Show PASSING OP CASCO native philippine boat to be ceedee by steam lighter 1 Coin to til commercial t 11 Monthly Us at fam f to B within two weeks there will eail from the port ot ew ork to manila a ship owned by the philip ine transports jioji and construction campal which ill arr the firlit of steam 1 ahter w th which it Is proposed to reo ulion ize cond of commer ct in the 11 il apine islands company has bu ll 11 19 0 thee 1 ghert at au average coit 0 L cl arges at manila now are about 4 50 a per pounds ith these new lighters the company promise to reduce the charges to 17 cents mexican per pound company it is stated has already expended in pre par ng to do business in the I 1 hil p I 1 nes where it intends to do a general harbor 1 and inter island business ahe company w 1 establish a line 0 monthly steamers from tw ork to mani mania a begir ning next month II 11 issell colegrove To who is to be the traffic manager f the campal at ma ni was in ew lork ty the other day with the general counsel of the company franklin brooks of 25 broad street anda follow ing state ment all 1 at manila and throughout the islands must be done with the casco the cassois i leak unsuitable native boat of 30 tons bur den merchandise that is taken to or from mai la must be lifted the vessel s s de into the casco b ch nese or native coo ies and then lifted from the casco to the abare aaen the casco cam ot work in bad weather these 1 are eleain elf r e 1 ng steel barges with a llod ratin M steam hoists ind the can do the r vork in any weather the capacity of each is tout nineteen Vin eteen of them arc completed aid are nartig tl ament it the morgan iron works oi first thip ih ch is owned b the compan will leave here about january 10 and the next a month later thy will go 1 the suez canal |