The Hawaiian gazette., 1879-11-19
Letter from sweden.
Especial Correspondence of the eazetts.l
Co-urxpupe svrpRs. Sent. IS, Is

Especial Correspondence OF the Gazettel
GorHExBURG, swEDEs, Sept. IS, 1879.
To-day the inhabitants Of this city numbering
0C0 SOULS have the pleasure to see the first street
cars running. The excitement has been grand, and
the streets are crowded With inqusitiye spectators
For that this our first tramway has been carried
through we have to thank English Company,
which has undertaken to run three different lines Of
tramways through the city where the mentioned
above has been completed and opened for public
traffic. The length Of this first line is 5000 feet, and
although the English Company, by the contract made
with the town, entitled TO charge 80 ore, at the
opening this morning announced the fare to be fixed
at 10 ore, equal to 5 cents American currency. By
reducing the fare am certain that the Company will
find that the trsmway will pay, which otherwise
would not have been the case. The main thing now
adays is to manage railway that it can be used
by every one, not by the rich alone.
Although the tramway question is very important
to our city, the Polar Expedition by Nordenskiod is
the great question Of the day to the whole Of Sweden,
and to the whole world, especially it has now been
successfully accomplished. Aside from being of great
interest to Geographical and Art Associations and
Colleges it has a real mercantile value. In Siberia
for instance, there is an abundance of grain wood.
and furs, which can be bought for next to nothing,
on account Of the people there having market for
their products. Russian paper stated nOtloDg since
that pud rye (equal to 81 English pounds) could
be bought for 10 kopeks which is little more than
cents great deal of alcohol is made from this rye,
and already some charters have been made to carry
cargoes of this Siberian beverage to Hamburg which
after being distilled will be sold Scotch and Irish
Whiskey, Hoaudisches Gsnever, and Swedish Bran
dyvn and the Norwegian Aqua Vita.
There is also another object than trade, namely,
the colonization Of the vast country in Jenisey where
Europeans live just well rs in the north
Of Scotland Sweden, Norway, or even the United
States. The man to whom all honor is due for this
grand success, is Dr. Oscar Dickson, merchant and
millionaire of this city. Through his efforts and
princey berality the expedition has been ttecd out.
at cost of at least ESQ 900. DR.. Dickson born
in this city, of Scottish parents and is considered the
wealthiest in Sweden Besides being named
Honorary Doctor by the College of Upsaa, he has
been made Grand Commander of nearly all the Euro
pean Orders, so he is well decorated.
The leader of the expedition, Prof. NordenskiOld.
was born in Finland. He has decorations, on ac-
count of having few years ago declined to accept
the Order of North Star. which His Royal Majesty
had bestowed upon him. The captain of the expedi-
Ou is Lieut. Lonis Pallander, of the Royal Swedish
Navy. He once before expedition to North
Cape but had remained shore for some years before
he participated in this one.
In my next letter shall try to give your readers
the biographies of all who have taken part in this
great work, which will always be recoleced
Swedish achievement by the people of the civilized
world. II. A. d.