0:02 Good afternoon everyone. Um I'm from
0:05 Pulsai 282 and I am Rafael T Mendula and
0:07 I'm going to discuss about the Cebu
0:10 railway station or the circa 1910 during
0:13 the American colonial period.
0:15 So let's start discussing everyone. So
0:18 the first picture that I provide which
0:20 is this one we will discuss about the
0:23 location and opening about this Cebu
0:25 railway station. So start by situating
0:28 the scene. Cebu city or on the island of
0:30 Cebu in the central Philippines or we
0:33 called it a a twin city of the south. So
0:35 during the American colonial era in the
0:38 early 20th century they established this
0:40 Cebu railway station. The sitting as
0:43 developing transport hub where steam
0:45 locomotives or we call it a
0:48 selfpropelled vehicles began begun
0:51 linking distant towns to urban center
0:53 here in Cebu. weaving a network from the
0:56 now which is in the north to south kaiu
0:59 argaw which in the south. So the
1:01 transportation of this ceu railway
1:04 station is vice versa. So the frame
1:06 central station as the heartbeat of the
1:08 system located at the junction where the
1:10 city life and rural production meet
1:12 enabling the movement of people
1:14 agricultur agricultural goods and raw
1:18 materials toward markets and ports.
1:20 So the second photo conceal that I will
1:23 discuss which is this picture um I'm
1:25 going to discuss about the process of
1:38 So we'll discuss it later. So this this
1:41 is the closest image of the railway
1:43 station in Cebu during the American
1:44 colonial. So as you can see there are
1:48 many people who are in line or
1:50 station. Um that's the first requirement
1:52 before you can ride a train or
1:54 self-powered vehicles. But did you
1:56 wonder how this built or how this
1:57 contributed to the Sibuanos during that
2:00 time? So the venture emerged after
2:02 Philippine Commission authorized railway
2:04 development in 1906. So they are
2:10 planning to build this during 1906 but
2:13 establish 1910 by the year of 1910. So
2:16 with a private and public actors
2:18 collaborating to extend extend a
2:21 statewide rail service on Cebu. The aim
2:24 was to integrate agricultural product
2:26 production like sugar, abaca, limestone
2:30 and timber with urban markets, ports and
2:32 administrative centers using stem
2:34 locomotion to move goods and travels
2:37 efficiently. The Cebu line was convinced
2:39 as a north south spine feeding the
2:42 island's economic life and regional
2:44 development. So, so in the third
2:46 picture, um I'm going to provide this
2:50 picture. So, we see that there are
2:52 several trains in the railway. So, it's
2:53 just because of the influence of the
2:55 Americans. But why the Americans build
3:02 Why does let them build this kind of structure?
3:16 So most powerful the American during the
3:19 time unlike some or the Filipinos. So
3:21 including corporate and elite leadership
3:25 tied to the Philippine railway company
3:27 and allied entities spearheaded the
3:29 project figures associated with
3:32 industrial and infra infrastructural
3:34 expansion in the period alongside
3:37 engineers, clerks and maintenance crews
3:39 played fibal roles in planning and
3:42 financing and operating the line. The
3:44 exact roster of individuals varied over
3:47 time but the broader group included the
3:50 engineer. So Americans
3:52 Americans helpipino
3:54 helpipino
3:58 or the Philippine railway company as uh
3:59 they are the allied entities of the
4:03 Americans. Now the fourth picture that I
4:06 will um that I will provide to you this
4:09 one in this fourth picture shows a
4:12 ownership of Americans.
4:14 So as you can see s picture um the flag
4:17 is above from the stations. It
4:21 symbolizes the circa in 1910 when a fled
4:23 gle island wide rail network connected
4:26 towns and supported both passenger and
4:28 flight traffic and the structure appears
4:31 to be a two-story station with a broad
4:33 veranda and arc openings which matches
4:36 common colonial railway architecture
4:39 that balance functionality with a touch
4:41 of local and western design. Such
4:44 buildings typically housed with waiting
4:48 area, ticket offices and staff rooms on
4:50 the ground floor with a elevated or
4:52 balcony spaces used for views and
4:56 ventilation on the upper level. So
4:59 railway station
5:08 waiting areas ticket offices comfortable.
5:10 comfortable. So
5:12 So
5:14 and the last photo console that I will
5:18 provide this one um it reflects the
5:20 station as a as a busy node where modern
5:23 rail technology met daily urban life
5:26 with passengers, vendors and horse drone
5:28 cars interacting on the platform and
5:30 surrounding tracks. The operation
5:32 supported both passenger travel and
5:34 fright movement reinforcing Cebu City's
5:36 position as a regional center during the
5:38 period. So what are the main goals of
5:40 Americans who build this kind of
5:43 structure? So the development of cord
5:45 under American colonial oversight with
5:48 invol involvement from the Philippine
5:51 railway company and associated colonial
5:54 era engineers and admin administrators.
5:57 So their objective was infrastructural
6:00 modernization improving connectivity and
6:03 supporting economic integration across
6:06 Cebu. So that is the main goal of the
6:08 American why they why they build this
