The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-25

thought it was the real general and
spread the alarm
''One feature of this same accident was
that the insurgents had undermined the
track for some distance. covered it with
f fane ana ten put drt eyer all b t The mrsf
went down and this ditched the whole
up on this train. and was furious to think
he was left He sent me a long telegram
Of complaint at being forgotten, and I had
accident and how he and his money had
missed capture, and then he sent me one
When the United States was ready to
pany again they asked the president how
long it would take to put the. road in
He answered a year. This was on Thurs
day. General Otis then asked me. and
told him in a week or ten days. The gen.
erai was surprised, and said 1 could not
have the printing for the reports done in
that time. L told him 1 could manage it.
as all my men We're experts. and the
following Monday opened the road for
freight. and Saturday following for
Previous to the control of the road by
the government two English firms had had
a contract for all cars, but when the ma
tiveS found they could ship their goods to
whom they liked in Manila and sell to
whom they chose. they f1ocked in scores
to the road and it was impossible to sup
ply the demand for cars It was an every
day occurrence that an agent would sell
more tickets than he had accommodation
for on the trains
service on the road. but I had only go
freight and 40 passenger at my disposal;
people. There were 50 towns in the area
with population of from 1900 to Is, 600
each. Instead of decreasing, as was ex-
pected, as soon as the novelty wore off,
down the read to Manila with fowl or
SO, just to pay the expenses Of the return
trip. People came from so miles each side
of the road to bring their goods to market
f,r-1+oi., C,,txo,. ir, i,,saraS4a7 in 1,,;l5;,ey
another road in the far-ofr islands. The
Manila Dagupan runs north and south
tain Cuiver's proposed road will run east
and west starting IN on the opposite side
of the island from Manila and eventually
reaching that port
The -Dagupan road runs through
an S English Company ' under Spanish i con-
cessions. At the examination by the Phil
it had cost his company 1750.eoo pounds,
English money, to build it, or 12,O 900 pounds
demands made BY the Spanish govern
ment for concessions
Captain Culver's road, The Luzon Trans
portation and improvement company has
capital stock of s600.00O. In connection
with their transportation , faeilities they
generally improve and open up the coun-
try for Improvement that it passes
through. In speaking of his project the
I'VE propose. to build railroad through
of Luzon. We will start at Subig bay
and run across the island to the Pacific
For the present we shall put in % miles
of railway as soon as we receive a fran
chise from the United States government
to operate in the territory. A bill with
this in view is before congress now for
passage.
when completed our road will be 1855
miles long. We are an incorporated COM
pany under the laws of West Virginia and
our capital stock is $500, 600. 1 am the pres
ent president of the company, and Mr..
Hafsch and Mr.. Luebbens are both inter-
ested in the road. MIR. Haisch, besides be-
ing practical railroad man before going
rience in the Philippines.
MANY of our stockholders are promi-
nent persons in the states of California.
New York, Nebraska and Washington and
in the Philippines themselves. There is
but the one railroad in the islands. and
that does not touch the territory we mean
to go through. A new railroad will de-
yelop the country wonderfully, open
new field for products not hitherto
touched
There are practically no roadways in
the islands and the natives are dependent
upon the wltercourSeS for their means OF
transportation One strange feature of the
natives is that they all have money to
spend, which is fact not fully under
stood by Americans. At present we have
agents in the islands securing franchises
for right of way. and soon as we re-
ceive the consent Of the government we
our initial road. We shall start this year,
I'VE have not as yet decided whether
the road viii be steam or electric, and
that is the reason of our visit here. We