The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-08-22
PLANS FOR
A NEW PARIS
10 Be Made More
Beautiful
SOME OF TIE DIFFICULTIES
tuberculosis Is the Gty's
Scourge.
rhs Growth Of Socialism In Paris
Details eS the Overflow of the
Caemenceau Ministry-
some Of the Troubles
Of France.
ny A. w. LAMoUREUx.

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p.r,s Aug. a1.-It had long been
(, realizad that much had still to Do
acme for the Improvement of Paris as
Baron Haussman's scheme. colossal
- ~ was. has only been partially ex-
scuted. and, moreover as time rolls on
. necessary touch has to be put mere
and there. It must also De ADMIT
tea that Paris had been somewhat neg
Iectod of late years. Although any
number of old houses had been pulled
down and replaced by others win
every modern comfort. and entire rows
81 new streets had arisen. 1t was per-
csived that quite q number or oesir
ahie improvements remained to be or
fected. After some delay. and a con-
siderable amount OF study ana diseus-
sion. the Municipal Council has gone
in thoroughly for the project ana y
has followed up its decision Tor the
issue of a loan of upwards Of $1s0.o0o.-
coo, by the adoption OF very pract'ca
and elaborate program
In the first place, according TO the
plan which was adopted quite recent
~ by the Municipal Council, the Mair-
les Of the different wards are 10 De
restored. enlarged. or entirely repuiit
All the edifices belonging to the CITY
are. indeed, to be thoroughiy we .,
hauled. the barracks for the quartins
Of the Municipal Guard are to be modi-
f,ed. and the Carnavalet Museum and
the st. Fargeau Library are to be COM
Melted There has long been COM
niaint that Paris Is badly of for open
spaces and public gardens In the IN
TERROR Of the city. This defeat Is 70
be remedied, and, moreover, kiosks Tor
hands are to be installed. With equal
rerard for the public health. the build
ings OF the various hospitals are to be
repaired and put into proper condition
this at q cost of nearly $7,250.0O0.
In the same order of ideas a number
Of dwellings which are pronounced 70
be hotbeds of Infection, and certain
Of which have quite a notorious record
as regards their death-rates are to be
demolished, and money is to be given
to companies which make 1t their
business to run up houses at an
economical price, to enable them to re-
place these undesirable habitations.
There has long been an outcry at the
state OF the pavement which has In
many a thoroughfare been sadly neg
lected. This glaring defect is to be
remedied. and arrangements are to be
made for the planting Of more trees,
ana for better system OF lighting.
Subterranean passengers, with which
an experiment has just been made In
the Champs Elysees are to give long
suffering pedestrians a change in con-
gested streets, and special attention Is
10 be paid to the neatness and cleanii-
ness Of the thoroughfares.
The slaughter houses at the Vile are
20 be reconstructed at a cost of nearly
$i0.o00.ooo and two more pavilions are
10 be added to the Central Markets.
School buildings are to be renovated on
large scale, and at an outlay OF as
much as $4,000, 900. The water supply
will be improved. as we'll as the canals.
These are the principal items of a
very important project, which is be-
ing welcomed by all classes of the
population. 1 have referred to GER
tain houses as being hotbeds Of infec-
ton. A special committee of the NUM-
cipal Council has been studying this
question for several years, and the re-
port now issued shows how urgent this
case is. Tuberculosis is the chief
enemy. 1t is described in this report
as the evil of dilapidated dwellings.
In one quarter of Paris the average
OF deaths from this scourge alone has
been more than sixty-fOur per 10000
Inhabitants, while in a healthy one
It has not amounted to seven. Over
crowding of the population Is also
set down as a direct cause of mischief
TT Is one of the most active, II not
the most active factor of tuberculosis
At the present moment there are In
FartS eiEHIy-IWO SLIeeIS specially a.
fected by tuberculosis where the mortit,
Is for this reason higher than in the
rest of the city. Nine inhabitants cut
OF one thousand have died annually
during the past eleven years of this
malady. while other contagious dis
eases only kill two" AS a matter OF
fact. 1t was urged during the discus
sion of the plan that before proceeding
to the rebuilding of hopitals it would
be more practical to deal with these
eigbty-two streets and the 1,474 house.
which lodge as many as $4,000 per-
sons who are foredoomed to be the
prey of tuberculosis and to crowd these
very hospitals.
The Working Class.
The question as to whether the
workingclass, which occupies these I'M
healthy dwellings might not be COM
PEELED TO leave these districts for good
having been raised. It was decided
that these HOUSES should be replaced
by others, the occupation of which
would be quite within their restrict
ed means.
In order to give a more complete
idea of the havoc which has been
wrought by tuberculosis in some of
these hotbeds of infection 1t may he
mentioned that in one lot of twelve