The Panama Canal: Comprising Its History and Construction, and Its Relation to the Navy, International Law and CommerceJ. Wiley & sons, Incorporated, 1914 - 257 páginas |
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... reason or another to do much more than organize or conduct surveys . Always some insuperable obstacle was met . It is no doubt true that very few fully realized the enormous difficul- ties that subsequent experience disclosed , and ...
... reason or another to do much more than organize or conduct surveys . Always some insuperable obstacle was met . It is no doubt true that very few fully realized the enormous difficul- ties that subsequent experience disclosed , and ...
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... reason to believe that the enterprise was feasible and would have been carried through . The company , as a matter of fact , did only enough work to care for the extensive plant and excavated about 5,000,000 cubic yards in five years ...
... reason to believe that the enterprise was feasible and would have been carried through . The company , as a matter of fact , did only enough work to care for the extensive plant and excavated about 5,000,000 cubic yards in five years ...
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... reasons for which will develop later . Having thus observed the principal natural features of the canal route , we may note to what extent the to- pography was affected by the French operations , pay- ing but little attention to the ...
... reasons for which will develop later . Having thus observed the principal natural features of the canal route , we may note to what extent the to- pography was affected by the French operations , pay- ing but little attention to the ...
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... and New York , where storage tides over the dry season . It may be noted that this drawing off of the upper 5 feet of the lake explains one reason why the depth of channel through the Culebra Cut was made 45 feet at 52 The Panama Canal.
... and New York , where storage tides over the dry season . It may be noted that this drawing off of the upper 5 feet of the lake explains one reason why the depth of channel through the Culebra Cut was made 45 feet at 52 The Panama Canal.
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... reasons , the commission adopted a spillway with a crest that is semi - circular in plan and has fourteen openings cut through the upper part , closed by gates . The elevation of the bottom of the openings is at 69 feet above sea level ...
... reasons , the commission adopted a spillway with a crest that is semi - circular in plan and has fourteen openings cut through the upper part , closed by gates . The elevation of the bottom of the openings is at 69 feet above sea level ...
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Página 180 - ... 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 the least possible delay...
Página 185 - It is agreed that the canal may be constructed under the auspices of the Government of the United States, either directly at its own cost, or by gift or loan of money to individuals or Corporations, or through subscription to or purchase of stock or shares, and that, subject to the provisions of the present Treaty, the said Government shall have and enjoy all the rights incident to such construction, as well as the exclusive right of providing for the regulation and management of the canal.
Página 186 - 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.
Página 165 - 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.
Página 188 - The Republic of Panama further grants to the United States in perpetuity the use, occupation and control...
Página 170 - II 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 Republic of Panama of any such sovereign rights, power or authority.
Página 163 - The Maritime Canal remaining open in time of war as a free passage, even to the ships of war of belligerents, according to the terms of Article I. of the present Treaty, the High Contracting Parties agree that no right of war, no act of hostility, nor any act having for its object to obstruct the free navigation of the Canal...
Página 240 - ... 5. The provisions of this article shall apply to waters adjacent to the canal within 3 marine miles of either end. Vessels of war of a belligerent shall not remain in such waters longer than twenty-four hours at any one time except in case of distress, and in such case shall depart as soon as possible; but a vessel of war of one belligerent shall not depart within twenty-four hours from the departure of a vessel of war of the other belligerent.
Página 178 - His Majesty the Emperor of Germany, King of Prussia; His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, King of Bohemia, &c., and Apostolic King of Hungary...
Página 187 - Colombia, and the sovereignty of such territory being actually vested in the Republic of Panama, the high contracting parties have resolved for that purpose to conclude a convention and have accordingly appointed as their plenipotentiaries, — The President of the United States of America, John Hay, Secretary of State, and The Government of the Republic of Panama, Philippe...