Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1887 — The Port Huron Tunnel Scheme. [ARTICLE]

The Port Huron Tunnel Scheme.

Some time ago brief mention was made of the projected railroad tunnel under the river at Port Huron. The construction of this tunnel would cause a great reduction in the cost and time of transferring trains over the St. Clair river at this point, which is now done by two raihoad feilies running from Point Edward on the Canadian side to Port Huron on the American side. The completion of this work will have an important effect on transportation between the Western and Eastern States, and also between Canada and the growing west, as the route by way of Port Huron to and between Detroit and Buffalo or Toronto will be only eight miles longer than the direct route across the river at Detroit and Windsor, while the extra distance will be more than made up by the saving of time in running through the tunnel. During the winter the work of sinking large shafts on both the American and Canadian sides of the river has been prosecuted, until now a depth has been reached from which the work of driving a horizontal excavation under the river from each side can be commenced. The machinery and timber necessary in making the excavation for the trial heading, or cylindrical tunnel, six feet in diameter, which will be cut under the river, are on the group. This small tunnel will be constructed for the purpose of testing the earth through which the main tunnel will be constructed. It will take six months to build the heading, and if the result is satisfactory work on the large tunnel Will he begun at once. In that case it is expected that the tunnel will be completed and open for traffic by the latter end of 1888 or early in 1889.

The tunnel will be over one mile in length. 2,310 feet being under the river, 1,810 feet under dry ground south of the city limits of Port Huron and 1,160 fe?t on the Canadian sijje. Fifteen hundred feet of the portion under the river will be almost level, falling eastward only enough to cause any water that gets into the tunnel to run to the Canadian side. The total length of the ascent on the American side will be 4,900 feet, and on the Canadian side 4,970 feet The length of the open cutting or approach at the Port Huron end Of the tunnel will be 2,820 feet, and the Canadian _ end 3,270 feet The depth of the lowest part of the tunnel below the surface of the water will be 81 feet, which is 15 feet higher than it was expected it would be on account of anticipated quick sands and water-pockets, but the .borings made in the river last winter showed that the material was good and that the tunnel could be built so much higher. The minimum depth of the top of it below the bed of the river will be 15 feet. It will have a clear internal diameter of twenty feet, and will have a single track. It was at first proposed to construct a two-tracked tunnel, but careful estimates of the cost were given, showing that two single-track tunnels could be built cheaper than one doubletrack tunnel. If this tunnel is a success, and the traffic becomes profitable, the company intends to build a second one. The tunnel is being built by a private company, and will cost about $1,500,006. It is. probable, however, that the leading roads will form a pool and obtain control of it after its comThe progress of the work is being watched with keen interest, as great changes are likely to be occas oned by its successful operation, possibly the duplicating of the tunnel at Detroit at whatever cost. There the condition of the ground beneath the river fed is not so favorable as at POTt Huron— N".

Aa excellent. temperance law ■ ent into < IAA ia Mimmsntn, July i-t. The minimum license in c:.: -: of 14\OGOor more, ik? 1,000 .a! in smslkr }A ces £.»00. maawMn’r—wc.iwmri Joliet, lil., hatfagfiin re-adopted - '■? sljOQj liceiise rate, and it will he made higher when it is chaug- . .-. :.t all. Ike ci’.y c m:-- i' has s 30 just pass d an ordinance .pro-, liioiliiig all games of biHiirfds, p vol. cards Ac in the saloons.

in the Allen circuit court the Lhu.cmian onto got anoibei 1 lack . yej the jitTy bringing in a verdict f?r the defendent on note for $240. In the face of repeated adverse • . ns t'.. re is little pro-?ect of B.Eeniain oats notes being pressed the courts of that county. r were four narrow escapes '■am disastrous fines in business of this town during, the. month of June! Such phenomenally good luck can not always last. S,. ; ;ucr or later the vital live or ten minutes will slip by before : i.c Arc is d’r’coveie,!, and a dis-. as luv AV-ill rcsu it,, or .at least ZSvin if mUHUS for nfe-' ."ciding other than we now have.’ ’crynanniH l * TtmnMi wwmai . i. no people in li:? A.: .1 n wh > cl. ’risk 1 ss of the anim-’ ' -e. /. '. ". ao- :.?n\- '_•.-■ lj. lb tirnv geon foehi-rgs towards’ their adversaries th .hattje, than .rc the Vi ion spididrs: .but at the 1 ti:,,. |g ...< BP pc. ;■!.• w ■ “much opp<W 7 ~d b > svnddtig bh.ek.the■ . x.d bought battle-flags to the 1 gt : r.. to i . lib : ; i.iiired and ex?ii: it.'tt~t7rairtiine" us emblems of brave and heroic, druggies in a-cause wk’.ii wi&ke- ” <!.i up ’awytrsTTHid’ r■. A.;. 1 nv-e ’■ natural obj -ns upon, the part of the soldiers were greatly hight- - 1..:.'. Grdei for the retain: cmin .t . d fr-ia. t! ! *■ £_iOlj.4. til—II", gxidi» ”3-4’. C ’I ; ’ -a evi-. .’.-mtwant of sympathy for. Union oldiers and their cause i - - rd e - dviUiSTelHmf tSf'objCet of "their .. imost unit ersal'dislike. it is a wise aikl/piops;• thing io for any tewii to b-ore for gas bXtet has any Teaser ■. l . v prospect! " ? finding if; but wh?n S.<• pt . p’< of any town have-fonnd the desirr.ble substance; and ha,c y t a single well large enouglf t' supphnall. ■ : wan-s. feu: or i. . times uriePwell mid letting tkeirproduer- - run 10. .TVasfej CT’tiiehi'ly r.” -tbe-gas-icims of this rt&tFHteT'ifoA r.ti n.?f ~[ ‘4m most si upend-r= folly, abd • l>”o<lnct of organic matter and it •

