ReportU.S. Government Printing Office, 1916 - Canal Zone Report for 1914/15 is accompanied by a portfolio of maps and diagrams (plates no. 73 to 134). |
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... cent of the cap- ital cost of the entire power system for depreciation , the cost of gen- erating power at the hydroelectric station was $ 0.0027 per k.w. hour ; as distributed from substations , including all charges , the cost of the ...
... cent of the cap- ital cost of the entire power system for depreciation , the cost of gen- erating power at the hydroelectric station was $ 0.0027 per k.w. hour ; as distributed from substations , including all charges , the cost of the ...
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... cent of water by weight , or 27.8 per cent by volume . The 16 average samples taken from well above the level of ground water , where the rocks were much jointed and fractured and , therefore , perfectly drained , contained 10.60 per ...
... cent of water by weight , or 27.8 per cent by volume . The 16 average samples taken from well above the level of ground water , where the rocks were much jointed and fractured and , therefore , perfectly drained , contained 10.60 per ...
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... cent to the Cut be covered with asphalt , tar , or some preparation which would exclude water from the ground . This was also pro- posed by a member of the committee from the National Academy of Sciences . That the committee did not ...
... cent to the Cut be covered with asphalt , tar , or some preparation which would exclude water from the ground . This was also pro- posed by a member of the committee from the National Academy of Sciences . That the committee did not ...
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... cent of its total stamp sales , amounting to $ 27,207.86 in 1916 , and that the service has not been allowed credit in the accounts for interest earned by money - order and postal - savings funds deposited in banks , amounting in 1916 ...
... cent of its total stamp sales , amounting to $ 27,207.86 in 1916 , and that the service has not been allowed credit in the accounts for interest earned by money - order and postal - savings funds deposited in banks , amounting in 1916 ...
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... cent from the rate of the previous year . The admission rate for typhoid fever was 0.18 , as against 0.19 for 1915 , and the death rate 0.12 , as compared with 0.03 for 1915. The admission rate for dysentery was 0.80 as compared with ...
... cent from the rate of the previous year . The admission rate for typhoid fever was 0.18 , as against 0.19 for 1915 , and the death rate 0.12 , as compared with 0.03 for 1915. The admission rate for dysentery was 0.80 as compared with ...
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Agua Clara amount Ancon April asphaltic concrete August average back fill Balboa Heights basin blocks building caisson Canal Zone cast-iron cent Chagres River coaling plant Colon completed construction Corozal Cristobal cubic yards Cucaracha Culebra Culebra slide cylinders December district Division expense dredges Dry Dock east electrical employees ended June 30 engineer equipment February feet of 6-inch fender filtered water fiscal year ended Gaillard Cut gallons Gamboa gates Gatun Lake grading inches installed Isthmus January July June 30 linear feet lockages maintenance March material Miscellaneous month Mount Hope November Number of samples Number of test October operation Panama Canal Panama Railroad Company Paraiso Pedro Miguel pier pipe laid placed pounds pumps purification plant raw water Repairs Reservoir rock Sept September spillway square yards steel TABLE tion Total cost Total division cost Total number Trace Unit cost United States Army valves vessels wall wharf yards of excavation
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Page 611 - An Act to establish a United States Shipping Board for the purpose of encouraging, developing, and creating a naval auxiliary and naval reserve and a merchant marine to meet the requirements of the commerce of the United States with its Territories and possessions and with foreign countries ; to regulate carriers by water engaged in the foreign and interstate commerce of the United States ; and for other purposes.
Page 625 - Where the injury for which compensation is payable under this act was caused under circumstances creating a legal liability in some person other than the employer to pay damages in respect thereof, the...
Page 634 - An Act to provide compensation for employees of the United States suffering injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes", approved September 7, 1916, as amended, shall extend to persons given employment under the provisions of this Act.
Page 627 - Sec. 9. That any vessel purchased, chartered, or leased from the board, by persons who are citizens of the United States, may be registered or enrolled and licensed, or both registered and enrolled and licensed, as a vessel of the United States...
Page 620 - That unless otherwise specially authorized by law, no money appropriated by this or any other Act shall be available for payment to any person receiving more than one salary when the combined amount of said salaries exceeds the sum of $2,000 per annum...
Page 614 - ... as authorized in the Panama Canal Act; expenses incurred in assembling, assorting, storing, repairing, and selling material, machinery^ and equipment heretofore or hereafter purchased or acquired for the construction of the Panama Canal which are unserviceable or no longer needed, to be reimbursed from the proceeds of such sales ; expenses incident to conducting hearings and examining estimates for appropriations on the Isthmus...
Page 623 - ... per centum, true discount, compounded annually. The probability of the beneficiary's death before the expiration of the period during which he is entitled to compensation shall be determined according to the American Experience Table of Mortality. A conditional beneficiary is any person who may become entitled to compensation under this article on or after the death of the injured person. " Nothing in this section shall be construed to impose any administrative duties upon the War or Navy Departments.
Page 623 - ... for the unexpired part of the period during which their compensation is payable shall be that which such persons would have received if they had been the only persons entitled to compensation at the time of the decedent's death.
Page 622 - ... per centum for such widow or widower and, children. If a child has a guardian other than the surviving widow or widower, the compensation payable on account of such child shall be paid to such guardian.
Page 622 - ... he, if a parent or grand-parent, dies, marries or ceases to be dependent, or, if a brother, sister or grand-child, dies, marries or reaches the age of eighteen, or, if over eighteen and incapable of self-support, becomes capable of self-support.