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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-02-11
Treasury
Is Dead Broke"
Council Advised
Heavy Spending On Sewers
Blamed For Present Crisis
In General Fund

Shades of the depression returned
to haunt Button councilmen Tues
day night when a report by City
Clerk A. J. B. Longsdorf showed that
the town is dead broke" so far as
general operating expenses T con
cerned.
In his analysis of the critical as
poets of the situation, Longsdorf
pointed out that there will not be suf-
ficient funds in the general fund to
even meet the next city street de-
partment or fire department payroll
or take care of any other expenses
which are incurred.
Prior to conducting Tuesdays
business, the general fund showed a
balance of $1,721.29, and bills ap-
proved for payment at the meeting
amounted to $1,000,
This left a meager balance of only
1921, which was insufficient to take
care of payments of S7S5.36 repre-
| senting state auditor findings against
the general fund in a recent audit.
About half of the $785.36 total is pay
able to the Allen county treasury and
the remainder will go to the board of
public affairs and other village funds.
With the general fund in the red,
councilmen found their only recourse
was to take action authorizing the
city clerk to ask the county auditor
for an advance draw on the next real
estate tax settlement, which is not
due until late spring,
This method of deficit financing,
however, is only borrowing trouble,
al some councilmen expressed the
situation, for money spent now TO
take care of normal day-to-day ex-
penses win not be available later
when needed for other purposes.
The financial dilemma confronting
the new council, which took office
only five weeks ago, is the result of
heavy expenditures from the general
fund to construct sewer laterals last
fall on Cherry street, Railroad street
and College avenue, Mayor w. A.
Howe said.
In that phase of sewer work, slight
ly more than $1,000 was expended
from the general fund, leaving the
incoming legislators with a depleted
treasury so far as general operating
expenses are concerned.
Farther depicting the general
| fund was the payment of $4,000 of
the matter settlement from that
fund last year.
Not since the days of the depres.
sion has the Button general operat-
ing fund been in the red, Mayor
Howe recalled, and the experience of
pinching pennies to be able to meet
the payroll and pay even routine ex-
penses will be something new to city
fathers who have been accustomed
for nearly two decades to finances
aplenty.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-02-11
BedUerddm Council Creates NeU
Village Office OF Service Supervisor

efficiency and perhaps some economy
could be had il all functions were
consolidated. With one full-time
employee, residents will know who
to look to for performance Of mu-
nicipal services, they said.
Appointment of B~eaverdam's first
service supervisor will made soon BY
Mayor Tripplehorn.
In other action of Council last
Thursday insurance coverage for
volunteer firemen in the event of
accidental death while on duty was
increased to $4,000 from $4,000.
Disability payments under the new
policy were increased from $50 to
$40 per week with a maximum of
104 weeks.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-02-11
Beaverdam Benefits
From Traffic Fines

The village of Beaverdam's share,
of court costs collected in Mayor
Wayne Tripplehorn's court during
the month of January totaled $3.50.
Practically all of the S were
those of traffic violators brought
before the mayor by the state high
way patrol. =
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-02-11
Vesper Choir To Open
Concert Season Sunday

The Button College Vesper
Choir will present its first full
length concert of the season at
the Ebenezer Mennonite Church
on Sunday, February IA at 800
p. m. Approximately 50 students
compose this choir directed by
Russell A. Lantz and accompa-
MED by Marjorie Yoakam of La
fayette. Ohio.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-02-11
Waste Paper DriUe
Set For Saturday

A waste paper collection, proceeds
of which will go equally to the Polio
Fund and the Button Explorer
Scout Troop fund, will be conducted
by the boys Saturday morning.
Residents are asked to have their
paper tied up and placed in bundles
at the curb by 10 Am.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-02-11
Defective Chimney
Causes Minor Blaze

Flames originating from a defec-
tive chimney caused a fire in the
siding of the Don Swank home on
the Dixie highway north of Bluff
ton Saturday evening at $50.
The Button fire department
under Fire Chief Guy Corson ex-
tinquished the blaze quickly by chop
ping a hole in the house siding and
using water. Chief Corson said that
the damage was not great.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-02-11

Grain (busheI prices) - Wheat,
$2.06; corn, $1.48; oats, rs; soy
beans, $3.05:
Eggs-Large white, 43c; large
brown, 42c; medium white or brown,
38c.
Poultry-Heavy hens, 21c; leghorn
hens, Ice; White Rock fryers, &c
Leghorn stays, light or heavy, 12c.
Butterfat-No. |, 62c; No. 2, SIC
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-02-11
Sewer Assessments May Run
To 81. Per Front Foot
Assessors Consider NeU Formula
For Paying Off $780, 900 OF SelUer Debt

