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Show rroMv Tuiuisl Ciiderllbraltr. The atato ilepartmcnt hu receUcJ reports convey. tiff Information o i0 tho propoicil tu until from Kurope to Africa utulcr the atralU of (iltralUr from Mr. Oeorco Murp.ij. consular cleric at Mnilpelmri:, (Icrmnnj. jr Herller, tlie Freneti ctiginccr, who hst aubmltted the proposal of this project to the irovcrnii.cnta of Spain and Morocco, Mo-rocco, U aatri to havo perfect co&fliieocq In tho feasibility of tho plan The chief dinicully, tha ventilation of aubmarino tuuucl. Mr Heritor heiUvM ho "an overcome by a ace rot process ot ulAwn. To entlro coat of tho tunnel alone Is nprYOxtmutril nt o.tr 5J3.O00.OO0, nntl of tho connecting rallroud lluu between bpaTn and Alfflcra at about 5U.0O .000. Tl! French preas U said to crltlclao jhroject unfnorub.y on the ground Hl0WMr. Herller has overestimated the enrpTafr power of the road, mid that It seems hardly credible that tho pnasen-pc pnasen-pc rami freight tralllo bctwren Trance KndlAliTcrla could Iw diverted to this lutllrcot anil expensive route |