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Show BIG PROBLEM FOR PARIS Vehicular Congestion of Streets Greater Than in Any City of World Paris, Fen 22 The vehicular cons' con-s' fctlon on the Btreots Ol Paris if greater than in any other citv of the world, and in spite of the efforts of the municipal authorities, no way has ye: been found to effect any permanent perma-nent Improvement In str'i conditions. The problem is an e.er-presont one.' and It grows worse ever car. for , Paris, strangle. i hv tli ilniu r.oti . I the now useless fortifications, cannot 'expand, but must grow upward. No such congestion of traffic exlstB in Xew York. London. Chicago, Berlin Ber-lin or Philadelphia The municipality municipal-ity has sent agents to all these cities j to study traffl conditions, and to count the number of vehicles passing la given point on an important street I In each city, between the hour of 7 a m. and 7 p. ra. Thi6 comparison hows that 33.323 ehlcles passed (down the Rue de Rivoll in Paris 10,-'"08 10,-'"08 were counted on the Strand, in Ivondon: 14,221 on the Potsdamer Platz. Berlin; 8,666 at fifth avenue and Fifty-eighth street. New York iKr, on Broad street, Philadelphia', and F.736 on Sheridan road. Chicago Add to the larae Dumber for Prl the fact that tin, tv has some hilly and many tortuous streets. It would appear that the regulation of train. In Paris presents difficulties unknown elfcwhere Eventually the congestion will become so i;reat lhai new I treets will have to be cut to relieve it this seems to be the onlj solutlou. |