Panama, the Isthmus and the CanalJ. C. Winston Company, 1906 - 368 páginas |
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... MILES NEW YORK TO HAWAI VIA CANAL ABOUT 3,000 MILES ERICA SOUTH ATLAN C NEW YORK TO SAN FRANCISCO VIA CARE - HOR OCEAN NEW YORK TO MANILA , TRANS CONTINENTAL ABOUT 2000 M VIA PANAMA CANAL ABOUT IL000 MILES NEW YORK TO MANILA VIA SUEZ ...
... MILES NEW YORK TO HAWAI VIA CANAL ABOUT 3,000 MILES ERICA SOUTH ATLAN C NEW YORK TO SAN FRANCISCO VIA CARE - HOR OCEAN NEW YORK TO MANILA , TRANS CONTINENTAL ABOUT 2000 M VIA PANAMA CANAL ABOUT IL000 MILES NEW YORK TO MANILA VIA SUEZ ...
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... miles , formed by transverse rocks , with a passage on either side affording a depth of from three to six fathoms ... miles of its length , was seventeen miles . This he thought might be reduced to about fifteen and a half miles . His ...
... miles , formed by transverse rocks , with a passage on either side affording a depth of from three to six fathoms ... miles of its length , was seventeen miles . This he thought might be reduced to about fifteen and a half miles . His ...
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... miles in length . The report frankly estimated the difficulties involved in the undertaking , and closed with the statement that although he could not speak confi- dently as to the feasibility of the route , which had never been ...
... miles in length . The report frankly estimated the difficulties involved in the undertaking , and closed with the statement that although he could not speak confi- dently as to the feasibility of the route , which had never been ...
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... miles in length . The floor of this tunnel was to be 325 feet below the summit , 134 feet above the ocean , and the water level 158 feet above extreme high tide at Pan- ama . The canal was to have a guard lock at each entrance and the ...
... miles in length . The floor of this tunnel was to be 325 feet below the summit , 134 feet above the ocean , and the water level 158 feet above extreme high tide at Pan- ama . The canal was to have a guard lock at each entrance and the ...
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... miles south of Panama . Garella esti- mated the cost of a canal on these lines at about twenty - five million dollars . At the cost of an addi- tional three millions he calculated that a cut might be made in place of the tunnel ...
... miles south of Panama . Garella esti- mated the cost of a canal on these lines at about twenty - five million dollars . At the cost of an addi- tional three millions he calculated that a cut might be made in place of the tunnel ...
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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...