Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-07-22
SWEDEN.

LIE uepOC agent at the STATION near
the Norwegian boundary line on the
Gellivare and Ofoten railway leads
unique life. At that particular place
the sun does not appear until the
third of Mach, and the snow storms
of last winter almost defed descrip-
dred snow shovelers were CHARTERED
at the station large part of the win
ter. There was no clergyman and no
physician in that part of the world,
and in extreme cases the depot agent
had to serve in the capacity of either.
On Sundays the men would gather in
the third-class waiting room, per-
haps the finest of it's kind in Sweden,
and the station agent would read a
sermon to them. In one case he had
to administer the sacrament of bap-
tism, and he was frequently called
upon to dress wounds and put on
bandages.
Careful experiments and calcula-
tions have indicated that peat gas can
be used advantageously for running
gas motors. The first power station
in Sweden for the application of peat
gas as motive power will be built at
the Roslatt peat bog, near Skabersjo.
The peat will be transformed into gas
in a new kind of gasworks which is
to be constructed for Korting Bros,
Hanover, Germany. The gas motors
to be used will also be furnished by
the same firm. The gas motors are
to be used for running electric dyna-
mos, and the electric power will be
transmitted partly to the Skabersjo
estate, partly to the city of Svedala,
which places are located six and two
(English) miles, respectively, from
the power station. The Svedala iron
works will need most of the power
produced. Mr.. Fredriksson, the en-
gineer of the Svedala iron works,
gave the first impetus to the construc-
ton of the power plant, the cost Of
which will exceed $4,000. At first
the total demand will not exceed
one hundred and fifty horse pow
er. But 50 economically can mo-
tive power be produced in this man
ner that the consumers will have to
pay only sixty per cent OF the price
in the neighboring city of Malmo.
All calculations have been infinitely
examined by Consulting Engineer
Otto Frick of Stockholm, and this
gentleman also superintended tho
tests of the gas machines at Hanno-
yer. If this enterprise turns out to
be as successful as the auspices in
dictate it will surely mark the be-
ginning of new era in the peat in
dustry of Sweden, and the results
will be watched with great eagerness.
Photographs of the Notifications at
Gothenburg appeared in book pub
lished by Chamberlain Iagerberg.
This, OF course, was highly displeas-
ing to the government, and the king
has issued a general order to ell
army and naval officers, making it
their duty to see, az far as within
their power lies, that no pictures Of
any kind are taken OF forts or other
means of defense.
Almost 1900 persons attended tho
thirteenth national convention Of tho
public school teachers of Sweden, 1t
Stockholm. Archbishop Ekman
preached the opening sermon. Fridt-
juv Berg, in a lecture on tho public
schools OF Sweden at the beginning
of the twentieth century, stated that
they are attended by 100000 pupils
and that it costs almost $4,000 q
year to operate them.
Consul Ekman has donated 81, 900
to the Gothenburg high school for
the establishment of chair of clas-
steal languages.
The city of Stockholm has hoated
bonds in the sum OF $4,000, 900, tho
rate OF interest being three and ono-
half per cent
Carl Weinberg and wife have DON
ated $4,000 to the city of Jonkoping
for the establishment Of . poor chill
dren's home. +:~ -. -
Experiments made by government
officials at Kosivaara have demon.
strated that peat can be prepared In
Norrland at a cost OF $1:35 . ton.
The town of Nassjo expects to re-
ceive city charter this summer, and
for some time it will figure as the
youngest city i sweden. .....