The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-08-23
NOTES FROM MANILA.
Civil Departments Concentrated
In the Filipino Capitol.
COAL DEPosIrs IL TIE IsLAsDa

Chief Of MininR Bursau Believes the
Philippines May In Time ssppiy
Our Navy win better Coal Than
the Japanese Artieis-Nativss In
WTIIisK 90 work For Government.
The change from military TO quasi
civil government az Manila has been
followed By centraiizatiOn % all the
civil departments. bureaus and Offices
and by a concentration ~ the formerly
scattered military departments. writes
the New YORK Posts Philippine rsr
respondent under TIE date " July Il
Civil administrations VIII succeed the
military 10 tie aylutamieutO (ciiy
hall. Governor Taft using the room
hitherto occupied as an office by the
military governor general u IS hoped
thus 10 emphasize ~ the natlres the
change from military 90 civil admins
tfBtiOn. Another recorded move II the
civil administration j. cO1truct With
q guarantee company Of Philadelphia
% give bonds fOr the provincial treas
urers and their assistants These on
GERS may give other surety. however,
but when they accept the Philadelphia
surety they must pay 70 the lnsniar
government az consideration one
fourth of ] per cent " the amount N
the bond, the government paying for
The bond from 70 per cent, accord.
Ing ~ iis amount
One difficulty met by the civil admin
istr8tiOn 10 developing the Islands is
the failure ~ persuade the natives %
work On r0adbuilding. although liberal
remuneration. good board aud free
transportation are offered them. This
aversion 10 settled employment Is gen.
eral throughout the Islands Just now
three proyinces-ZO Benguet
and San Fernando de UniOn--are IS.
peclally suffering from n dear,h u na-
tive labor. Ia ZOmbales the natives
are engaged in planting rice or cutting
wood, and they refuse any government
labor, no matter what Inducements are
offered. As n last resort a number Of
the colOrcd men of the regiment sta
TONED there have been employed, extra
pay being given a. nn incentive.
Lieutenant Charles H. Burritt, chief
OF the mining bureau. has hopes that
the Philippines may Ia time supply the
navy with "A better grade Of coal than
that now obtained Ia Japan. There Is
no reason" be says. why the coal
mines Of the Philippines cannot be put
into condition ln six months time TO
supply all Of the coal required for the
tmnsport service Of the United States.
The mines here have never been prop
eriy developed or superinicnded for VA
rious reasons lack 0t capital, lack of
experienced labor and more particular
ly and especially lack Of transportation
facilities.
There are mines IN the Islands oi
Batan. Mindoro. Samarara. NcgrOs
Masbate and Cebu that are all appar
entity valid concessions from the Span
ish government. All Of which are more
or less developed and which are capa
ble of producing in a very short pcri0,
quality Of coal vastly superior 10 th'
japanese coal. nnd IN addition TO thcsI
there are extensive deposits OF coal II
various parts Of the island q Minda
uao which have hitherto been ptactI
cally uncxplorcd aud uudevcloped.
'Tbe Goals OF the philippines are llg
mite. bot resemble very nea -ly the char
acteustics Of the better class or coal
OF tho interior ~ Cliina. The coal meas
ures Of the island u Batau produce
superior quality " coke. aud the yalu
OF these Goals as n steummaking fu'
for steam vessels bns been establ.shc
since the year 1912
At last the removal ~ he saloon
from the Escolia has been accomplish
ed and that narrow thoroughfnre wi
no longer bo Incumbercd with druuko
soldiers It IL only a shifting of n
evil. however aud centerlng % II
less conspicuous quarter
nCn yyE &c TIC DDEN