Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1896-10-24
PARIS SIDEWALKS.


1abl" aud shop shows.
Paris i just nov excited over tho pros.
pcct that something will b. done 10 clear
the sidewalks on the main streets ~ the
incumhuuc,.s with which .hcy nrc blocked
hy the cnfc proprietor, aud other trades.
men Tho municipal cuuncil has made
very small beginning at the most inolcn.
sivc end toy ricriuR the women who sell
newspapers Ia the kiusks to take iu tho lit
tie tables on which they spread their wares
l hc cafes. however the chief offenders,
whose tables and chairs extend tn the edge
u( the sidewalk and even into the roadway
~ times forcing fput passengers tn walk
out iuiu the middle ~ the street. have 80
far lTcn left untouched The reason for
this j. that the city draws lur-,' rr,cuae.
amounting To millions uf fra which 1t
l. unwilling to lose. from ccl.r>.inus -
private Individuals ~ tho use 81 the put lle
pavement
The concessions arr male aecarlius - "a
fixed tariff, which varies la proportion o.
the business Importance uf the strcrts fer
which they ara granted. On the Boulevard
lies Cdpuciucs and the boulevard dr~ li.l
tens IN the ncighb1rhood ~ the Grand
Opera. the central point of Partisan life
tho tax j. 80 francs for each square meter
ON the Avenue du Grand opera II is 40
frames. on the Ruc dos llcldcr. which
leads % the t,are ~ l.alarc, the busiest
railroad station IN the city It is 30 francs,
on the ANcnu. de-, Champs Elyscos, -
frames ia tuc - llonurc quarter the
Boulevard ~ Germain, the Boulevard
St Michel the main thoroughflrc II
the Latin quarter. it Is 20 francs, and it
was down IT, , francs and even frame for
out uf the way streets The commission.
nairc~ and bn.thlacks pay the full tariff the
news paper dealers, flower SELLERS cake and
mill, ,cndcrS pay hall tariff, and the fruit
sellers. whose stands are In the road way
/ IN front of the thoatcr-. only during u per
| formancc. pay quarter tariff The second
hand dealers IN books and coins along tho
river quny> Iay ! francs a meter Spaces
from foot t. "a foot and "A half wide are
let to merchants who wish to display their
goods outside their stores while the cafe
1 permits for the space on the sidewalk on
which chair, and tables may bc placed; the
| ',crra>-,'s uS they are called. are made
out faf -tr.p~ varying from two TO ten feet.
/ \ section "i t5r Law which IS never enforced
/ requires the sidewalk Ia bc kept clear on
\ publlt HOLIDAYS saeh as the Fourteenth of
7 .luli and Shra,c Tuesday
/ From the cafe tcrra->cs and display
/ spaces FOR stores the city oi Paris derives y
/ rcyeuu" OF ,3Uu. 000 francs year Ii gets
/ ga, ,0Un francs for the right % let chpirs in
the iioi~ Il l}oalague, the Champ Elv,ecs,
and the other public parks small stands
| in the public streets yield l25.nuo francs,
and the columns an which the theater post
,rs are displayed 20, 900 francs. while still
! Ia f.. .t
penny In the SO, machines for the illuini-
mated advertising spaces on postoilire
boxes, and - on The newspaper kiosks
have been attacked first 10y the city au.
thrrltics. lccauscth they are more immediate.
iy subject to It's authority, the city having
reserved the right to establish regulations
/ for their management There arr about
80 OF these kin>Ss in Paris which are let
from time q tiuc at public auction, the
| price paid ~ present being 2i0 francs u
| year for each kiosk.
Tho mimi,ipl. council Of Paris Is con
sides!ng how in other ways IL can raise
the rcvcnuc Row obtained from these
sources, - q, 10 restore sidewalks and
street, to tie u,c Of ihc public. Though
: there are Uudoubtcd abuses 10y which peo-
pie walking IN the streets arr put to scri-
/ Gus Inconvenience, it i. to he hoped that no
I such radical step "a, tho sweeping away of
III. o,,cu air sliap displnys and cafe tcrrlss,s
1 viii H. taken. since Pnrisinns have tnken
10 rainp tn the s,.,.hor,, In summer lcav-
ing the stores ON the hntlcynrds 10 mt ont
their lights at 10 O'Clock. and since the
weekly raids ~ thc policr hrou .,lt nlout
by the moral reform movement ot the last
few wears. haIe cleared the street. Of ilany
,ictnr.>.iuc III d.,r.uutabr characters.
p.ri, In the cyrrin, has lost NOR, Of is
If.aud hri,ltu..s than il has pniucd in
r,st,.r.lfl!t, II. IN addition. ii should
be- H.. longer ru,,>.inletn.rujny an after din
nrr ,i,,r and ,.,n nf cnfTr, I'm the omen air.
wntrhiny the crowd walk by. Paris Viii
oe,ou,r dun indeed tnNi.itnrs and bnulc-
,nr,li,rs ~ -P,ris Letter IN New York
Smn
\ Siichcs,cr Tub I.COo Year. Old.
/ Nv Thought. when wa, al the ruins
! ~ Silcb,..t,r Yesterday were that hundreds
/ uf nutiotiariu,ls an over the country would
\ bn,e riy,n ,ald "a any one who should
h,Ne told tl,., II The great "lud'' thut
was tbcrc and then To- lr safely brought
10 Luud. \ friend and m,,clf strolIcd
/ over from Allern,nstnn to view the ruins
ANA ~ nn,,y ~ III, .Gnd.. ns were SIM
~ il, s.,,, Mr. DAVIS. +. :. a.. al rrcs.
cui su,.criut,u,liitr throt,f:tiou.. rxpIain.
cd ,a,i. how ,yI,n ,ltgriu,, ont un old