People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1895 — Talk of a Very Long Tunnel. [ARTICLE]

Talk of a Very Long Tunnel.

Ottawa, Ont., March 20.—1 t is stated here that an effort is being made in Newfoundland to add enormously to the demands of the colony when the terms of its admission to the dominion are considered. The latest proposition is that Canada should tunnel the straits of Belle Isle in order to give the island all rail connection with Canada. This, it is urged, would confer special advantages upon Canada, greatly reducing the sea voyage to England and rendering it possible to convey passengers from Montreal to Liverpool in 108 hours. Where it is proposed the tunnel is to be built the straits are about twelve and a half miles wide and the land formation is said to be favorable to the undertaking.