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... engineer James Buchanan Eads obtained a concession from Mexico for an interoceanic ship railway across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec where the United States had gained substantial transit privileges at the time of the Gadsden Purchase ...
... engineer James Buchanan Eads obtained a concession from Mexico for an interoceanic ship railway across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec where the United States had gained substantial transit privileges at the time of the Gadsden Purchase ...
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... Engineering School of Appli- cation for two years . After two years ' service as chief engineer on government work in the Department of Columbia , which includes the States of Idaho , Wash- ington , and Oregon , and one year in sim ...
... Engineering School of Appli- cation for two years . After two years ' service as chief engineer on government work in the Department of Columbia , which includes the States of Idaho , Wash- ington , and Oregon , and one year in sim ...
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... engineer of the United States Army . When the Spanish War broke out he went to Chickamauga as chief engineer of the First Army Corps , under Major - Gen- eral John Brooke , going with him to Porto Rico , where he remained till the ...
... engineer of the United States Army . When the Spanish War broke out he went to Chickamauga as chief engineer of the First Army Corps , under Major - Gen- eral John Brooke , going with him to Porto Rico , where he remained till the ...
Contents
RUDOLPH J TAUSSIG | 1 |
Selected Abstracts Reprinted from Report of the AtlanticPacific Interoceanic Canal | 15 |
FESSENDEN N OTIS | 25 |
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