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 35
... miles out , are the same forma- tion . I am not a geologist , but they look to me like it . Senator MORGAN . Some of them are very high , are they not ? Mr. STEVENS . Well , Ancon is about 600 feet above sea level . Perico and Culebra ...
... miles out , are the same forma- tion . I am not a geologist , but they look to me like it . Senator MORGAN . Some of them are very high , are they not ? Mr. STEVENS . Well , Ancon is about 600 feet above sea level . Perico and Culebra ...
Pagina 36
... miles west of Panama . That is where the steel dock which we acquired from the French is located - on the Pacific coast , at La Boca . It has a first - class roadbed , well graded , with permanent masonry openings , and thoroughly ...
... miles west of Panama . That is where the steel dock which we acquired from the French is located - on the Pacific coast , at La Boca . It has a first - class roadbed , well graded , with permanent masonry openings , and thoroughly ...
Pagina 43
... miles . I think you can see it on the map there , if you are acquainted with it . Of course in the case , particularly , of a sea - level canal , it will be cut from one end to the other . What is known as the Culebra cut is the cut ...
... miles . I think you can see it on the map there , if you are acquainted with it . Of course in the case , particularly , of a sea - level canal , it will be cut from one end to the other . What is known as the Culebra cut is the cut ...
Pagina 43
... miles of track . Every time I make an expedition out into the jungle I find a new railroad . I presume it is fair to say that they had from 200 to 250 miles of tracks laid there . They used an old anti- quated rail which is 5 meters ...
... miles of track . Every time I make an expedition out into the jungle I find a new railroad . I presume it is fair to say that they had from 200 to 250 miles of tracks laid there . They used an old anti- quated rail which is 5 meters ...
Pagina 43
... miles an hour with safety on account of these rigid trucks . They will not keep on the tracks , so that I had very largely , as brought out a few moments ago , to dispose of this material , which I was absolutely obliged to take out ...
... miles an hour with safety on account of these rigid trucks . They will not keep on the tracks , so that I had very largely , as brought out a few moments ago , to dispose of this material , which I was absolutely obliged to take out ...
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