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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... miles under that law ; 80 miles were built at Nome . Altogether , we have 500 miles of railroad built in Alaska under that law , scattered in distant parts of the Territory , the Copper River & Northwestern's 196 miles being practically ...
... miles under that law ; 80 miles were built at Nome . Altogether , we have 500 miles of railroad built in Alaska under that law , scattered in distant parts of the Territory , the Copper River & Northwestern's 196 miles being practically ...
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... miles , and from Honolulu to Yokohama is 3,450 miles . From San Francisco to Yokohama via Honolulu is 5,540 miles , while from San Francisco straight across to Yokohama by the northern route is 4,470 miles , a difference of 1,100 miles ...
... miles , and from Honolulu to Yokohama is 3,450 miles . From San Francisco to Yokohama via Honolulu is 5,540 miles , while from San Francisco straight across to Yokohama by the northern route is 4,470 miles , a difference of 1,100 miles ...
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... miles of transportation line will be open , by water and by rail ? Mr. WICKERSHAM . Probably 5,000 miles . I have seen a statement of the total mileage of the navigable waters in the interior which those roads would reach at something ...
... miles of transportation line will be open , by water and by rail ? Mr. WICKERSHAM . Probably 5,000 miles . I have seen a statement of the total mileage of the navigable waters in the interior which those roads would reach at something ...
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... miles . But back 2 or 3 miles from that the conditions are normal . In 1902 a group of Seattle men- myself among them - started the Alaska Central Railway from Seward . We had spent a year and a half in examining the different railroad ...
... miles . But back 2 or 3 miles from that the conditions are normal . In 1902 a group of Seattle men- myself among them - started the Alaska Central Railway from Seward . We had spent a year and a half in examining the different railroad ...
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... mile . I built the first section of the road , 20 miles , and sold it to Frost & Osborne , of Chicago and Toronto . They completed it on to about mile 52 , and failed . The Canadian bond- holders then took it over and reorganized it as ...
... mile . I built the first section of the road , 20 miles , and sold it to Frost & Osborne , of Chicago and Toronto . They completed it on to about mile 52 , and failed . The Canadian bond- holders then took it over and reorganized it as ...
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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...