He approached the Parliament and received authorisation to borrow fifty million francs. The Emperor's ambitions were much greater. He wanted to finish the building of the Louvre and to create an enormous new park, the Bois de Boulogne, to the west of Paris. His prefect of the Seine, Berger, protested that Paris did not have the money. At this point, Napoleon dismissed Berger and hired Haussmann, and Haussmann looked for a better way to finance his projects.Maneglier, Hervé, Paris Impérial, p. 254.
He approached the ,Parliament and received authorisation to borrow fifty million francs. The Emperor's ambitions were much greater. He wanted to finish t.he building of the Louvre and to create an enormous new park, the Bois de Boulogne, to the west of Paris. His prefect of the Seine, Berger, protested that Paris did not have the money. At this point, Napoleon dismissed Berger and hired Haussmann and Haussmann looked for a better way to finance his projects.Maneglier Hervé, Paris Impérial, p. 25,4