The Philippines: Past and Present (Volume 2 of 2)

by Dean C. Worcester

The following table shows the number of miles of coast surveyed at the end of each year, beginning with 1901:—

Number of Miles of Coast Surveyed

Fiscal Year	Miles
1901	89
1902	576
1903	1,208
1904	1,921
1905	2,415
1906	3,041
1907	4,536
1908	6,109
1909	7,126
1910	8,763
1911	9,992
1912	11,308
1913[5]	11,748

Not only have all important waterways through the islands been surveyed and lighted, but travel and the transportation of merchandise on land have been enormously facilitated by the construction of additional railways and of a system of first-, second- and third-class roads and of trails.

Prior to 1907 the only railroad line in operation in the Philippines was the so-called Manila-Dagupan Railway, which was 122 miles long.

The following table shows the steady increase in mileage since that time and also the steady increase in railroad earnings:—

Railroad Statistics

Fiscal Year	Total Mileage in Operation	Earnings of Philippine Railway Co., Amount	Increase	Calendar Year	Earnings of Manila Railway Co.
					Amount	Increase
1907[6]	122			1907	$25,823
1908	221			1908	961,936	16
1909	290	$74,815[7]		1909	1,023,812	6
1910	400	118,646	59	1910	1,233,794	21
1911	455	142,888	20	1911	1,919,244	56
1912	599	386,970	171	1912	2,304,436	20
1913	611[8]	([9])

The north line of the Manila Railroad Company, which is the successor to the Manila and Dagupan Railway Company, now extends to Bauang in the province of La Union. It has laterals terminating at Camp One, on the Benguet Road; Rosales in Pangasinan; Mangaldang in Pangasinan; Cabanatuan in Nueva Ecija; Camp Stotensburg in Pampanga; Florida Blanca in Pampanga; Montalban in Rizal, and Antipolo in Rizal.