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made , the cost of this canal cannot be less than $ 400,000,000 , and would probably be much more -- including the payment to the Panama Railroad for its concession . No American capitalist would be likely to look for dividends on an ...
made , the cost of this canal cannot be less than $ 400,000,000 , and would probably be much more -- including the payment to the Panama Railroad for its concession . No American capitalist would be likely to look for dividends on an ...
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American isthmus will amount to more than the cost of operat ing the ship railway . The time in transit through the restricted channels and locks at Nicaragua will be twice as great as the time required on the ship railway , and will ...
American isthmus will amount to more than the cost of operat ing the ship railway . The time in transit through the restricted channels and locks at Nicaragua will be twice as great as the time required on the ship railway , and will ...
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The canal was completed in 1914 at an initial cost ( including the $ 54 million acquisition payments to Panama , the French ... and maintenance of some seven decades now total almost $ 2 billion , exclusive of cumulative defense costs .
The canal was completed in 1914 at an initial cost ( including the $ 54 million acquisition payments to Panama , the French ... and maintenance of some seven decades now total almost $ 2 billion , exclusive of cumulative defense costs .
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RUDOLPH J TAUSSIG | 1 |
FESSENDEN N OTIS | 25 |
PAUL J SCHEIPS | 53 |
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