Engineering and Contracting . e turnedover by tlie French, of which, on Aug. 1, IOCS. January 7,1914. Engineering and Contracting -^ 1,536 had been repaired and were in -use. Tlieiv Not includ-ed in this Hst was the Administra- made by the Commission of 1S99-1901. The price estimated value was as follows: tion building in Panama, and the residence at paid for those portions of these lands lying sold S 62 4S3 63 Present used as the American Legation in Pan- along the line of the canal does not vary raa- •Quarters, silver ...................... 443, then equivalent to $428, gold. Thi
Engineering and Contracting . e turnedover by tlie French, of which, on Aug. 1, IOCS. January 7,1914. Engineering and Contracting -^ 1,536 had been repaired and were in -use. Tlieiv Not includ-ed in this Hst was the Administra- made by the Commission of 1S99-1901. The price estimated value was as follows: tion building in Panama, and the residence at paid for those portions of these lands lying sold S 62 4S3 63 Present used as the American Legation in Pan- along the line of the canal does not vary raa- •Quarters, silver ...................... 443, then equivalent to $428, gold. This land terially from the prices paid by the United Hotels 7, ama. The value of the former, in the Judgment States for lands which it has purchased in slmi- Sifs*^^^ ..,.............. ^13503 34 was included in the property transferred to the lar localities since construction began, but Schoolhouses . ... .........!!!!!!!! 12!7027S of the Committee, was $125,000; and of the others of the French lands, notably those lying. ,Coeov,l. -J, \ Tortols lA. Fig. 2. Map of the Isthmus of Panama Showing the Canal Zone and the Route of the Panama Canai ,. jlQ ofio ^.- latter, $.)!),(HJd. making tlii total valui- nf tho near the Pacific entrance of the canal, were Storehouses ........\.\.\ .......???? ? 94!o99JO buildings received from the French, ? 1,203. purchased at much lower figures than they could .structures T7,21S ^f,g French canal company purchased during to purchased today. Taking as a basis for valu- *partmentof *sinita?fon°andoov- its existence, a total of 13,520 hectares of land, atSon the prices which the United States has ernment 11, lor which it paiil $.)35, Colombian money, (lald for lands, both through private agreements ,, 079 oQS 8U United States, but no estimate of its value was and under awards made by Joint commissions. Engineering and Contracting Vol. XLI. No. 1. it is the opinion of the committee that, it theUnited States was not the own
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