The reports of the committee, which has been investigating the question of.a tunnel under the mediately. " 2 English Channel, will be issued im-
The committee "has considered the economic, engineering and geological aspects of the matter and newspapers understand that the committee approves the project and sees no insuperable difficulty in the way lof the construction of a tunnel in any of these respects.
'According to- the unofféial forecasts, it is recommended that a pilot' tunnel be first driven under the Channel as an experiment at an estimated cost of £5,000,000. It is suggested that the construction of the Channel tunnel proper, which is expected to cost £25,000,000, should be left to private enterprise.
When the report is presented to. Parliament there will be the military aspects of the project to be considered, Mar. 14.
'The Channel' Tunnel Committee report has been published. The report accepts the tunnel as the best form for cross-Channel traffic and declares that the technical and geological difficulties of the scheme are perfectly surmountable.—The report recommends that the first essay should be with a trial pilot tunnel costing about -£5,500,000, to be followed, if successful, by two traffic tunnels costing £25,000,000, The costs of the scheme should be amortized by trafic and freight rates not exceeding those at present charged by the cross-Channel steamers. The report ends with the remark that the construction of would employ a thou-workmen for five years and six thousand for three years, thus relieving unemployment, while the Channel Turmel would be of inestimable benefit to British trade and the costs of maintenance would not exceed £500,000 a year. Wireless through Reuter A Private. Enterprise London, Mar. 14.
The Official" Commission investi.
ing the feasibility of a tunnel under the English Channel recommends that the work be carried out by private enterprise, with Govern ment financial assistance.
The Commission expresses, the opinion that a tunnel covid be built, maintained, and operated econom cally and, by creating new traffic, thus increasing trade, would be of intage to Britain.
Lord Ebbisham contributes a dissenting minute, opposing the scheme on economic grounds—Reuier.
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