Assessments against improved lots Chose with houses on
them) probably win be from $3.50 to Sd for each foot of lot front
age, it was indicated this week following the initial meeting of a
three-man board of local assessors named to work with the towns
consulting engineers in determining how much each property
holder will pay toward a S25O,OOO special sewer assessment levy.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-02-11

The grade school children turned
over 1000 dimes.
Removing the staples from Swankk
long chain of dollars was. also \
major problem. The bills were
stapled together and suspended
around the ~harbershop walls and
ceiling.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-02-11
So, 464 Is NeUest Record
Set Ry March Of Dimes

For the NecOnd Consecutive wear Bluffton area residents
opening Ct t1 nanh. ot and thsf Y strings to be appeal of the
in a~tOtal Of ~2,4e4O7 to I'll ARh county bAhquarters of the
AatA maj Hudkation for mAntild Parah sis 4
# d Ts;f y; lr SSiis, eh hal Se5t Ofthg1 ions kot2kts~~r6aF
the committee waS elated with AslMes @ dimes md o. o,an+oL
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-02-11
State Examiner Findings
Against EmanS Total $4,000
Accounts OF Former BPA Clerk Short
S3,199 In Light-Water Collections

Findings for recovery against Charles Emans, former village
and board of public affairs clerk who is bound over to the Allen
county grand jury for Misrepresentation of funds, aggregate
4,06074, it was disclosed at meeting of Button municipal
council Tuesday night.
Disclosure that the total subject to recovery by the town is
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the agency decided 1t should
check attempts by unethical
dealers to take advantage Of the
higher prices. It seized d NUM-
Der Of consignments Of coffee.
It was learned that cllickpeas,
imported for canning, had be-
come infested with insects. The
chickpeas were diverted to coffee
roaSters. Coffee shipped by some
firms were found to contain, in
addition to the chickpeas, spent
coffee grounds. barley, chicory
and soybeanS.
Frozen Food Adds Work.
The expanding market for
frozen foods has added to the
administrations work. One plant
producing frozen turkeys was
found to operate with q water
hose having q hypodermic needle
as a nozzle. Water was injected
into the turkeys before they
were frozen.
When one turkey was thawed
two pounds of water seeped out.
It was part of q lot of turkeys
weighing $4,000 pounds. Taking
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Wheels Of Government
Wheels Of Government
Food and Drug Watchdog
Face Work With Less Funds

Housewives might do well to
provide themselves with scales
to check the weight Of packages
of food they buy.
They would thus be taking
over part of the work Of the
Food and Drug Administration.
But that agency. its budget cut
and its staff reduced. has as
signed a Tow priority to the
checking of the net weight Of
packaged food against the state
ment of weight on the label.
Wallace F. Jansen. assistant
to the commissioner of the Food
and Drug Administration. said
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he does not believe the house.
wife would find many packages
not full weight. But 1t would
provide a check the admins
tration is not able to make.
The budget Of the agency has
been trimmed steadily In the last
four years. For fiscal 1852 Con-
gress appropriated $5.64 million.
The next year the appropriation
was $50 million. Last year It
was $50 million and for this
fiscal year. 1855. it Is $5.1 million.
IL Per Cent Cut Since so.
: The estimated number Of the
staff for this year is 815. an
IL per cent reduction since 1852.
That number includes laboratory
scientists. administrators, cler-
ical workers and, finally. the
front line troops. the inspectors.
There were only $50 inspect
ors in 1850. Last year the number
was 1876. These figures leave out
about ITO persons employed in
testing certain products as they
are produced. with the manu-
facturer paying the salaries
through fees.
The head of the Food and
Drug Administration is Charles
w. Crawford, a career man with
81 years experience. He has APP
piled for retirement.
The staff cuts have led the
agency to the conclusion that 1t
is more important to direct its
efforts toward activities that
protect health rather than those
that protect the pocketbook.
Therefore, it has assigned lower
priorities on checking weights Of
packaged goods, checking the
contents Of cans and packages
to make sure their composition
is what the label says. and pro-
ceeding against those who make
extravagant claims for products
unless danger to health is in
volved.
Occasional cases on these
grounds are made. it is true, but
usually they are incidental to
other activities.
The agency admits frankly it
would take 200 inspectors IL and
a half years to make inspections
Of each of the $4,000 food and
drug company plants and ware
houses. Last year $3.50 plants
and warehouses were inspected.
Lacks Follow-up Facilities.
While the agency Is alert to
cases in which public health is
involved, it says it lacks the IA
cilities to keep UP with the test
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the average weight of d turkey
at Is pounds, allowing for 1
pound Of water per bird and
taking the price at rs cents q
pound. the buyers were thus
paying $500 for $500 pounds
Of water.
May BE Political Apprentice.
With the retirement Of Mr..
Crawford pending. the agency
has this question:
Will the new administrator be
. professional man. perhaps
trained in the agency, or 4 per-
son from some other category
whose appointment is cleared
with the Republican National
Committee?
When the Eisenhower admin
istration directed that Govern
ment policy-lnaking jobs he list
ed and that they be taken from
under Civil Service coverage,
various trade associations In the
food and drugs fields urged that
politics be kept out Of the Food
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ing Of new products and mate
rails which are being developed
in increasing numbers. It can
not make follow-up inyestiga-
tons Of the safety Of new drugs
after they are placed on the
market. Important cases involv-
ing serious frauds have been de-
layed by a lack Of medical and
legal manpower.
The agency does continue to
seize contaminated and spoiled
foods in large amounts. It goes
after medical devices and prod
ucts which make false claims.
It prosecutes druggists who sell
barbiturates and other prescrip-
ton drugs without q physicians
prescription.
After coffee prices went up
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and Drug Administration. Mr..
Crawford was not replaced.
With the prospect Of his re-
tirement the requests are being
repeated. Carlos E. Campbell,
secretary Of the National Cam
ners Association. said his or
ganization has urged that the
appointment be kept III tile pro-
fessional category. Other organ
izations have done the same.
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Bourd Members Renamed

