The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-03-28

paxt lArly true 81 those Who nave 's
been active insurgents and known
ms urgent sympath izers. dozen
pages 81 this paper would be severed
with names Of old insurgent gener-
ls,many Of whom ouhgt to O. hung " =
Who are now governors q provinces,
and holding other Important posi-
tioas under tho insular government
.Aguinaldo, the original cause Of
it all, is living in q nice house j. the
elite residence portion Of the city.
He has every luxury has his personal
sevants, and i living in style. An
American officer has charge IS him
and stays near him most Of the time.
''Aggie" has . guard Of American
soldiers 4 who. are there more to
protect him from assassination than
anything eele. He never goes out
not even for . ride tho / understand
that he may should he wish to- do
90. Manila 10 fast becoming Amer
oanized. 1t has imprcved wonder
fully since / saw it in 100. Ameri-
can policemen the Metropolitan -
police force, commonly called tho
Nets" try to keep things running
smoothly. =: They are ably assisted
by an excellent Detective bureau,
which might be compared to = CO.
lection Of Sherlock Holmes. Some
OF their work is certainly fine.
The streets of the city, tho marrow,
are in fairly good condition, the
lighting is good electric; the water
tho sufficient in quantity, is verypoor
in, quality. The municipal govern
ment seems to be clear and fairly
satisfactory. One branch Of itsshas
done some wonderful work. The
Sanitary Department has not only
removed thousands of tons OF: filth
and dirt, but has had ordinances
passed which prevent it's accumulat-
ion,> and today dare say Manila
will compare favorably with an y
American city in regard to clean
illness. ss8k
The demi- monde have been segre-
gated and are looked after by mu-
Enicipal government SO closely here
again will the city bear comprison
with American cities. -: .%S
What the city Of: Manila needs,
and that badly, is an up to date
American electric trolly system
The present modes of conveyance
are abominable. There is horse
car system never used by Americans
which is a disgrace to the city. The
cars are about fifteen feet long, dinky
little affairs, and are pulled along
by q team Of measly little Filipino
ponies, q wearing harness made fof
rope, leather, and chains the most
of which has been thrown away by
the Americans. If one is going
any distance he can actually out
walk the car. No joke that. The
only other public conveyances is q
"carromata" or quilez, a cart hav-.
ing the body of a buggy, a top, and
side curtains. Here again the
native pony is leader, driven by 4
native sitting on a small seat in
front of the occupant. They are.
very slow but the best in the city and
are generally used The public rigs
cost twenty cents gold for the first
hour and fifteen cents gold for each.
succeeding hour; livery rig costs:
fifty cent gold per hour. There are
a very few public carriages, but one
can get a carriage, native ponies,
and driver at any livery stable. for
only one dollar, gold, per hour
on ordinary days. 4
On Sundays and holidays it is veryll
often impossible to get one. !
There are several thousand CARO-:
motos on the city streets and if one
wants one it is only necessary to
wait on the street until one comes
along. Sometimes a few seconds,
sometimes half an hour or more.
"A large contract has been let by
the insular government for the i'm
provement of Manila Bay. The
plans contemplate the dredging of
the bay to such a depth that any|
vessel may come up to the wharves
to load and unload. At present all
vessels Of any size are compelled to
anchor in the bay q mile or go out, |,
and are loaded and nn1oof1od NV II