Show J M NEW YORK MONEY IN FOREIGN ROADS Gotham Capitalists Will Build r r Railway Lines in South t America and Philippines tf p piL iL WILL OP OPEN EN NEW DISTRICTS 4 t 11 iwo Fifty fl h 0 HI and III One hn l half Jim Will fl Jio Ho u Spent In Construction on of or Great Iru Projects L Now cw ew York monc money Is Its wa way gf 4 to all pu parle t of the world two iwo project alone which will require the disburse- disburse S N ment mint of or now engaging the ther r attention of or our capitalists Both Bolh are arc railroad se schemes heroes one being In Bolivia la w and the other In the Philippine islands s Jn In n 11 measure these arc are national projects prok pro pro- k jests th the Bolivian government o being interested In Jn one and the government iti or of the United States In the other the the- difference between the two being that the Bolivian lan government will run Its railroad when the New Yorkers havet haet have ha t completed U It It while Uncle Sam will ill not t. t take over O the Philippine project but o private I parties to o manage It s ago the united States Jo government asked 1 for rOI bids for the cone lon eon e of or railroad lines in the P Phllip- Phllip 1 w lj and ancl although m man many any offers were made that th of oC Speyer Speer Co of oC P- P this city was accepted This linn firm rep rep- t resents a It syndicate composed of oC New 1 York men which when the lines now v I In contemplation are arc built tt will il l have XI J control of oC about miles of oC road a av v portion of oC which will be double track The Thu lines hues j. j controlled by this syndicate will run through fertile and well t districts that now arc are product producIng f Ing sugar rice hemp tobacco corn I V and other articles and It Is anticipated I that with quicker and cheaper means I fc of transportation these districts will I improve c In ht mo most l remarkable degree v V t Will J S n This ThiN railroad system will vIlI be divided divide t Into tw two J districts known mown as the NorthY North North- Y ern and Southern The northern district dis- dis l ct will have Manila as a central centra the railroad oad lines linos running 1 In 1 I. I different directions from that city be- be be be- III lug ing more than 00 miles in length The southern district line Is to ru run from to tu Legaspi an and a distance of oC about miles mile 1 and will pass through h the Important CIt City of oC Caceres This portion of the thc line lino will tap large hemp t which produce the fiber from which tho the celebrated ceh Manila rope 1 Is s made These Thes two districts ar are to bo he connected con can by hy well equipped w steamship lines between and Pa acao and the monc money Involved In the entire e scheme Is not Jess less than to Co o Sun l 1 Ill In the northern district whIch has lias Manila as Its center tel the main road isto Is Isto Isto to run to San S. Pc do on the west weNt the Island of Luzon where It ft connect with lines run- run alnA from om all points on tho the wc western and northern coast Including tho famous fanmous t valley where re the high grade tobaccos are arc re raised to o a distance distance dis- dis tance of 22 mfR There arc ure to be eleen eleven elev elev- en branches of oC various lengths ing lag from the main line to Important towns lowns and fertile agricultural dl districts all connecting directly with the elt city of Manila Mantia Al At the latter latler point three will bo L' b complete com com- and extensive M for freight trat traffic c also a double track belt railroad rail rail- road will be built hullt to the conned connect several several sev sev- eral lines Unes Port an and eft city freight terminals terminals ter- ter including docks passenger r and freight stations will bo be located at convenient convenient convenient con con- points In the city for the accommodation ac ac- of or the traveling tra public and merchants and shippers Men Lieu on tin A 1 portion of oC this which con eon consists its of oC the line owned and controlled by the old Manila 1 and Railroad Rail flail rO road HI company comprising 1 1 miles already al- al al already read ready is in operation open It Is thoroughly equipped with signals and has rules and regulations quite Quito as aM complete an and serviceable as those now In use on an any American railroad The completed s system tem teni with its block signals steel I 8 and truck track of or heavy American raUt rails an and ballast hl will give to the eople of the Philippines a class list railroad that will prove a great Kreal rid In the development e of oC that most c country Tim Th policy of oC the Speyer syndicate as it t Is 16 known will be to lo thoroughly equip tile the system with a sufficient suf number number num num- ber of ears cars and locomotives to carry carr the products of or th the districts through which Its lines run to market without delay lay and amI otherwise serve th the publico public su iU o that the development of the counts country will follow Collow as a natural consequence Dull Ian Sk I Tin The so scheme me m of oC railroad building o II Bolivia will call for COl the expenditure of oC o 27 and the tile syn syndicate which Is to put it through is backed by 11 Inter Inter- connected with the National C City ty bank bani Speyer and Co and W. W R. R Grace Gracean an and Co fh The latter has lias extensive c Interests in interests interests In- In In that