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 17
... practically no tramp steamers owned by Americans , however . Senator GORMAN . You must have a line of steamers , too , must you not ? Secretary TAFT . Yes , sir ; youmust have regular sailings if you are going to do any business that is ...
... practically no tramp steamers owned by Americans , however . Senator GORMAN . You must have a line of steamers , too , must you not ? Secretary TAFT . Yes , sir ; youmust have regular sailings if you are going to do any business that is ...
Pagina 20
... practically the only common laborers ) are paid in silver , and the whites in gold . A short time after my arrival there , after we had several consultations , a new system was put in force , which for a while did not seem to promise ...
... practically the only common laborers ) are paid in silver , and the whites in gold . A short time after my arrival there , after we had several consultations , a new system was put in force , which for a while did not seem to promise ...
Pagina 21
... practically all the time . Our aim was to get the paying of any period done in at least from seven to ten days after the expiration of the pay day , if it could possi- bly be accomplished . We are getting down now to very near that ...
... practically all the time . Our aim was to get the paying of any period done in at least from seven to ten days after the expiration of the pay day , if it could possi- bly be accomplished . We are getting down now to very near that ...
Pagina 27
... practically blocked the road all up for 47 miles . It took from 7 o'clock in the morning to 4.30 in the afternoon to haul 16 cars across the Isthmus and keep them on the track . In fact , I did not keep them on the track ; they went off ...
... practically blocked the road all up for 47 miles . It took from 7 o'clock in the morning to 4.30 in the afternoon to haul 16 cars across the Isthmus and keep them on the track . In fact , I did not keep them on the track ; they went off ...
Pagina 36
... practically worn out , weighing 56 pounds to the yard . I think that the French probably laid a few miles of heavy rail ; I do not know . I took out some this fall that they told me had only been laid four or five years , but it was ...
... practically worn out , weighing 56 pounds to the yard . I think that the French probably laid a few miles of heavy rail ; I do not know . I took out some this fall that they told me had only been laid four or five years , but it was ...
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