Morris tribune., 1911-05-26
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Says the Engineering Magazine re-
garding the Bergen-Christiania rail-
way: One of the most interesting
railway enterprises completed in Eu-
I rope within the last few years is the
line that has been recently opened
| across the Scandinavian peninsula tor
the purpose of providing direct com"
munication between the city of Bergen
| on the Atlantic seaboard and Christi
ania, the capital of Norway. In con-
structing the line great natural diff
| culties had to be, and were, success
| fully overcome. The main difficulty
| was to find an easy passage through
the mountains of the Dovrefjeld range.
The district in question is the most
mountainous in Norway, with short
narrow valleys, from which the noun
tains rise abruptly, if not perpendicu-
larly, to great heights. Altogether
| there are no less than 1874 tunnels on
| the line, representing total length
| of about tWenty-four miles. The line
crosses fourteen bridges. The con-
structural work entailed the excava-
ton of nearly 36,0OO,O0O cubic feet of
earth and 2o,OOO,00O cubic feet of rock
| on the high mountain section, while
the consumption of dynamite ran to
| 100000 pounds. There are fifty-fiye
stations between the two terminal
points.
AS the official envoy extraordinary
nf
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 banquet in honor OF Min
lister Bryn, which was attended by
about 25O persons. Governor John
Burke was present and delivered an
address of welcome to the disttn-
guished visitor.
A Christiania dispatch says: The
Norwegian government has taken up
the adaptation of wireless telegraphy
to the peculiar geographic conditions
of northern lands. Central radiograph
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 will
be constant communication with polar
waters through stations in Hammer
fest and SpitZbergen. Two year-round
wireless 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
something in the way of business with
whaling and fishing vessels as we'll
as with tourist ships in summer is ex-
pected
Norwegians held "syttende Maj
celebrations in all of the large cities
of the United States last Wednesday.
In Chicago, New York, Boston, st.
Paul, Minneapolis, Fargo. Duluth, Sc
Madison, Wis, important celebrations
were held and prominent speakers
were lauding old Norway. Singing
organizations appeared at each meet
ing and altogether the day has never
been so generally observed all over
the United States as last Wednesday.
In St. Paul a festival was held at the
Masonic temple under the auspices of
the Normaendenes singing societies
and among the speakers were Mayor
Keller, J. Adam Bede and Governor
Eberhart.
The university at Christiania, as
also the one at Breslau, Germany, will
observe the Tooth anniversary of their
founding in the next few months Pro-
fessor Noreen of the University of
Upsala Sweden, has recently been
appointed delegate to the festivities
of the latter and Professor Schueck,
rector magnificus of Upsala university,
will represent the institution at Chris
tiania.
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An English Mining company has
discovered rich gold ores in Iceland
and is now negotiating with the Dan
ish government to procure the rights