is contrary to all reason and all hurnan knowledge to suppose that it is inexliaiirtibh in aiiy given locality. It must fail some time and when SSO,(MX) woyth are running to waste every day, as is n®w the jease in Indiana, the time of its exihaU'tion is being brought nearer :i rate inexcurtibly rapid. Charlie lutl'Crte, that habitual rtud\b : pente criininal, who was r. ‘.-'i i IL- : s. !;u r.- -q.e ~a v .; -g, , ♦< r ••cke;-j i-ckii.g, was, not long since, after a long series of crines, : at last sent to the 'peuitenthiry i from o e of the south west couri- ■ ties, for seven years f»r robbery, i but lately the Supeme court rc» ' -.•rsc 1 the seiiionce, on the fcllowii./ ihi.t.wliiiik-fility: 'll; • prosi ling judge, imraediaetly after the J ry which convict-<1 him had retired into the jury room io consider their verdict, called them b c'< mid <'ave them a word or p. • of instruction, on a point which he Lad previously forgotten and hi calling l iijak the jury ho neglected to have the -prisoner present. For ibis i.oglpci ihe case xras reversed. It is the defeat of justice through such miserable technicalities a> this which jicrmits half the i rimes committed in this state to g > unpunished, and which indirectly, is the cause of a very large pr. -poi\ion of such crimes. If the '> i i h • . mb ■c.impel judges to reverse just venHcfsXgainst criinInals mi such quibbles as Ll.'. - , then it is high time the laws were amen h d. Oil Jeif Davis, in a speech Monday, said that the Confederate troops fought for constitutional rights, and that their descendants should never permit them to be bramled as rebels or traitors. The attempt by the Southern people to disrupt the Union was as clear),v a rebellion as any in ttieworld’s history, as the word reb Ilion is defined and generally undev.-ioo.l, and people engaged in a rebellion are necessarily sub - ject to the term of rebels, although the word, need rot bo taken as a term of reproach. Aa to the word

t’. it ought not to be applied to the masses of the Southern people. 'J%ey struggled long and bravely in an utterly, wrong and wicked cause, but still they thought they were right, and it would bo unjustly harsh to errtb thenitraitom; but for the lenders like Davis, who planned and plotted their treason for years, (even .while they took their perjured oaths to support the constitutionj to destroy tire Union just as soon as they w.we4Uial io to control it, and to found uyftni the shores of the Gulf of.dtleiico a mighty • empire founded upon slavery and aristocracy. the title of tra-ifors sfontkl always be thei r portion and their tre.a.-..>n should forever be male odious.

A newspaper BjUeuiiim of l)am-v-!k\I!l., published, iiumt’diately .liter ike late h;ittle-llag iuci-ieHt, Jt iT rS'. ii Davis in which the ait--e+Jdit - s ■mc coys ir uctvJ at as made ■ t-.v exp-rcss opinions against returnii gThe Hags, the following senU*:*<■•' jmniiniLng the .gist of the io;n •: . “ L’iiCro is no precedent in the ...msiA..:‘y..o:.- way for -I±temrdmentiter <tf those li :gs, and they really -bei- r.g to the several Northern states v. n dtte m, and should be preset yt-d- in dpit'il.' < ' these states. - ' I: was inciwiii J, . c t\.- o f t i. : -.'.tj).ivis, would enter:.du t.nd oxyicss any opinions so entirely at. variance with those held by ex-c-ou-x-eelm’Ates—genciiAUv, and-Davis himsdf promptly published a letter. • we'r his own signature, in a -the Danville,- 111., letter'a base for-’ _gv-iw.. and the sentiments it expressed opposed: ti t r. ’iy ~j. itimi.aU’.llL'l; liJr ilimral of Davis' v.;.;. was put la§ widely as me forged letter which caiied it out, we still find alleged news--ptrpd'.s K ._likii j ike__N<mdFsci'jpt of i a genuine letter and ignoring the demal. Ike Benton Ileview Gai;. |

