Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 March 1891 — Proposed Tunnel Under the Thames. [ARTICLE]

Proposed Tunnel Under the Thames.

Sir Benjamin Baker, who was instructed by the London bounty Council to advise upon the practicability of carrying out the Blackwall tunnel scheme, has at length Completed his labors, and his report has been issued to the members of the county council. It is chiefly based on observations of tunnels of a similar character in America, one of which has been successfully completed at Sarnia, while the other is in progress under the Hudson River. Sir Benjamin, who has only recently returned to England after inspecting these works, concludes from his observations that the proposed tunnel from Blackwall to Greenwich is entirely practicable. Sir Benjamin Baker reccomends that in the .first place a tunnel should be constructed of sufficient size to accommodate two lines of vehicular traffic, and that foot passengers should be provided for by a separate tunnel. —Hearth and Hall. To Chinamen is attributed the saying that all the sustenance the human system requires is rice, vinegar, and 01L