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Show t ALPS ARE PIERCED BY ANOTHER TUNNEL t r , ri tr.,:. .CT r.- ... J-P ,.v..'-: s , , '' - j ii-V-e. -" '"--- '. -r'- ' A!iVrt' IWt V JTV , ;. 7.,.,: itZf.f , ,v ,r. .f-V' rf - V " J .- . ?v. ' ? - it- ' ' " ' T'vk - '7 y r 4-. ' .tl " ' X .- . .'" '-.""" '..'.' ? ,i',i ,.v. , ,; ' . - , ' - ' u i ' w WIIK on thn ljotarbberg tunnel, the third longeit In Kurope, Ii prngreialm io well that the opening of tbli bore through the Alp hai been let for May I, 1911. At VT.o o rlm k one inirnliiK not long nun the two boring IMitlcn nn-l. When Ihe llrat aniall hole had been mndo through Ih Barn between llit Iwn, t hief Kngmeer nlnrcuu. In chnrKo of the inuth party, waa handid a'btinch of Alpine floivri by Kuutuier llothplnta. In clurgo of the nnrll.ern party. Then the chief engineer pamed thrniiKh the openlnc ami euibiiieed lila colliingue. The ' other wurki ri followed. The tunnel, which tnlcei In name Iroin the I.ouhrn I'iim, under w hich It rum, panel romewhnt to tho eaiu of the It.ilinliiirn. a 12. nun foot high peak, and Ii over ilno and one fourth mlloi In length. The Slmplon Ii three and one-fourth mllva loiiger; the Ht Untbard a quarter tulle longer. 1'nllke other Alpine tiiiiticti. It la curved. Itn courie having bi-un dUurted owing to a great dlnnier of July, llttiK. when by an accident, tho Kander river waa tapped and the water, running Into the workings kiled 2.pi men. The renult of Ibe work ' will be n number of luoillllcutloni In tho luiernniloniil railway trulllc of cinlral Kurope. |