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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... Yukon , and the Kuskokwin Rivers in the Territory of Alaska . You gentlemen understand that most of the land in Alaska has been withdrawn from disposition under the land , mining , and other laws of the Government , and Alaska , as it ...
... Yukon , and the Kuskokwin Rivers in the Territory of Alaska . You gentlemen understand that most of the land in Alaska has been withdrawn from disposition under the land , mining , and other laws of the Government , and Alaska , as it ...
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... Yukon itself . But the Yukon , if you will notice , makes a big bend north toward the Arctic Circle , where conditions are not so good . When it gets beyond that and turns south again , it is better ; but all those high northern valleys ...
... Yukon itself . But the Yukon , if you will notice , makes a big bend north toward the Arctic Circle , where conditions are not so good . When it gets beyond that and turns south again , it is better ; but all those high northern valleys ...
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... Yukon River . That is a very important pro- vision , because there has been a difference of opinion among Alaskans themselves as to the best routes for the development of the greatest amount of resources in Alaska . Of course , if this ...
... Yukon River . That is a very important pro- vision , because there has been a difference of opinion among Alaskans themselves as to the best routes for the development of the greatest amount of resources in Alaska . Of course , if this ...
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... Yukon route and evading , if possible , the Canadian customs barrier . Maj . Abercrombie surveyed a preliminary route from Valdez through to Eagle , the object being to strike the Yukon and to estab- lish a tidewater connection with the ...
... Yukon route and evading , if possible , the Canadian customs barrier . Maj . Abercrombie surveyed a preliminary route from Valdez through to Eagle , the object being to strike the Yukon and to estab- lish a tidewater connection with the ...
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... Yukon or the Kuskokwin , ac- cessibility to the Matanuska coal fields . These are details , however , that will be ... Yukon contain some thick forests . There are timber areas all along the Kuskokwin River down to within 100 miles of ...
... Yukon or the Kuskokwin , ac- cessibility to the Matanuska coal fields . These are details , however , that will be ... Yukon contain some thick forests . There are timber areas all along the Kuskokwin River down to within 100 miles of ...
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acres ACTING CHAIRMAN agricultural Alaska Central Alaska Central Railway Alaska Northern Alaska syndicate BALLAINE bill bonds BROOKS build built CALLBREATH cent Chitina Chugach coal lands commission committee Congress construction Controller Bay Cook Inlet Copper River Cordova cost Creek DICKESON district Fairbanks feet forest reserve freight Glacier GRAVES GREELEY Guggenheim harbor indicating interest interior Interstate Commerce Commission J. P. Morgan JEMMETT JOSLIN Katalla Kenai Kuskokwim lease ment miles mineral mining Navigation Navy Nenana operation PATRICK PINCHOT Prince William Sound purposes question railroads in Alaska Railway Resurrection Bay River & Northwestern road route RYAN SCHEUER Senator CHAMBERLAIN Senator HITCHCOCK Senator JONES Senator LIPPITT Senator NELSON Senator WALSH Seward Skagway statement Susitna Valley Tanana River Territory timber tion tons transportation Turnagain Arm United Valdez Yukon Yukon River
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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...