Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-27
ENGAGE in ISLAND TRADE.
Transportation Company to Start Line
Of Ships to Philippines.

TRANSPORTATION Company to Start Line
of Ships to Philippines.
New York, Dec. 27.-Withtn two week.
there will sail from this port for Manila
steamship owned by the Philippine
Transportation and Construction Com
pany, which will carry the firstl INSTALL
ment Of steam lighters. with which 1t IL
proposed to revolutionize conditions OF
commerce In the PHILIPPINE islands. The
company has built nineteen of these
lighters, at an average cost of $4,000
Lighterage charges at Manila now are
about $3.50, Mexican. hundred tons
With these new lighters the company
promises to reduce the charges to u
cents, Mexican, hundred tons.
The company, it is stated, has already
expended 100000 in preparing to dc
BUSINESS in the Philippines, where 1t in-
tends to do general harbor, lighterage
and interisland business. The company
will establish huge monthly steamer
from New York to Manila, beginning
next month.
Russell Tolegrove, who Is to be the
traffic manager OF the company at Ma
Mia, was in this city yesterday and with
the general counsel of the company.
Franklin Brooks, Of Is Broad street,
gave out the following statement:
"All lighterage at Manila and thru
out the islands today must be done with
the casco. The casco is leaky, unsta-
BILE native boat Of thirty tons burden.
Every ounce of merchandise that Is ia
ken to or from Manila must be lifted
over the vessels side into the casco by
Chinese or native coolies and then lifted
from the casco to the wharves again.
The cascos can not work in bad wealth
er. They are towed In and out OF the
harbor by launches of Asiatic manufac-
ture. The breakage and waste account
thru their employment is of course
great. They are all controlled by the
British, German and Chinese merchants.
and no American cargo can enter with
their aid except at charge that Is pro-
hibitive.
1.-The results are shown by figures fur
nished to us by the insular commission.
For the fiscal year 1901 the imports OF
the islands We're $2,s1S.411. OF this the
United States controlled s3,O34, 655; Eng
land had s19,6S1, 1852, and the Germans
and the Chinese had the rest.
''These lighters Of ours are steam self
propelling steel barges with Lloyd rat
ing of Al. They have steam hoists, and
they can do their work In any weather;
the capacity of each Is 400 tons. Nine
teen Of them are completed and are now
awaiting shipment at the Morgan iron
works. Nine of them have been taken
apart to be shipped in sections the 9TH
err ten vii be shipped as deck load. We
will send four on ship until they are
all over. Our first ship, which Is owned
by this company, will leave here about
Jan. 10, and the next a month later:
they will go by the Suez canal.
with these barges will go complete
machine shop to be set up in Manila.
There is no up-to-date machine shop
there. We are going to be able to repair
our own boats and those of other folks,
too. We will also ship our own electric
lighting plant for the machine shop and
a complete outfit of wrecking gear; the
gear will include screw hoist dry dock
for small boats. A full complement Of
American skilled workmen will be ia
ken along.
We mean to make American trade
felt in the new American possessions
Our barges Will be the only American
bottoms out there except naval vessels
We hope to see lot more there soon.''