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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