THE LAND OF THE TELEPHONE.
To show how far Stod-bcim is ahead of other European capitals in the matter of telephone facilities, it may be mentioned that while London has forty-seven telephones per 10,000 inhabitants, Paris seventy-one, New York 150, and San Francisco 706, Stockholm reaches the figure of St?T In every bedrpom in every hotel there is a telephone; eVery tradesman, warehouse, shop, and private dwelling is ctmnected. Even the ordinary washerwoman is on the Exchange. In t_«e streets at nearly every corner is a public kiosk, where on payment of a small coin one can speak not only to any local subscriber, but even to one in any other town throughout the length and breadth of Sweden.
FURTHER REDUCTION C_- *>700 L FREIGHTS. Rates of freight by the direct lines for the coming season have been fixed at |d per lb for grease wool, and id per lb for scoured wool per steamer, and 5-16 d per lb for grease, and fd per lb for scoured wool per sailing ship. Tbeaa rates represent a reduction of 17 per cent, on those current last season, and as those were the lowest on reoord, the rates for the new season will establish a new low-water mark.
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Press, Volume LIX, Issue 11398, 8 October 1902, Page 7
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206THE LAND OF THE TELEPHONE. Press, Volume LIX, Issue 11398, 8 October 1902, Page 7
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