Morris tribune., 1909-11-26
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( SCANDINAVIA
Interesting News from SWsden,
Norway and Denmark.
N CREASE IN PHONE SERVICE

The Lines In Sweden During ths
Year Were 312,467, 1873, According t
the Report of the National TeIe
phone company-Enormous lncreass
In the Extension of the Net of Wire:
Throughout the Country.
SWEDEN.
According to the annual report OF
the National Telephone company, the
telephone net has been increased Wltf
1879 kilometers. and the number Of
kilometers along which telephone ser
VI ce is now supplied aggregates 22S.
lt9 kilometers. To show what an en-
os'mous increase there has been in the
ez-tension of the telephone nets ovel
TIE country, the length of the lines ter
years were only 1882 kilometers. The
number of telephone apparatus have
increased since that time from 46,3Si
to 109,939. The number of converse
tions during the year, were 312,467,
87S, of which 14,730,S7S were for ex
tended periods of conversation and fol
which extra payment was charged
Stockholm naturally comes first on the
list with ffty-one million converse
tions. The total income from te1e
phone subscribers amounted, during
the year Of 1908. to not less than
5,695,571 crowns, with an additional
100000 crowns for extra converse
tions, showing an increase of over 1G
per cent. Since 1881, the National
Telephone company has therefore net
ted the country the very respectable
sum of 47,443,573 crowns.
The proclamation of the Finnish
senate, issued Nov. Is, making Russian
martial law applicable to Finland.
threatens to precipitate the Russian
Finnish struggle which has been i'm
pending for more than a year. All
Sweden is deeply interested in every
move and the Swedish papers are fol
lowing events in Finland very closely
these days. The senate. stuffed with
Russian representatives, juggled into
Office when the Finnish members re.
signed rather than turn their country's
funds over to the czar, is of course
purely pro-Russian.. The martial law
proclamation is considered the first
step in the movement to wipe out Fin.
nish Independence In Swedish minds
there is no doubt that the Films will
make an attempt to stave off the swal
lowing up of their country by Russians,
but there is some doubt whether they
succeed.
Edward S. Winslow, the American
consul general in Stockholm, when on
visit to Berlin short time ago, spoke
some very fattering things regarding
Sr'c zen and the Swedes. He urges his
countrymen to pay a visit to Sweden
for that country Is, he says, one of
the most interesting countries in the
world to visit. Among other things
Mr.. Winslow said: Sweden is just as
interesting in winter as in summer
We have there real winter and a real
summer. Winter brings clear weather
and glorious white snow, and journeys
through the country districts are es-
pecially interesting to- the tourists ow.
Ing to the great variety of scenery that
meets the eye on every hand The
railroads are point of comfort and
their equipment is the most modern in
the world
A few women have begun protesting
against keeping wild birds in captivity
In the great open air geological gar
den Skansen and on the evening of
Nov. 1, they held a meeting at which
appeared several women speakers
among whom were Miss Lizzie Lind,
one Miss Dawson from London, Miss
Schartau and others. They protest
against keeping wild birds and other
animals in captivity on the grounds
that it is cruel. 1t is not believed that
their protests will have any effect on
the Park authorities or on other class
es in Stockholm, as Skansen is re-
garded an educational institution, be-
ing one of the completest botanical and
geological gardens in the world. The
wild animals are receiving the very
best of care and seem to thrive very
well indeed.
The first sky scraper has now been
erected in Stockholm and is only
small building of course in comparison
to the Chicago and New York sky
scrapers. The building, which has been
erected by the Kattingen Real Estate
company, is located near the Kings ISL
and and is fourteen stories high. 1t
has been erected at an expenditure of
100000 crowns. The Stockholmians
think the building is altogether too
high and say that the architectural ef-
feet of such a building is not pleasing
to the eye.
Nov. 6, which marked the death of
King Gustavus Adolphus on the battle
held of Lutzen, was commemorated in
stockholm in speech and song. The
Stockholm singers gathered around the
statute of the king in Stockholm and
rendered number of patriotic songs.
Sofia, widow queen of the late King
Oscar, and her son, Prince Eugen, have
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