The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-07-04
c. s. Bradford Now a Realty
Dealer Of Manila.
PASSENGER OF THE SHERIDAN
Observations Of Newspaper Man.
Great industrial Possibilities -
ebeis-Generais.

Z. -. BrduIOru, at one tllne city eul-
tor of this paper and later proprietor
of the Hilo Tribune. is in Honolulu en-
route to Manila, where his business
interests now lie Mr.. Bradford is one
of the goodly number of civilian pas
sengers on the u. S. A. transport Sher-
idan, the whole list of which sees n
royal funeral and n Fourth OF July Gel
ebration in Honolulu. Before leaving
these Islands Mr.. Bradford negotiated
a number of large land deals on Ha-
waii and at different times in the
States had TO do with the business. He
has organized a company and has es-
tablished Offices in Manila. Mr.. Brad
ford went at the matter to- master 1t
thoroughly. employing American.
Spanish and Tagalo lawyers and land
specialists to give him courses in the
title systems. These he now under
stands well and explains lucidly. He
followed the American army as far out
of Manila as it went and took observa-
tions on the country at close range.
He had the opportunity to meet men
from the other islands as we'll as from
all the districts OF LuZon and with
careful study has gained much knowi-
edge of the resources of the country.
He is very enthusiastic over the future
Of a very large portion OF the group
and especially over the possibilities OF
money making in land dealing, cane
growing and hemp culture. MIR. Brad
ford says that the most fertile land I'M
laginable can now be secured at low hg-
ures and there is any amount OF terri
tory that will, as time goes on. be
available for agricultural development
on a large scale. General business Is
good, but in one or two lines is rather
overdone. Mr.. Bradford's company has
taken over one of the daily papers of
the place as side issue. They are
reaching out for those desirable lands
secured by the men who get in on the
ground floor. The eminent specialists
sent out by the United States report
that there can be found coal and gold
on every island of the group. There
is great profit in hemp, indigo and
many other things to which little or
no attention is paid during the revolu-
ton.
Il never saw. neither do 1 expect to
ever see so many dead men and so
much blood as in the trenches and
around some of the block houses. You
remember reading of the company
cook who deserted from one of the VOL
unteer companies and became a lieu
tenant in the insurgent army. Well. 1t
is an actual fact that there were Iwen-
ty-seven dead bodies on top OF his
when they reached his corpse. After
every engagement the dead would lie
in rows and piles in the Filipino
trenches. The Americans impressed
Chinese into service everywhere to
bury the dead insurgents. The con-
slant firing by our boys made you sick
of the sound. The small arms were
going all the time and are at il yet.
Then whenever there is action near
the water the ships open up with
! heavy guns of all sizes. The Filipinos
had an advantage for long time with
their smokeless powder and often they
fight from the bamboo jungles. Our
| boys rush into the bamboo jungles
with a yell. Why the American vol
unteer soldier is the marvel OF the CEN
/ tury. When the niggers set the ball
rolling it was 9 o'clock at night. Our
fellows stood up to il all through the
night without so much as n cup OF cof-
fee, fighting like demons down to the
last round of ammunition and not get
ting bite to eat or any rest till the
next afternoon. 1 helped impress rigs
and ship and deliver ammunition and
watched the fighting in the dark and
rain till towards morning. Then /
had q chance to go out to the Olympia
with one of the officers and the sight
from the deck of that peerless ship was
grand. There was blaze of fire from
five miles of rifles and the field pieces
were doing good work. while the ships
were finding the insurgent lines. The
fight was a warm one at close range till
q o'clock in the morning. The Chin
csc laborers are always brave fellows.
The rebels are improving in marks
manship and for three months have
been picking off too much of a per-
centage of American officers.
How long will IL last? Till they send
the number OF men Gen. Lawton said
would be needed-1O0. .000-or more.
Then there are two alternatives. One
is to ship out all the Spanish priests
instead of hobnobbing with them. The
other is to catch and kill Aguinaldo.