Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-27
EXPECT TO START ENGLISH
CHANNEL TUNNEL SOON
Frasce and Great Britain Prac-
tically Disappears.
PLANS DESCRIBED by FELL
Thick Layer of Gray Chalk nj Bot
tom of Strait. lmpervious To Water,
Will BE Easily ENcavated for Pas
sage of Trains.

pre, LONDON August 26.-Oprosit;on to
.rt-ac the proposed railroad tunnel under the
hin n English Channel connecting EnCland
War; {, aud France has practically disappeared.
,er,c,rd ana i, seems certain this great pro
County JJect will he started q: The close OF the
which nawar. If not earlier.
.r,, o,,s, Arthur Fell. member OF Parliament.
held und o.day described the plans for the
1t is unael. or rather tunnels, rs follows:
county England and France were separated
ridor - ~ =" 80 '
nigh North Sea 'hroush The straits OF Dover.
the but nature. willis; dtvidins the two
De countries. provided ,hcm with an easy
we means OF future access by derost;inc
&C 1t the bottom OF the water i'll the
eel strait n thick lave: .: cray chalk,
an ;mpcrvious TO water. but Very eastl.
eNcavat,d by tables and tunnels.
lev I'm this deposit Of chalk. which is
He about l5o feet thick and which extends
rid from under The cliNs % Dover right
IN, lcross ana under tho cliffs at cap Jirts
TO Noz, in France. II il proposed 10 drive
fol the channel iunnel. one mouth Of
The tunnel viii IL III the vale, behind
the ci;fs o Dover and the c,her near
Wissar;, behind the cliffs AT Cap Girls
Me-.
IA There Viii be mo tunnels. each OF
ou} twenty feet diameter, parallel with
re- s,ch o:her. ana ahou, .or;v feet arart
80" 80 N"t'. 49,. t%N-s tAu'I PN T'-
auer, passages These tunnels Will 10
70 - = size necessary 70 take full Ike
sieenae and restaurant, ears OF ~
a. MODERN great express trains.
g. TO facilitate he cnrs-~;c.io, @:
ex the Two tunnels. a tube abcu; nire feet
be in diameter Will DC FIRST driven in tho
gray oha!H right across aud Joining M
sy the ;~o countries tbs tube vii! prove
tn the ground ana show any assures or
al faults which may EMS. and viii after
Sc wards serve as = drainage TUNE, for
~ the Two railway tunnels above i.
ar wILL-TAkE FIVE YEARS
TO COMPLETE TUNNELS
IN The tube viii greatly speed up the
construction OF tho railway tunnels II
q Will have a light |railuay track. and
~ from it chambers viii De eN.ava;ed in
de the chalk. from which j.; VIII he pos
he sihle to drive the tunnels in ho,h direc-
au tons, removing tho chalk cxcRvated
an out by the tube. BY this means. in.
az stead ofsonly driving the tunnels from
the TWO mouths in France and Eng
~ land TO .nee, in the middle. they viii
Ell from these chambers be driven in botr
nt directions towards the shores. and the
ini tunnels Will by these means he COM
MI pletcd in half the time. or abou, i've
a years.
There VIII to a hive Of industry
acer down in tn chalk under the mid
C die O. IL" strait. where the mon wn
twy be working % meet the mon coming
Io! from he shore S.
va ""ne trains VIII he run 10y electricity
at through the tunnel. and the power sta
foi lions cor t'.,s v - d on each side OF
- the cha mel ana som" five niles from
sz the coast. Pos; ihly the galway from
H London 10 Dover XIII he electrified
before Tie tunnel service begins. and
;hsn L" trains would run without stop
from --"ndon I" Wissnnt, IN France,
where she motor would be exchanged
foT the locomotive, which would take
the train on to PARIS.
The trains would run through the
81 ~ 1t 4in,r- tg.t,. 81. ~ $1,000