Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-10-26
OLD VIRGINIA,
CENTENNIAL BUILDING.
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October y. 1910. }
B. Johnson BayG0ur, esq aud many others :
ur XII; cIuiAu;.Ica,ion aa5 ii!nd ii " IL l..
10 the ODD Virginia" Building while SUI.
rounded ty 81 mapy distinguished Flrglnlals
az 70 prsciud, tv"u has'y pcrusai at ihc time.
Subs quuui cxum.Aat!on likewise prccudaS
silence or apparent indifference" - such gra:iy-
ing dcuoustratlons ir~m .uct friends. would
appropriate such manifestations NOR. freely,
except that really feel t. Dc The dcblor TOR
such Joyful associations.
am coDsuled 10 M absence from my Owl,
my native and' b. the opportunity OF b2lug
more usrtul; regarding myself as being Of you
if not acM you, always expecting 10 Retain &
domicii amongst you Tor my children anI ny
seit aod il will aiw9ys gladden. my heart III
noursh aud cherish IL uatadng velduc all 10
ciden,al endearing "reminiscences.
Although my presILt Indebtedness Tor the
pleasure you have afforded me is beyond ali
hope of reciprocity, | shall be graiihcd II your
ia Vorablc i'm presslouS aud expressions s;,.ll u:
creass the attendance OF others with similar
results. Most truly and sincerity,
ENGLAND AND FRAScE-THE TUNNEL
WHICH Is TO CONNECT HEN The Paris
correspondent Of the Buffalo COMMERCIAL III a
recent letter, sends the following:
"Ihe company 10 whose haudS is provision
ally placed the construction of the railway aud
SUMMARIZE tunnel which Is 10 conHcci lnls
country With England by land Communication
has lust flushed for the season It's laborlou,
preliminary Investigations. Owing TO the state
of the weather, these could only Dc ethclenIly
begun toward the end OF June last, auu are
now again Interrupted by tie autumDal toys
and mlsts OF the Channel. ihe pribclpal 90
iecls in view during the interval have been to
OBTAIN the requisite knowledge and material Tor
framing accurate geological charts both Of The
various strata through which the ilcIi1e1 planes
must pass which are TO lead from the surface OF
the soil to the level of the tuuuel Itself aud
also of those at the bottom of the sea through
which the tunncl is to De pierre. d. The attain.
men, OF the first of these objects presented DO
particular difficulties and consist IN simply
working an artesian shaft at the h.hlOg village
of Sangatte, near Calais, to the depth OF about
three hundred feet; aud then, secondly, 10 pro.
ceeding to ascerta1; hy sounding across the
whole coDcave basin oil the caouel from shore
to shore, whet her the strata, as a5ccrialncd by
the land shaft, came out and responded to the
same under the sea, so as TO prove, as lar as
could be, that they lay in regular succession
and layers, ard that no difficulties were to ue
appreheuded in boring the tunuel from what
miDers call TROUBLES" or the upheavlug or
lowering Of strata BY internal convulslons. The
laborious and difficult part oil the above lnvcs-
tigatious consisted 10 the numerous sOundlngs
to be taken, the observations TO be made 10 fix
the precise spot Oh the chart, and, above ALL
to obtain specimens Of the bed OF the sea all
the way across The channcl is nowhere deep
er than about 200 feet, but still, where the
bottom is thlckly covered with shells or sand,
it was sometimes not easy to ascertain the pre-
cisa sociological formation underneath. The grand
object If all this is to ascertain whether stratum
Of gray chalk, which is at oac: easily pierced
and lmpcrmeable 10 wafer, stretches right
across, without any "trou5it' from one coast
to the other, aud of sufficient depth to coutalu
the tunue For this purpose o. las souhdlags,
made with heavily weighted Instrument Work
ed ty steam engine aud armed with a p"lDt
of fine stacI, were effective, sometimes at the
rate OF POO per diem, aud 5l4 specimens
obtained Lust year When ia: Sc lav"o'loD5
were first commenced. |, 523 soundng- were
made, and I53 specimens obtained; aud Messrs.
Potter and De Lspparcnt, official engineers OF
the c, mpany, are engaged classifying al! these
3. 267 specimens, IL order by their aid and thu
result of The boring to Jay down the required
chart previous To the hua commencement of
the great undertaking Itself.
Gov. Hayes left Columbus last evening on
special train, and was to have arrived at Phila
ielphia this afternoon His visit is simply to
ace the Exhibition. Dolly his personal staff and
x.Gov. Noyes accompany him. |