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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Pagina 10
... road in its obligation to discharge what a common carrier always has to discharge , viz . , the duty of carrying of freight . that is offered to it . if Senator KITTREDGE . Are we not bound to maintain that condition with reference to ...
... road in its obligation to discharge what a common carrier always has to discharge , viz . , the duty of carrying of freight . that is offered to it . if Senator KITTREDGE . Are we not bound to maintain that condition with reference to ...
Pagina 12
... road or to the Government ? Secretary TAFT . Not a bit ; because under the authority of the Attorney - General we have the right , in pursuance of the general policy and purposes of the Spooner Act , for the purpose of bettering the ...
... road or to the Government ? Secretary TAFT . Not a bit ; because under the authority of the Attorney - General we have the right , in pursuance of the general policy and purposes of the Spooner Act , for the purpose of bettering the ...
Pagina 15
... 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 docks at Cristobal , which is a ...
... 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 docks at Cristobal , which is a ...
Pagina 23
... road ; and the other engines would handle 2,000 - from 1,500 to 2,000 . I handled as high as 44 cars and 100,000 pounds on each car with an engine not as heavy as I describe , on the Great Northern ; but then I had better grades than ...
... road ; and the other engines would handle 2,000 - from 1,500 to 2,000 . I handled as high as 44 cars and 100,000 pounds on each car with an engine not as heavy as I describe , on the Great Northern ; but then I had better grades than ...
Pagina 24
... road - you would have lots of derailments . And these cars there , something over three thousand of them , were of very small capacity , carrying from 6 to 6 or 7 yards of material . They looked like an exaggerated scoop shovel set up ...
... road - you would have lots of derailments . And these cars there , something over three thousand of them , were of very small capacity , carrying from 6 to 6 or 7 yards of material . They looked like an exaggerated scoop shovel set up ...
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