The Dickinson press., 1889-07-06
DEMoLIsHlNG NAPLES.
"A Large Portion of the Italian City to
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"A Large Portion q ftl,c Italian City to he
Destroyed aud Rebuilt.
LONDON, July 2.-The city of Naples
in Italy has Lcgun housekeeping on q
scale never before paralleled in the his
tory of municipalities in any part of the
globe. The plans contemplate the
Demolition of $4,000 Houses
and two churches in the most thickly
settled and most squallid parts of the
city where the narrow streets filled with
perennial filth breed pestilence and
death. 1t is proposed to erect in their
stead we'll built houses and to lay out
fine brood streets that will let in the air
and the sunshine to the inhabitants.
Naples is the most thickly populated
city in Europe and the quarter to be
thus renovated contains now a popula-
ton of 10S. 900 or Gu0 to the acre. 1t is
proposed to
Reduce This Population
just one-half. All of the people residing
in these slums have received notice to
quit and when the work has been COM
pleted the new buildings will probably
have an entirely new set Of occupants.
A new street a mile and a half long ard
ninety feet wide. twice the width Of any
existing street in Naples, is to be run
through the district now temporarily
depopulated. The cost of this immense
Improvement will be enormous and is to
be borne largely by the Italian govern
ment. The work to be done involves
the
Destruction of 144 streets
and the widening of 121 others. The
total or partial destruction of Sc fondaci
or slums and 527 isolated groups of
houses. The payments which will have
to be made to the of the houses
to be torn down, for their appraised
value will alone amount to IS, $50, 900.
Add to this the cost Of the work of de-
molition and Il the
Streets and Squares to BE Land Out
and it will be seen that this is the most
expensive piece of house cleaning ever
undertaken. Although the public inaug.
uration of this great enterprise took
| place owe q week ago when King Hum
bert and his son the Prince of Naples,
went from Rome to take part in the
ceremonies attending it, the real work
has now only began, when nearly
10000 Laborers
were set to work tearing down the filthy
old rookeries in the doomed quarter.
This Improvement is expected will take
four years to complete, but when fin
ished il will make the city one of the
most desirable from a sanitary point of
view, in Europe, instead of what it now
is, the very worst. The Improvements
have been in contemplation ever since
the cholera epidemic Of 1884, which SO
thoroughly demonstrated their necessity,
but it vas not until two months ago that
the Italian parliament passed a bill au.
thorizing the work.
n Carlina,ate for Archbishop Corrigan.
New YORK, July "A letter from
Rome dated June Is, and published here
Sunday, alleged that Archbishop Corri,
gan had been summoned to Rome by
the pope. The letter went on to say thai
the pope intended to make Archbishop
Corrigan a cardinal and that he would
surely be included by the pope amone
the next batch of cardinals created. The
archbishop. according to this letter. was
to arrive in Rome toward the middle OF
latter end of July. The main reason fol
making the archbishop a cardinal, this
letter said, was because he was in accord
with the pope in the determination Of
the latter to have foreign professors il
the Catholic university at Washington
Watertown.-Plow works are to he es-
tablished here at once and will give en-
ployment to 100 men.
Woonsocket.-lt is rumored that C. H.
Van Tassel Of this county will. in a few
days receive the appointment of deputy
revenue collector for South Dakota.