Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1912 — To Join Black and Caspian. [ARTICLE]

To Join Black and Caspian.

Swiss engineers have convinced tho Russian government that it is perfectly feasible to bore a tunnel through the Caucasian mountains near Tilflis, in order to join the Black and Caspian seas. This will be a tremendous undertaking, as the tunnel will be about sixteen miles in length, and the Russian government had practically decided thgt it was beyond the limit of reality. However, the Swiss experts have reported that the tunnel could be built within seven years without much difficulty, but at a great expense. A Paris firm of bankers, it is understood, is supporting the enterprise which will be P nt Into execution about the early part of 191’