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... Plaza , Colon ... Sea Front , Cristobal . Columbus Statue - Lessep's House .. Map of Cristobal - Colon . Gatun Locks .... Chagres River Scene . Steamshovel - Culebra Cut .. Locks at Pedro Miguel .... Street in Canal Village . Ancon ...
... Plaza , Colon ... Sea Front , Cristobal . Columbus Statue - Lessep's House .. Map of Cristobal - Colon . Gatun Locks .... Chagres River Scene . Steamshovel - Culebra Cut .. Locks at Pedro Miguel .... Street in Canal Village . Ancon ...
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... PLAZA - COLON . Other buildings in Colon worthy of mention are the masonry structures of the Panaman Government - one a public school , and the other a municipal building ; the frame building on the water front near the railroad station ...
... PLAZA - COLON . Other buildings in Colon worthy of mention are the masonry structures of the Panaman Government - one a public school , and the other a municipal building ; the frame building on the water front near the railroad station ...
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... plaza , independence was declared . Fabrega was con- tinued in charge of the provisional government , and the soldiers that remained in the garrisons on the isthmus were given passage to Habana . By executive decree of February 9 , 1822 ...
... plaza , independence was declared . Fabrega was con- tinued in charge of the provisional government , and the soldiers that remained in the garrisons on the isthmus were given passage to Habana . By executive decree of February 9 , 1822 ...
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... Plaza Central on August 29. The authority of New Granada was reestablished by Herrera in a wise and peaceful manner ; but in the middle of his labors , March , 1832 , he had to put down a conspiracy for uniting the isthmus to Ecuador ...
... Plaza Central on August 29. The authority of New Granada was reestablished by Herrera in a wise and peaceful manner ; but in the middle of his labors , March , 1832 , he had to put down a conspiracy for uniting the isthmus to Ecuador ...
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... Plaza . The only fatality was that of a Chinese citizen killed by a shell fired from the Colombian gunboat Bogotá , which had begun to shell the city , because of the refusal to release the Colombian generals , but which was driven away ...
... Plaza . The only fatality was that of a Chinese citizen killed by a shell fired from the Colombian gunboat Bogotá , which had begun to shell the city , because of the refusal to release the Colombian generals , but which was driven away ...
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Page 283 - President of the United States of America, have caused the said Convention to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof.
Page 247 - V. The contracting parties further engage, that when the said canal shall have been completed, they will protect it from interruption, seizure, or unjust confiscation, and that they will guarantee the neutrality thereof, so that the said canal may forever be open and free, and the capital invested therein secure.
Page 100 - It is agreed that the canal may be constructed under the auspices of the Government of the United States, either directly at its own cost, or by gift or loan of money to individuals or corporations, or through subscription to or purchase of stock or shares, and that, subject to the provisions of the present Treaty, the said Government shall have and enjoy the rights incident to such construction, as well as the exclusive right of providing for the regulation and management of the canal.
Page 265 - The Republic of Panama further grants to the United States in perpetuity the use, occupation and control of any other lands and waters outside of the zone above described which may be necessary and convenient for the said Canal or of any auxiliary canals or other works necessary and convenient for the construction, maintenance, operation, sanitation and protection of the said enterprise.
Page 245 - Britain take advantage of any intimacy, or use any alliance, connection, or influence that either may possess with any State or Government through whose territory the said canal may pass, for the purpose of acquiring or holding, directly or indirectly, for the citizens or subjects of the one, any rights or advantages in regard to commerce or navigation through the said canal which shall not be offered on the same terms to the citizens or subjects of the other.
Page 283 - And whereas the said Convention has been duly ratified on both parts, and the ratifications of the two governments were exchanged in the City of Washington, on the...
Page 271 - The Government of the Republic of Panama shall have the right to transport over the Canal its vessels and its troops and munitions of war in such vessels at all times without paying charges of any kind.
Page 100 - The canal shall never be blockaded, nor shall any right of war be exercised nor any act of hostility be committed within it. The United States, however, shall be at liberty to maintain such military police along the canal as may be necessary to protect it against lawlessness and disorder.
Page 257 - Treaty shall be ratified by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof , and by His Britannic Majesty; and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington or at London at the earliest possible time within six months from the date hereof.
Page 313 - To establish maximum proportional rates by rail to and from the ports to which the traffic is brought, or from which it is taken by the water carrier...