Purchase of Cape Cod Canal, Hearing ..., on S. 2083, to Authorize Acquisition and Operation by United States of Cape Cod Canal ..., Oct1919 - 72 pages |
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... Month . Tons . 178,055 April .. 526 , 648 May .. 535 , 260 June 476,750 July . 377,053 505 , 573 518,487 591 , 249 364 , 799 August . 516 , 905 315 , 212 359 , 582 Total . 5,794 , 769 314 , 084 224 , 112 Total for 12 months , July 31 ...
... Month . Tons . 178,055 April .. 526 , 648 May .. 535 , 260 June 476,750 July . 377,053 505 , 573 518,487 591 , 249 364 , 799 August . 516 , 905 315 , 212 359 , 582 Total . 5,794 , 769 314 , 084 224 , 112 Total for 12 months , July 31 ...
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... months after it was finished and opened . Senator FERNALD . Within six months . Secretary REDFIELD . All these statements showing failure to earn its expenses are for the period before it was complete . At the time the Government took ...
... months after it was finished and opened . Senator FERNALD . Within six months . Secretary REDFIELD . All these statements showing failure to earn its expenses are for the period before it was complete . At the time the Government took ...
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... months ; and you and I know perfectly well that in October and November that canal is thronged with the vessels that wish to avoid the dangerous outside passage . Senator NELSON . You overlook the fact that that canal is frozen up in ...
... months ; and you and I know perfectly well that in October and November that canal is thronged with the vessels that wish to avoid the dangerous outside passage . Senator NELSON . You overlook the fact that that canal is frozen up in ...
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... month , or not over two months , elapsed between those two statements . The CHAIRMAN . This report is May 29 , 1918 . Senator LENROOT . The other is July 19 . Secretary REDFIELD . No , November 22 , not July . It was six months later ...
... month , or not over two months , elapsed between those two statements . The CHAIRMAN . This report is May 29 , 1918 . Senator LENROOT . The other is July 19 . Secretary REDFIELD . No , November 22 , not July . It was six months later ...
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... month . The present outlook is that it will be called on October 21 . The CHAIRMAN . Will you just state to the committee the facts that you have ascertained with reference to this canal and the con- dition of it ? Mr. MATTHEWS . One ...
... month . The present outlook is that it will be called on October 21 . The CHAIRMAN . Will you just state to the committee the facts that you have ascertained with reference to this canal and the con- dition of it ? Mr. MATTHEWS . One ...
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35 feet acquisition amount asked barges bill Boston Buzzards Bay canal company Cape Cod Bay Cape Cod Canal Cape Cod Construction CARLIN CHAIRMAN charge charter Chief of Engineers coal coast committee condemnation proceedings cost demnation depth Director dollars dredging earnings estimate facts Federal control G. K. Warren Government took harbor hearing hereby increased interest intracoastal investigations July July 25 maintenance Massachusetts matter MATTHEWS ment military Nantucket Sound naval navigation Navy never number of vessels paid period Portland President profit purchase question Railroad Administration reference rental value route Secretary of Commerce Secretary of War Secretary REDFIELD Senator COLT Senator EDGE Senator FERNALD Senator FLETCHER Senator KIRBY Senator LENROOT Senator LODGE Senator NELSON Senator SIMMONS ship canal shoaling statement steamers survey tion tolls tonnage tons traffic understand United States Government waterway Wesley L width WILSON writer York Canal
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Page 6 - That the state of war between the United States and the Imperial German Government which has thus been thrust upon the United States is hereby formally declared; and that the President be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to employ the entire naval and military forces of the United States...
Page 7 - ... to the end that such systems of transportation be utilized for the transfer and transportation of troops, war material and equipment to the exclusion so far as may be necessary of all other traffic thereon, and that so far as such exclusive use be not necessary or desirable, such systems of transportation be operated and utilized in the performance of such other services as the national interest may require and of the usual and ordinary business and duties of common carriers.
Page 6 - BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas the Congress of the United States, in the exercise of the constitutional authority vested in them...
Page 7 - ... systems shall continue the operation thereof in the usual and ordinary course of the business of common carriers, in the names of their respective companies.
Page 7 - The director shall, as soon as may be after having assumed such possession and control, enter upon negotiations with the several companies looking to agreements for just and reasonable compensation for the possession, use, and control of their respective properties on the basis of an annual guaranteed compensation, above accruing depreciation and the maintenance of their properties, equivalent, as nearly as may be, to...
Page 6 - That a state of war is hereby declared to exist between the United States of America and the Imperial and Royal Austro-Hungarian Government; and that the President be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to employ the entire naval and military forces of the United States...
Page 6 - The President in time of war is empowered, through the Secretary of War, to take possession and assume control of any system or systems of transportation, or any part thereof, and to utilize the same, to the exclusion, as far as may be necessary, of all other traffic thereon, for the transfer or transportation of troops, war material, and equipment, or for such other purposes connected with the emergency as may be needful or desirable.
Page 7 - Regular dividends hitherto declared and maturing interest upon bonds, debentures, and other obligations may be paid in due course; and such regular dividends and interest may continue to be paid until and unless the said director shall from time to time otherwise by general or special orders determine...
Page 4 - Bays with reference to the advisability of the purchase of said canal by the United States and the construction over the route of the said canal of a free...
Page 7 - From and after 12 o'clock on said 28th day of December, 1917, all transportation systems included in this order and proclamation shall conclusively be deemed within the possession and control of said Director without further act or notice.