Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 September 1889 — To Bridge the English Channel. [ARTICLE]

To Bridge the English Channel.

Some years ago plans for a tunnel under the British channel were pat before the public and the vast project would doubtless have been executed but for the caution of the government authorities, who feared the dangers of an invasion through such a roadway. Now comes a project, which seems to be well reckoned, for a bridge about 23 miles long from Gape Gris nee to Folkestone. -The estimated cost of a bridge 100 fret wide, with four tines of rail and a carriage why, Is $72,000,000. Eveh if amount, it is likely the traffic would justify the expenditure.— Boston Herald. '