| Show CROSSING clao ciro NG THE crannel Cn Ci ANNEL rANNEL yog englishmen ipen and frenchmen are concerned about the methods of crossing the english channel between england and france prance it is a narrow but tempestuous piece of water say about as wide as from here to the point of the mountain south of this city it has been heretofore crossed of late years 1 in 1 U small steamers which almost invariably insure the unpleasant affliction of seasickness sea sickness to lands people eople various methods have been been suggested of avoiding or nullifying this unpleasant attendant of the channel passage one is the construction of piers on each shore suitable for the largest steamers so that by the use of such vessels the the liability to sea soa sickness would be reduced to 4 a minimum another is the construction of a subterranean tunnel through the chalky el ed of the channel A third and tho the latest is the construction of an artificial isthmus between the two shores leaving a small space in the centre for the passage of ships it is estimated that the construction of such an artificial isthmus or more proper y twin pro promontories promontory montor les ies or peninsulas would not cost much more than bering a tunnel while the advantages would be much greater in many respects all three are magnificent projects the two last especially but the ast first seems the most feasible and most sensible next the second and the tunnel the least desirable of all for many people would have insuperable objections to taking passage that way if the tun tunnel nel nei were an accomplished fact and a success of course if it a ten or twelve mile pier or promontory were thrown out olit from each shore the railway would be carried along it as it would along a tunnel but lo 10 look ok what a mountain of earth would have to be carried into the sea to accomplish the promontory project |
