Their development would have been impossible had not the construction of the Benguet Road made it feasible to bring in the necessary heavy machinery.
Some of the fruits, many of the flowers and practically all of the vegetables of the temperate zone can be advantageously produced in Benguet.

They are being shipped to Manila in steadily increasing quantities.
One would gather from the criticisms of the enemies of the Philippine government that the Benguet Road was a pleasure boulevard.

The government motor trucks transported over it during the last fiscal year 22,390 passengers and 7696.24 metric tons of freight.
Railroad corporations are inclined to be a bit soulless.

The Manila Railway Company is extending its line to Baguio by means of a branch leaving the main line at Aringay.

The building of this extension is now [514] fifty-five per cent completed, and the company is bound under the terms of its agreement to finish the road by August, 1914.