countr country and is engaged on Its own account in the constructor of a lino line for the Bolivian government there Om the spoken of oC the tho government go of oC noli Bolivia vIa will supply the tho larger portion but the Americans will build the railroad line and have a lien llen upon It until full Cull payment Is ma made c o 01 of all the mone money spent by the syndicate In addition to certain rail lines al already already al- al ready In existence In the t the mountain reo republic re re- o public the American syndicate will construct construct construct con con- one 31 miles In ht length to tap tho rho exceedingly rich valleys on the time eastern slope of oC tho the Andes an and divert to tho the Pacific ocean ports much of the i rubber and hard wood that now find their wa way to the markets of oC the world by 11 way of oC the thc Amazon river The Bolivian Bo no- Bolivian livian government go government Is progressive andu anda an and u u. great believer in the push and energy en energy en- en ergy erg of or the Americans That is the main reason why it has secured the services of an American syndicate to build Its railroads 1 Registering U Used Us ed There is a provision however I against the possible circumstance o othe of oC oCI I the town halls hall's being so crowded that tha not all the citizens who might wish t to take talie part In the tho proceedings would beable be beable able to get In That vcr very thing did happen a a. few days das ago so o this solution solution tion ion was J de devised devised- ed The hall ball Is i provided e with register register- lag InS ng turnstiles If a town meeting Is Js attended atten ed b by less Jess than voters as shown b by these turnstiles Its acts nets arc final nal tho the e e a being being- that there was wras ample opportunity for COI tho the citIzens citizens citi elt- zens to enter the hall find and to take tako part In tho discussion and voting If It they thc did not cJ no 80 it Jt was equivalent to u a ucon c con consent enl to 10 the tho action ot of tho the meeting nut But if Ie the U turnstiles register or pr more il it IB la assumed a that there thoro mB may 1 have been bean citizens citizen unable owing tv t tho rho size of or the time meeting to participate In the tho discussion The Tho acts of such a meeting therefore do not become operative operative op op- o until five days after atter It has taken place l If within those five days das a petition signed b by least voters is filed d with the tho town clerk requesting that any anyone one or more of or the votes taken at tho the meeting be submitted to the voters otell at large it must be done This of oC course docs does not Includes otes votes for foi town to officers or an any vote ote required b by br bythe the general law to be taken by Caucus Precedes Election rf The candidates for fOI town offices art are artall all nominated at a citizen citizens caucus held about ten days ays before the thc annual town lowr meeting which m means ans the annual elec elee- thou tion and are elected from Crom among what are arc called preliminary suggestions Each of these preliminary suggestions suggestions sug sug- must be made in writing signed b by al at least ten voters oters and accompanied ac- ac accompanied ac ac- companied by the written a assent absent ent of the pen person on named These suggestions are arc filed flied with the town clerk six da days das s before beCore the caucus and the tho list is published published pub pub- in the local papers In local ocal politics thero there is comparatively comparatively lively little reference to ordinary party lines there being more of oC a desire to see the best man for COl the place get It regardless of oC partisan success Women Wo 0 men mell vote yote for tOI members of oC the school committee So far at least there has been no cr cry of graft grafl to dl disturb the tho good old- old fashioned government of Brookline In spite of the big sums which the town annually spends it is claimed that the citizens citizen get a better return for tor their money than in un any other place with the ho same samo expenditure J of Another nother o. o There are a good man many things Inthe in ht inthe the survival al of the old form Corm of or government gov guv- thero which seem strange to toda to- to da day lh The moderator ator tho the sealer of v weights eights and m measures a the fence fonce viewers the field feld drivers tho the pound- pound keeper tho the 2 selectmen somehow somehow they seem by their titles lilies at least echoes of oC another generation But the they do their work well Brookline Brook Brook- line is satisfied to remain In her form Corm of or government like the smallest crossroads village Twice her citizens have ha ot voted d on the question of annexation to lo Bo Boston ton and ancl each time they have rejected the Idea with the emphasis of ot a bl big majority ma ma- Meanwhile the tile place grows steadily In population while Its Us wealth Increases ase lJ by leaps and und bounds Pittsfield Mass Is about the same size Ize as Broo line In 1901 t I Pittsfield hud had po polls Is while Brookline had less Yet time the assessed valuation of oC Pittsfield was only about while that of or Brookline was over o As things arc at present the total wealth of oC the town averages es over for e cr every man woman and child included in tho New cw population New NewYork York Sun |