Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-05-25
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Says the Engineering Magazine re
garding the Bergen-Christiania rail
I way: One OF the most interesting
railway enterprises completed In En-
rope within the last few years Is thC
line that has been recently opened
across the Scandinavian peninsula fol
the purpose Of providing direct com
! munication between the city OF Berger
] on the Atlantic seaboard and Christi
/ ania the capital Of Norway In con
/ structipg the line great natural diff
! culties had TO be. and we're. success
! fully overcome The main difficuiIy
was to find an easy passage through
| the mountains of the Dovrefjeld range
| The district in question is the mos,
mountainous in Norway, with short
narrow valleys. from which the noun
tains rise abruptly, if not perpeudicu.
larly. 10 great heights Altogether
| there are no less than 1874 tunnels OF
! the line, representing a total length
or about twentyfour miles The line
crosses fourteen bridges The con
structural work entailed the excaya-
ton Ct nearly 36,000,0O0 cubic feet af
earth and 28.000.000 cubic feet of rock
on the high mountain section. while
the consumption Of dynamite ran 10
100000 pounds. There are ffty.fve
stations between the two terminal
points
AS the official envoy extraordinary
OF the government Of Norway. Mr..
Bryn, minister TO the United States.
when he arrived at Grand Forks, N.
d.. last Wednesday, May 18th, for the
purpose OF delivering an address, also
made extensive preparations for in
vestigating the home life of Norwe-
gian people living In that state. North
Dakota, whose percentage of Nor
wegian people is believed to be higher
than that of any other state, affords
an opportunity for this investigation,
the direct purpose of which is to In.
form the mother country and govern
ment as to the success or nonsuccess
OF her former subjects in this, their
new home. Arrangements have been
made at Grand Forks for three days
trip for the Norwegian minister
through Vice Consul H. Bendecke OF
Grand Forks, which will carry Min
lister Bryn to several points in the
northern part of the state. Grand
Forks gave a banquet in honor OF Min
lister Bryn, which was attended by
about $50 persons Governor John
Burke was present and delivered an
address of welcome to the distiu
guished visitor.
A Christiania dispatch says: The
Norwegian government has taken up
the adaptation of wireless telegraphy
to the peculiar geographic conditions
stations are to be established In Chris.
tiania. Mandal. Bergen and Hammer.
fest, which will be kept In touch on
the south with the coasts of Denmark,
Germany and Holland, on the west
with England and Scotland, and on
the east with Russia. Most novel OF
the features of the new system viii
be constant communication with polar
waters through stations in Hammer
fest and SpitZbergen. Two year-round
stations will be established
on the coast of Spitzbergen and first
reports from polar expeditions in the
future may be transmitted to the |
world by this route. Incidentally. |
In the way of business with |
whaling and fishing vessels as we'll
as with tourist ships In summer is ex-
peeted
Norwegians held "syttende Mai"
celebrations In all Of the large cities
Of the United States last Wednesday
In Chicago. New York. Boston, St
Paul, Minneapolis, Fargo. Duluth, Sc
attic. San Francisco and Racine and
Madison, Wis. important celebrations
we're held and prominent speakers
we're lauding old Norway. Singing
organizations appeared at each meet
ng and altogether the day has never
been so generally observed all over
he United States as last Wednesday.
N st. Paul festival was held at the
Masonic temple under the auspices or
he Normaendenes singing societies
ind among the speakers were Mayor
Keller. ]. Adam Beds and Governor
cberhart.
The university at Christiania. as
'lso the one at Breslau. Germany, will
bserve the Tooth anniversary of their
ounding in the next few months. Pro-
essor Noreen OF the University OF
Jpsala. Sweden. has recently been
ppointed delegate to the festivities
I the latter and Professor Schueck.
ector magnificus of Upsala university.
I'll represent the institution at Chris
Iania.
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An English Mining company has
iscovered rich gold ores In Iceland
nd Is now negotiating with the Dan
ID government to procure the rights
, operate same British mining en-.
ineers have been very busy In Ice