| Show lat it of tue the seine swimming baths the great floating baths which ch from their largo number form so conspicuous a feature of the seine in paris will be i for tore very long cease to exist under an order ot of the prefect dated some eoma years yeara aso ago they are gradually disappearing no new ones are allowed to be ba built and tho the old ones must not have any substantial repairs done to them but must be broken up when no longer longe rif if tho the term may be permitted seaworthy the largest larger t of all is ia called I 1 la samar etaine 11 and as this does not seriously impede I 1 river rive r traffic and it is ia owned by a number of email small shareholders whose in interest in it is ia being gr gradually extinguished gui shed the new rule about ra repairs pairs is less rigidly enforced than in some cases la Samari taine is moreover considered as in some sort a public establishment lish ment inasmuch as it grants tickets at greatly reduced reduce I 1 rates to children in public schools and to the poor of paris I 1 i I 1 i london news newa |
