New-York tribune., 1910-02-01
BOULET4RDS GAY.
Rejoicing Oucr Fall Of Waters
-Cteaning Plans.

Paris. Jan 31.-The improvement in
the general situation continues, and the
spirits of the Parisians are rising a the
waters fall. Street hawkers are selling
postcard pictures of the food, and the
toulevards are once more gay with re-
joicing thousands.
With the crisis past, the mercurial
French temperament faces the troubles
tc coma with light heart. but the pa
rers are already sounding note Of
warning that the lesson must not be for
gotten and that measures must be
taken to avoid q repetition of the disas-
ter This can be done by the construc-
ton Of q cutoff either in the way of
canal or d large underground conduit
around Paris ..---
The prefect OF the Department of the
Seine has issued instructions to the own
ers Of flooded houses to clean and disin-
feet their premises within twenty-four
hours after the subsistence of the waters
to the satisfaction of the municipal ar
chitects. Otherwise the work will be
done at the cost and risk OF the owners.
The government has ordered the tax col
lectors to show the greatest ieniency to
delinquents and the Mont de Pete is eX-
tending pawn tickets for three months.
Several steam trans to-day resumed
the work of pumping out the subway,
anG considera Die progress is being made
in the sections where the food is lowest.
Public and private benevoenCe con-
tinues 10 respond to the call Of the suf-
ierers. All the theatres and musical So
Cieties are organizing benefits. while the
various race courses are arranging big
meeting for the spring the receipts of
which will go to the poor. A resolution
has been introduced in the Chamber of
Deputies asking the government to
award special crosses of the Legion of
Honor to those who have been conspicu-
Gus in the rescue work.
MANY BODIES IN RIVER.
Although the papers are printing COL
umns of pitiful stories, hundredth part
of the horror will never be known.
Many corpses have been swept down the
river and occasionally a coffin in boat
is seen. which probably broke away from
q funeral procession. Scores of half
famished families have been rescued
from their homes and there are hum
dreds still occupying their half-sub-
merged houses, waiting for the water
10 recede. A source of danger has been
the starving dogs roaming around AL
fortyille and Iyry, and many of these
have been shot, in the fear that they
might develop rabies. In several in
stances they have attacked human be-
ings-
NJ. Miilerand. Minister of Public Works
says that soon as normal conditions
are restored the government will seri-
ously consider the canal scheme The
government has arranged TO loan money
10 the ruined house and shop owners to
enable them 10 rebuild Immediately.
These loans may be refunded in install
ments.
Some Of the suburban towns which
have been deprived of light were pro-
vided this evening with gas from the
Paris mains. The work OF disinfection
In the streets has already begun.
FALL PREDICTED FOR TO-DAY.
II is predicted that there will be a
further fall of sixteen inches in the Seine
by noon tomorrow. The Marine has
dropped three feet from its crest at
Chalifert and the Seine has receded
equally at AIontereau. The Yonne re-
mains stationary to-day
II was officially announced that the
total fall of the river up to noon was
two feet. The sidewalk at the coraer of
Lazare fell into the subway to- day. No
one Was injured. Tie small loss of liz,
throughout the period of flood is sur
prising feature
From midnight until noon the sab
sidsnce of the Seine averaged only about
a third Of an inch an hour The weather.
however, continued favorable. With rls-