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]U.S. Government Printing Office, 1906 |
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Pagina 22
Have you any means of knowing how much that cost the Government ? Mr. STEVENS . I understand it cost nothing . Senator KNOX . We bought it all for a lump sum . The act of Con- gress provided that $ 40,000,000 should be paid for the ...
Have you any means of knowing how much that cost the Government ? Mr. STEVENS . I understand it cost nothing . Senator KNOX . We bought it all for a lump sum . The act of Con- gress provided that $ 40,000,000 should be paid for the ...
Pagina 23
... last twenty years , particularly ( more than that , but more particularly the last fifteen or twenty years ) , has been in the direction of heavy train loads and reduction in the cost of transportation , which has been effected very ...
... last twenty years , particularly ( more than that , but more particularly the last fifteen or twenty years ) , has been in the direction of heavy train loads and reduction in the cost of transportation , which has been effected very ...
Pagina 32
Is that sliding process , that creeping - clay proc- ess , from the heights down into the digging , accounted for by any specific estimate in respect to the cost of the canal , or is it included in the percentage ? Mr. STEVENS .
Is that sliding process , that creeping - clay proc- ess , from the heights down into the digging , accounted for by any specific estimate in respect to the cost of the canal , or is it included in the percentage ? Mr. STEVENS .
Pagina 43
Have you any means of knowing how much that cost the Government ? Mr. STEVENS . I understand it cost nothing . Senator Knox . We bought it all for a lump sum . The act of Congress provided that $ 40,000,000 should be paid for the rights ...
Have you any means of knowing how much that cost the Government ? Mr. STEVENS . I understand it cost nothing . Senator Knox . We bought it all for a lump sum . The act of Congress provided that $ 40,000,000 should be paid for the rights ...
Pagina 52
As a inatter of fact , assuming that it costs those people 30 cents a day for actual food expenses , and we paid them ... Mr. Stevens . with the cost of the canal , but with the length of time that it would take to build it , and to ...
As a inatter of fact , assuming that it costs those people 30 cents a day for actual food expenses , and we paid them ... Mr. Stevens . with the cost of the canal , but with the length of time that it would take to build it , and to ...
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