Construction of Railroads in Alaska: Hearings Before the Committee on Territories, United States Senate. Sixty-third Congress, First Session, on S. 48, a Bill to Authorize the President of the United States to Locate, Construct, and Operate Railroads in the Territory of Alaska, and for Other Purposes, and S. 133, a Bill to Provide for the Construction of Railroads in Alaska, and for Other Purposes. [May 2-23, 1913] (with Addenda and Index)U.S. Government Printing Office, 1913 - 718 Seiten |
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... Seward through the Susitna Valley to the Tanana River , and possibly a line over to Rapids , on the Yukon , with a branch from mile 195 out of Seward over to McGrath , on the Kuskokwim River . Others will favor different routes . In an ...
... Seward through the Susitna Valley to the Tanana River , and possibly a line over to Rapids , on the Yukon , with a branch from mile 195 out of Seward over to McGrath , on the Kuskokwim River . Others will favor different routes . In an ...
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... Seward . We had spent a year and a half in examining the different railroad routes possible through Alaska . At that time the great attraction in that country was Dawson and the Klondike district , and the great demand in the newspapers ...
... Seward . We had spent a year and a half in examining the different railroad routes possible through Alaska . At that time the great attraction in that country was Dawson and the Klondike district , and the great demand in the newspapers ...
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... Seward now is . I decided that the most feasible route for a railroad to interior Alaska would be from Resurrection Bay through the Susitna Valley to the Tanana River . It is 413 miles from Seward on Resurrection Bay to the mouth of the ...
... Seward now is . I decided that the most feasible route for a railroad to interior Alaska would be from Resurrection Bay through the Susitna Valley to the Tanana River . It is 413 miles from Seward on Resurrection Bay to the mouth of the ...
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... Seward to the end of the Matanuska line is 183 miles . You would strike coal at mile 105. It is lignite . Twelve miles above the junction at Knik you enter the coal area in the Mata- nuska district , and this branch line , which would ...
... Seward to the end of the Matanuska line is 183 miles . You would strike coal at mile 105. It is lignite . Twelve miles above the junction at Knik you enter the coal area in the Mata- nuska district , and this branch line , which would ...
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... Seward . For 38 miles it would go through the Matanuska coal fields . Senator LIPPITT . Is the road built up to that junction now ? Mr. BALLAINE . No ; it is built to this point [ indicating ] , at Kern Creek , 72 miles from Seward ...
... Seward . For 38 miles it would go through the Matanuska coal fields . Senator LIPPITT . Is the road built up to that junction now ? Mr. BALLAINE . No ; it is built to this point [ indicating ] , at Kern Creek , 72 miles from Seward ...
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Seite 10 - ... shall be exempt from all taxes or duties of the United States, as well as from taxation in any form by or under State, municipal, or local authority...
Seite 15 - An act to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri river to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes, approved July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two,' approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.
Seite 252 - No public forest reservation shall be established, except to improve and protect the forest within the reservation, or for the purpose of securing favorable conditions of water flows, and to furnish a continuous supply of timber for the use and necessities of citizens of the United States...
Seite 8 - ... exempt from the payment of all taxes or duties of the United States, as well as from taxation in any form by or under state, municipal, or local authority...
Seite 230 - States, which shall have filed with the Secretary of the Interior a copy of its articles of incorporation, and due proofs of its organization under the same, to the extent of one hundred feet on each side of the central line of said road...
Seite 10 - ... and to prepare and issue therefor coupon or registered bonds of the United States in such form as he may prescribe, and in denominations of twenty dollars or some multiple of that sum, redeemable in gold coin at the pleasure of the United States...
Seite 148 - An Act to provide revenue, equalize duties, and encourage the industries of the United States, and for other purposes.
Seite 15 - ... within twelve months after the survey thereof by the United States, file with the register of the land office for the district where such land is located a...
Seite 181 - That no merchandise shall be transported by water, or by land and water, on penalty of forfeiture thereof, between points in the United States, including Districts, Territories, and possessions thereof embraced within the coastwise laws, either directly or via a foreign port, or for any part of the transportation, in any other vessel than a vessel built in and documented under the laws of the United States...
Seite 229 - America, in congress assembled, that the right of way through the public lands of the United States is hereby granted to any railroad company duly organized under the laws of any state or territory except the District of Columbia, or by the congress of the United States...