| Show SWKIirVS lKlIIONK SfVSIEll Slocilohn Its More TflrplH n lliau Auf OIlier Clll In Hie Uurlil Opeelsl hutrsonJensOfltl5IOee STOCKHOLM Sept 19 1804 Among all countries on the globe Sw < < In l take Ihe precedency In the development ol hue telephone tjtttm The Diouon telephone u ed here It an Improvement of the Dell telephone and communication communica-tion by lelephonn li I ridiculously cheip The telegraph In hweden hal tar from reached that high tAte ol development ai In America but telephoning may be aid lo fully replace telegraphing InKing In-King Oicart domain It it Indeed a poor family who cannot nltord to pay The Stockholm Genera Telephone Company an annual fee ol flo lor the use of a telephone which the company puts up free ot charge In jourolhieor In your re ldencc whcreer you please Through that telephone you can peak with I your fnendt In l nearly emy city I of hue realm and If you uant It you can even put jouttelf In communication with the people of Norway and Denmark thete counlric being connected witn Sweden by telephone For telephoning In Stockholm and to place within a radIo of jo Inlle from that city the lubicnber for an Urinion telephone tues not pay a ccnc over the annual fee hut lor lelephonln over lunger diitnnce an extra tee I U de nunded Tlni fee Is very moderate For Instance a three minute couver nation IKIWCCII Ihe dIms ul Ma I mo and Jjolleltea ditiance about twice that between Ctncjgu and Miunea IMIIII cottt only ij ciiiu nnd lu ccnlt eitia for every exceeding minute Con neclionii Irom The block liu HI leneral Telephone Coni > aiit < net lo TIe Government Gov-ernment Telephone net and v cu versa are nude nil user Sweden for which a imiilcnaige ol only Iobrei4 cenl It demanded L The hbtory of the dnelopnlobt of the telephone In Uuri kingdom Ins t very IntereitlKR one At early at In 1877 Ihe first telephone connerlloiit were mentioned ai etiillnk in Sweden ami lie lncreassn I both In number and l extent rapidly d etoped In many of the large town compnnln were lormed 10 nn to carry ad telephonic tele-phonic activity At sonic paces the telephone network wai erected by Ihe Royal Hoard ol Telegraph more especially rlII rl II J N cially In Shone the loulhcinmost pro sInce 01 the UlIgdonl In most tenOn ixirought and more or Iras I Impoilant r 7 pUce s the Interchange I of telephonic ommunlcullon wai arranged In another manner So cat ed telephone clubs being mimed founded on the ilmpleit principle prin-ciple being Intended lo place their memberi In telephonic communication with ai many aipomble without any JI Irlut Idea of dcrhlnjr I pecuniary profit the ament was tnerefore often decided early and wa roused or lowered according ac-cording lu requirement That It wm not high mar be gathered from thus fact lhat In mote than ninety clubs with a loUd of more than 5 uuo apparatus Ihue eaily fee on an aveiage was 16 1C II mint however I be noted that the tubicilbrt had thetmelvc to defray Ihe expente of their own connection and appautui Hy degrees the telephone tele-phone cummunlcatloni were Hill further extended the central nations ol the I telephone clubs being connected with each other by Independent I wire lo network njn work which I In tniny Instance extended ex-tended over let era province Communication by telephone In aI clrnr rl Sweden was thu chit fly Ml lo private I cnit rIse However dons 1889 It may trJltl If be saId that thing I chained i Ihle I government gov-ernment then by meant of Ihe Hoard of telegraphs commenced to compete tlgoroutly with l the private line and Jt I hip istlng the Interuiban double wired tines elten the more Impoiurt town and place I nnd real putdlate of pri I otc networkThe State Telephone hai developed to an enormoui degree and replaceu many of the aloie mentioned rI tI telephone club I or tilrphone companies com-panies These nolwitlitiamlini their sthei its concerning telephony have generally gen-erally been handicapped by very con tillable faulti and diiadtantagei chielly caused by the want sit unanimity when building and managing the hutton In spile ol the higher hoe charged for Sill Telephone Intercommunication it hai thereiuie generally been coot more profitable to allow Te 1 Stale I elephone to ostume the whole The Diet under I Handing the great Importance ol thu new Olnalts of communication hAa gen erouniy granted Urge appropriation tu The Male Telephone The I central and loulhein parIs 1 ol Ihe kingdom am already al-ready connected by double wired lees III tile noun iiuny tuch connections are made and are heuutg shill lartiler extended ex-tended and completed At the clout ot the gear 1891 the net sooth of Ihe State Telephone intercom iunicallon Included 151 central and distrIct itatiotu the como neil length of the w lien being more than 17ouu inllet The numberoi ipparalui in ute itabout 14000 of which suo were at the nation and the balance u ed by IhetubtcilDeii Among Ihe private companies there can be no doubt mat the Mockho m General Telephone Company occupIes Ihe very foremost position Its cetral nation It I Ihe largest and bt arranged In the world Originally Intended for 7 ooo HUM it can now In consequence of certain alteration open as many AI iiouo line July I Ihist l lIce I company had 9717 suhtcriber I ne total I length of ptivate telephone wires at the tame time wa about > 6oo mile wltlujo central and 17000 apparatu Thuds in the entile realm there were more than 4hbnsa nnlei of telephone connections jel duOS central and tllstrtct matlon I and jiouo telephone apparatus UK As lo Ihe latent itatlttlct of September Septem-ber i > the city of Stockholm 1105 nn telephone tu every eighteen hmabliai I The number ol apparatus It 14000 Jl bustneM li I transacted I per teltpnone You buy your theater tickets subscribe lor your newspaper or order Soon groceries all by means of telephone As mentioned above telephone com mumcatlon can be had for a price ol liD per year when the charge In iMo were al huh at f7J This development dc pends partly upon Ihe fact that among women plenty of hand can be had at a cheap pitce Hut the telephone tervice hat proven a veryunhealthyoccupatlan to much tu even ai to Incapacitate women tar a service ol any long duration dura-tion ten year being fiJe1C 1Ct lie the longest period a woman can Hand the strain In any ol the larger telephone stations All the telephone station however are luperinlendcd and worked ty women Fur I the I admittance lo thud I I telephone service II It I rcquisilo is have testimonials as 10 good conduct fair schooling and a strong constitution The lowcil wages PaId are 36 crowns 1971 the hlghett I 800 crowns fSo a trbeing the salary ol tho lady superintendents super-intendents Die average Is seven hours attendance dall > In I some cases vacation vaca-tion is allowed for a fortnight otherwise other-wise no vacation at nil Notwithstanding the low fees charged from ub cilberlh Stockholm General Telephone Compiny Is able to pay a large annual dividend I to III shareholders share-holders I many of whom are among at the moil prominent men In the kingdom logtneerll I h t 1 Cedergren Is I the director direc-tor general ol the company He Is I favornu y known within telephone I chcte I In Ihe Culled Stale having twice visited that country |