Board Members Renamed
The Commissioners have reap
pointed two members Of the Dis
trict Electrical Licensing Board
for another term Of two years.
Joseph T. Kirchner was APP
pointed to represent the con-
tractors, with Emil Helleras al
ternate. and Lewis G. Palmer
representing labor with Cor
neliuS Curtain ais alternate.
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LESLIE FAYE's
DARK FAILLE

Block or navy royon fole ). perfect for
town, perfect for troveI, and perfect fit for
you who ore feet inches or less. It's Leslie
Foye's classic suit dress, newly favored with
youthful neckIine and q skirt eored to
omplify its fIotterine dimensions. An unbeot-
able choice if you're seeking the new Fall
look for immediate wear! Sizes II to 20.
Kanns-Better Dresses. Second Floor. Washington
and Arlington
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LeiipsIc

Mrs. Irving Moor and family
visited her mother, Mrs. Dorothy
Spangler on Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Clothier
spent the weekend at Bowers.
Misses Thelma and Betty Web
ber of near town are spending
several days with rMs. Daisy
Nelson at Wyoming.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Denney of
Rising Sun, Md, were Sunday Wis
itors of Mr.. and RMS. Harvey
Denney.
Mrs. Lucy Faulkner has been
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Victor
Mitchell this past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene McNatt
of Dover called on Mr.. and RMS.
5mory Voshell on Sunday.
Or. and Mrs. Clarence Rawley
and family spent Sunday with his
mother, Mrs. Mary Rawley.
Mr.. John F. Hazel of Whining
ton was the guest of his brother,
Mr.. Henry Hazel on Sunday.
Mrs. Wilbert Rawley has been
spending several days at Reno
both.
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tied their daughter and husband
in Startford, N. j., last week.
Pfc. Paul Weist, Army Air
Corp, who is stationed in Denver,
Col, is home on leave.
Rev. c. H. Atkins, Viola,
preached the morning service on
July 10, during the absence OF
the pastor, Rev., Covington, who
has been attending Youths Con-
ference near Williamsport, Pa
Mr.. and Mrs. Cooper Garter
and daughters of Baltimore, Md.
are guests of their father, Mr.
]. T. Carter and Mr.. and Mrs
R. I. Moore
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Bows show Ingenuity

Background information obtain
ed from the boys reveals that
they come from every walk of
life. Some of the boys reported
that their cars were built in mod
ern work shops equipped with
every variety of labor-saving
tools. Other boys said they built
their cars on the kitchen table
using Mothers discarded house
hold utensils. One boy said he
built his model from a huge pine
stump using a hatchet, saw,
chisel, razor, coarse rasp, and
sandpaper, They all had one
thing in common: each one dis
played an amazing amount of
Yankee ingenuity.
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MARYDEL

