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X. INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS.
Among cities with more than 100 000 inhabitants, there is not one in Europe
that approaches Stockholm; in the U. S. A., on the other hand, there are three
towns that have relatively more telephones, of which cities Los Angeles, in
California, is the first, having 264 telephones per 1 000 inhabitants. The
figures given above are for January 1, 1913; at the close of 1914, Stockholm had
241 telephones per 1 000 inhabitants.
State Telephones.
As we have mentioned above, the State had set up telephone networks,
although in a small scale, as early as in the first half of the eighties.
In 1883 and 1884, the State bought two of the largest systems in
the extreme south of Sweden, and these became the starting-points for
fairly large telephone networks in that part of the country. In order to
support the fishing industry, which at this time began to flourish in
Western Sweden, the State (partly with aid from the local authorities),
erected extensive telephone communications in that part of the country,
too.
It was, however, not till the technical problem of rendering possible
conversations over long distances was solved that the activity of the State
became more vigorous. In 1889, the first more important line of
communication, that between Stockholm and Gothenburg, was opened, over
a distance of 500 km, and, as several similar long lines were constructed
by the State, the local networks, too, came into its possession, partly by
purchase, partly by new erections, not only along the chief highways, but
also in more remote parts of the country. These networks, by means of
lines of lesser length, were brought into connection with the trunk lines
between the large centres, and by this means the State telephone net
gradually came into existence.
Tab. 138 gives a general survey of the development of the State telephone
network from 1890 to 1913, both years inclusive.
As regards the charges paid by private subscribers for telephone connection,
these, in most places in Sweden, amount to an annual fee of 50 kronor, in
Table 138. Growth of the State Telephone Network.
Tear No. of
exchanges No. of
telephones Double telephone lines Km Single
telephone lines Km Total telephone lines (circuit, not wire length) Km Telephone calls Receipts Kr. Average
subscriptions per
apparatus
against
subscription! against special fee
1890 126 4 947 4 656 8123 12 779 8 156 856 .128 737 440 258 8799
1895 559 22 735 45 079 10 542 55621 47 000 000 1555 638 1 936 152 66-38
1900 1077 51 998 105 466 6 520 111 986 131 261 200 3 065 7001 3 988 553 54-96
1905 1 380 81 994 161 928 4 468 166 396 224 177 000 6 842100’ 7 030 807 48-61
1910 1932 128 410 260 546 2 905 263 451 318 008 200 14 228 900’ 12 016 695 48-56
1911 1 983 137 799 282 780 2 428 2S5 208 287 954 500 16 200 287 13 261785 48-52
1912 2 064 148 372 294 653 2105 296 758 277 047 500 18 381 940 14 574 354 48-44
1913 2159 159 252 325 439 2 092 327 531 302 182 400 19 826 353 15 586 330 48-55
1 Approximately.
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