Hearing Before the Committee on Interoceanic Canals, United States Senate, on the Bill S. 428, Directing the Secretary of War to Establish and Operate a Line of Steamers Along the Pacific Coast and Making Provisions Therefor, Volúmenes2-3U.S. Government Printing Office, 1910 |
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24 State street arrangement Atlantic BAKER Balboa cargo carried carriers cent Central American CHAIRMAN charter coast ports Colon company's competition connection copy DEAR SIR Dearborn divisions E. A. DRAKE earnings established flat rate freight Government Guatemala handle inclose instant Isthmian Canal Commission Isthmus of Panama J. M. DICKINSON July June June 11 Kosmos Line mail contract Mail Steamship Company matter Mexican Mexico operating Pacific coast Pacific Mail Steamship Panama Railroad Company Panama route proposition question R. P. SCHWERIN Referring reply sailings Salina Cruz San Francisco San Jose Schwerin's letter Secretary DICKINSON Secretary of War Senator BRANDEGEE Senator BRISTOW Senator CRAWFORD Sept ships Shonts Southern Pacific statement steamers steamship line submitted Tehuantepec route telegram tion tonnage tons transcontinental railroads understand United vessels Vice-President Panama Railroad Washington wharfage York
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Página 15 - The canal shall be free and open to the vessels of commerce and of war of all nations observing these Rules, on terms of entire equality, so that there shall be no discrimination against any such nation, or its citizens or subjects, in respect of the conditions or charges of traffic, or otherwise. Such conditions and charges of traffic shall be just and equitable.
Página 7 - An Act to provide for ocean mail service between the United States and foreign ports, and to promote commerce,' so long as such vessels shall in all respects comply with the provisions and requirements of said Act.
Página 58 - This act shall not be construed as authorizing the building of said bridge in accordance with the plans heretofore approved by the Secretary of War, under which construction of said bridge was heretofore commenced, but drawings showing the new location and plans of said structures shall again be submitted to the Secretary of War for his consideration and approval before construction shall be again commenced.
Página 80 - ... a matter of hazard." Aircraft Not "Dangerous Instrumentality" When one considers that the US aerial mail has flown daily for over a year from New York to San Francisco and from San Francisco to New York without a serious accident, it can hardly be held that aircraft are a dangerous instrumentality, or their descent "a matter of hazard.
Página 63 - ... divided between them as follows: On freight between United States Atlantic coast ports and United States Pacific coast ports ; to the railroad company...
Página 46 - SIR : I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 28th instant, the contents of which are noted and understood.
Página 3 - Senate, on the bill S. 428, directing the Secretary of war to establish and operate a line of steamers along the Pacific coast, and making provision therefor [February 10-11, 1910].
Página 77 - Wallace, our chief engineer and a railway manager of experience, thinks that the proposed changes will not have much influence on transcontinental rates, because he thinks that but a small proportion of that which goes to make up transcontinental freight can be carried by the Isthmus. The long trip and the fact that the freight is to be a considerable period in the Tropics exclude the possibility of carrying many kinds of freight.
Página 40 - I will let it go into the file because it is mentioned on further. (The paper mentioned, which was directed to be made a part of the record, is as follows:) PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY, Son l''mncisco.
Página 38 - Please advise me what steps have been taken, if any, toward the conference between traffic men of the Panama Railroad Company and of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. If steps have not been taken, I want it done immediately and pushed vigorously. I do not want the time to glide away, so that we will not have ample time to take proper steps to protect, so far as we can, the commerce of the Western States over the Panama Railroad.