Mr.. Charles Saatman and
grandson, Harry, recently had as
their guest, Mrs. A. Brunkman of
Williston Park, New York.
Mrs. Ch harlotte, Ruehl and
granddaughter, Janice of Brook
lyn, N. Y, are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. Otto Meyer.
Mrs. L. H. Collision visited Mr..
and Mrs. Raymond Prutzman of
Allentown, Pa, Tuesday and
Wednesday of last week.
Mr.. ]. Gilmaur of the Western
Shore of Md, near Frederick, Md.
was an overnight guest of Mr..
and Mrs. L. H. Collision during
the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Duplecki of
East Landsdowne, Pa, enjoyed
the weekend with Mr.. and Mrs.
H. r. Butts.
Pvt. Leroy Harman, who has
been attending Ordinance School
at Aberdeen Proving Ground, en-
joyed this week with his home
folks. He will leave on Tuesday
by plane for Fort Lewis, Wash
ington for reassignment.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Stafford
are on vacation motoring through
the New England states.
Mr.. and Mrs. Barney Sheppard
Miss Jean Leslie and Mr.. and Mrs
Howard Bickling are on a trip tt
Florida and places of interest en-
route.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Hummer
of Frankford spent THURSDAY
with his sister, Miss Maud Hum
mer.
! Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Wyatt spen
Sunday afternoon with thei
daughter and family in Bridge
vile.
/ We are sorry to learn Mrs
Alan Thornton isn't SO well. w,
wish her a speedy recovery.
! Glad to report Mrs. Coombs i
improving from her recent illness
Mrs. Katie Stafford and Mis-
Mary Knotts of Templeville en-
; tertained Mr.. Carter and tn
Cooper Carter family to dime
on Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Cook at
tended the Speed Boat Regatti
in Salem, N. j., on Sunday il
J which Mr.. Cook was one of tn,
participants.
Messrs. Harry Starkey an,
Moses Shrock represented tn
Fire Company at the Fire Schoo
given at Wesley Junior Colleg
in Dover last week.
Mrs. Harry Heather, Miss Jane
Heather, and friend enjoyed sew
eral days at Rehoboth. MI
Heather spent the weekend will
them.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elvin Phillips Wis
Smyrna times., 1954-07-29
BOYS DESIGN
MODEL CARS
Eight Boys Are National
Winners in Fisher Body
Craftsman's Guild
DIVISION WINNERS

Eight American boys with their
streamlined, smartly designed
model cars showed the top de-
signers of the automobile indus
try right into the backseat this
week in Detroit. The eight boys,
the 1854 national winners in the
annual Fisher Body Craftsman's
Guild model car competition,
were awarded university scholar
ships valued at $4,000. They now
Join 123 other members of the
Body by Fisher Hall of Fame who
won scholarships in prior COM
petitions. Altogether the 131 mas
ter model builders have received
scholarships valued at s420, 500.
Division Winners
Senior Division: list Award $4,-
000-Gary Graham, Bellingham,
Washington; End Award $1,000
William c. Bailey, Kansas CITY,
Kansas; 3rd Award $1,000
Anne S. DE Reggi, Wilmington,
Delaware; 4th Award $1,000
Jerry Sutton, Fresno, California.
Junior Division: 1st Award $4,000
james c. Fry, Clinton, Illinois;
2nd Award Charles PeIIy,
Los Angeles, California; 3rd
Award S2,000-Stanley T. Denek,
Detroit, Michigan; 4th Award
S1,000--John w. BARLEY, Hunt
ingdon Valley, Pa. Before group
of noted scientists, educators and
sndustrialists, the boys were
sa1uted over a national television
network by c. F. Boss Ketter-
sng, GINS famed inventor and re-
search consultant. ] mes e.
Goodman, GIN vice-president and
general manager of Fisher Body,
presented the scholarships to the
winners.
Prominent Men Attend Dinner
Honoring the boys with their
presence at the award dinner
were such men as Frederick L.
Hovde, president of Purdue Uni
wersity, Paul E. Klopsteg, assoc
late director, National Science
Foundation; Harry S. Rogers
president of Polytechnic Institute
of Brooklyn; Lloyd ". Berkner
president, Associated Universities
Inc; Dennis c. Haley, Superin
tendent of Public Schools, Boston,
Alexander j. Stoddard, Superin'
tendent of Public Schools, Los
Angeles; and many others. AL
most every section of the coun.
try, from coast to coast, was re.
presented by the scholarship
winners. The boys had come ur
through state and regional com.
petitions to be selected, finally, as
national winners. Judging by the
entries in this years competition
young American auto stylists
show a lot of common sense ir
their versions of the next look ir
automobiles. They are sleek anc
smart and rakish and as one pro.
fessional stylist commented
They are not European, they are
American through and through
functional and practical as well
as beautiful"
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rieties which were bred in Della
ware.
Several of them appear to be
outstanding and worthy Of COM
mercial production in Delaware.
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TINES. THURSDAY MORNING JULY %. 1854

