El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-25

miles Of track laid. and IS miles OF
new road opened for operation The
location provided by law for railroads
in the provinces of AlDay. AInDOs LaA-
arines. and southern LuzOn was found
to be impracricable as the line from
LigaO TO TabacO involved too eXpen-
sive construction. consequently Lne
company was permitted TO eliminate
the expensive part OF that line and
make connections on the main line
with TabacO from LegaSpl- The rlch
hemp regions adjoining TabacO and
LigaO were later reached by short
branches
Work Is Pushed.
In the Nisayan islands the Philip
pine Railroad company went ahead
rapidly By June 80. 1907, the com
pauy had completed in Cebu Is miles
of grading. 50 miles had been surveyed
and the location Of so miles had been
approved Equal progress was made
on the islands of Panay and Negros- IL
was found necessary TO postpone the
line in northern NegrOs and actual
work also showed that the cost OF con-
structiOn in the NiSayan islands would
be between $4,000 and $4,000 mile
Since then the cost of construction
has been as low as $500 per mile on
the Cebu island and as nigh as sos
600 per mile on Panay- Actual con-
structiOn work in NegrOs did not be-
gin until the fall of 1908.
In 1909 the government felt that in
lines to be constructed in AmbOS
Camarines in the south of LuzOn, IL
would be necessary to connect them
with the lines extending TO the south
of Manila This would require the con-
structiOn OF 155 miles of road in poorly
developed territory and in order TO IN
GuCe the Manila railroad company to
do this il was necessary for the Philip
pine government to guaranty interest
at four percent per annum on IlrSL hen
bonds TO be issued by the company Sc
cured by mortgage such guaranty to
be on the lines south OF Manila only
known as the southern or guaranty
system and also the line from Camp
one to BaguiO. The limit of the bonds
was placed at $1,000. 600. This viii
give LuZOn a traffic line extending
from San Fernando. Union province,
in the north, to Albay. in the south
Most Are Narrow Gage.
Nearly all Of the railroads OF the
Philippines are Of narrow gage sew
enty pound steel rails have been used
and the highest grade of hardwood for
ties, with six inches Of ballast as a
standard. but In many instances II
inches of ballast were tamped- sta
tons are equipped with train order sig
mails and the dispatcher's block sys-
tenn The freight equipment comprises
from 10 to 20 ton steel frame cars con-
veritable from flat TO boxes. as well as
40 ton wooden construction flats and 50
ton wooden ballast cars The maxi
mum t1lN IS bllt pea cent anu L--e
maximum curvature is 6 percent. The
bridges are of steel and Reinforced
concrete with reinforced cement tiles
There are no railroads on the island
of MindanaO. although at least one is
greatly needed and recommendation
for a line from Camp OvertOn to Camp
Keithley have frequently been made.
In all there are now over 500 miles Of
line i'm operation and about 500 more
will be completed before the expiration
Of the time limit which is September.
1918 Then the longest line in the IS
lands viii be across LuzOn from north
to south a distance OF 463 miles
Tomorrow The Philippine Bureau OF
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