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O ther R ailw ay s are in course o f construction
or in co n tem p latio n , v iz : betw een F len sb o rg an d
H u sum — betw een R en dsburg aud F re d e rik sh av n —
betw een C openhagen and E lsin o re — and the ex
tension o f the line from R oeskilde to K o rsø r.
ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
T h e w ire o f an E lectric T e leg ra p h h as been
laid betw een C openhagen and E lsin o re , and also
betw een C openhagen and K o rsor, w hich will, th is
su m m e r, be extended by a subm arine teleg rap h
across^ the B e lts , then o ver F y e n , and so th ro u g h
Schlesw ig to R e n d sb u rg , th u s comm unicating w ith
the T eleg rap h ic netw ork of G erm any.
T h e S tation is in Store H ellig g eiststrad e, w hich
form s p a rt o f th e P o st Office p rem ises.
On the 17th. M arch 1 852 , the D iet g ran ted
2 0 0 ,0 0 0 R bd. for the laying dow n an E lectric
T elegrap h as above.
B u t, in consequence o f the
inab ility to w ork it now th a t it is laid, the F in an ce
C omm ittee has decided on calling for a fu rth er
g ra n t o f 2 5 0 0 0 R bd.
In reference to this the
A alborg N ew spaper (M arch 2 8 , 1853) re m a rk s :
" T h e E lectric T eleg rap h w hich w e m ig h t have had
laid down b y th e 15th. o f last Septem ber, w ith a