Hearings Before the Committee on Naval Affairs of the House of Representatives on Estimates Submitted by the Secretary of the Navy, 1909U.S. Government Printing Office, 1909 - 949 pages |
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In addition to what can be done with the money already appropriated , the following items are required : Two boilers , 450 horsepower each , including foundations , superheaters , feed pumps , piping , etc .; 5,000 cubic feet air ...
In addition to what can be done with the money already appropriated , the following items are required : Two boilers , 450 horsepower each , including foundations , superheaters , feed pumps , piping , etc .; 5,000 cubic feet air ...
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... steel covered shed , 120 feet long by 36 feet wide , to house these yard vehicles . The ChairmẢN . The next item is “ Fireproofing , building thirtythree , one hundred and thirty thousand dollars . " Admiral HOLLYDAY .
... steel covered shed , 120 feet long by 36 feet wide , to house these yard vehicles . The ChairmẢN . The next item is “ Fireproofing , building thirtythree , one hundred and thirty thousand dollars . " Admiral HOLLYDAY .
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The present wall in front of this part of the yard , 1,287 feet in length , is in poor condition , crooked and bulging in many places , and there is quite a depth of mud in front thereof . This inud should be removed , but when dredged ...
The present wall in front of this part of the yard , 1,287 feet in length , is in poor condition , crooked and bulging in many places , and there is quite a depth of mud in front thereof . This inud should be removed , but when dredged ...
Page 149
41 over the shrinking pit a distance of 25 feet , which will afford ample room for assembling the large guns and erecting supports for an 80 - ton traveling crane over the pit . Mr. Hobson . You have a crane there to lift the guns ?
41 over the shrinking pit a distance of 25 feet , which will afford ample room for assembling the large guns and erecting supports for an 80 - ton traveling crane over the pit . Mr. Hobson . You have a crane there to lift the guns ?
Page 150
The channel in front of the navy - yard is now only 600 feet wide in front of the working part of the yard , too narrow for turning the modern ships of the navy . As a portion of the yard lies on the opposite side of the channel from ...
The channel in front of the navy - yard is now only 600 feet wide in front of the working part of the yard , too narrow for turning the modern ships of the navy . As a portion of the yard lies on the opposite side of the channel from ...
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Page 395 - Marine Corps shall be liable to do duty in the forts and garrisons of the United States, on the seacoast, or any other duty on shore, as the President, at his discretion, may direct.
Page 709 - Navy, and by him referred to and approved in his letter to the chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs...
Page 241 - That, for the purpose of further increasing the Naval Establishment of the United States, the President is hereby authorized to have constructed...
Page 225 - That no part of this sum shall be applied to the repairs of any wooden ship when the estimated cost of such repairs, to be appraised by a competent board of naval officers, shall exceed twenty per centum of the estimated cost, appraised in like manner, of a new ship of the same size and like material...
Page 225 - That the Secretary of the Navy shall hereafter report to Congress, at the commencement of each regular session, the number of vessels and their names upon which any repairs or changes are proposed which in any case shall amount to more than two hundred thousand dollars...
Page 337 - June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, shall not exceed sixty thousand dollars; and that the Secretary of War shall each year, in the annual estimates, report to Congress the number of persons so employed, and the amount paid to each.
Page 793 - Corps, without having first received a discharge from the regiment, troop, or company in which he had previously served, shall be removed in all cases where it shall be made to appear to the satisfaction of the Secretary of War, from such rolls and records, or from other satisfactory testimony, that such re-enlistment was not made for the purpose of securing bounty or other gratuity that he would not have been entitled to had he remained under his original term of enlistment...
Page 74 - Provided, That the sum to be paid out of this appropriation under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy for chemists...
Page 584 - We are not going to work for 75 cents a day." The CHAIRMAN. They do not have the Wagner Act over there. Mr. HILL. Nor the Taft-Hartley Act, either. Now, we are right where we started. The CHAIRMAN. Does that conclude your statement, Mr. White? Mr. WHITE. That concludes my statement. Thank you. The CHAIRMAN. Are there any questions from members of the committee? Mr. GATHINGS. Mr.
Page 225 - ... per centum of the estimated cost, 'appraised in like manner, of a new ship of the same size and like material : Provided further, That nothing herein contained...
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| Title | Hearings Before the Committee on Naval Affairs of the House of Representatives on Estimates Submitted by the Secretary of the Navy, 1909 |
| Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Naval Affairs |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1909 |
| Original from | the Library of Congress |
| Digitized | 4 Apr 2007 |
| Length | 949 pages |
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