Show jl jlI I Y GOVERNMENT TO BUILD LINE Largest Railway in Philippine 330 MUM Long Will Bo Urtior Federal Control i t Manila P ITho longest railway In tho Philippines will bo tho government govern-ment lino leading through tho wonderfully s won-derfully fertile Interior of Luzon from Manila to Apnrrl tho northernmost port of tho Island It will ho as it wore tho great transcontinental sys tom in the Islnndn The survey calls for u lino 33G miles In length With tho exception of ono difficult grade tho road will bo comparatively com-paratively level nnd trains should < < make the trip In ton hours Recently the writer traveled over tho hue of this survey on horseback In nil the trip there was only Keen ono hlllstdu 4i as cry 7 I S n tt r v z v x to 0 uebnn nzansnlu JI a Aauraai y MAi LUZON 11AHAVAY ROUTE of about three acres which was barren land and hero It was being worked for a limo quarry From Manila the road will run northeast 126 miles through ho valley 1 of tho Pampnnga to the Caraballq P mountains which run north nail south from 10 to 30 miles from tho west coast of Luzon It will cross theaq mountains over the South Carnballa 4 pass elevation 3750 feet Tho summits sum-mits are covered with Immense hardwood hard-wood trees 4 Time railroad will climb for 35 or 40 miles through these mountnns Tho country reminds one of thv Cumberland Cumber-land mountains of Tcnncssc hero aro occasional little settleme It U in tho valleys where the Indians Igorrotos from Denguet province grow coffee Every little farm Is protected with n bamboo fence to keep out tho deer rand wild boar There aro no native Taga logs dwelling In tho mountains Those Indians are stronger and more industrious indus-trious than tho Filipino of the plains About 25 miles above BambaiiK Jn Nuova Vlcayn province the survey strikes n tributary of the Mngat river i at an altitude of n little moro than 2500 foot From this point until near Aparrl there is an almost imperceptible ± impercepti-ble decline In tho grade Bambang is the prettiest little town In the Philippine Islands Plan people are paclflcos and took no part in ha insurrection Only ono company ot American troops hit ivr Peen in ° Dnmbnng Fifty years ajo tha Spanish Span-ish built great cathedrals and bridges and Improved tho roads Pie country Is rolling and the valley Is open Tho if long low slanting foothills are densely f dense-ly covered with timber The country I Is capable of supporting an Immense I population |