The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-06-15

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the knees. Longitudinally, there is
also a continuous line of truss work
on either side of the central trussed
portion, tying the whole together.
Over the intermediate posts truss
work also extends, parallel with the
longitudinal tFusses already described,
the entire length of the building. The
lean to roofs are supported by posts
placed at intervals Of every twenty
five feet longitudinally, aud eighteen
feet transversely, and in the walls
there are twenty-one main supports
upon each side, and twelve at each
end.
The posts supporting the lean-to
roof are bolstered. The posts at the
sides are framed and secured to raft
ers in the lean-to roof by means of
knees and bolts, and to the large posts
supporting the center or truss roof,
these rafters are supported in like
manner by knees and bolts. By this
means a system Of continuous ties is
made from wall to WALL The raising
of the mammoth trusses was a work
Of 40 little magnitude Two were
raised each day, except on one day,
when three were put in place. Twen-
ty-five men, two horses. and six cap
STAINS were required to raise each one;
The accommodations are divided
into parquette and four galleries. or
balconies, the balconies extending
all around four sides of the building,
The parquette occupies oaly the space
between-the galleries. and there are to
be no seats under the balconies. The
north or front balcony Is 125 feet deep,
Eand-ruus down to the floor of the par
Eduette. at an Inclination of five Inches
| in every twenty inches. The
side balconies are seventY-tve feet
/ deep, and have the same Inclination,
| their fronts being ten feet from the
parquette floor. The south balcony
is 200 feet deep. The space devoted
to the orchestra Is 100 feet, aud nine
inches above the parquette floor, its
inclination being one-half an inch to
the foot. rr-
| From three sides of the orchestra
the chorus seats rise at the same in
clination as those in the other bal
comics, or five inches in every twenty
nine inches. Three stairWays, twelve
feet wide, lead up to the orchestra
and the chorus balconies. Something
over tWo-ffths Of the whole building
will be devoted to the chorus and
orchestra, the chorus seats extending
on the side balconies beyond the line
Of the orchestra. Along the sides o.
the parauette, which Is $50 feet IL
length, aud under the balconies to 9
depth of SO feet, are Hobbies or stand.
ing places. The. floor ia the real
part of the Hobbies will be thirteen
inches higher than it is at the front
La rear of the seats 10 the balconie:
is a promedade eleven feet wide, ex
tending around the inside of the
whole building, 1000 feet, or ninety
three yards and one foot in excess o.
quarter of mile.
| Midway between the front and real
of the side balconies, and extending
through the north balcony and chorus
seats also, is another promenade, Of
perhaps, more properly speaking, al
aisle, six feet wide. Stairways, three
on each side, will enter this aisle
from the corridors below. There viii
be no stairways leading down thu
front of the balconies into the par
quette, but communication between
the two paris of the house will be am
pie by means of the stairways abov'
referred to, and others leading VI
from each of the entrances. r
There are twelve arched doorways
tWenty-four feet in width, thee OF
each side, and three in all desired
directions. Under the north, or front
balcony is a passage way leading t.
the parquette, tWenty-four feet Wid'
and twelve feet high, and communicat
ing with all three entrances at tina
end. The parquette is divided
into six lettered sections. Ii
the balconies are twelve lettereC
sections, and eighteen numbered
sections, beginning at the southeast
erly corner Of the auditorium and run
ming around cOnsecutlvely In rear o.
the lettered sections. The chorus
balconies are divided into twenty siz
sections. The building, as has beer
often stated, will contain between
forty and fifty thousand persons.
The lighting and ventilating ar
rangements are ample. In the ground
story are tifty-six double or 1l2 sin
gle windows, with twenty-four lights
each of nine by twelve glass.
4 Above these, and opening on tht
balcony promenade are sixty-eigh
double or 136 single windows of thu
same dimensions. In the gable ends
are sixteen additional double, or thir
, ty-two single windows of the same
size. This enumeration alone give.
an aggregate of $500 lights of nine by
twelve glass;. atte5.eB
In the lean-to roof are twenty SIX,
lights, each six feet by twelve. Ii
the clear story rising from the lean-tt
roof, as elsewhere described. is q con
thu Jus line of glass FIVE feet high
There are to be IA sashes of thirty
two lights each, on each side, an az
gregate of c, 226 lights of ten by four
teen glass. The roof, which com
prises an area of 170,50O square feet
is covered with tarred telling ant
cement. Thirty tons of felt ant
twenty tons of cement have been used
The amount of materials consume,
! In the construction of the coliseum j
. positively enormous. The actua
amount is upward of 100000 feet
No less than AZ tons of iron bolts, l.
: tons of wrought iron ship spikes, an,
240 kegs, or y tons of nails of vari
Gus sizes, are also used About "a
carpenters are employed about tn
building and also q gang of laborers
Gas has also been introduced into tn
, coliseum, an eight inch main havin
! been laid, entering the building fror
2 the front. There has been put int
! the building itself 5000 feet of pip
upward of four miles,. There ar
2,400 burners, and about Ia, 900 cubi
! feet of gas viii be consumed each hou1
The amount consumed in a singl
! evening will exceed the amount burn
ed by moderately sized cities in
! whole night.
: There are forty clusters of two star
: each, and above the balconies Their
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