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... entire commercial com- munity . Valuable time had been lost from the delay occasioned by the non - fulfillment of the late contract . Not disheart- ened , however , the Company now redoubled their exer- tions , determined , if possible ...
... entire commercial com- munity . Valuable time had been lost from the delay occasioned by the non - fulfillment of the late contract . Not disheart- ened , however , the Company now redoubled their exer- tions , determined , if possible ...
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... entire extent . Out of these receipts , the directors of the Company , hav- ing paid the regular interest on all mortgage and other bonds , a ten per cent . dividend to stockholders in 1852 , one of seven per cent . in each of the years ...
... entire extent . Out of these receipts , the directors of the Company , hav- ing paid the regular interest on all mortgage and other bonds , a ten per cent . dividend to stockholders in 1852 , one of seven per cent . in each of the years ...
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... entire amount exacted by Colombia . We were not going into the enterprise to make money , but for the common good . We did not expect the revenues of the canal to repay its cost , or to receive any benefit from it , except that which ...
... entire amount exacted by Colombia . We were not going into the enterprise to make money , but for the common good . We did not expect the revenues of the canal to repay its cost , or to receive any benefit from it , except that which ...
Contents
RUDOLPH J TAUSSIG | 1 |
Selected Abstracts Reprinted from Report of the AtlanticPacific Interoceanic Canal | 15 |
FESSENDEN N OTIS | 25 |
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