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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... connection with the terminals , and the erection of buildings for various purposes ; the electrical , municipal , and dredging divisions did a large amount of construction in connection with both the ter- minals and the new buildings ...
... connection with the terminals , and the erection of buildings for various purposes ; the electrical , municipal , and dredging divisions did a large amount of construction in connection with both the ter- minals and the new buildings ...
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... connection with placing a concrete apron in front of the entrance of Dry Dock No. 1 , and leveling the bottom of this basin so that it would all be below elevation minus 45. The amount excavated was 1,300 cubic yards , at a cost of ...
... connection with placing a concrete apron in front of the entrance of Dry Dock No. 1 , and leveling the bottom of this basin so that it would all be below elevation minus 45. The amount excavated was 1,300 cubic yards , at a cost of ...
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... connection with this coaling station con- sists of four unloading towers , two stocking and reclaiming bridges , steel viaduct and reloader towers , together with a conveyor system for the wharf bunker . The coal - handling machinery ...
... connection with this coaling station con- sists of four unloading towers , two stocking and reclaiming bridges , steel viaduct and reloader towers , together with a conveyor system for the wharf bunker . The coal - handling machinery ...
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... connection with the Cristobal coal- ing plant , was constructed by the building division , as were also the needed buildings in connection with the dry dock and the coal bunker at Balboa . When the appropriation for the construction of ...
... connection with the Cristobal coal- ing plant , was constructed by the building division , as were also the needed buildings in connection with the dry dock and the coal bunker at Balboa . When the appropriation for the construction of ...
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... connection with the water - supply systems of the Zone , Mr. George C. Bunker is employed as physiologist , in charge of the purifi- cation plants and the work of the laboratories connected therewith . Notes on the results of his ...
... connection with the water - supply systems of the Zone , Mr. George C. Bunker is employed as physiologist , in charge of the purifi- cation plants and the work of the laboratories connected therewith . Notes on the results of his ...
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Agua Clara amount Ancon April asphaltic concrete August average back fill basin blocks building caisson Canal Zone cast-iron cent Chagres River coaling plant Coco Solo Colon completed construction Corozal Cristobal cubic yards Culebra cylinders December district Division expense dredges Dry Dock east electrical Ending June 30 engineer equipment February feet of 6-inch filtered water Fiscal Year Ending Gaillard Cut gallons Gamboa gates Gatun Lake grading hydroelectric hydroelectric station 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 Plate pounds pumps purification plant raw water Repairs Reservoir rock Sept September ships spillway square yards standard units steel TABLE test days tion Total cost Total division cost total number Trace 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.