The Panama Canal: Readings on Its HistorySCOTT (copy 1): from the John Holmes Library collection. |
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Page vii
... railroad across the United States ( one was not completed until 1869 ) , New York promoters built a railroad across the Isthmus of Panama between the years 1850 and 1855. The Panama Railroad , which is still operating , immediately ...
... railroad across the United States ( one was not completed until 1869 ) , New York promoters built a railroad across the Isthmus of Panama between the years 1850 and 1855. The Panama Railroad , which is still operating , immediately ...
Page 48
... Railroad is derived pre- vail extensively even among intelligent business men and members of our national councils ... Railroad . The fact that up to the establishment of the Isthmus Railroad the trade of South and Central America had ...
... Railroad is derived pre- vail extensively even among intelligent business men and members of our national councils ... Railroad . The fact that up to the establishment of the Isthmus Railroad the trade of South and Central America had ...
Page 111
... railroad to the Panama railroad , meas- ured along the Pacific coast , is about 1.200 statute miles , and to the Nicaragua canal about 800 miles . All commerce from these more southern routes must pass directly by the Pacific terminus ...
... railroad to the Panama railroad , meas- ured along the Pacific coast , is about 1.200 statute miles , and to the Nicaragua canal about 800 miles . All commerce from these more southern routes must pass directly by the Pacific terminus ...
Contents
RUDOLPH J TAUSSIG | 1 |
FESSENDEN N OTIS | 25 |
PAUL J SCHEIPS | 53 |
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