A PARIS BEAUTIFUL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 702, 30 December 1909, Page 5

A PARIS BEAUTIFUL.

THE COST THIRTY-SIX MILLIONS./ By Telegraph-Press'AssoeiaUon-Copyrißh't , ; ' (Rec. December 29, 10.15 p.m.) . '.'■•'.-. Paris, December 29/ The French -Chamber of Deputies, by 350 votes to .33, passed-a Bill authorising . ' the Paris Municipal Council to laiso a :. loan' of i>36,0Q0,000 for the;-purpose 'of . embellishing th© city/and improving the • sanitation. /. ■ 'DETAiLS OF THE SCHEME, " According-'to an earlier estimate, the'l 00 ijiv Paiis'improvement-scheme Mould be .'32 millions. :. A large cprt, of ttie t annual cost of the.expenditure will, it «. proposed, be met : by continuing : the-existence of.certain sinking .funds beyond the ..time-.at: which -they' would' ordinarily expire. A London paper' says: What makes .the scheme peculiarly attractive to the citizens is that, so. far as. extra taxation .is concerned, it will cost comparatively, little. -To carry out this immense public work,- all the Prefect, of the Seine (M. de Selves) asks is that the sinking fund, instituted for the redemp-' tion. of'the municipal loans of 1865 and 1869, may. be permitted to: remain; in existence until 1945. The loans 'themselves . are redeemable in 1910 and, 1929 respec- ! tively. If the sinking funds were-main-E taihed .until the' date 'suggested, the sum .' of i 24,920,000. i would be realised,".-.- ..; Among the improvements contemplated j are the.pulling down of numerous old 3 and , insanitary . quartersjf of the . city, . which are now so-many hot-beds oftconi sumption./ Several new boulevards': and j. streets are to. be created, while others . are to. be.widened-or/' prolonged.: The s : principal; municipal and /other /public, buildings are ; down for extensive repairs. Open spaces aro to be created round the Central Market, the Conservatoire. des '.. Arts et, Metiers; the 'Musee,' Carnavalet, and the Pere la Chaise Cemetery;. It-is a gigantic : enterprise. ■ The Prefect states that- the-chief object is the lessening of the. death - rate from tuberculosis, which ;is alarmingly; high in Paris, and he says :' he feels.suro that this/is. the best,way, '.' of accomplishing, his: purpose. , . '■■>.