Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 November 1901 — The Scotch-Irish Tunnel. [ARTICLE]

The Scotch-Irish Tunnel.

The project of a Scotch-Irish tunnel is again under discussion In the United Kingdom. There is no longer any question as to the practicability of the undertaking, as many engineers of celebrity have pronounced it entirely feasible. In the recent engineering congress the views of such ex perts as Barton, Mansergh, and Fox were given freely on the subject. Mr. Barton favored a marine tunnel and held that one might be constructed and put in working order between Wigtownshire in Scotland and the County Antrim coast in Ireland within a dozen years. Sir Douglas Fox was confident that less trouble would be encountered from water than had been met with in the case of the tunnel under the Mersey, or that under the Severn. Sir James Mansergh was of the opinion that there would be less trouble from water in a submarine tunnel than in one nearer the surface of the earth. All held that the problem of ventilation could easily be solved by electric power. To commend anarchist crime in a public square is a punishable offense according to French law.