New-York tribune., 1908-03-01

The Paris autobus. as Il Is called, 444S come
20 STAY There was little doubt al one time
as 10 whether the Paris Municipal Council
ue1,l5 accord another lease Of monopoly 10 the
su-obus rrop-ietOrs. for the outcTy on the part
or aouseho.ae-s ana shopkeepers against the
sutobus was loud. and important Influences
z-ere brought 10 bear 10 have II abolished alto
reth4r OF 10 limit its strenuous activity 70 the
wider thorolIghfares. Shopkeepers complained
--ar 1heir show windows We're covered with dust
and landlords that their rents were reduced in
me streets through which the aUtohus ian its
mad and rhunderoUs career But 10 The aston
ishneuI OF everybody the Municipal Council
granted another twenty years monopoly 70 the
Paris Omnibus Company for the running OF
s55robl.sses and did so without even debate
This prompt decision encouraged the work
men ot Paris whose occupations keep them 10
lz1e a. night 70 petition the Municipal Council
10 insert III its contract with the Pans Onlnl-
bus COMPANY clause compelling the Iessees 10
TN service Of aI-nignt aCtobusses, the num-
Der OF which and the fares are 10 be agreed
upon LATER On In any case the night fares are
not 70 exceed double the day fares Paris, with
e night service Of motor vehicles for the con
venjence Of those whom business or pleasure has
caused 10 be beIateG- VIII be unrea more up
to-date city than heretofore, and will 10 use
sang EXPRESSION. hardly know herself HIN
crto the last bueses and the last train 70 the
suburban districts nere. respectively. aT l-.5o
sn6 = - =. III
The c3r~ee-s+4ce mas been that the suburban
districts OF Paris outside of the old-f2shioned
Notifications Of Paris which are BOW shortly 70
ne demolished. were almost as completely tIt
If from the centre Of the city As = they ff1d
eeen II some distant province ParIsians hFlus
n TIE delightful artistic suburb Of Passy, redo
nH~-- r1Ff' "a
after social evening in one % the central dis
tricts C the capital visit TO the thea-re- -
sperd TIE night II hotel this peing more con
-Veaeut and less costly than long cab drive
st great expense with q sulky driver through
Fl lighted quarters. worse poIiced- where the
-spache" @ thug. reigned supreme
Edmond de Goncou-t. the author q the "a
nous Journal" who lived al Auteull, has left
u record the fact that when returning home
lzss at night ae always offered the double tare
% the cabuzn because his sensitive nature
would have beea disturbed az the sight Of what
he called the angry back Of dlscontenteo
driver" 7 IS q fact that the Paris cabnlan
manages 70 pun al amount Of grumpiness ana
II nature t1ro the hunch Of his back and shouI-
Gers when driving % some out-of-the-"ay ao-
Dress which rarely falls OF its appear upon
sensitive. observant fare" These difficulties
II communication have had a serious influence
upon the development Of Passy and Auteuii as
Partisan suburbs. though. owing 70 their hher
sir. their nearness TO the Bois de Boulogne, and
TIE more modern construction OF their houses
hey are favorlte resorts with Americans
Pending the creation OF the tube" which
two or three years hence viii unite Auteun with
the opera tube station. the night autobus ser
wee viii certainly be Of great value IN proiro1-
Ing the popularity as residential centres OF these
erEtwhile villages, AUteGil. Passy. Vanguard
and BouIogne. which within the memory Of man
we're entirely cut on from the great arterial sys-
ten o. Partisan lsfe c J. Z.