THE MERSEY TUNNEL.
The boring of tho Mersey Tunnel kg been successfully completed, and thereby direct : communication under the bed of the river established between' Liverpool and Birkenhead. The event is the consutnation of one of the most important engineering.. works' yob carried out in England. The tunnel under the Severn, which is being made by the Great Western Bailway, exceeds the Mersey tunnel in length; but the latter, is at present'the.longest roadway; under a tidal driver. The • iturinel has'been driven- through- tho red'sandstone, and is about thirty feet under the bed of the estuary. It' has been worked from both ends, and the jdriftvyay, ; whicli,wa3. l completedJaßt week has still to be. excavated to tho full .dimensions, of the.tunriel. The Beaumont ; boring-machine,; by.,whose aid the work has. been done, marks tho great progress made since Brunei. The latter had; of course" a'very different soil to deal with; but the length of the Thames Tunnel,is only 1300 feet, whereas that of the Mersey Tunnel kxg nearly three times the length, or. 1230™ .yards.; It is,expected that ralwayV communications between.. Liverpool and Birkenhead will be established in about eighteen 1 months.
At the Brierlj Hill Police Court a summons was withdrawn which 'had been issued against a man named John Hobson, an, ironworker for using threats, It appeared that the threats we. uttered on the day on Hobson'a marriage, and on the same day contracted small-pox^'and' died Von the following Monday. , .';• . .'.; A story is told of a young commercial traveller, who'recently called upon i Ideal storekeeper, (says' the Warniam,bpbl Standard), arid by mistake handed him, a■: photograph of bis' betrothed instead of his business• card/'''saying that he represented that': establishment. The. merchant /.examined; it 'earefullr, remarked that it was a,fine.establish-' ment, and returned it to the astonished man] withtfhbpe' that he would soda bo admitted into partnership,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1662, 17 April 1884, Page 2
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306THE MERSEY TUNNEL. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1662, 17 April 1884, Page 2
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