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President Roosevelt thanks Senator Hoar for the kindness and courtesy of his letter. Roosevelt gave Mr. Davidson over half an hour and allowed him to read nearly everything. Enclosed is Secretary of War Elihu Root’s letter, which had been read to Hoar previously.
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1903-02-04
President Roosevelt was interested in Goodell’s letter, and asks Clifford Richardson to tell Goodell that he has already told President-Elect William H. Taft of his wish for James D. Schuyler and Allen Hazen to accompany him to examine the Panama Canal.
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1908-12-26
President Roosevelt asks Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte if there is a warrant for waiving the age requirement for joining the Civil Engineer Corps of the Navy in the case of John H. Larrabee. He has informed Larrabee’s supporters that he does not think anything can be done, but wishes to hear officially from Bonaparte. He encloses a letter from Senator Winthrop Murray Crane introducing Larrabee, and a letter from Rear Admiral Mordecai T. Endicott, head of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, on previous exceptions to the rules.
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1906-04-18
President Roosevelt believes that William Barclay Parsons and Alfred Noble are the best engineers for the Isthmian Canal Commission. If either does not accept, Mr. Burr will be offered a position.
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1904-02-19
H. S. Jeffery has applied to be Chief Inspector and received recommendations from congressmen and professional societies. It appears that Mr. Deans, a prominent railroad official, received the applications from the Interstate Commerce Commission and decided that Jeffery is not a suitable candidate due to his support of the Locomotive Boiler Inspection Bill. Jeffery believes that he has been wronged and requests that President Taft take up the matter.
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1911-02-14
Commissioner Elliott recommends to President Roosevelt that Lewis J. Proctor be appointed as his successor in Puerto Rico.
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1905-06-09
William Williams discusses filling laborer positions at Ellis Island and consultation with Matthew Linn Bruce. Williams recommends Street Cleaning Commissioner of New York John McGaw Woodbury for sanitary engineering work in Panama.
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1903-11-25
Secretary of War Root has been unable to bring together the three engineers mentioned in Senator R. A. Alger’s letter. He suggests how an engineer should be selected and believes a suitable commission could be composed of George Clinton, W. L. Fisk, and Gardner Stewart Williams.
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1903-08-19
Senator Alger writes to President Roosevelt, recommending George Y. Wisner of Michigan for an engineer position. According to Alger and to all with whom he has conferred, Wisner is the ideal candidate in every respect.
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1903-06-22
James Burrill Angell recommends Lyman E. Cooley to be the surveyor and engineer on the international commission to investigate the regulation of lake levels.
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1903-06-09
Richard Price Morgan inquires as to the status of his application for appointment to the international boundary commission to investigate the water boundary between the United States and Canada.
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1903-03-11
T. W. Symons thanks President Roosevelt for his new position.
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1903-02-14
Series of endorsements recommending Eugene E. Haskell’s appointment as an engineer to the lake levels commission.
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1902
Representative Southard recommends George Y. Wisner for appointment to the international commission that will investigate the water levels of the Great Lakes.
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1902-08-19
J. B. Davis recommends George Y. Wisner for appointment to the Lake Levels Commission.
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1902-08-13
Mayor Knight of Buffalo recommends Major T. W. Symons for appointment to the international commission for regulation of lake levels. Knight dissuades President Roosevelt from listening to a faction from the Lake Superior Water Power Company of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, that is against Symons, arguing that the people of Buffalo have been happy with his work and that the proposed dam on the Niagara River is in Symons’ field of expertise.
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1902-05-10
John Eisenmann recommends George Y. Wisner for appointment to the international commission on lake levels. Eisenmann mentions Wisner’s ability in the field of hydraulic engineering.
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1902-05-10
Gibson L. Douglass asks Chauncey M. Depew to use his influence in order to have George Clinton appointed to the International Deep Waterway Commission.
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1902-05-09
Senator McMillan asks President Roosevelt to be consulted on the appointments to be made for the international commission on lake levels. McMillan points out improvements that are being made that will help the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and other Great Lakes states. He has been asked to recommend several people, but refused to do so. Any hindrance to this project or a lowering of the lake levels would prove a negative economic situation for Michigan.
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1902-05-08
Albert J. Himes recommends George Y. Wisner for appointment to the international commission on lake levels, pointing out Wisner’s qualifications as a civil engineer.
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1902-05-08