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Show SWEDEN PUTS LAST OF IDLE AT WORII STOCKHOLM Ocl - -Tho w-oAj of installing an American pat ff heating system on the Swedish syc; , 1 railways has just begun as oneioflc the constructive results of thev" ornment'SJ recent measure to rcvo r what remains of unemployment and Industrial depression. More than $7,-000,000 $7,-000,000 have b.ccn appropriated for now construction purchases of supplies sup-plies and similar expenditures. The state railways have ordered 10 new locomotives, and about 200 new curs, of which 100 will be equipped with the American heating system It will, however, be manufactured In Sweden Largo amounts will also be spent by the railroads for lm- j proved safety signals. Tho water power department will invest upwards up-wards of $.',000,000 In new hydraulic plants, and especially In tho electrification electri-fication of tho coast of northern Sweden Swe-den thus further liberating the country coun-try from dependence on foreign i oal. Tho department of telegraphs has decided de-cided to spend about $7 5o,000 on new icahles through the country and I special telephone equipment. Tho Btate organisation of pilotage and lighthouses will modernize lighthouses; and erect several new ones, as well oa a number of beacons and lijrlit buoys. The royal hydrogru phlc department de-partment will construct two vessels' especially designed for making hydro-1 graphic surveys. Tho number of unemployed has' been reduced by about 73 per cent during the current year |