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Show AMERICAN ENGINEERING IN THE PHILIPPINES The work done by British engineers In far-off colonies has given them a well-deserved fame, but few in the I nlted States whether engineers or laymen, understand that w-.rks that tan rank with the best in British Colonial Col-onial engineering history have been performed by American engineers In the Philippines Under an efficient organization there have been constructed con-structed highways, bridges. public buildings, water supply systems and Irrigation works all according to high standards In one respect the hfghwav laws may well be taken as a model e.en here In the United States, for maintenance is placed above every other consideration Maintenance of completed roads takes precedence oer eery other expenditure. expendi-ture. For bridge and building work concrete has been adopted as the principal material, bo that perman-ence perman-ence and low maintenance costs are assured. All in all the record la one of which the American people and the Bureau of Public Works, under its efficient ef-ficient director, Warwick Greene, may well be proud Engineering Record oo E H |