The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-08-03
5latiuaal 9epmblitan.


According TO Baron laussInann's
late statement, the supcriiciCs Of the
French capital is 1870 hcctarcstcach p
gcros), Of which Paris proper covers
Si02, and the annexed zone 4 400. The
network Of public streets measures
lineally $50 kilometres leach ive-eighth9
Of milo), spreading over a surface OF
1924 square kilometres. The thorough
fares opened within the last fifteen years
extend to l3G kilometres. A great num-
Der of streets are still without footpaths
because the total length Of the sidewalks
in Paris is only 1858 kilometres, or 272
leagues; whereas, II all were provided
there wouldbe an extent Of 424 leagues
OF walking paths. A length Of l3l kilo-
metres is planted and shaded by 95,57I
trees, forming whit is termed the aligne-
nent. The public promenades and
squares Of Paris occupy total space of
1888 hectares, Of which the Bots de Bou-
lOnge covers SAT, that OF Vincennes 500,
the Park Of the Buttes. Choumon. rs, the
completed grounds of Mounts uris Is,
and the Park de Monceau g. The
lighting Of the public streets is effected
by 80, $50 lamps, ofwhich 80, 800 arc gas
and 500 oil. or coal, 800, 900 tons are
consumed annually in the gas works Of
Paris The capital consumes at present
$50 million litres Of water leach little
more than q quartz every twenty four
hours; and il will receive 100 million
itrcs additional when the waters of the
Vanne shall have been brought in and
the two artesian wells at the Buttes-aux-
Cables and the Place Hebert are at work
yielding supply. The number o:reser-
voirs is seventeen, capable ofcontaining
in the aggregate 244 millions of litres;
but for city like Paris that reserve is
insignificant, since ii represent no more
than single days consumption. There
arc in Paris $3.50 kilometres of water
pipes and conduits ofvarious dimension.
The sewerage extends TO SIG kilometres,
ofwhich distance l76 are lofty and broad,
provided with rails and suitable boats.
There are 1912 educational establish
inCnts, comprising lT4,620 pupils; the
charitable houses have ,260 beds; and
the Bureaux de Renaissance distributed
aid in 1867 to t05, lls Judgment persons.
RUSSIAN RAILwAYs.-A letter from st.
Petersburg Gays: Great activity has
prevailed since the month of May last
along thewholc Of the projected railway
between koursk and Tnganrog. The
laborers arrive in crowds from the North
ern provinces, and already exceed forty
thousand. - The success ofthe operation
to which the weather has contributed
has surpassed the expectations of the con
tractors. The telegraphic line, of which
all the materials arc on the spot, was.
expected to be completed by the end Of
June.
The station at kharkor is commenced.
Tho health ofthe workmen leaves nothir g
to be desired. Nevertheless. several
hospitals are being constructed at dis
tances Of about twenty miles apart. The
arrival ofthe rails is daily expected. On
the other side, the line from Odessa is adj
yNncing rapidly toward the Dnieper.
do not speak, be it understood, ofthe one
from Balta TO Kiei, which has been let to
a foreign contractor, and which goes on
but slowly, but of that from Balta to
hrementchough, being executed by Rus
sian engineers. The first train bringing
materials for the last section of the line
arrived few days ago at Elizabethgrad
from Olyiopol amid the shouts Of the in.
habitants.