The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-01
FROM SWEDEN.
John E. Forsstedt Returns
From a Health and Bus
mess Trip.

John E. Forsstedt Of II Edward
street, has returned from trip of
three months to his native town I'M
Sweden. The trip was made partly for
the sake of Mr.. Forsstedts health and
partly for business, but the combination
of work and vacation has evidently
agreed with him, for he has returned
looking in tho best OF health.
Mr.. Forstedt returned to Worcester
at Ii o'clock last night and was seen
before he retired by The Spy man, to-
whom he talked very interestingly
about his trip. He left this country on.
the 18th OF last July and made the trip
to Gottenburg, Sweden, in about two
weeks, having very pleasant voyage
on the Dominion line steamer New
England, which Mr.. Forsstedt charac-
teri2es as the best passenger steamer
in existence. He went first to Stock
holm by the canal route and stayed
there several days, and then proceeded
to his old home, which he has not seen
| for 10 years, in the little city Of West
| eros, about 81 miles from the capital
city of the country. 1t Is there that his
brother, James Forsstedt, an ex-member
Of the Worcester school committee, is
the superintendent Of large iron mill.
The city is small one, but 1t contains
some of the largest metal works in the
country. There is soon to be built
there a wire mill that will be, when
| completed of the size of the Washburn
& Moen plant in this city. Mr.. Fors-
stedt says that the iron and steel In
dustries Of Sweden are something i'm
mense and just at this time they are
booming. All business industries are at
! q
there, and the condition of the finan-
cial and business world is as good as ii
is possible for it to be.
/ Mr.. Forsstedt attended the session of
the Iron and Steel Institute which was
held while he was in Stockholm. The
meeting was held in the Hall of
Knights and was addressed by the
King Of Sweden and by some of the
wealthiest men of Sweden and England
who are interested in the iron and steel
| Industries. AT this time Mr. Fors-
stedt met Messrs. c. H. Morgan.
F. H. Daniels, c. w Bit and Jerome
Wheelock of this city, who were in at
tendance upon the Institute. Mr.. Nor
gan succeeded in securing a very large
contract from the proprietors of the
new wire mill above referred to for
machinery, which will be made at the
works of the Morgan Construction Co
of this city.
Mr.. Forsstedt with several of the
other Worcester gentlemen, visited the
oldest copper mine in the world, called
the Falun mine, which is 9S2 feet deep.
The party descended the mine to this
depth and had lunch in what is called
the Royal chamber from the fact that
the king Of Sweden has been enter
tanned by the mine owners there
While in Stockholm, Mr.. Forsstedt
saw the piece of statuary called the
'Bealtesspannnare, which the Swedes
Of Worcester are to give to the new
Art Museum. The piece has started
for this country, but has not yet ar
rived, as the steamer, the Eisland, on
which it was shipped has been de-
layed by having to tow a disabled
steamer into Scottish port. Mr..
Forsstedt returned in the same steam
er in which he went across and again
had a very pleasant voyage. He de-
clares that he has had a most enjoy
able trip, and says that it has done
him world of good in more ways than
: one.
/ He brought back with him severa
remarkable souvenirs to illustrate the
mechanical skill of the Swedish work
men. Among them is a tiny watch, the
case Of which Is little glass ball not
, much larger than the agates with
which the boys snap the common clay
be seen plainly through the crystal case
and the tiny bit of mechanism is some
thing thatis rarely equaled in this
country Besides this Mr.. Forsstedt
brought home a number of articles of
metal like candelabra and copper
coffee pot to place on the table, that
would excite the envy of any Worcester
lady. He has several handsome bits OF
jewelry and a paper knife that is in
laid with gilt figures which are etched
or damascened into the steel in man
ner that cannot be duplicated here. He
also brought several very handsome ful
; trimmed wraps to Mrs. F'orsstedt and a
number of Swedish toys to his little
, boy All the articles display a careful
ness in workmanship that our mechan-
les would do well to copy. Mr.. Forsstedi
will take a few days rest after his re-
turn voyage and then resume the duties
of his position at the Washburn &
Moen Manufacturing Company.