other which treats the forged letter as genuine, and speaks with great scorn of about “Clovernor Foraker , General Tuttle and other fellows” ; finding ‘'themselves standing on I the same platform with Jeff Dav- | . U. . 1 .. ... • . 1& L— L— — UA _ r ..v-.|. •. . r'y .-f ", The editor of the Review, byi the-wny, makes great pr<)f(:ssions ! of p'ersonal righte-msness and honi or, ami is a Sunday School Superijdcmh nt -iiiii i.n active <i:urch meminii , we wonder if he will have ! religion ehougii to tell his read- ; ers that the Davis Udter is a fraud, ■or will he allow tbe falsehood to ! stand uncorrected, the s.ame as ho i docs'in the case of his declarati >n ' that Gen. Uarnalrhn was indicted for advising the theft of tally : sheets, wheu lie can't help but . know by this time, if he knows anything at all, that he was not indict-- J for any such t hhig. ' . " 1 ' Am->ith ? wo: as ut towday., tb-xe ! arc few in-iee'’., who have not heard us I the merits, of I’xhikrv .Aiilßark...:>.nd. Berries, as a housr-hoM remedy. Teas sad tii'Aik' 1 nave i. s :i nnde <.f them ■tor contur:? ‘"i iiwiii’.-; farr.i1 lies have formed the role reliance in I rheumatic and kidmy disciis s. Prick ■ !y Arh Bitters now take theniaee otth.e old system and is mm-e beneficial in all troubles of this natv.ro. rT.on:.iT?:';T'‘-N. H.i <. ’s. ? ?. ■Messrs. E. .1. < 'i’l'iu*'' &<’<•»., i wlcbb, (). Have bk.. 11..!'.'., '.io!,. :i > a’ll r.iy H-e: am 1 . years . <■!. Had asthma J 1 years .T:i,l -In •e.l.'ul - >u. it i'-.j ' Have tak. n evt-.-rthi!'”: " i'- > rie it- : . s-iri-vrs: I' h.-.vo declare I v.ii i : ■<■ ■■'■ -S i-ci ; ! s;:ve d-iiie nnt’ i;.,. hili iiVl-j i ■ ■■' ei'’3 ’■ s' .. 51 B. 'll W- r: -t < ■ • ’ -s :i 17-ie - asi 1. 1 >• 'h f.rr rtir Wr-ny-the Wy I got TTiiTTVi : far.-TCCW’'i".“TTTWt - T'T7 T TFrTii:ii'TFfTOf T~ h- vMilii. anyway ami t!s".t i v.-inld try v-.ur im.'-iicjn.i.’.. 1 was xi-r-v l.;r<. li ■ >~i.fieri il ■:’.■■■■' i -s :I: -s; e • res I i saw Jimi's -(’tn srih Cni'e. .ith criised iti the ; ai ,tcr emi I'numii-w-il takivjpt. I-wi nW liave been Under tin- ground t i-aay ii it ha ! not been -■lnr-thnts-coughing■ sin.tnf-. Iu breathitig n>y ’lead feels v. til ai d I ;;m veil It has-done me a thousand dollars 1 worth of good. There are ten of jnv Mends, <>:i seeing v.-hht it liad-tlvne for nie. :ir • !-i!,i»x i*. :<>,<’.• it i~ li- t|u::g tTumi. I only w. e\ei yieie, wlm has eataiTh. asthma arrd.-a b;vl <•<>■<irlicruild see me. so that I eoufil t/il them ail t<> take it. Ali that kn.nv me here know how J liafe sutl'crcd. J.l have been here since IS.'.s.i a:.il-.ty t-> n-e that "1 am so y’a'i you fmiml -.»■ n.-rli leg tti.it emild i iife voa “ Everyone says, ••how niiie'h better you look.” The iloetoi-s siiy-they are ..git,d I. found,Hall’S Catarrh Cure aS tfray COT’.M'Vfrt 'cure mo. 1 can not txj ress my gratitude to yon for ’he piled 'Hall'S Catarrh Cure has done m 3. You (•rin use as much of this letter as will do the :ifJlifcte.d gtwd.< Ihintis-h it tn the ivitofo world— it" is all true and they • liould know it.

JOSEPHINE CHRISMAN.

406 East North street.