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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... Gamboa will involve the necessity of purchasing millions and mil- lions of barrels of cement . The structure , if made largely of con- crete , evidently will be very much stronger than if built of cut stone , and is to be the final ...
... Gamboa will involve the necessity of purchasing millions and mil- lions of barrels of cement . The structure , if made largely of con- crete , evidently will be very much stronger than if built of cut stone , and is to be the final ...
Pagina 1501
... Gamboa particularly , is such as to induce a very quick run - off ; and that produces rapid rises or quick floods , reaching sometimes it is supposed 70,000 to 80.000 cubic feet per second at Gamboa , or possibly 110,000 or 112,000 ...
... Gamboa particularly , is such as to induce a very quick run - off ; and that produces rapid rises or quick floods , reaching sometimes it is supposed 70,000 to 80.000 cubic feet per second at Gamboa , or possibly 110,000 or 112,000 ...
Pagina 1502
... Gamboa . A dam would be built across the Chagres River at that point of sufficient height to raise the surface water in the lake to about 175 feet above sea level , or about 125 feet above the bed of the river at that point . Senator ...
... Gamboa . A dam would be built across the Chagres River at that point of sufficient height to raise the surface water in the lake to about 175 feet above sea level , or about 125 feet above the bed of the river at that point . Senator ...
Pagina 1503
... Gamboa ; how would you take care of the waters that come in through the afluents of the Chagres River below Gamboa , between that point and Port Limon ? Mr. BURR . Those are all comparatively small , with the exception of the Gatun ...
... Gamboa ; how would you take care of the waters that come in through the afluents of the Chagres River below Gamboa , between that point and Port Limon ? Mr. BURR . Those are all comparatively small , with the exception of the Gatun ...
Pagina 1504
... Gamboa Lake would , of course , contain all the sediment of the Chagres above the Gamboa dam . Senator MORGAN . That would be a good deal , would it not ? Mr. BURR . I think it would be a good deal . There is some doubt about the ...
... Gamboa Lake would , of course , contain all the sediment of the Chagres above the Gamboa dam . Senator MORGAN . That would be a good deal , would it not ? Mr. BURR . I think it would be a good deal . There is some doubt about the ...
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amount answer BATES Boca Bohio BURR cancel cargo cement cent Chagres River CHAIRMAN chief engineer clay coal Colombia Colon committee construction contract contractor cost course CROMWELL cubic yards Culebra Culebra cut directors dollars dredges estimate excavation fact feet freight furnish Gamboa gates Gatun dam gold Government Isthmian Canal Commission Isthmus La Boca lake letter lock canal lock plan locomotives MARKEL material matter mean miles Mindi minority NOBLE Pacific Mail Panama Canal Company Panama Railroad Company PARSONS pesos President proposed purchase question rock Ross sea-level canal Secretary Secretary of War Senator ANKENY Senator DRYDEN Senator HOPKINS Senator KITTREDGE Senator KNOX Senator MORGAN Senator SIMMONS Senator TALIAFERRO ships SHONTS silver statement steamers steamship Stevens Suez Suez Canal testimony tidal lock tion tons understand United vessels Wallace York