. The street railway review . STREET CAR ADVERTISING IN MANILA, whereas the present road is patronized chielly by Filipinos. It isproposed to not only carry passengers, but also light freight, a plantliat will appeal to the natives especially, it being their custom tocarry large bundles on the cars. Compartment cars will lie pro-vided for the purpose. In building the roadbed and tracks Chinese labor is used ex-tensively, imder .American and Spanish foremen, and native laboris plentiful and cheap. The streets of Manila are for the mostpart suitable for an electric line and the bridges are subst
. The street railway review . STREET CAR ADVERTISING IN MANILA, whereas the present road is patronized chielly by Filipinos. It isproposed to not only carry passengers, but also light freight, a plantliat will appeal to the natives especially, it being their custom tocarry large bundles on the cars. Compartment cars will lie pro-vided for the purpose. In building the roadbed and tracks Chinese labor is used ex-tensively, imder .American and Spanish foremen, and native laboris plentiful and cheap. The streets of Manila are for the mostpart suitable for an electric line and the bridges are substantial and. I-IORHV ACHdS.^ CANAl,. sufficiently wide for the new tracks. Generally the *iuburhs arereached by bridges, although there are a few points al which smallraft-like ferries arc used. The present line runs through the Hsenltaand out into the suburbs; it is expected lliat the new road will runover the Luneta, which is a wide thoroughfare. The present company does a profitable business in advertising,carrying signs on the lops of the cars as well as inside, and alreadythe new company has been approached by advertising agents whowish to control the privilege in the new cars. The old companyis owned principally by Filipinos, while New York capital is largelyinterested in the new company. The new line of the Georgia Railway & Flectric Co., betweenAtlanta and Marietta, will be built tnlirely nn right of wayand will be fenced In, to permit speed. Mfttornicn, conductors and inspectors who have been in the em-ploy of the Louisville Railway Co. three or more years will here-after wea
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