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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... PARSONS . I have . Senator KITTREDGE . What engineering questions are you now gen- erally interested in - what great works ? Mr. PARSONS . I am consulting engineer for the various transporta- tion companies constructing lines in New ...
... PARSONS . I have . Senator KITTREDGE . What engineering questions are you now gen- erally interested in - what great works ? Mr. PARSONS . I am consulting engineer for the various transporta- tion companies constructing lines in New ...
Pagina 1752
... PARSONS . Thank you very much , Senator . This , of course , I have not seen . The CHAIRMAN . Yes ; the other you have . That was the testimony of Saturday . Mr. PARSONS . Saturday's testimony I had seen . Yesterday's testi- mony , of ...
... PARSONS . Thank you very much , Senator . This , of course , I have not seen . The CHAIRMAN . Yes ; the other you have . That was the testimony of Saturday . Mr. PARSONS . Saturday's testimony I had seen . Yesterday's testi- mony , of ...
Pagina 1753
... PARSONS . No ; because the sea - level canal is a canal that would not have to be changed . It is the ultimate development . You have gotten down then to the lowest possible point ; you can not go any farther . The CHAIRMAN . You think ...
... PARSONS . No ; because the sea - level canal is a canal that would not have to be changed . It is the ultimate development . You have gotten down then to the lowest possible point ; you can not go any farther . The CHAIRMAN . You think ...
Pagina 1754
... Parsons , did I understand you to say that a gale was blowing at the time ? Mr. PARSONS . A gale was blowing at the time . Senator MORGAN . Let me ask you , right there -- the dam at Gatun would be about how far from the shore ? Mr. PARSONS ...
... Parsons , did I understand you to say that a gale was blowing at the time ? Mr. PARSONS . A gale was blowing at the time . Senator MORGAN . Let me ask you , right there -- the dam at Gatun would be about how far from the shore ? Mr. PARSONS ...
Pagina 1755
... PARSONS . Those contingencies , of course , are among the possi- bilities of any situation . Senator MORGAN . Except on the top of a mountain ? You would not expect the sea to invade the top of a mountain ? Mr. PARSONS . No ; but I mean ...
... PARSONS . Those contingencies , of course , are among the possi- bilities of any situation . Senator MORGAN . Except on the top of a mountain ? You would not expect the sea to invade the top of a mountain ? Mr. PARSONS . No ; but I mean ...
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