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Joseph Bucklin Bishop tells President Roosevelt that Colonel George W. Goethals was pleased with the excavation in August, but that the showing will not be as good in September due to holidays. Bishop updates Roosevelt on the work of the Isthmian Canal Commission, including careful examination of a report that criticizes its conduct.
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1907-09-09
President Roosevelt is sending President-elect William H. Taft with seven highly qualified engineers to determine the current status of the Panama Canal. Roosevelt wants to appoint Captain Allen to join them.
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1909-01-19
President Roosevelt informs Arthur Powell Davis that President-Elect William H. Taft will shortly be traveling to inspect the Panama Canal in the company of a number of engineers. Roosevelt would like to appoint Davis as one of these engineers to travel with Taft, and asks him to respond as quickly as possible.
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1908-12-28
President Roosevelt informs John Ripley Freeman that President-Elect William H. Taft will be taking a trip to examine the Panama Canal in the company of a number of well-regarded engineers, and asks if he would be willing to go along as one of these engineers. He informs Freeman of the other engineers who will accompany Taft.
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1908-12-28
President Roosevelt notifies Allen Hazen that President-Elect William H. Taft will shortly be making a trip to investigate the Panama Canal in the company of several engineers, and that he would like Hazen to be one of those engineers. Roosevelt additionally lists the other engineers who will be accompanying Taft.
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1908-12-28
President Roosevelt notifies Isham Randolph that President-Elect William H. Taft will shortly be making a trip to investigate the Panama Canal in the company of several engineers, and that he would like Randolph to be one of those engineers. Roosevelt additionally lists the other engineers who will be accompanying Taft.
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1908-12-28
President Roosevelt notifies James D. Schuyler that President-Elect William H. Taft will shortly be making a trip to investigate the Panama Canal in the company of several engineers, and that he would like Schuyler to be one of those engineers. Roosevelt additionally lists the other engineers who will be accompanying Taft.
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1908-12-28
President Roosevelt sends President-elect Taft a number of letters, including one from Edwin C. Burleigh, the former governor of Maine, on behalf of William Wingate Sewall. Roosevelt reminds Taft that Burleigh is a strong friend in Maine, and has informed him that Taft already said that he was going to reappoint Sewall. Another of the letters which Roosevelt has forwarded deals with Taft’s upcoming trip to Panama, and he says that unless Taft objects, he will contact the named engineers to accompany Taft on his trip.
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1908-12-23
Cassius E. Gillette believes that the construction of the Gatun dam is the appropriate way of proceeding with the construction of the Panama canal, and comments on the construction of the canal in general. Gillette suggests the names of several engineers to President Roosevelt as candidates to accompany President-Elect William H. Taft to visit the canal.
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1908-12-17
Representative Olcott asks President-Elect Taft to consider bringing George B. Francis along with him on his trip to Panama to survey the canal. Francis is a civil engineer who Olcott says possesses great professional ability, and would do the work admirably.
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1908-12-22
George W. Davis offers President-elect Taft his opinion regarding several engineers who are candidates to accompany Taft on a trip to inspect the Panama Canal. If a change to the canal plans is required, as Davis suspects it may be, it should be done early enough before public opinion begins to be swayed against the canal by a lack of confidence.
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1908-12-15
Secretary of War Taft corrects an omission in his previous letter to President Roosevelt regarding the composition of the Isthmian Canal Commission.
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1906-11-01
Secretary of War Taft informs President Roosevelt that he is forwarding papers regarding changes to the canal construction at Sosa Hill that were approved by John F. Stevens. While Taft recommends that Roosevelt approve the changes, he thinks Roosevelt should speak with F. P. Stearns, an expert in water systems engineering, before giving his approval. Stearns can come to Oyster Bay to speak with Roosevelt later in the week.
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1906-09-10
Secretary of War Taft sends the changes for plans at Sosa Hill to William Loeb. Taft tells Loeb that President Roosevelt will want to use it when he meets with F. P. Stearns.
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1906-09-11
A telegram from President Roosevelt to Secretary of War Taft was delayed and Taft only just received it. Taft should arrive in Oyster Bay in a few days to meet with Roosevelt and F. P. Stearns.
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1906-09-12