viii. D. 3 Salt: Carriedo y Peredo 197 



the agency of Jose de Echevarria, who was appointed purchasing 

 agent on January 11, 1879. He received a commission of 1.5 

 per cent on all purchases, which were paid for through a draft 

 on the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation for 200,000 

 pesos. '=* All materials from abroad were passed through the 

 Manila custom-house free of duty.'" The cast-iron pipes and 

 lead were secured in Manila, partly through Frederic H. 

 Sawyer '-" and partly through the old-established firm of Smith, 

 Bell and Sons, who had bought out the Yengarie Sugar Com- 

 pany, a bankrupt concern at Mandaloyan, which had been organ- 

 ized in London to pipe sugar from the northern provinces 

 (Bulacan, Laguna, and Pampanga) to the capital. New cast- 

 iron pipe cost 33 pesos a ton delivered in Manila ; the old piping 

 from Mandaloyan 24 pesos and 80 centavos. Lead could be 

 bought in bars for 75 pesos a ton from Mandaloyan. Sawyer also 

 sold to the city such galvanized iron roofing as it required.'-' 



During the process of construction, there were no serious 

 hindrances, possibly due to the fact that from 1868 Palacios 

 himself lived on the ground in a small house, which came to be 

 known, under the name of the Casa de Depositos, as a favorite 

 resort for wealthy citizens, and personally superintended all 

 operations. Indeed, it was owing to his unfailing energy as 

 well as to his tact and discretion that such troubles as did occur 

 were so trivial. An illustration of his capacity in dealing with 

 awkward problems may be found in the matter of the purchased 

 right of way, which, according to the conditions of the "pro- 

 yecto," had to be cleared for 5 meters on either side.'=* Although 

 50 parcels of land, valued at 9,523 pesos and 5 centavos, apart 



"*Actas de Manila (1878), 35-36, 64-65, 93; (1879), 84-88, 101-103; 

 Expediente economico (1872-76), 182-183, 185-187; Actas- de Carriedo 

 (Nov. 22, Dec. 5, 1882). 



^' Expediente solicitando se exima del pago de derecho de Aduana todo 

 el material que viene de Europa (1882); Actas de Manila (1885), 49, 50; 

 Expediente economico (1872-76), 115, 142. 



^' Sawyer was an English engineer and agent for Handyside and 

 Company of Liverpool and for the Eastern Sugar Company. He is the 

 author of the book entitled The Inhabitants of the Philippines. Charles 

 Scribners' Sons. New York (1890). 



'''Expediente economico (1872-76), 121-123, 245-289; Actas de Carriedo 

 (Mar. 21, 1882) ; (June 24, Aug. 26, 1885) ; (Feb. 16, 1887) ; (June 25, 

 1890). 



"'/6td. (Dec. 23, 1868); (Feb. 15, 1883); Actas de Manila (Aug. 6, 

 Oct. 13, 1892) ; Expediente. Expropiacion de terrenos para la traida 

 de aguas. Documentos 1-5. Ramon Lopez Hermosa. Manila (1885) ; 

 Oficios de la ciudad de Manila (June 11, 1878). 

 117146 — 3 



