Show COST OF STREET PUBLICITY RAISED PARIS PARIS PARIS-By By The Associated Press The city of Paris has started to levy real tribute on street advertising and the use of the sidewalks There al always aI- aI ways waY has been a charge for space oc occupied oe- oe by cafe tables on the sidewalks and lor for billboards around buildings building under construction but the rates have been small Some of the charges charses have been multiplied 40 times All sorts of business signs canopies and even upper bay windows that ex extend ex- ex extend extend tend beyond the lot lines are to be charged according to the space used and the rental value of the location Paris has been divided into six class clas- classifications ela on a sliding scale Billboard space on a building that was leased for francs a month by the contractor recently paid only francs to the city The new charge would be francs fraDes which I still still would leave plenty of profit for forthe forthe forthe the billboard owner |