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Show AMERICAN PIPE WILL CARRY OIL FOR PARIS I HAVRE, France, Dec 26. Construction Con-struction of the 126-mile pipe line from Havre to Paris to bring petroleum din ' I from the Normandy seaport to ths capita Is to begin this month. The contractors hope to have finished the prlcipal part of the work within six months, but It will not be possible to operate it before a year. The Hno is to bo laid along the high road from Havre to Pnri- three feet below tho urlace At Havre and Paris there will he ten tanks of a ca-'paclty ca-'paclty of 35,000 barrels each, and six I tanks of a similar capacity will be I stationed along the route. at the ,pumplng stations which will also be six In number. Trench digging machines sent to France bv the American army will be used In laving the pipes which with th tanks and pumps are being sent from America |