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Show Clocks Costly to Taxpayers Tno municipality of Paris Is about to ask for estimates for tlio winding up ana supervision of Its clocks. The task of looking after tho municipal clocks of Paris Is a somewhat for-mldable for-mldable one, and costs the city on an average of 112,000, 14,000 for tho vm ln lho offlecs of tho HoteI do Mile, Its annexes, and tho communnl schools of Paris, nnd $8,000 for those which decorate the facades of the public pub-lic buildings. The contractor for Urn first lot has to marshal every fortnight a veritable aimy, who divide Into sections sec-tions the r.50 schools, representing 8,-000 8,-000 clocks, und the municipal clocks, which number 3 000. |