New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-14
TOPICS IN PARIS.
MR.. GLADSTONE-TIIE TARIFF-A Nohi Il
SPAIN RAILWAY.

a. T. .l ol,;oct of os much ait nti1n as thous"
J.. ,o.o Ving 80 ENGLAND A special tram IS "c
his orders. fer which lie is moi eAp'c'eu - p"1
ANYTHING When he makes an excursion " ~
noint of interest tire Mayer and Common N0"
n,yait him at the railway station WIN "h"' 80
AID hi iiary ponp they can muster 'o' 49,
,ae Queen" and s. In MarseillaiSe' are piAS'' -
a band, and a hapngnc delivered ""c"
r.,,nd CJ Nan i, expcctod to answer. lie Is most
c,r,fnl not 10 let himself he drawn mo SNl"S
anythiag Which might prove bar to n!cnoll TO
lo,iors with the Court of Berlin were he again l"
lower. lie contrived not TO let NJ. Leon ''S,
,bcn Tint eminent senator entertained MN 10
Pan oc, one wori out OF him which might give
,;s. to tie hopc here should Gladstone Nap,ie'
.ucc,sd the pgpsrat one, that a scuttn'9 Poi"S
il, F0vut would lie a consequence. IL Is J'AO
,ossiDIo that he intends to scuttc, II Eie rlT"'"
zion . treaty which will prevent thcm IRON ih''i
fcrjng IN Egyptian affairs any more tran 'n'E NV
mcIdicl in those of Belgium siGce 1880. DIV ,n'
is not wnat they want; 50 that after an W.
Gadstcn, will have to keep in the Me Dci'a' III
tie tracks OF Lord Salisbury.
II may lie of interest 10 say few words apouo
| ,bc pcvrout Damascus and Iianran Railway, which
| i IN 10 made by the French Ottoman Railways
| Company There has been an Issue of l2o,ooo
! bonds at $50 each for the carrying ont oil inns
scheme The railway is TO run al the i0ot OF 'i'e
northern and eastern spurs Of Mounts Le"lnoh
and Ilcrmcn. 1t is q land OF nnuvalied agrcui-
| tural wealth The French Government eXer'cd' III
q direct manner, its Influence on the side OF the
company issuing the bonds, 10 insure theiT pelhg
| subscribed They have been taken mp mere Dy
| : 600 PERSONS as a solid investment IL Is en-
pcrtcd that the line will I've completed IN ABOUT
two years time French army corps occupied
| ntro
by the jealousy Of Great Britain from staying
there. cannot help thinking that the arrival
of an Fast Mediterranean or Lcvantlnc French
sonadron is with view TO repeat that occupancy
for the protection of the French interests lnVONeo
| in the Eevrout Damascus and Nanran Railway.
Should France Ike able 30 seize upon North SYRIA
she will have ample compensation for her failure
! 10 possess the Nile Dclta.
The Paris Corporation have resolved 10 Issue
another municipal loan. 10 an amount TINS time
Of S24 000. 900 This is in order 90 carry ont tie
| policv Of street improvements and external en-
| bclliShmcnts begun thirty years ago on Snch
princely scale by the Emperor Napoeon's favorite
Minister, and pursued under the Republic by
disciple Of the latter, VI Applaud. who died few
months aro Twcntv,fonr millions is a small
sum when we consider what still remains 30 he
done: but il is as much rs Paris can afford Just
now this city having been somewhat overtaNcd
by the lavish Baron liaus,mann and blcd by the
Germans in 1871, who imposed upon 1t war
| fine of $4O.OO0OOO. BY far the most urgent task
| which confronts the streets-improving cor
poration will be the finishing of the Rue Reaumur.
which has been ON rhc taps for the last twenty
five years bat has been put of time after time
! for lack OF monty This street starts from the
| Boulevard an Temple thorouCharc in the east
part of the city. close - The great working dis
| trict Of D'lcvillc. and stops abruptly near the
Museum Of Arts and Manufactures. II
is proposed. pursuant to W. Alphaud's old plan.
| 20 produce the Ruc Rcaumur in a straight line
westward 10 the Plac' de Ia Bourse New lines
| Of tramwoys and omnibuses will be opened. and.
~ rs the Metropolitan railway scheme re-
ccycs parliamentary sanction. underground
! railway following the Rue Rcanmur will enable
| clerks and workmen TO proceed from their Offices
aud shops in a few minutes Tire west and the
east Of Paris are al present connected by two
streets on,y-omittng the rouadabout way by the
outer Boulcyards Thc-c arteries a:c the Rue
dc Royli and the inner Roucvards. which. at the
| broadr,t part. are about a mile apart. The new
tioroughfarr which will be a continuation Of the
| RE dc Quatrc Scptembre. one Of the spokes
II which the Pc Gc IOpcra Ii the Eub. will pro-
| vide n third channel OF communication. and Will
/ ease thc Bouicvar = ~ pllt # their traffic.
The Ruc Rcaumur will eat through some of the
most active business streets OF Paris. such as the
rucs dAboukir. IL CARY. Din Sentier and
! Nontmartra. names wcll-llnown 70 New-iork
| firms in connection with the best, the oldest and
wca,hicst wholesale linen Diapers weavers, silk
merchants, lacc-makcrS of the French capital.
! Somewhat further on the Rae Reaumur will in
.cr.rct an old aud quct-Oolling street with houses
lating from before the Revolution. This il the
! ILL ..l.., ,.alttY
Lnt in the la.i century ore OF the most famous of
| lie 3ptal II was - Paris what Wall Street
= 10 Nav-Yor; or Lombard Street to London
| The district IS maze of dark and narrow streets.
| reminding one of the narrow alleys of Cheapside
| n Louton. The houses are dingy and the apart
ncnt. low. In the thickcst part of this pile of
hoU~c+. peaceful and secluded III the very midst
Of this great and noisy city, Is the old Cour dies
| Miracles. which every reader of Victor Hugo's
Notrc Dame de Paris will rccOllcct as the resort
! in tic sixteenth century of all the professional
beegars Of the capital. But the ever rising price
| Of ground here has driven away their SUCCESSORS
to other haun(s and made the Cour dies Miracles
| respectable Still an air OF romance hangs about
! it, and amid Che siy-story business palaces or
two Old houses have been allowed TO stand rs
relic, Of ;hc past But they. too, must lie pulled
down. for modern Paris requires plenty of air.
and room is required for the Rue Reaumur.
Ii IN calculated that tn re is Spanish wine enough
| accumulated at the little frontier station of la
| IIandoye to give every man. woman and child in
! France 4 botileful. The quantity of goods there.
| and at lran on the other side of the border. has
| become 80 great that there seems chance of
| tho.c which are French being got across 10 the
Spanish side by February /. the day which
the w tariffs go into effect. Never WAS there
such a Iiomcric fight against time. The watts
still hcapcd mp at run ar, said TO contain
5.oO0, geo GALLONS to effect tie transfer of which
Ill 4 IN. Ils1In