The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-22

Special Correspondence Of The Sunday Republic.
Berlin. March Berlin is the best man
aged city in Europe. 1t has uniformly the
best buildings and the best streets. The
streets are wide and well paved.
Asphalt has been put down on most Of
them. and you can drop your handkerchief
almost anywhere without soiling 1t. There
Is no rubbish to be seen.
II you throw a scrap OF paper on the
pavement u policeman may order you to
pick It up, and If you leave pile OF dirt
in your yard YOU may be arrested.
TIE town Is, watched and everything II
made pleasing to the. eye.
All plans have to be submitted to the
city architect and every signpoard has to
be approved before it can go up.
You cannot build a dog kennel without
the approval Of the city fathers. and they
regulate the width Of every wall. the height
OF the ceilings, and also the height Of every
house -
The result Is that the most of the build
ings are uniform They are all fats. and
you can ride for miles past yellow struc-
lures OF i've stories. most OF which have
stores below and apartments above.
The Germans believe in the city owner
ship of public works and Berlin is interested
in all sorts of undertakings.
She owns the market halls and cattle
yards. She has savings banks and loan Of
fees. and moro real estate than any in
divtdual or corporation in Prussia.
She owns gas and electric works. and
lights not only the streets, but also pri-
vate houses. for a consideration. She runs
an insurance company, and forces every
property owner to take out an insurance
policy TO prevent loss in case OF fire.
At the same time by her building regu-
lations she sees TO it that her losses are
as few as possible, and the result Is that
tho insurance department makes money.
Ipdeed daDarfrnpnt does
lively well. the city pays all Of her own
expenses and comes out a million dollars
or SO ahead at the end of the year.
CITY CARRIES INTEREST UPON
A. LARGE PUBLIC DEBT.
Still Berlin carries the interest upon q
arge public debt. She owes 5000 900, which
is a little more than one-ffth the debt OF
New York, sl5.0o0.o00 more than the debt
OF philadelphia, and a little less than three
times as much as is owed by Chicago.
The difference between Berlin and the
average American city is that Berlin gets
the worth of her money.
Her public buildings are well put up and
there are few public Jobs. OF late the parks
have been greatly improved. New roads
have been laid out In the Thiergarten, a
wooded pleasure ground of COO acres in the
heart Of the city. New statues have been
nut up there and among others those of the
Alec Of Victory, which is lined with mar
BILE figures and busts CT German heroes.
Berlin Is building pleasure grounds for the
children In every quarter of the city. She
is gradually remodeling the old streets and
the day will come when she will vie with
Paris al tho most beautiful city Of Europe.
Berlin is now the third city Of Europe.
London IL nrgt, Paris second, Berlin third
and yisuna fourth.
Berlin proper has over lsooooo inhahitsnts,
but with the suburbs she has more than
two millions, and II ID . question Whistler
he Greater Berlin 10 not equal to Paris IN
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