Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-01-15
Opera House Meeting.

Opera House Meeting.
o Pursuant to q call published in tn
Intelligencer Of Saturday morning.
very respectable number of the mos
e progressive and substantial citizens Q
o Lexington assembled at the law ofic
t Of Wallace & Chlles. last Saturday eve
t ming, for the purpose Of taking tho nee
essary steps for the accomplishment O
the object in view.
The meeting was called to order, ant
VIM. A. Chanslor elected chairman.
On motion, f. Turner and Ethan Al
l len were elected secretaries.
: The chairman requested Mr.. Chiles t.
explain the object of the meeting.
Mr.. Chiles had given the subject nc
little attention, and IN fact was one o.
the prime of the project. He
gave his views at some length; thought
it desirable to form a joint stock compa.
ny with sufficient capital to build and
finish the contemplated hall, without
mortgaging the building; that = sufi-
Gent amount of stock could be obtained
to build a hall with a seating capacity
OF one thousand; he thought q building
on the plan of the Olympic Theater, in
St. Louis, with the exception of the rails
ed floor, would be the most suitable; q
building of this character, one story
high, and sixty by N hundred and
t%hirty-five feet, he thought could be built
for $4,000. Mr.. Chiles suggested sever
al locations which he thought available.
but was of the opinion that the lot on
which the Virginia Hotel now stands,
offered decided advantages over all
Others.
Capt. Lesueur, Mr.. Farrar, Mr.. j. D.
Chambers, Col. Reid, Tilton Davis and
Mr. Hale were called upon for their
views, and all, in the main. endorsed
the views advanced by Mr.. Chilss.
On motion of Capt. Lesueur, q COM
mittee Of seven, to which the chair was
added, was appointed by the chair. to
carry out the object of the meeting.
The chair appointed the following
named gentlemen as said committee :
j. D. Chambers.C. E. Ballard, Geo. Far
rar. Col. Reid, Tilten Davis. Capt. Le-
sueur, and Mr.. Chiles.
Col. Reid asked to be excused from
serving On the committee; not that he
to shirk any duty that may DO
required Of him as such committeeman.
he thought the interest of the meet
ing could be subserved by dropping his
name.
Ametion OF Mr.. Davis to excuse Col.
heid from serving on the committee, was
.ost by a decided vote. |,
On motion of Mr.. Hale, the commit
zee was authorized to fill all vacancies.
On motion of Mr.. Allen, the meetins
adjourned to allow the committee to or
.anize and transact preliminary work
n accordance with their duty. t
The meeting adjourned subject to the .
all Of the committee. I
WIN. A. CHANSLOR, Chairman. 8
Z. TURNER, Secretary. /
After the adjournment of the meeting \
committee organized by slecting t
Vm. A. Chanslor chairman, and VIM. r
|. Chiles secretary. q
At the suggestion of Capt. Lesueur, Il
,e committee was divided into tive \
arts, the first to be known as the build &
ls and location committee; the second h
the Ways and Means. la
The first to be composed of J. b. n
hambers, c. E. Ballard, Geo. Farrar +,
nd VIM. H. Chiles. ..
This part of the committee was re- ~
Vested to view the various available ,.
'ints for the building, and ascertain the id
robable cost of each location. f,
The remainder of the committee con- o.
itute the Ways and Means committee, y,
sisted by Mr.. Chiles, to solicit sub y,
'riptions, and to ascertain the amount f,
stock that can be obtained for the dit. r.
rent locations. Il.
On motion, the committee adjourned. n
lbJect to the call Of the chairman. III