“The PNR played an important role that shaped our nation to what it is today. ” 

Junio Norberto M. Ragragio
Vice-Chairman

PNR 19TH. CENTURY HIGHLIGHTS

• June 25, 1875 - King  ALFONSO XII of Spain promulgates the Royal Decree directing the Office of the Inspector of Public Works of the Philippines to submit a general plan of railroad in Luzon

• February 5, 1876 - Don Eduardo Lopez Navarro of Public Works submits his MemoriaSobre el Plan General de Ferro-Carilles en Isla de Luzon, a very comprehensive and detailed study of railroad exploitation

• November 1, 1883 – the study of the first railroad project between Manila and Dagupandone by Antonio delaCamara isappoved

• January 1, 1887 – Royal Decree grants Mr. Edmund Syker the concession to the original plan as approved

• July 8, 1887 – the concession is transferred to Don Carlos E. Bertodano representing the Manila Railroad Company (MRRCo)

• July 31, 1887 – construction of the Manila-Dagupan railroad is started

• March 24, 1891 – the first section of the railroad from Manila to Bagbag (about 45 kms) is completed and put to commercial operations

• November 24, 1892 – the entire line from Manila to Dagupan, with a total length of 195.4 kms, is completed and put into commercial operations

• November 1896 – the Philippine revolution against the Spanish Government breaks out, interrupting railroad traffic at various points

• August 13, 1898 – the railway operations is resumed only to be interrupted again one year after when the Philippine-American War breaks out

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BOAS FESTAS / SEASON'S GREETINGS

The Great Wall of China

Franz Kafka, Prague 1883 - 1924

They set out from their houses earlier than necessary, and half the village accompanied them for a long way. On all the roads there were groups of people, pennants, banners—they had never seen how great and rich and beautiful and endearing their country was. Every countryman was a brother for whom they were building a protective wall and who would thank him with everything he had and was for all his life. Unity! Unity! Shoulder to shoulder, a coordinated movement of the people, their blood no longer confined in the limited circulation of the body but rolling sweetly and yet still returning through the infinite extent of China.

Almost every educated person in our age was a mason by profession and infallible when it came to the business of laying foundations. But it was not at all the scholar’s aim to prove this. Instead he claimed that the great wall alone would for the first time in the age of human beings create a secure foundation for a new Tower of Babel. So first the wall and then the tower. 

Gênesis 11.4

tradução de João Ferreira de Almeida, Mangualde, 1628  –  Jacarta, 1691 

Disseram mais: Eia, edifiquemos para nós uma cidade e uma torre cujo cume toque no céu, e façamo-nos um nome, para que não sejamos espalhados sobre a face de toda a terra.