Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1901 — A Tunnel to Monte Cristo's Prison. [ARTICLE]

A Tunnel to Monte Cristo's Prison.

Marseilles talks of having a tube of a new’ description, says a Paris correspondent. Tills will be a submarine line connecting tlie town with the celebrated Chateau d’lf, made famous by Dumas pere's Monte Urlsto. The railway will lie of the electric tubular type. ITlia distance lietwoen Marseilles old port aud the Island on which the castle stands Is a little under one mile, aud tiio steamers take half an hour to do the trip. As visitors would effect an Immense saving of time by the tube, the propouudor of the scheme fully believes that he may couut «i»on carrying 500 passengers to and fro per diem, nnd If tills sanguine estimate Is realized he will thus lx* enabled to cover the enormous expense of the tuuucllug works und make a profit.