The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-12

In such eases as much as 80 per cent.
is often charged. This business how
ever, Is chiefly done by the Fiiipinos.
Concessions fos Manila Granted BY Spain.
The government will have to do some
thing with a number OF so-cailed conces-
sions which are in the hands of parties
here as TO street railroads. telephones.
electric lights and other things. Some OF
these concessions were granted or ex-
tended at the last moment when the
Spaniards knew they were to leave and
wished to mako as much as they could
and to involve the Americans In as much
trouble as possible. They issued conces-
sions for mines and other things and did
what they could to destroy archives and
involve the titles To property.
The various concessions have not yet
been passed upon by the governor gem
crai, and II has so far been hard 10 get
definite Information concerning them.
have. however learned the following.
There ~ telephone company which
was established In 1889 with a capital Of
xiseoee. and which has paid on the av-
erage dividends OF per cent since i0
formation. II Is poorly. managed and
poorly equipped The Instruments are Of
European make. With wooden sounding
hoarsis through which IL Is almost Inn
possible 10 carry on conversation with
cut repetition. The company charges s.
per month. or - gold. but even at this
Faie, with an improved service and new
telephones. the receipts would be eno~-
nous. The government has Its own tel
erhone service. usinE Bell instruments.
There viii be a big fiold here for street
railway companies. Al present the tsliy
tramsay 81 any kind IN this city Of s0ooe
isNone run by Filipino ponies. II gives
the poorest kind 90 service. with cars
ut such irregular Intervals that you often
have 20 walt from fifteen to thirty min
utes for car. The fAres are l to 3
cents sold. according so distance. but
with a good service and an electrical
equipment the trasel would Ne so great
thai the company would pay we'll Al
present there l. only about six miies az
track. but this could be almost lnacaaiseiy
extSnaesl, bringing In a number OF the
suburbs not now reached,
The climate here ls snch that sew ueo-
pie ~alk The chief means ~ getting
about Is in little cabs called qsileS and
earamatfas. rulleG BY soalrs. which 5olt
orc terribly Is they carry one over tho
rphslpsEone streets ~ IA III there are
not enough az those to suppiy she de-
mand. and The only way that one can
Be- sure % transportation Is 80 Keep his
own carriage.
The tramway company has capital os
ksSo.eoa tsilvey3. and Il i now paying div
iieuds % 5 psr cent As 10 the Irngth Of
It's concession 90 not know. bat I un-
dcf&tAna Il has 80 Violated ~ agreement
with the city that the enncSssaon coala
easily be set aside. The stexk % the
company is now selling AZ par. Almost
ans electric street railway In Manila
wouEd pay.
Manila has a very good eaectris Hight
plant The machinery IS American hav-
ing beea furnished hy the Thompson
Houston Company. Of Boston. which has
ar had $4,000 worth 81 stock. The com
pany has a concession for twenty years
from 100 AZ which time the plant WAS
put In Il has q capital cs half a million
pesos and pays dividens Of per cent.
A LarS Fitted 70, ElscfrscaI Maraincyy.
Outside the plants above named there
are no electrical works In the Phillip
pine islands. although the country is one
especially fitted to furnish electrical
power. Everyone OF the tslands mas num-
crous streams flowing down its mountains.
There are many Waterfalls and strong
currents which run the year round, and
whsea could be used for the generating