PROM DOVER TO CALAIS.
TBE LATEST PROPOSAL.
Writing on February 28th our Paris correspondent sayß : — The English people haviog refused to entertain the idea either of ft channel tunnel or of a channel railway, a French engineer baa elaborated an engaging project for l( facilitating intercourse between the two countries." M. Arneandeau's pl?n is to sjapond side by ado m the sea two tub3P, t»n " ur» " and a "down" tub-, passing from Diver to Calais. Ech tube wou'd contain a miuUt'iro railway, upon which ditninu'ivQ csr3 wuild run for t l ie conveyance of lettera and pace's of Incona'derablo weight, Underneath ihe raila the tolographfc and telephonic wire 3 would bo plac-d. The train' of cara would be p?opelied by means of tarlOed air pumped Into the tnbe3 at their extremities. « The cost of all th' 3; 83ya M ArneiiuießU, would only ba a million fctarlinji, which O'3?tainly do:B not s-em race. The cn'y engineerlag difficulty- In the way ia asid j to bB th 3 driving of ihe pt!ei to wh'ch the tabes would be suspßnded.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1829, 30 April 1888, Page 4
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177PROM DOVER TO CALAIS. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1829, 30 April 1888, Page 4
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