, 1866-08-02

WILLS AuClC I'll fElAAsS HIEHl.
ANOTHER GREAT WORK.
Proposed Tunnclllng or the EnH1is1s
Channel.
tf'on' lhc London Halfway Sows, Jniy iii
=. y. ,:. itrst sesiums uttcn,rt to grapplc with
thc u1tacnl'icn attendant IN tic carrying out
o. huch work ~ ~ nude by II. 4. Thornc Dc
Gnnond, ~hr IN ls'' presented to the Ens-
who1c question, md proposed The cinsts,lc-
lion 0fA iNnncl tr"m DIVER II Cupo &ir1snez,
accompanying his report With pla,. an,l de-
tailed drawings OF Ing rr"ln.rA work, md
geographical vl'"r's Of tue bca Of The Chan
ii. (;amonl surveyed not lcs. tl,an sIx
routes across the Chmnnel. pnc VA. from
ul,nscnrss to DulIlocNr. Il second fe.,,n l>uugt-
Dover to Tape atIsnez, i ttith fs:m Se.. Cur.
ncr II tA!als, mud IL sixth from Nc+. Corner
Care .BIanehcz. A!tcr~vcry Inatnrr cna-
sidcrAtl"n. mud FOR rclrous which 1t Is !.
n"t " nfss'sAry s ,t"tal :" alsea;s t1'"ly 1;ny, Ut
lcetei II trwt hctwte,, .F"Ekc.tn,Ic ant
Dnyer, Ut r!nee ru1tel E,-twnre, ~ the
point nf departure "n the English rtmst. nn.a
t,nrc Gtt.nt1 as tlir trrlninu* on thy frcnca
tunnel arcl!e.l In storw. the rxtssnal urs w Of
wh1cl! was ~ Mrs.cs. "r:.s' E.rt . inches IN
tltiius. md metres. nr =: feet . incl,r. in
M.ht. In tile ltsWrr rast al the work llu
pt"l";c,lh In c1'ian't % fur III; ,dT'!l'Ysr Of tho
etrl.rtrl lur two lines ni railway. On rucls
sile ur the rufwnv wns rnf-r,l lntratls fur
l"H!csstintis. for tlm.c VIII" were willing ~
ilInkc lhc s"yngo lft,,n ll"ssr tn t'nlaiH sns'
might By eurrFiftIu'Ard on tt,r tfr.s. -, that
tlIrre might hen division uf the ;.tn,tts mil
passenger tra!lLr. which It wis enlrnlatsi.
w"nlt 1'e - great NJ ~ Inn 10 t!'a nstvrn"rt
Thu capabilities Of single Roadway hut. ~
sl". s.'rt Of tl,r work w.nnlA lm very r.',l,'s'
rrnlly enhn,lrr.l, II. t;A,an,nl vHry t.'nsl.lrr-
asrly ldNit,sesl s1 tra,a Ia Eo>1erlst The w,rk
A pr"sislns my a.l!lt!".!a! accommodation
With t'isv llrArc''slAhln might require.
un tl... EnsIlrl, NIL" thu TUNE! w"nlA he
en'"rcd BY .uhttrr!nrnn appF'arls II at"'1't
three ami i halt n'lrs IN ltnssh. r..sls:s$
el"n. It. Mary's, Diver. ntstl a.Serntii'= IL
En.1Wn:c, ut spot where |: lM,:eE nn'lrr
rs present ra!lwas between n"ser aMd @
great nnl'nlnr!iic tunnel IN til" midst ut Il
rnlnssnl open tnwcT forming tlls frontier st:t-
tl.n. On The FFrac9s side tltsEts wt,s,!l le 4
sllhillr nrErsnell 0t uhnut five miles in
tooJ II hs:inyl'tn, near Marqu-c, an'i de-
srrn.1Iny towards carc t;ri,:.z. wiers the
gieat tunnel would bc approached in tlc
>atNe manner us TN tic n}'F'ste coase. The
tunnrl would l'avs h1:.nche: connecting i, of
c"',rsv'. with tile Norttcr,t toi frsnrcl Rail
It.nc md Amiens. a,..l in the uth..r to the
Calais rur'icn ii tlr Northern Railway
Al Grl=nez communication wou!tl hc pro-
y;ticd with thc tt:nnel by descent il,rnn.h Il
tower rs feet siN incllrs in height az rather
in depth. AMI nj Eastwarr q little less than
1Gu feet deep. The scel:cn nf tt,rsc towers
presented in Its largest a>is Ic1.tI. Of 81;
ictt, alhl in its si1:as'tr ta.rter IT 1;n ftct-
THESE towers w"'lld -rEse r": merely as an-
breaches to Tie t"sl,sci. wl.r'1 es,nsr1".c, Int
rs points l,y w!iteh tic cxsava1cti material
<ois.d H. fai-ed t!:srin:. tic Issuccss ui cu.t-
ssrtletior. and tur vcn;i4a1"- shafts. About
midway between l!1c two coasts, anu IN II
slaeal IT bank k',owN as Nar:,c. wAilitl he es-
tah!isl'cti another large saver connected with
y tunnel ut i depth lc.nw the surface Uf the
water of Isl tc;t. This tow. w.,:,d i,ea sta
ticn i'll 1nitl-clmnnrl. communicating with tho
tunnel by an EASY spiral staircase. The tower
waull he sur1noisn1..l ly IN o',srr.atnry and
lar:r rejecting Hight. T!1r Interior tli:' me-
tfr ot this Colossal tower WAS III first l,rrust3
To br S'l feet. Around tic 1'utr part ui tho
tower would he huilt mr. by casting earth
nrA supporting. l'v;en>iye warehouses and
workshops. In plan the i~l.int WIS III ti!1.
