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 37
... freight piled up at Colon in a hopeless mass of confusion . I found freight which they told me had been there for eighteen months . I saw papers some of which we after- wards found had been there over six months . I found that part of ...
... freight piled up at Colon in a hopeless mass of confusion . I found freight which they told me had been there for eighteen months . I saw papers some of which we after- wards found had been there over six months . I found that part of ...
Pagina 38
... freight . I suppose there were 3,000 packages on the docks in Colon and Panama that there were no papers for . I could not tell , nobody could tell , what its destination or its consignees were . Then , I do not like to criticize , but ...
... freight . I suppose there were 3,000 packages on the docks in Colon and Panama that there were no papers for . I could not tell , nobody could tell , what its destination or its consignees were . Then , I do not like to criticize , but ...
Pagina 39
... freight and try and find out who it belonged to . In the case of some of it we never could find out who it belonged to . We had to pay the claims as they came in , and we have reduced those down until there are very few packages the ...
... freight and try and find out who it belonged to . In the case of some of it we never could find out who it belonged to . We had to pay the claims as they came in , and we have reduced those down until there are very few packages the ...
Pagina 40
... freight situation , and know every ton of freight and where it is destined for , while I am gone from there . I found that our freight was piling up , and upon asking for an explanation from the superintendent I got this cable that on ...
... freight situation , and know every ton of freight and where it is destined for , while I am gone from there . I found that our freight was piling up , and upon asking for an explanation from the superintendent I got this cable that on ...
Pagina 41
... freight first , carries it over his railroad . When he gets here he is supposed to turn these cars of freight over to the next man to take to these points . This railroad man says , " No , I won't take them , because I am only running ...
... freight first , carries it over his railroad . When he gets here he is supposed to turn these cars of freight over to the next man to take to these points . This railroad man says , " No , I won't take them , because I am only running ...
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