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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... French lines that come directly from Europe . The CHAIRMAN . I thought there was also a German line running to New York ? Secretary TAFT . It is possible that there is . Senator KNOX . Mr. Secretary , if the Pacific Mail Steamship Com ...
... French lines that come directly from Europe . The CHAIRMAN . I thought there was also a German line running to New York ? Secretary TAFT . It is possible that there is . Senator KNOX . Mr. Secretary , if the Pacific Mail Steamship Com ...
Pagina 22
... French equipment - of which , of course you are all aware , there was millions of dollars ' worth on the Isthmus , princi- pally scrap . This old equipment undoubtedly , from a continental point of view , twenty - five or thirty or ...
... French equipment - of which , of course you are all aware , there was millions of dollars ' worth on the Isthmus , princi- pally scrap . This old equipment undoubtedly , from a continental point of view , twenty - five or thirty or ...
Pagina 23
... French engines ( the majority of them are really Belgian engines , made in Belgium ) , I do not carry in my mind just what their power is , but I should suppose about six to eight thousand pounds drawbar pull , back tender . A heavy ...
... French engines ( the majority of them are really Belgian engines , made in Belgium ) , I do not carry in my mind just what their power is , but I should suppose about six to eight thousand pounds drawbar pull , back tender . A heavy ...
Pagina 24
... French laid there - we do not know how many miles of track . Every time I make an expedition out into the jungle I find a new railroad . I presume it is fair to say that they had from 200 to 250 miles of tracks laid there . They used an ...
... French laid there - we do not know how many miles of track . Every time I make an expedition out into the jungle I find a new railroad . I presume it is fair to say that they had from 200 to 250 miles of tracks laid there . They used an ...
Pagina 25
... French laid them . They were called the French tracks . That is all I know about it . Senator HOPKINS . Yes . Mr. STEVENS . As I said , I could see no definite plan that these shovels were working on , excepting getting out a little ...
... French laid them . They were called the French tracks . That is all I know about it . Senator HOPKINS . Yes . Mr. STEVENS . As I said , I could see no definite plan that these shovels were working on , excepting getting out a little ...
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