Panama Canal Tolls. Hearing ... on H.R. 7667 ... Feb. 8 - Mar. 13, 1934 |
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... steamship company from the United States Government of approximately $ 9,000 through this one feature alone ; as stated , the Panama Canal tolls were less than those at Suez by about $ 11,800 . The case of the Empress of Britain is ...
... steamship company from the United States Government of approximately $ 9,000 through this one feature alone ; as stated , the Panama Canal tolls were less than those at Suez by about $ 11,800 . The case of the Empress of Britain is ...
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... steamship owners have proposed that the rate to be adopted for laden ships be 80 cents per Canal net ton , and have also proposed as a gen- eral basis that no rate should be adopted which would increase the charges on any American ship ...
... steamship owners have proposed that the rate to be adopted for laden ships be 80 cents per Canal net ton , and have also proposed as a gen- eral basis that no rate should be adopted which would increase the charges on any American ship ...
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... STEAMSHIP ASSOCIATION AND SHIPOWNERS ' ASSO- CIATION OF THE PACIFIC COAST Mr. PETERSEN . Mr. Chairman , my name is Walter J. Petersen . I am general manager of the water - front employees of San Francisco , and I represent in this ...
... STEAMSHIP ASSOCIATION AND SHIPOWNERS ' ASSO- CIATION OF THE PACIFIC COAST Mr. PETERSEN . Mr. Chairman , my name is Walter J. Petersen . I am general manager of the water - front employees of San Francisco , and I represent in this ...
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... Steamship Line between New York and the Isthmus , quarters for the working force , and other adjuncts essential to the economical and efficient operation of the Canal ; and ( c ) administration of the government of the Canal Zone ...
... Steamship Line between New York and the Isthmus , quarters for the working force , and other adjuncts essential to the economical and efficient operation of the Canal ; and ( c ) administration of the government of the Canal Zone ...
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... Steamship Line and the private carriers . For years these Panama Railroad Steamship vessels have been carrying freight and passengers at less than commercial rates and , in so doing , have entailed large operation deficits , as the ...
... Steamship Line and the private carriers . For years these Panama Railroad Steamship vessels have been carrying freight and passengers at less than commercial rates and , in so doing , have entailed large operation deficits , as the ...
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amount basis bill Bureau of Navigation capital investment Captain Petersen carrying Chairman collected commercial committee Congress CRESAP deck loads determined difference EWERS exemption figures fiscal going Government Governor Burgess Governor SCHLEY gross increase intercoastal trade interest laden ships laden vessels less lockages LUCKENBACH maximum MCCARTHY measurement of vessels ment nage net registered tonnage November 18 operating costs operating expenses Panama Canal Act Panama Canal authorities Panama Canal rules Panama Canal tolls Panama rules passengers or cargo percent PETTENGILL ports prescribed present President proclamation proposed question rate of tolls reduced registered tonnage registry rules regulations revenue rules of measurement Secretary Secretary of War shelter deck shipowners SILL SMITH Soo Canal space statement statute steamship Suez Canal tion toll charges toll rates tons traffic transiting the Canal United States registry United States rules vessels in ballast WOLFENDEN WOLVERTON
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Page 3 - 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 4 - 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 all the rights incident to such construction, as well as the exclusive right of providing for the regulation and management of the canal.
Page 6 - An Act to provide for the opening, maintenance, protection, and operation of the Panama Canal and the sanitation and government of the Canal Zone,
Page 4 - October, 1888, for the free navigation of the Suez Canal, that is to say: 1. The canal shall be free and open to the vessels of commerce and of war of all nations observing these Rules...
Page 4 - April, 1850, commonly called the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, to the construction of such canal under the auspices of the Government of the United States, without impairing the "general principle...
Page 4 - The Canal, when constructed, and the entrances thereto shall be neutral in perpetuity, and shall be opened upon the terms provided for by Section I of Article three of, and in conformity with all the stipulations of, the treaty entered into by the Governments of the United States and Great Britain on November 18, 1901.
Page 3 - In granting, however, their joint protection to any such canals or railways, as are by this article specified, it is always understood by the United States and Great Britain, that the parties constructing or owning the same, shall impose no other charges or conditions of traffic thereupon, than the aforesaid Governments shall approve of, as just and equitable...
Page 10 - ... dues payable on the ship's tonnage shall be payable as if there were added to the ship's registered tonnage the tonnage of the space occupied by those goods at the time at which the dues become payable.
Page 5 - Tolls may be based upon gross or net registered tonnage, displacement tonnage, or otherwise, and may be based on one form of tonnage for warships and another for ships of commerce. The rate of tolls may be lower upon vessels in ballast than upon vessels carrying passengers or cargo. When based upon net registered tonnage...
Page 6 - Canal, subject, however, to the provisions of article nineteen of the convention between the United States and the Republic of Panama, entered into November eighteenth, nineteen hundred and three.