, 1876-07-15
UNDER tn: ENGLI ISn CHANNEL.
The Proposed Misunderstanding st. Posi-.
biiiS-Ils EnCrmOg.s C~s:-ta;seilsty,l
En.pt,n

the Proposed EUuceg-T TeSfiu., EtS Posi-.
biiity-Its EnCrmOGs [. .s:-.tai!cs1stoll
Income.
The Lon3ou Nl.rs says. Al Siugatte,
near C4liAs, shafts are being d5ircu down
ward 10 the depth of one hundred metres be-
Low the sea. in order practically to test the
possibility of The ubove gigantic Undertaking.
More than a year ago We reviewed at some
length the plaus Oi the proposed subway. aud
en- January -, 1879, 4 carefully prepared
chart, showing ,he locality Of the course 10
IS taken b the tuaual, appeared IN the
I1Ly NflrS- \, that time the scheme d.
served 10 b examined only Theoretically
but now HAT the preliminary works have
been commenced. the chances Of the COM
p'et"d 'uarr becomiug. as It's promoters ex-
pc: i; viii become, the way, par cT-s.La.rs,
b-tween England and the Continent, become
practically interesting, Captain Uo,h.m,
Hsr Iaje-ty's CoGSul at Calais. Il. his report
for The ye4r 1873, remarked that he had
great c5ahigace that submarine wuy
would eventually be constructed In which
case, he added, the question as to the bsst
kind Of vessel to be employed VAL be Sc; az
rest, and tre-kw4teTS, dredging machines,
narrow Lsgbor>. floating sands, and IL galis
anne ailI be ,hiugs Of the past, as lar at least
az the International communication In tbs
channel Is concerned Here We have re-
mindsr of the difficulties that at present by-et
the maintenance Of speedy and regular COM
mUalc4'iou between England and France,
and AT the first blush It seems TO bs beyond
doubt thar il a tunnel can he satisfactorily
cumplr',d II mus. take TO itself much Of the
rr.Eis that now passes over the Old routes.
Bat /, mast b. remcE.bered that tho chaac-
ter Of the old routes Is slmeWh hat altered 10y
Casralil, and that The class OF vessels sgoa
to 10 tGili will be able TO travel alnos: as
last as Ii railway train, and almost as steadily
as a Pullnan csr.
Ii the Casta'ia is improved upon, the p7Ob-
lem ct International transit must resolve IT.
81. ia'o t4i.!y matched struggle for supre-
macy between opeu-air aud submarine tray
cling. The two methods "iH be about
equally tatigulng and OF nearly equal dura-
tion; and, as Tar as passengers are concerned,
the question IL five years time VAL be one Of
preference simply. To severe critics OF Tee
tunnel project It does rot appear probable
that a LsII,hy Traveller should prefer 20 jour
neg in a tuauel when he can progress a.
surely and wiki greater comfort III the open
air. It does not seem 10 them likely that q
raan whose Wish is TO 20 fs0m D5yer to
C.,ais should Gaze 10 travel in hot carli4ge
.i-.-l .-. H. .f 4..-,,r, ,.I 80. ,.-
nus. agre, "EeA close 10 tHe per- @s Ae s-'E's'
Is a vessel that viii lot Tuii, that viii carry
H. o.. ALL, 49, ,r.. ,r.i,, aud IT,. vii
=. L. ~.
'-'' ''---i-' nun '''', f''0''
c-g1enIc ac!i gas. bdt 10 thoSs cIiiics Tie
horrors of se.-s!cEugss grs evidently uu-
Is REGARDS sp.s4' me '"o IOn'eS' VT l'"y
allow, would be y,ry nearly equal; and as
rs.,grds com:,-t. the Sc. rou,s would to
--..-...4 4. IA. .,.-..,. 18th
many ''''-' '--0
o. fa-P-H-'.Ee o-t" &c" H''.' ana ~"'"''' 7''"
at pc, sent is under al hour and b 'lf, and
tn, c, sIir-,ary r.iI, IA 2 tunnel. SIX Mills
.-..,..-I .---4i,,,, ..f o-,. j..
- ''''-' --''S a.
eighty, cJu3 se.l'e'y Fs''o' III ''1 ''a''''i0'
in much less lime. To good sailors a steady
,...sI ,~o,I4 b, s,-rri,r "a a railway car
.t;-...--,,..- - l.,,.b
''a-e ~ "
and - 10 oheaPnes7' 'h' O'i"'-' -
order TO b. a -urc-~-, VII! have 10 P1y lu'er-
est upon e. 100000, at thi veTy lowest ell
mate, aud a most certainty ul71s a god deal
more. and consequently the i4TLI R0llJ be
high. II the tunnel mouoP0lIz-d even as
much half the ac. uai passenger tI"hn7
from Euglaud 70 the continent and cue 'e,sa'
would The results be P4rilcHitr!y i-vo'iI!ef
81 tbs present time about 4JV,UoV peIsoHa
travel annually across The cham = tai d,
TO- pr bead, bal. II these would only give
a z7u,s passenger revenue "f --o,OJ'- Al
ofi iI statement, printed ~ he IAaUa5i
I -uuel Company, EIar tsz.ilS h3peiUiiy
With The sta'.s;ig- relating 20 Ps-s-us=T ;rai- .
f.. adds
4 10 ,,.,-s- the receipts would u0 iaujt
D. ,srv iTr,ytsrt. London j. she seaport Of
III n. v,r.5. r-c-;yIu.. and sending iJ-ih
ars,mO,, Quantities q al kinds Of goods
1, rer.rl = many articles Of m.reha-d.-a,
and IN great many ca-z-, 1t viii be ulor.
.},,...,....s,,,.- io fT,f,-o.,rt ,L-m Iy railway
tt ~. NIL ,I-,, 20 ship and un-hlp
hen 10 doa5. tie goods on which he
,i'.J.r f-a,.,l,rsar n.f.. ana which nov 70
.l,-.-...,E ~. r,--- ,i Bsu!osue, Cal-is, Dan
k.r7ae- Os,eat and D.gso.. to OF from Eng
land. would .. through tLs tunnel This
slsus would have h-avy traffic. The
gr,..n.i-y Of ,roots rs--irz though England
"a - ,..,'-i,.-,,t ,lr.r,,h 1L5-- plr-, l.
-. + doe. consist civ Of fancy
,,-,.g- sof ra.nuf.e,gs-i articles. bar ais5 Of
,-;,,. t-,i- vs,sa+.hIs and dairy urJ-