Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-12-07
FINANCES OF PARIS.
Where the Municipal Money Comes From
and Where 1t Goes To.

Where the Municipal Money Comes From
and Where 1t Goes To.
The annual appropriation of the city
of Paris varies very little each year,
but the details OF this budget give in
teresting figures In the chapter of re-
ceipts as we'll ns that of expenses. The
appropriation for the present year
rises to the sum of 87,25o,0Oo 1t has
been approved by presidential decree,
which, at the same time, prescribed an
annual sum of 1881, 600 for the expenses
of the Garde Republicaine. In the
chapter of receipts Is that of the &C.
trio, which reaches $50, 900, 100, includ-
ing the remuneration for escort OF
merchandise en- transit, reimbursement
by diverse expenses of surveillance and
the net product of fines and seizures
Rents on roads and public promenades
bring the city in S796, 1000 annually.
note some rather curious details in
this paragraph. The concession of 212
columns for posting theater bills is
paid for at the rate of 70 francs for
each column annually. NJ. Beranger,
director of the Societe des Chalets de
Necessite, pays "a, $50 for LOG chalets,
or an average of $40 each. The re-
ceipts from fountains of warm water is
only zoe per fountain, and there are
$50 of them. The rent of automatic
weighing machines is fixed at 40 francs
apiece per annum. The letting OF
places on the public streets for dis
plays before shops, for installation of
booths, brings in 100000.
Diverse rents, such as circuses, cafes,
pavilions, parks and woods reach i'm.
portant figures. The Champs Elysees
is good for $50, 300; Bots de Boulonge,
Sl21, 900, Bots de Vincennes, $1S,570
Pare des Buttes-C haumont, So, 400
Champ de Mars, $42,79o The Tour
Eiffel is only included in these latter
figures for $500, but the rent of the
Palace of Beaux Arts is Sc, 400, and that
of the Palace of the Arts Liberaux is
J Sc, 900. The taxes on stations for pub
lie cabs and club carriages amount to
$40, 900, while those on omnibuses and
tramways reach $419,S50.
One of the principal items'of expense
is that of the police force, the budget
of which for the current year is $5,
s62, 900. The fire department calls fol
only S521,7OO. The municipal labora
tory costs SIS, 1850, and the wages o.
workmen employed in cleaning and
watering the streets are Sl,O70, 900
The care of Paris pavement is; Stone
paving, 1925, 200; repairs of same, $685.,
900; care of ballasting, $733,6o0; as
phalt paving, $123, $50; wood paving
$50, $50; important repairs S114,7OO
diverse repairs, $49s, 600; making..a tota
for Paris pavements of S2,973, 800 annu
ally.
Lighting up costs: For gas, 81, 30s,
100; electricity, $491, 9oG, care and vari
ous expenses being included. Time
that is to say the unification of thu
hour at Paris, comes to 81, $50; that o
the care of lightning rods, $500, an,
that relative to the publication of tn
history of Paris during the revolution
S2O,0 The prose and the speeches o
the Partisan ediles, which appear il
the official bulletin municipal, cost tn
sum of SIS, 900 annually. The expense
occasioned by the composition, print
ing and the sending out of this bulletil
are 500, 800 more, and the receipts onl
reach $7,50o,-New Orleans Picayuns