Panama, the Isthmus and the CanalJ. C. Winston Company, 1906 - 368 páginas |
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... facts regarding the work and conditions on the Isth- mus during the past two years it is evident that the information offered freely to the public by the Canal Commission since the inception of the undertaking has been of an entirely ...
... facts regarding the work and conditions on the Isth- mus during the past two years it is evident that the information offered freely to the public by the Canal Commission since the inception of the undertaking has been of an entirely ...
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... fact that this was the first transcontinental route , the scientific knowledge of the territory was most insignificant . The geography of the strip was imperfectly known and the relative heights of the oceans or the altitude of the ...
... fact that this was the first transcontinental route , the scientific knowledge of the territory was most insignificant . The geography of the strip was imperfectly known and the relative heights of the oceans or the altitude of the ...
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... fact that the British Government was jointly pledged with the United States to protect the enterprise , the plans were subjected to examina- tion by English experts . These concurred in the opinion of the American engineers . Nothing ...
... fact that the British Government was jointly pledged with the United States to protect the enterprise , the plans were subjected to examina- tion by English experts . These concurred in the opinion of the American engineers . Nothing ...
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... fact that during the year 1903 the Com- pany carried 4,663 first - class passengers who paid their fares and 11,098 passengers and 6,601 troops free . In addition a considerable amount of freight was transported gratis under the ...
... fact that during the year 1903 the Com- pany carried 4,663 first - class passengers who paid their fares and 11,098 passengers and 6,601 troops free . In addition a considerable amount of freight was transported gratis under the ...
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... fact that its extremely profitable business , which had returned profits ranging from twelve to twenty - two per cent * It should be stated that the late Colonel George M. Totten , chief engineer of the road , threw discredit upon these ...
... fact that its extremely profitable business , which had returned profits ranging from twelve to twenty - two per cent * It should be stated that the late Colonel George M. Totten , chief engineer of the road , threw discredit upon these ...
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Página 184 - Colon shall be free for all time so that there shall not be imposed or collected custom house tolls, tonnage, anchorage, lighthouse, wharf, pilot, or quarantine dues or any other charges or taxes of any kind upon any vessel using or passing through the Canal or belonging...
Página 183 - The Republic of Panama agrees that the cities of Panama and Colon shall comply in perpetuity with the sanitary ordinances whether of a preventive or curative character prescribed by the United States and in case the Government of Panama is unable or fails in its duty to enforce this compliance by the cities of Panama and Colon with the sanitary ordinances of the United States in the Republic of Panama grants to the United States the right and authority to enforce the same.
Página 254 - An interoceanic canal across the American Isthmus will essentially change the geographical relations between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States, and between the United States and the rest of the world.
Página 182 - Article 2 which the United States would possess and exercise if it were the sovereign of the territory within which said lands and waters are located to the entire exclusion of the exercise by the...
Página 182 - The Republic of Panama grants to the United States in perpetuity the use, occupation and control of a zone of land and land under water for the construction, maintenance, operation, sanitation and protection of said Canal of the width of ten miles extending to the distance of five miles on each side of the center line of the route of the Canal to be constructed...
Página 185 - The Canal, when constructed, and the entrances thereto shall be neutral in perpetuity, and shall be opened upon the terms provided for by Section I of Article three of, and in conformity with all the stipulations of, the treaty entered into by the Governments of the United States and Great Britain on November 18, 1901.
Página 182 - The Republic of Panama further grants in like manner to the United States in perpetuity all islands within the limits of the zone above described and in addition thereto the group of small islands in the Bay of Panama, named Perico, Naos, Culebra and Flamenco.
Página 183 - Colon and the territories and harbors adjacent thereto in case the Republic of Panama should not be, in the judgment of the United States, able to maintain such order.
Página 184 - ... other charges or taxes of any kind upon any vessel using or passing through the Canal or belonging to or employed by the United States, directly or indirectly, in connection with the construction, maintenance, operation, sanitation, and protection of the main Canal, or auxiliary works, or upon the cargo, officers, crew, or passengers of any such vessels, except such tolls and charges as may be imposed by the United States for the use of the Canal and other works, and except tolls and charges...
Página 187 - The laws of the land with which the inhabitants are familiar and which were in force on February 26, 1904, will continue in force in the Canal Zone...