[9] THE GREAT BOHUS-LAN HERRING FISHERIES. LOT 
telegraph stations for sending and receiving simple business telegrams 
of every kind, are absolutely indispensable to the fishermen, the cap- 
tains of vessels, and to tradesmen. In the northern portion of the coast 
there are telegraph stations at Strémstad and Fjellbacka; between these 
two places a new telegraph station should be established at Grebbestad, 
which has become a place of considerable importance as the terminus 
of the proposed new railroad as a port of call for steamships, and as 
a business and watering place. From Grebbestad there should be a tel- 
ephone connection to Hafstenssund, which is an important station tor 
pilots and steamships. In the southern portion of the northern coast 
a new telegraph station should be established at the fishing and steam- 
ship station of Bovallstrand, between Fjellbacka and Sotehufvud, at the 
mouth of the important Bottna jfiord. In the central portion of the 
coast there are telegraph stations at Lysekil, Uddevalla, and Marstrand. 
North of Lysekil a new telegraph station is needed at Kungshamn, 
which is surrounded by quite a number of important fishing stations ; 
is one of the best outer harbors of the province; has a pilot station 
and a light-house, and is passed by all the steamers and sailing vessels 
plying along our coast. The telegraph line to Kungshamn could easiest 
be constructed by continuing the line to Bovallstrand in a southerly 
direction past the fishing station of Hunnebostrand. On the portion of 
the coast between Lysekil and Marstrand, which according to the tes- 
timony of seven centuries has always been the principal seat of the 
herring fisheries, several new stations (4 or 5) are needed, owing to the 
circumstance that the coast-line is broken by the two great islands of 
Orost and Tjérn. For the coast belonging to these islands the follow- 
ing lines of telegraphs would be required: From Uddevalla in a westerly 
direction to the steamship station of Sund-Sandvik, from which place a 
submarine telegraph should go across the narrow sound to the island 
of Vindé, which is connected with Orost; thence the line should be 
continued:in a southerly direction (if possible near to the steamship 
and trading station and watering place Hendn) tothe tavern of Vrdland 
(from which place Toggestad could be reached by a short telephone line); 
at Vrdland the line should branch out in two directions, the western 
passing the post office of Horleby and the Ihleberg station and continu- 
ing to the northern end of Boxviks inlet (whence a private telegraph or 
telephone line might be constructed to the important trading place 
Nosund), and beyond, past the fishing station of Hallen* to the town 
of Mollésund, which of late years has become a place of considerable 
importance as a steamship and fishing station. The eastern branch 
should go from Vrdland in a southerly direction past Varekil and. 
Skopesund to Tjérn, and reach its terminus at Kalfvehamn, which 
is the center of many important fishing stations. In this neighbor- 
4Tf the railroad from Uddevalla to Ellés should not be built, a telegraph or telephone 
line should be constructed from Hallen to Ellés, running in a nor. herly direction past 
the fishing station of Hdllviksstrand, 
