29

8 ft. could be constructed for

about £10 per foot run. Length

d

of tunnel is estimates at 6,000

feet and cost of tunnelling

therefore would be £60,000.

This will replace expenditure on

excavation, concreting, and

special joints in Armstrongs

Tender for cross-harbour pipe line

would

working at £72,160. There will,

therefore, probably be a saving

as compared with the more

expensive pipe line. The

advantages of subway are that it

would be large enough to take

gas mains and electric cables as

well as two water pipes, that

pipe lines would be readily

available for inspection and

repair and that information

gained in constructing subway

would be useful in construction

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