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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... necessary in the entrance basin during the year , except some hand work in 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 ...
... necessary in the entrance basin during the year , except some hand work in 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 ...
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... necessary in some cases to resort to caissons . All foundations were completed in March and the floor system in April . There were placed during the year 4,835 cubic yards of mass and 2,483 cubic yards of reinforced concrete , at a cost ...
... necessary in some cases to resort to caissons . All foundations were completed in March and the floor system in April . There were placed during the year 4,835 cubic yards of mass and 2,483 cubic yards of reinforced concrete , at a cost ...
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... necessary to correct defects and deficiencies in order to secure compliance with the specifications , the towers were not accepted , nor have they yet been accepted by The Panama Canal . The balance of the plant is prac- tically ...
... necessary to correct defects and deficiencies in order to secure compliance with the specifications , the towers were not accepted , nor have they yet been accepted by The Panama Canal . The balance of the plant is prac- tically ...
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... necessary for the breakwater from the Sosa Hill quarry would have required wasting a considerable amount of additional material , which would have added greatly to the cost of the armor , and there was no suitable locality in the ...
... necessary for the breakwater from the Sosa Hill quarry would have required wasting a considerable amount of additional material , which would have added greatly to the cost of the armor , and there was no suitable locality in the ...
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... necessary grading , the construction of streets , and the installation of water and sewer lines in that part of Balboa lying between the existing town and Ancon Hill , to take care of new quarters to be built during the current year ...
... necessary grading , the construction of streets , and the installation of water and sewer lines in that part of Balboa lying between the existing town and Ancon Hill , to take care of new quarters to be built during the current year ...
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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.