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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... 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 railroad is . concerned , has been relieved , because they have put in two ...
... 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 railroad is . concerned , has been relieved , because they have put in two ...
Pagina 23
... fact , I know we handle , freight cheaper than any country in the world . Senator GORMAN . How many tons would that be to the train load ? Mr. STEVENS . It depends entirely , Senator , on the grades and the character of the roadbed ...
... fact , I know we handle , freight cheaper than any country in the world . Senator GORMAN . How many tons would that be to the train load ? Mr. STEVENS . It depends entirely , Senator , on the grades and the character of the roadbed ...
Pagina 25
... fact that I did not know what was wanted . In other words , it was as though I had been told to build a house without being informed whether it was a tollhouse or a capitol . So it was very largely a matter of guess- work or judgment as ...
... fact that I did not know what was wanted . In other words , it was as though I had been told to build a house without being informed whether it was a tollhouse or a capitol . So it was very largely a matter of guess- work or judgment as ...
Pagina 27
... fact , we got so hard up for equipment on the Panama Railroad during what is called the congestion that I made the experiment of using some of these old French dumpcars . I was desperate ; I had nothing else to do - to haul coal from ...
... fact , we got so hard up for equipment on the Panama Railroad during what is called the congestion that I made the experiment of using some of these old French dumpcars . I was desperate ; I had nothing else to do - to haul coal from ...
Pagina 28
... fact of equipment . As I say , nothing has been ordered except these 300 cars . There had been ordered a couple of dozen of two or three different kinds of dump cars , merely as a matter of experiment ; and out of those two or three ...
... fact of equipment . As I say , nothing has been ordered except these 300 cars . There had been ordered a couple of dozen of two or three different kinds of dump cars , merely as a matter of experiment ; and out of those two or three ...
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