GERMAN LAND-OWNING TOWNS;
For town-planning purposes, German municipalities have power to compulsorily purchase land. Within the last ten years the City of Frankfort haa expended more than £10,000,000 in the purchase of land. "There are no hindrances in the way of land purchases by the municipality (write! Count Bernßtorff), | and the city has always found good Use j for as much landed property as it possesses. It is needed for parks and playgrounds, for docks and warehouses, for electrical works and tramway depots, for hospitals ahd schools. , " The city of Frankfort, with the institutions under its control, possesses within its boundaries, 12,800 acres of land, more than half of the entire area. Outside, the municipality owns 3800 acres, making a total of 16,650 acres. Of this, 8500 acres are covered with wpod, which will probably be used for building purposes. The largest part of the timber is produced by the municipal forest.' 1
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 110, 10 May 1913, Page 12
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