. The street railway review . and motormen on the street railway cars. During the past were made by treating diflferent ties with preservatives, such as creo-sote, jodelite, solignum and carbolineum. These tests showed thatthe treating of the ties would protect them from attack by ants inall but a few cases. To protect the rails from excessive rusting, suchas quickly takes place in Manila, due to the peculiarity of the climate,the steel work of the track was given a coat of asphaltum. In low-lying ground, as a further protection, the rails were laid in rolling stock in Manila for
. The street railway review . and motormen on the street railway cars. During the past were made by treating diflferent ties with preservatives, such as creo-sote, jodelite, solignum and carbolineum. These tests showed thatthe treating of the ties would protect them from attack by ants inall but a few cases. To protect the rails from excessive rusting, suchas quickly takes place in Manila, due to the peculiarity of the climate,the steel work of the track was given a coat of asphaltum. In low-lying ground, as a further protection, the rails were laid in rolling stock in Manila for the most part consists of opencars, but several convertible and semi-convertible cars are now beingoperated for experimental purposes. The design of the cars is suchthat they are simple and therefore easy to keep clean. As the rainstorms are severe and occur quite frequently, extra precautions weretaken to protect the passengers. All cars are vestibuled and areprovided with side curtains of pantosote. These curtains are rein-. FOURTH OF JULY l.\R.\I)E IN M.\\—NEW C.\R .\T OF \;. ELECTRIC & LIGHT CO S. LINE. two years, in which time the new work has been completed, . to 2,coo native laborers have been employed in erecting thepower house and car barns, and in installing the complete electricsysteuL Their wages ranged from 50 to 70 cents per day, varyingwith the nature of the work. It was found that the Filipinos wen-well satisfied with this rate of pay. which is almost twice that re-ceived under Spanish rule, but with their increased wages they feltthat two or three consecutive days at work was quite difficulty was adjusted by allowing the observance of a hr,gcnumber of feast days and also permitting them to take a rest duringthe middle of the day when the heat was intense. In Manila the principal business streets are paved with graniteblocks and a large portion of the resident streets are macadamized.
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