The Panama Canal: Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, Sixty-second Congress, Second Session. [Dec. 18, 1911-March 13, 1912]. |
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... York . JOHN J. ESCH , Wisconsin . COURTNEY W. HAMLIN , Missouri . JOSEPH R. KNOWLAND , California . ADOLPH J. SABATH , Illinois . WILLIAM M. CALDER , New York . JOHN A. MARTIN , Colorado . EDWARD L. HAMILTON , Michigan . J. HARRY ...
... York . JOHN J. ESCH , Wisconsin . COURTNEY W. HAMLIN , Missouri . JOSEPH R. KNOWLAND , California . ADOLPH J. SABATH , Illinois . WILLIAM M. CALDER , New York . JOHN A. MARTIN , Colorado . EDWARD L. HAMILTON , Michigan . J. HARRY ...
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... York . EDWARD L. HAMILTON , Michigan . MICHAEL E. DRISCOLL , New York . EBEN W. MARTIN , South Dakota . WILLIS J. DAVIS , Clerk . O. OF 0 . WAY 9 1912 12-35247 2.5 . THE PANAMA CANAL . 1154 TREATIES AND ACTS TC174- ...
... York . EDWARD L. HAMILTON , Michigan . MICHAEL E. DRISCOLL , New York . EBEN W. MARTIN , South Dakota . WILLIS J. DAVIS , Clerk . O. OF 0 . WAY 9 1912 12-35247 2.5 . THE PANAMA CANAL . 1154 TREATIES AND ACTS TC174- ...
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... York , New Orleans , San Francisco , Chicago , and sometimes in St. Louis . Now , as to the method of payment for these purchases , whether bought de- livered f . o . b . New York or c . i . f . on the Isthmus , payment is made by the ...
... York , New Orleans , San Francisco , Chicago , and sometimes in St. Louis . Now , as to the method of payment for these purchases , whether bought de- livered f . o . b . New York or c . i . f . on the Isthmus , payment is made by the ...
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... York , and some in London . Mr. SABATH . What coffee do you buy ? Col. WILSON . Santos , Rio , and several kinds ... York , all of the purchases that are made ? Col. WILSON . The auditor checks them up in New York ; then I check ...
... York , and some in London . Mr. SABATH . What coffee do you buy ? Col. WILSON . Santos , Rio , and several kinds ... York , all of the purchases that are made ? Col. WILSON . The auditor checks them up in New York ; then I check ...
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... York , and , through him , of purchasing officers located in New Orleans and San Francisco . Requisitions are placed about 60 days prior to the time the first shipment is to be made , thus enabling the purchasing officers to procure the ...
... York , and , through him , of purchasing officers located in New Orleans and San Francisco . Requisitions are placed about 60 days prior to the time the first shipment is to be made , thus enabling the purchasing officers to procure the ...
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American amount Atlantic ballast British bunkers Canal Zone Capt cargo carry cent CHAIRMAN charge coal coastwise colliers Colon commerce commissary committee competition construction cost COVINGTON cubic CULLOP DEARBORN deck department deductions DEVOL displacement dollars DRISCOLL employees engine EscH expenses feet FEUILLE foreign francs freight GAILLARD GOETHALS GORGAS Government gross register tonnage gross tonnage HAMLIN Isthmian Canal Commission Isthmus J. A. MARTIN JOHNSON knots KNOWLAND land Magellan MARTIN of Colorado MCALLISTER measurement ment miles Navy net register tonnage nineteen hundred operation Pacific Panama Canal Panama Railroad Panama route passenger ports pound question RAYMOND register tonnage Republic of Panama revenue ROBINSON rules SABATH San Francisco Secretary MEYER ships SIBERT SIMS SMITH South America space steamers steamship STEVENS Straits of Magellan Suez Canal supplies THATCHER tion tolls tons trade traffic United WHEELER WILSON Yokohama York
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Page 23 - ... the fact that the employee may have been guilty of contributory negligence shall not bar a recovery, but the damages shall be diminished by the jury in proportion to the amount of negligence attributable to such employee...
Page 3 - The governments of the United States and Great Britain hereby declare that neither the one nor the other will ever obtain or maintain for itself any exclusive control over the said ship canal...
Page 3 - Britain take advantage of any intimacy, or use any alliance, connection or influence that either may possess with any State or Government through whose territory the said canal may pass, for the purpose of acquiring or holding, directly or indirectly, for the citizens or subjects of the one, any rights or advantages in regard to commerce or navigation through the said canal which shall not be offered on the same terms to the citizens or subjects of the other.
Page 33 - Columbia or any of the states or territories and any foreign nation or nations, shall be liable in damages to any person suffering injury while he is employed by such carrier in such commerce, or, in case of the death of such employee, to his or her personal representative, for the benefit of the surviving widow or husband and children of such employee; and, if none, then of such employee's parents, and, if none, then of the next of kin dependent upon such employee...
Page 32 - An Act to provide revenue, equalize duties, and encourage the industries of the United States, and for other purposes.
Page 41 - The Suez Maritime Canal shall always be free and open, in time of war as in time of peace, to every vessel of commerce or of war, without distinction of flag.
Page 15 - VII. That to enable the United States to maintain the independence of Cuba, and to protect the people thereof, as well as for its own defense, the government of Cuba will sell or lease to the United States lands necessary for coaling or naval stations at certain specified points to be agreed upon with the President of the United States. VIII. That by way of further assurance the government of Cuba will embody the foregoing provisions in a permanent treaty with the United States.
Page 23 - ... any case where the violation by such common carrier of any statute enacted for the safety...
Page 7 - ... 3. Vessels of war of a belligerent shall not revictual nor take any stores in the canal except so far as may be strictly necessary; and the transit of such vessels through the canal shall be effected with...
Page 7 - Treaty shall be ratified by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof , and by His Britannic Majesty; and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington or at London at the earliest possible time within six months from the date hereof.