Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-09
PARIS TO IMPROVE
Much Is Expected of the New
Municipal Council.
DIFFERENCES AS TO PLANS
New Project Would Abolish FORTH.
cations to Lessen Con-
gestion.
DIFFERENCES AS TO PLANS
Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.

Foreign Correspondence OF The Star.
PARIS, June 25 1912
A new municipal council has been
elected for Paris. and much Is expected
Of it's efforts in using the balance
Of the $1sO.OOO.OOO loan still at dis
posal. One OF this sum SIS. 100000
was earmarked for schools. SO. 600
for improved water supply, $1,000. 600 for
slaughter houses, 100000 for hospitals.
and $1,000 600 for fighting tuberculosis and
for the construction OF cheap sanitary
dwellings. substantial sum was thus
left for opening new streets and gener-
ally improving the aspect Of Paris. the
facilities for traffic and the development
Of it's population. The needs OF the
metropolis may be divided under two
principal heads-the creation of the
Greater Paris and the clearing Of the
center.
Would Abolish Fortifcations.
M. Delaney, the new project attaches
the greatest Importance to the abolition
Of the Notifications. which Is necessary
to give more room to the congested
twenty odd ACCOMPLISHMENTS. From a san
itary point Of view the lessening OF open
spaces and the perpetually increasing
density OF the population, which are the
consequences Of the rise in the price OF
land, have favored the spread of infec-
tious diseases and kept the death rate IT
a high figure.
Gradually the poorer population is be-
ing driven out to the suburbs and the
surrounding little towns without appre-
ciably diminishing the congestion, and
at certain hours of the day at certain
points, 1 nspite OF the multiplication OF
means OF transport, It is quite Impossible
to free the traffic and meet the demand
for conveyance.
There are many other financial and adj
ministrative considerations which. In the
opinion Of NJ. Delaney, render 1t OF the
tifications and have the enormous
grounds they now occupy at disposal for
opening new quarters and creating fresh
open spaces. This. however. is ques-
ton that the municipal council cannot
decide by itself. The negotiations with
the state have not yet made progress, and
until the matter can be brought before
the chamber and voted upon nothing can
be done except to make vague plans that
can never be certain OF realization.
What Paris Lacks.
Meanwhile the commission has ex-
pressed an opinion that the extension
of Paris does not necessarily mean
only It's development beyond its pres
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OF the city as 1t now
stands. What Is lacking In modern
Paris is great transversal avenues
its extremities. and radial
arteries to empty the points where the
affluxion IL greatest.
The original scheme of Baron Hauss-
mann aimed at this, but is no longer
applicable, and fresh and much
larger scheme is necessary. and Is al
ready I'm embryo, for attaining this OBJ
ject. 1t will require, however. an I'M
mense sum of money, and the balance
OF the last loan will barely suffice TO
liquidate what is left of former prof.
ects. 1t is hoped, however, that be
fore the four years mandate or the
newly elected council expires IL viii be
execute at least a few OF the more
urgent works.
These are already sketched out as
being-D the completion Of the Bou-
ton of the Rue de Rennes on the left
bank: CD the relief Of some OF the
central quarters by a large new street
running from the Madeleine eastward
to the Boulevard Beaumarchais. ana
"a an enlargement of the city hall
for all which the plans are already
drawn up.
There will always. however. be the
money difficulty, and number or
councillors deprecate the piercing or
great new avenues instead OF simply
more deliberately the I'M
MEDIATE centers which are the quarters
that attract strangers. There Is no
disputing the fact that Paris depends
very largely on the enormous sums
left by foreign visitors, and there Is,
perhaps. too much disposition to ca
ter for their tastes rather than to go
In broadly for gigantic works which
in the end would render Paris infinite
w more beautiful and agreeable Tor
re- own nhabitants, but which mean
while might somewhat spoil the great
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