Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1914-09-16
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EDITOR SPENDS A
DAY IN GOTHENBuRG
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1849. Every year. on November 9th,
the date Of his death on the Lutzen
battlefield in defense of Professionalism
and human rights, Gustaf Adolph's.
| memory is commemorated with be-
fitting dignity.
Before Gothenburg was founded
several attempts had been made to
found a city near or at some dis
lance from the chosen site. The an
Gent town of Lodose, was located
about 20 miles inland and is frequent
lily mentioned in medieval Swedish
history as of considerable CONNER
Icial Importance. Later Alfsborg cas-
tie near the mouth Of the river and
the town of Nytose a little higher
up were established. At this time the
territory was disputed by the Swedes
and Danes,and frequently these towns
We're captured, recaptured or burned
by the contestants. The Swedes fin
| ally triumphed and King Gustaf
Adolph decided that the time was ripe
for the founding of new Gothen-
burg. He came himself to Alfsborg
! in order to inspect the district, and
| one day as he was standing on.
hill a bird pursued by an eagle came
swooning down at his feet. This he
looked upon as a good omen, so ira
dition says, and that place he selected
as the site for the future city, al
though the situation was not very at
tractive, simply few hills and big
! marsh. His pans as regards the fu-
ture of the city were by no means in
significant. The Dutch, at that time
the most progressive commercial and
maritime peaple in the world, were
| invited to settle in, and given many
privileges in the new city that they
might ingram new ideas among the
Swedes in regard to commercial life,
trades and agriculture. The town
was laid out according to Dutch plans,
with straight streets and dug out
canals. was fortified and surrounded
by moat. Many Germans and
| SCOTS also settled there. The city
has had many ups and downs on ac-.
giles of other nations. Between 1880
and 1920 it developed an enormous
East Indian traffic. The large her.
ring fishery commenced in Tat and
lasted 60 years, the export of her.
ring in 1890 amounting to 195, 800.
barrels. With the opening of the
trollhattan Canal in 1900, the city
! obtained large inland trade with the
country around Lake Wanern. Dur.
ing Napoleon's Continental System
Gothenburg became a depot for Eng
lish merchandise, which was re-ex-
/ ported to the Continent as. Swedish
goods. In September, 1870, no less
| than 1,124 merchant-ships lay in the
river. which shows the amount of the
traffic. With the fall of Napoleon,
1 the city's progress ceased for time
But since 1860 the city has made a
steady growth. and today counts, in
/ GLIDING it's suburbs, not less than
/ 100000 inhabitants. and is carrying
on a commerce that is world wide.
Walking the streets of Gothenburg,
/ we were much reminded of Mime
/ apolis--everbodv seemed to be busy,
| hurrying to and fro on business bent,
LOOKING neither to the right nor the
left. The noise on some streets from
the rolling Of heavy wagons on the
stone pavements, is almost deafening.
/ The chief exports are iron-ore, iron
and steel, paper and wood pulp, the
last two going mostly to Great Bril-
tain and France, and also great deal
of lumber from the forests of Warm
land and Dali As we pass along the
various streets looking at the hand
some and substantial business struc-
lures, we noticed the beautiful Tele-
graph building, which we entered
and sent message across the waters
to our dear home, paying four
crowns and twenty-five ore for five
words.
| Next we stumbled onto large
square or open place where scores
/ and scores of women, nearly all fair
ly well advanced in years, were sell
| ing fish, fish, fish, of all sizes and
shapes. From this we judge that the
/ fishing industry here is still consider
able.
The city is well supplied with
parks, the Kungsparken and Horticul-
tural Society's garden, in the center
of the city, being very attractive.
The Vasa place with the University
buildings in the background is very
pretty. FL
On both sides Of the valley in
which the city is located rise rugged
hills. Judging from its location, with
/ its land locked harbor, reached by a
tortuous passage between rock islets,
easily fortified by placing modern
guns, the city cannot be easily taken
by a foreign foe.
The city has renowned museum
but time prevented us from entering
it. The bridge by the museum cross