, 1879-03-05


administrator. liz eou1l nn]y be removed for
incompetence or tfsilo,1csty, ind he is ne,thcr
Jnco,nprtent nor dIslp,Jcst, Each tfmo TINT n
fucstinr, cnnes bcforc thc Council affecting the
wprks nj par,s The I,rcfcrt summons NJ,
AInh md: fhc rTent cnolncrr r.ninins llla proi.
cets, hi, plans, discusses, takes hls notes, n,al
lie best thing tllu Coupytfora can 10 IL to open
thority.
Thi9 ercst Dcnartmrn. Of The Works OF
Paris. rbich h rally entirely IN tic
hlnJs Of thirtv.six engineers Of Tho ptate,
Mi wo,I.trntrct. inrnrrnfihIn men. who cannot
rot nr1,nnttnn excent h. merit or seniority, Is
tulmftvirra intn s|r scrtinns: Tirst. public
strceta' rub,ir nmt nr,ratn linGttnp. tcinnorury
cunrrss,ons On iba n,hlie strccts. nantatious III
len engineers second nro,ncnaties a0tl piantn-
ttnns ,'rnanont ct,"n...t..ns m ,t n,ihr d.
,naIn'' pcantroi "f .arrtnrcs. Tids section has
clrbt engineers, Thfr,l. wnter and Sewers der
u,ai moet1nci. ,,i.t ris,nt,nn IN pari.. canals,
arauaTT" ,tns,ot,on ~ ~, sew"rnrc. trriva.
tinns. 9ThIs t,,rti,,n hns thIrtccn et1rtnecrs.
Fmirih. n,,ntcinai rn,,wav. Il, and ont al Taris,
Mery.,,,r.(jsr. Two rnrinrers. Sixth. FARO.
XIX rnaJ .nr,c, ~ t,I, nanort,nent ri. th,,
Hrinr. XII H. men txhn nre ninccf in thcse va.
rtons .crrItrs W rcnrrsc,,t wi,at i,ave chilled tic
trci,,,iroI n,l,nnsi rotInt, ti,ev IN mt rhnnrn
wien liz t,nliticai Standardization Changes.
ri,rrr mr." ~ r"nsrnucnrc twt, conservative pic-
meu,s to bo found In our Municipal Govern
1neut; tho first ia tic charactor Of t]c laws,
wlliyl, give au oycrrullng puwrr ~ the prcfccs
The Councillors: tic secontl Is the natural in
ucncu Of thc technical administrators, who are.
Wv y vl.ns e as r a sss sV 5 Va e er pefnss
fec. Of tic Seine; G.at there is anotcr a,im!nts-
traitor, lie rrctect OF Police, in a, ordinary
tow ,shlp tue Mayor l,as all The powcrs which
In Paris are diridci between tic two Projects.
The rrstcst o. Police L, tn q great capital, NJ
poi!co OF tie whole couutry. Crime will always
try to conceal itself III ctics like London and
Paris; our forcata llhcrcs {rcturncd conricts)
ara forbidden to live !n Paris, but they constantly
Is INDISPENSABLE In country like France, Inns It's
centre in l'nrIe. The prefcct OF Police ID niuays
appointed BY thu Government OF the tlny: he i.
essentially q political ad,ninlatrntov. BIZ: nom
Cotncs really a SORT Of MaEtstsute, In that ca
pacfty ho Is In dniIY communication with the
Public Prosecutor Of the tribunal OF Paris (thc
i. 1r @<nfs s , s no.tsr Il. ter! Of q 9scs
men and gel,darnlcs, he l,olils power whicl, Is
nnl must bo surrounded with mystery. Tovtys
you Il mere list of thu various services Of the
Prefecture Of Po!ice would be very ling. All
wish to show here Ia the coupetn Independence
OF this Imperial service Of the Municipal Co1n-
eli Of Fatts.
Tie municipal police ot poris In, 1,,;, agents
In that mum bcr are ,S0oco,nmon m ,,oirc,leu] who
nniircmcn rcceiyed Of th,t am, 10 ots' 'SsG: ,hrv
nnro Lasiica cnuInned AMI nnIfor,unh nn:,
rcrctve zach IN Indemnify Of 1h5 frames
lar 1odEjns. There n:e in Paris
cirhtv.onr Fn1trc Cnmmis zioncrs f.ail.,
fsntn;nfs.n,rcs,. win ~ ,nnnv srrrrtar,ps, vim
en-. rnnlnra tl.,n at earl nin hnurs- Ynn rcrn~.
nize lie Comnssaire by a little trlcoior ijae
hanging over tl,c door, ind In Tic night BY red
Th,.tr snrvicre mai fje INV ~ r1s in In rcor
1s!s M, .msn ri iII 1fs, fson". iI,n f,on,;nis.
sioucr,s novers ,rc almost unlImtfrd: Mi ilc
nersot,s urre.tct y il,c police #, tic strccts md
n nrocc,yerbni of tie tinrlurntlon rf tic noIir.
rnn mi ri ri t,r hi rrpstrj tartiSs mi s",,l.
these rcpurts every 1ny 10 the Prefecture OF 20
lice. Mauy family nltarrcls end in Ills urcsuuce.
siispntes hit wrIn trtntinmrn anil srrranta
e,c .TI,e t,nmmfssionrr H. in fa"t. n .,'r. NJ
jTs,,ca ~ thn pnncn NJ, orlfr,r. In IL. W. tnht
ttnI M,wcrs. n,,ti ca,,nnt hlnteif nfct nuy MN,
fsn1rnnt III. he rn,,. Iv iIis nJyjrr' stnn nunv
nITnfrs NJ ths lcritiuinr. Hc t:no,ra fhr
scr1et, Of rnn,t h.u,srs: ami Il is oniv
,ln" n 3mottrc IN saw thot ,haa;.
,nmlcst scrvn1,ts t,f ts cftv have ALWAYS nrnvet
worthy OF tic greatest confidence. l,lt, though
thcy arc patd out Of t|tu municipal 6udrct. Il
wn,il l,e II ,,rcat nistnkn to think lint Ihr src
nnnofntod ~ tia Muncinal Co,,,rIi. Ti.cyy arc arc
mi eren uni3ontcd bv tLr prcfcct Of tl,r Seine.
'rhey bejotr to tic great Urpartncnt Of Jus;[re.
tic tic sinistoP Of juatisc Il Iii called, u, % tleir
nronntIon ioue,,tl, chiefly On, thetr own ,,irect
| rrhIrf thr I,refrrt Of potire ThU Co,nmissInner
/. IN tndopepucut Of llle electors Of lis o,,ur,er
Of law and order, atu1 he has nothing to fear
| from anybody in tho exercise or hts important
| functions, The CaGfnct OF the Prcfect of Police
las three departments, cnllcd YNreIur. The
first Is almost wholly political, a1Ih iconse-
I hue to- IN snttt