The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-27

Special corrsspondsaos Of TIA Sunday Republic.
Stockholm, Sept. Allow would you Liz
q frst-clAas telephone AZ q dollar q
month";
That IL what thsy have tn Stockholm
There are two telephone companies here,
one belonging to the Government and the
other owned by o syndicate OF Germans
Neither company charges more than Nt
a year par dwelling, and this charge In
cludes q radius Of forty miles about
Stockholm.
1t gives you 90 conversations Q year and
for a few dollars more the service Is un-
limited
Business houses pay only 90. and some
only $40.
The Government service covers all
Sweden. It has 5000 -zbscriberA, Of
SFhom $500 are in Stockholm
> The German service has 1900 phones.
and both companies hav public pay
phones on almost every street corner.
/ like the street telephones.
They stand alone on the corners or m
the parks, looking like sentry boxes,
walled with glass.
Each has slots for small coins, and IN
each are printed the rates for Stockholm
and an Sweden
You can have O nve-minute talk with
any one In Stockholm or within q radius
OF forty miles outside of Il for n cents,
or to any part of Sweden for 2 cents
There are telephones IN the restaurants.
some of the tables having electric connec-
ton.
Suppose YOU arc eating there and want
to send g message home or to ask q dues-
ton Of come one In another part of the
country.
An you do is to crook your finger and
the waiter brings q phone to your table
and you talk away.
I have q telephone IN my room at the
hotel. and this b The case with every
guest here.
The phone has g switch, SO made that
fby turning it 1 have connection with the
ONCE and bellboy. and 30 that on re-
versing I am In connection with the CEN
trail station, and can bring all Sweden n
Norway to my ear at . moments notice
The hello girls here are Government
officials, for he Government u n the
telephones
They are very polite. ana you DON'T have
to ring more than once
They pronounce the word hello" a.
though # were apeit sha1oo," with the
accent on the last syllable, and they never
tell you the Ina 10 busy when It 10 not.
At present an the lfnes IN Stockholm
are being placed IN underground eonduits.
and an together the lines are szpensfvsiy
constructed.
MISUNDERSTANDING this the companies
make money and pay dividends at q IA
cent rate.
NEW IRON TERRITORY
NORTH OF ARCTIC CIRc1k
Tho SUeees are opening up nov iron tar
rtory north OF the Arctic Circle
Way up- IN the region Of long days and
long ntxhts they kave discovered noun
tains Of iron and are building G railroad
to connect them with the sea-
---AN.
cry { yet out the ere. and ! am not sure
but thst American ears wn carry It 70
the ports
b road runs from the CUT Of Botnnis.
IN Swsden. to the harb0r Of ofotsn On tha
Norwegian coast Of the Atlantic.
n latter haracr 10 free from ice ths
year around
Along this Rad are enarnsas deposits Of
one Of tns peaks ID Mt fact hixh. and n
Il all iron
There are other deposits near By q mile
in length and from 100 to 1Se feet thick In
ali there are about z3eoae9o tons Of ore In
sight. and some of IT Is very hna
The iron mountains Of Gsffvars are alss
Their mines are Of great extent and this
ore - rich
There s. a rood chance for a Steal Truss
here.
MOI a BIG one IN the United States
etesl Company. but q little one OF q NIL
lion or %. which would pay large diyt-
dends.
I refer to getting the ownership OF tie
Dennemora mines. which produce the
finest Iron known to E1RDL
These Eines are now OWNED By ten COM
pantes. working under an agreement not
to manufacture more han Loo tons q
year.
They make the iron with charcoal. and
ship It all over the world in light bars.
The ore is SO fine that It sells for 500 a
ton. when other iroh is worth only so: I
am told that Dannemora iron might bring
twice as much. Just as well.
I met a man who is interested In one Of
h companies. and who wants a trust
formed to control the output. Said he: !.
I'VE have the only iron of ITS kind in
the world. n the kind that makes the
finest steel.
-Ths best cutlery establishments Of
England. Germany and the United States
charged double tbs price"
This Il probably true. The Swedish iron
makes the best tools. the best drawn wire
and the best nails for rtvetfng.
Thirty-hye years arc there was not q
horseshoe nail driven IN the United States
that was not mads Of Swedish iron.
DANNEMoRA IRON FAMOUS
FOR IT'S soLIDITY.
II can be bent. cooled ana twisted In o
cold state without breaking.
Our Minister IN Sweden tells Of Q Swed-