iorr! Of II star. nnl it, wt,nie area. IL t7i,@,
posed. WAS seventeen hcctarr@. uf which
even were cnclnscd asa Iort ny ,foris, Eay-
ing northc,h rr southern entrance t}lra;rlt
| Openings icis in the quay walls. Great is,l-
l"'rtance was attached l'r NJ i'au.o,,tl Il, the
construction 0f this port, Ms it would give
atittlcs fur liatiin@ anu unloading vessels
Filming Mtwrcn England and France aud
| the various countries Of the world. The
allie engineer expressed doubts as tn the s,f-
tiriency .f onc vi the communicating: towers
a. "rtSlnaiiy pToln'ssis anu suggested
,iat 1t should lie rnl.r:al tn ar
hnn,1ftti. and its shortest 1nu mtt,rs in
lrnstll ard If this >lsoull ,c :l,l,,el 1t would
te rtssit'e tn hare the spiral assent IF s!if-
tlcicntly easy gradients tn nsl,nl Ut tin. rail-
way e:.rriasr* anl tricks passing ny and
i"Nn frtwrrn the 'lnays nf The Ltrl, fr t1,c
tunnel below. The Island tr IL. hulit t@' III
tlsr esa mas 'aatlt. ui' II thirteen "iyt.,'' Or
SNAIL Islands Ut strata li~n- Unr nsosc Tho
| rth.r, until tlte snr,;ttr wus rr:,ri.ttt, the
'o"rr upc ecnta!nfn.! l.'1!',:S.h cu!tr metres
or earth, md The nrp*r our. 5i,,4f' r:,'.lc
mrttrs. TIE inrlinatirN ,r *:,lI'' IT thc
wt,nlc wntfs ti'rn,t,l an ,r.ir rf tlirty-s17e
degrees: fhs tunncl wtul.l pass i'rh'w thr
g,,at d: i.l:,a i,;,a n Id dc' =, f ,s!rs
rt'rcss II r,nlstrur.ion twelve shaft wnMlA
tr, t'ru.il:d trtwrr tile 1a'sl M ri;tnr
side. 'lhe traveller .ltsr"tnihg TIN.
it4ttttt*e t"Mtr ..t,,, fun rEtni" 4. sAr.sss
Nat. wn,titl i'nt i14,<etr il tr.int1 nf
ssrita.i r,tt tit,. d Il, taul. u i,ittu"t,ii's
Il. tle lll.ttlssi ~'',ii ,'ttitr, tir':i"Ss a"t
s' !. .,,',tt ..,' IT. v l,'T,i t ~ Ill.,, ~, a ,
td'h III tn, t''t,|"tts t1Mt!st, nE lt!.s ,t"1k,
ttnr,!s'u ht Ms tIpstpat t".iH..t: 'tl.s
Etptd Nui itaks /" b. ,rissi rsIl,i ti4i,ist4:,,
II !!it lnttI,"l N,'t'i '''tt'lf' ,1s j. '"'
ii, III e'tAr'kllu! III" ifiisits:' i 'H" ,,'%l''
hp!r,s, ahl| l!rutla!'!'i't nt'Ails. |" "' eva.
XIX !, y th% ,talpptlA" lpM"t a l!w |'nHn
t!Ln trU itltlts hf fuurI !, ri, III lui1