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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... side - dump cars ; that is , you load the material on the top and drop the body over , and it is supposed to dump , and in wet weather we found some trouble with the twenty - four new cars that had been delivered with the wet material ...
... side - dump cars ; that is , you load the material on the top and drop the body over , and it is supposed to dump , and in wet weather we found some trouble with the twenty - four new cars that had been delivered with the wet material ...
Pagina 29
... side stakes on the flats , stakes about 3 feet high , and then we have a great big plow on the plow car . A cable is fastened to that and runs through to the forward end of the train , where there is what we call an unloader , which is ...
... side stakes on the flats , stakes about 3 feet high , and then we have a great big plow on the plow car . A cable is fastened to that and runs through to the forward end of the train , where there is what we call an unloader , which is ...
Pagina 30
... side drains that come in can all be controlled . Senator MORGAN . How about rock that has to be blasted out ? Mr. STEVENS . That is all right . I have handled pieces measuring as high as 5 yards with those shovels ; I have picked them ...
... side drains that come in can all be controlled . Senator MORGAN . How about rock that has to be blasted out ? Mr. STEVENS . That is all right . I have handled pieces measuring as high as 5 yards with those shovels ; I have picked them ...
Pagina 34
... side of the cut , which is the left - hand side as you go toward Panama , is what is known as Gold Hill . Where the slope stakes or the side - formation lines would come , the natural surface of the ground is the highest . In other ...
... side of the cut , which is the left - hand side as you go toward Panama , is what is known as Gold Hill . Where the slope stakes or the side - formation lines would come , the natural surface of the ground is the highest . In other ...
Pagina 35
... side of the axis of the canal , dip under ; they have a decided dip to the south ? Mr. STEVENS . Yes , sir . Senator ... side , to Panama , on the western or southern side . La Boca is on a spur track about 2 miles west of Panama . That ...
... side of the axis of the canal , dip under ; they have a decided dip to the south ? Mr. STEVENS . Yes , sir . Senator ... side , to Panama , on the western or southern side . La Boca is on a spur track about 2 miles west of Panama . That ...
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