The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-01-21
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MANILA. r. =. Dec. s. laQ0.

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MANILA, p. l., Dec. s, 1893.
EDITOR PREss:--A curiosity 10 Amer.
leans 10 this island 10 the train OF cars |
which runs something like one hundred |
miles into the interior, and view OF
the trains would convince any half sane
and nnprejudieed person that Spain u
ct least two centuries behind the age.
A small locomotive capable OF pulling
ten cars. which will not sustain weight
greater than Eve tons, the wheels about
the size Of and no more Substantial than
the wheels supporting late improved
Deering moving maching. A brake
which. instead OF setting by means OF
the old style upright with wheel on top
and Cog. wheel or ratchet-wheel to hold
wheE brakes are oct. the trains here have
lever upon which the brakeman
stands on the outside Of the car and his
weight brings the brake.beam TO bear;
In other words It Is on the style OF an
oid.fashiOned mountain brake on alum.
Der wagon. The cars have each. instead
OF one bumper. two, one on each corner
Of each end OF the car. These bumpers
are also drawheads. and brakeman In
order to couple cars together must pass
from one side Of the train to the other.
! have never had the satisfaction ofrid-
ing on one as yet, but 10 see the engines
switching, take 1t that on . pinch the
engines are capable Of making. with q
train Of ten cars, about two and half
or three miles an hour. The box cars
are small. not exceeding Eve feet high
10 the clear. and fourteen feet long by
six feet In width. The passenger
coaches are about the size OF the Epo-
kane street cars.
The Manila street cars are an institu.
ton peculiar to this place only. They
are capable Of seating twenty persons.
with standing room front and rear for
possibly half dozen more. The power
Is exerted by poor. scrawny, six or sew
acknowledgement pony, always. when
moving At all, going either at q trot or
galiop. Invariably In making q curve
where the DANCES would produce fric-
ton. the driver vigorously usesihis whip
and his lungs, the poor devil Of pony
going ct full jump. Prices for riding
on the cars are two cents per section,
each section about three-eights Of q
mile. The drivers have no feeling for
the poor, dumb brute, and one often
sees from forty to Gfty humans crowded
on one ear, and NJ long 40 the pony can
60. all right When he stops, some get
out ana push the car over bsd places or
curves. and everything is lovely.
The "bloods" OF Manila turn out when
weather permits. and often when Il does
not permit. and one sees hundreds Of
magnificent turn-outs, such AZ are seen
In the states, save that the vehicle Is
nearer the ground than our states car
riages. The faVorite driving street runs
from what IL called the Bridge Of
Spain" TO Malate. q distance Of two
miles. Part Of the route IL called the
LuDetta. and Is by far the finest drive
way ever saw; beautiful shade trees
on each side. On the left, going from
Manila, is situated what IL left OF q
once beautiful botanical garden with
an aiea Of, / should guess, forty acres.
On the same side Of the drive is situate
the one-time governor generals and the
former Manila City mayors residences,
both Of which are occupied BY ~ye
buck soldier Of that great Yankee IA.
ton. Lower down on same side Of the
drive comes the barracks OF former
Spanish soldiers, but now q hospital
upon cots IN which toss and rave many
poor fellow who is unfortunate enough
10 be down with malaria or typhoid
fever. A short distance down, and q
short distance back from the drive, one
sees line Of sentinels keeping strict
guard around few rows Of tents over
which floats yellow dag. Evidence Of
quarantine, ehf Yes, and Il IL the
smallpox hospital, pretty well patron
I1ed at present. am told that Of the
sixty odd patients who have gone in
there. only one came out alive. Truly
can Il be said, as was said in ~DAnte's
Inferno" Of the inscription over the
gates Of hell: Abandon hope all ye who
enter herel" A short distance further
down the driveway and on the same
side OF the drive, we see the barracks OF
the Sixth regular artillery with their
eight magnificent three-inch guns, all
the wood work about which Is freshly
painted as though done on the panels Of
some magnificent barouche or family
carriage. and the brass and steel work
about which shines like q mirror. Just
across a street running 1t right angles
10 the Lunetta drive or boulevard, and
which Is known as Pace street aud on
which Is the Sixth regular artillery, Is
the Wyoming contingent OF the Eighth
army corps. Further on we come to q
magnificent plaza, or open meadow,
upon which could vancouver all OF the
Eighth army corps, and which Is used for
regimental dress parade. aud that great
American institution, baseball Now
let US go back 10 the Bridge Of Spain
and again start noting what is on the
right hand side OF the drive for dis.
lance Of nearly q mile. First Aftel
crossing the bridge rs one goes toward
Malate, can be seen street bearing Z
the right. This leads one into ths
"walled city," the entrance to which d
over an old style draw-bridge, with