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, 1907 |
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Pagina 31
... feet thick in some places , of red clay , and in some places in the stratification of the rock we will find little seams of clay . But it must be drilled , all of it , excepting pos- sibly a pocket here and there . As I say , over ...
... feet thick in some places , of red clay , and in some places in the stratification of the rock we will find little seams of clay . But it must be drilled , all of it , excepting pos- sibly a pocket here and there . As I say , over ...
Pagina 32
... feet above the base of your shovel . Ordinarily about 30 or 35 feet is about right . Senator MORGAN . Is the work that is being done there now encum- bered or impeded by slides ? Mr. STEVENS . No , sir ; not to any great extent ...
... feet above the base of your shovel . Ordinarily about 30 or 35 feet is about right . Senator MORGAN . Is the work that is being done there now encum- bered or impeded by slides ? Mr. STEVENS . No , sir ; not to any great extent ...
Pagina 33
... feet , or something less than three- quarters of a mile ) from Obispo yes , he carried them , I think , from Bohio , certainly , through to Miraflores - he drilled down to 40 feet or more below sea level and took out cores . We have ...
... feet , or something less than three- quarters of a mile ) from Obispo yes , he carried them , I think , from Bohio , certainly , through to Miraflores - he drilled down to 40 feet or more below sea level and took out cores . We have ...
Pagina 35
... feet above sea level . Perico and Culebra and Flamenco , which are the islands at the mouth of the harbor , and larger ones farther out , are of practically the same formation to an unscientific eye . Senator ANKENY . Are they the same ...
... feet above sea level . Perico and Culebra and Flamenco , which are the islands at the mouth of the harbor , and larger ones farther out , are of practically the same formation to an unscientific eye . Senator ANKENY . Are they the same ...
Pagina 36
... feet to the mile . The ties generally , especially those that were placed there years ago that is , those that have ... feet long , 48 feet wide , with two tracks on it , built by the French and acquired with the railway . That was about ...
... feet to the mile . The ties generally , especially those that were placed there years ago that is , those that have ... feet long , 48 feet wide , with two tracks on it , built by the French and acquired with the railway . That was about ...
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agent agreement American Ancon auditor bankers banks BENSON bids BIGELOW Bohio Canal Zone cars cent Chagres River charge chief engineer Colon commissaries committee construction contract cost course Cromwell Culebra employees fact feet freight French Gamboa Gatun give GORMAN Governor Magoon inches Isthmian Canal Commission Isthmus labor letter lock canal Major GALLAGHER Markel material and supplies matter ment miles minority report Miraflores month Panama Railroad Company party ports President purchasing question Republic of Panama requisitions road rock sanitary SCHWERIN sea-level canal Secretary of War Secretary TAFT Senator ANKENY Senator DRYDEN Senator HOPKINS Senator KITTREDGE Senator KNOX Senator MORGAN Senator SIMMONS Senator TALIAFERRO ship SHONTS silver statement steamers Steamship STEVENS suppose thing tion track understand United WALLACE Washington yellow fever York