Identifier: glimpseofislesof00whee (find matches)
Title: A glimpse of the isles of the Pacific
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Wheeler, William Webb, 1845- (from old catalog)
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Publisher: (St. Joseph, Mo., Hardman press)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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ong fight, but inthe end, had to give it up; they were too many for me. Manila is in latitude fifteen degrees north, and has anannual rainfall of eighty to ninety inches. The rain beginsabout June first and continues most of the time untilDecember. From December first to June first is their dryseason, and during this time they have almost no rain. Since the United States have taken charge of thePhilippines, they have done much for Manila, by buildinggood streets with pavements and keeping them clean, andhave built many sewers. They are still building sewers,and have made the city quite a healthy place, as comparedwith what it was in old times under Spanish rule. We didnot hear of any cholera or plague in the city while we werethere, and if any contagious diseases were at that time inexistence, they were so well under control, as to be nomenace to the general health of the city. A tramway, or electric street railway, has recentlybeen built out to Fort McKinley, six miles, where our 127
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government is doing a great and good work in buildingpermanent barracks for our soldiers, on high ground(Manila is perfectly flat), where they will have goodsewerage and good air, and will, without doubt, be ofgreat benefit to the health of our soldier boys. A tine electric tramway runs to all important parts ofthe city, fare twelve centavos (equal to six cents) for first-class and ten centavos, second-class; Philippino motormenand conductors and very good service. All the policemenof Manila are Americans, dressed in the army uniform—fine large men and the most polite, accommodating police-men I have ever met. There are several fine bridges over the Pasig River,which is navigable for many miles above the city. In theAmerican quarter, there are several American stores, whichcarry fair stocks of goods, handled same way as in theUnited States, with good sized store rooms and plate glassshow windows, and clerks wearing shirts and trousers, butthe principal business of the city is done i

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