train that I had on the road , and practically blocked the road all up for 47 miles .
I was desperate ; I had nothing else too do — to haul coal from Colon to Panama . The result was that I laid out every passenger train that I had on the road , and practically blocked the road all up for 47 miles .
Pagina 29
Meanwhile the balance of the first order of 500 flat cars is going forward , and a shipload of them ( I think 135 or 145 ) is now being unloaded at Colon , which is the northern terminus of the line . Of course then we will have to have ...
Meanwhile the balance of the first order of 500 flat cars is going forward , and a shipload of them ( I think 135 or 145 ) is now being unloaded at Colon , which is the northern terminus of the line . Of course then we will have to have ...
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