TO IMPROVE PARIS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 515, 24 May 1909, Page 5

TO IMPROVE PARIS.

AT POST OF THIETY-TWO .MIILIONB. , (DT TBTiKQIIAFIX~'"rRS3S 4ESOCIAT*ON - "COI , TUIQnT,Ji ;' . ,-■/: :■■'-'■ Parls,'May2U Tho Paris Municipal Council is considerjng a schorao to widen streets in the vicinivy of Centra! Markote, to reconstruct sohools, and to improve tbu poorer quarters of tho city. .'■'.. ■;■ "■ . v .:' ■' ■ ■■•'■■' ,-■ -.• ■ : '. : Tho 'cost of this scheme is estimated' at thirty-two millions sterling. '.'\ : •.'. "\: OBJECTS AND FINANCING : ■■.-■;, SCHEME. . :'':. RAVAGES OF TUBERCULOSIS. Among the imprbvementa contimplated are the pulling down of numerous old and insanitary quarters of tho city, whioh are now so : mahy hot-beds of consumption. Several new boulovards and streets aro.to bo created, whilo others are to. be widened or prolonged. ';«The principal municipal and other pnblio buildings aro down for extonsivo Tepnirs. Open spaces are to bo created ronnd the Central. Market, tho Conservatoire dos Arts otV .Metiers. :■ the Mueeo, Carnavalot, and the Pero la Chaise Cemetery. ■■'■.. It is a Rif?nntio enterprise.. Tho Prcfcot of tho Soine. M; do Solves, states that tho, chief object is the ipEsening of tho death rate from tuberculosis, which is alarmingly ' high {in Paris at the moment; and he says he feels sure'that this, is tho best >yay of accomplishing his purpose. What makes the scheme peculiarly attractive to tho , oitizone isi that, so fur ns'extra taxation is concerned, it.will cost comparatively ; little. To .;■ ciirry out this immoiiEo piiblio work, all the Prefect asks is that tho sinking fund, instituted for the redemption of tho municipal loans of 1865 and 1869, may be permitted to remain in'exist«nco until' 1945. The loans themselves are redeemable , in 1910 and 1929 respectively. If the sinking ' funds were maintained until the date suggested,■■ tho sum of .£24,920,000 would bo realised.