tomatoes will have an opportun-
ity to see many new tomato va
rieties at the annual Farm Field
Day August A at the University
of Delaware reseach substation,
Georgetown.
Some AZ varieties of tomatoes
are on trial. OF these SO are va
Smyrna times., 1954-07-29

Probably the most noteworthy ara
Delaware A and Delaware &
which produced 24.77 and 25Os
tons per acre respectively in 1851
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Mr.. and Mrs. Tyson Cohee and
children of FELTON, visited her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Mitchell,
Sunday.
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New Tomato Varieties
At Farm Field Day
Delaware farmers who grow
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sub-Iiuniing HsIlcopier Arrives for Navy TESTS

Flights here, to be performed
over q two-month period, viii
determine whether the HSL can
meet the exacting performance
specifications required for anti
submarine work.
The HSL made the trip to Pa
tuxent without incident in two
days. It was the longest fight
yet logged by an HSL.
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swimming Pools
And 1O5PIaygrounds
0pen for Summer

THE District Recreation De-
rhrtrnent today opened its sum-
Ii,er program on los Fairgrounds
and st two swimming pools.
It will ,be the first summer the
ptOgram has been carried on
completely unsegregated. The
Recreation Board voted out seq
regation on the city Fairgrounds
several days after the Supreme
Court outlawed 1t in public
schools.
The summer program will con.
tinue through August %. In
general, all Fairgrounds win be
open from 9 am. until dark.
Some of the smaller units will
close at 6 pm. or 2 pm, while
the larger units viii be kept open
on Saturdays and. in some cases.
On Sunday afternoons.
Milo Christensen, recreation
superintendent, said more than
500 leaders will conduct the pro-
grams at the various sites.
Nine Day Camps.
In addition to the usual play
ground activity. the department
viii operate nine day camps for
boys and girls from Z to IA. Ma
ture hikes, crafts and 'cookouts''
will be featured at these camps.
The camps win operate from
June % through August 20.
broken into four two-week pc
RODS.
A special day camp also will
be held for crippled children,
from June % through August 6.
This camp will be held at the
Health School, in cooperation
with the District Health Depart
ment and the United Cerebral
Palsy; Association
About 200 mems and women's
basemall and softball teams will
play in league competition under
Recreation Department super
vision.
Swimming Lessons.
The two swir hing pools OPP
Grated by the department.
Georgetown and Rosedale-will
offer free swimming to children
and adults and free swimming
instruction to children. The les
sons are in cooperation with the
Red Cross.
The schedules at the pools are
as follows: Monday through Fri
day. am. to 10 am. SWIM
ming lessons for children; 10 am.
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to noon, children and adults: /
pm. to 3 pm. children and
adults; 4 pm. to z PM, adults
only. Saturday and Sunday-9
am. to noon. children and
adults; pm. to 8 pm. children
and adults: 4 pm. to Z pm,
adults only.
In addition. spray areas and
wadine pools win be operating at
various Fairgrounds. Fifty diff
ferent fire MIGRANTS also win be
opened at regular times to spray
children on hot days.
The six public swimming pools
controlled by the Interior De-
partment already have opened.
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sp.sIul pispa.eh s % ssar

PATUxENT NAVAL AIR STA
TON. Md. June 18.-The Nays
first helicopter built specifically
for submarine hunting and kill
ing arrived at the Naval Air
Test Center here yesterday for q
final series Of flight demonstra-
tions before the big aircraft joins
the feet.
A tandem-rotor Bell HSL-1.
the helicopter was flown 1856
miles CROSSE country from Fort
Worth, Tex, where the HSL now
is in volume production at Bell
Aircraft Corp. Helicopter Di-
vision.
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Tunnelers Meet

After boring for six years from
opposite sides Of a mountain near
Rabat. French Morocco, two
teams of engineers recently met.
The tunnel is six miles long