... engineers employed on the line have been and are of known and tried ability. Those in positions of chief responsibility have had extensive practice in works of engineering construction in the United States and the tropics. The engineers, administrative... Journal of the Franklin Institute - Page 1151892Full view - About this book
| Nicaragua Canal Construction Company - Canals - 1891 - 200 pages
...construction in the United States and the tropics. All are graduates of the best technical schools. Mr. AG Menocal, who has been connected with the enterprise...rate of wages paid to common laborers varies from 20 to 30 soles per month (the Colombian sole has a value of about 75 cts. gold), and it is evident... | |
| United States. Department of the Interior - 1892 - 762 pages
...and the tropics. The engineers, administrative staff, surveyors, and nearly all the skilled mechanics have been hired in the United. States and sent out under contract for at least a year's service, and several have been continuously employed in Nicaragua for upwards of three years. Natives of 'Central... | |
| United States - 1893 - 986 pages
...and the tropics. The engineers, administrative staff, surveyors, and nearly all the skilled mechanics have been hired in the United States and sent out under contract for at least a year's service, and several have been continuously employed in Nicaragua for upwards of three years. Natives of Central... | |
| United States. President - United States - 1899 - 840 pages
...the tropics The engineers, administrative staff, surveyor-, and nearly all the skilled mechanics were hired in the United States and sent out under contract for at least a year's service, and several were continuously employed in Nicaragua for upward of three years. A detailed description... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations - United States - 1901 - 892 pages
...and the tropics. The engineers, administrative staff, surveyors, and nearly all the skilled mechanics have been hired in the United States and sent out under contract for at least a year's service, and several have been continuously employed in Nicaragua for upwards of three years. Natives of Central... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations - United States - 1901 - 942 pages
...and the tropics. The engineers, administrative staff, surveyors, and nearly all the skilled mechanics have been hired in the United States and sent out under contract for at least a year's service, and several have been continuously employed in Nicaragua for upwards of three years. Natives of Central... | |
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