Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-10-22
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.

In addition to the thirty theatres and
music halls Of New York new opera house
is soon to be built, surprising in its con-
struction all its predecessors. The build
ing will be OF pressed brick with terracolta
trimmings, fronting 200 feet on Madison
avenue and 100 feet on Forty-third street
The walls will be ninety feet high sur
mounted at the front by pitched roof and
tower, the whole to be 1l0 feet high.
The architecture is mixture of Italian
and composite, without much ornamental
tion. The auditorium will seat 5000 per-
sons. 1t will be divided into parquet or
orchestra, the partere or first row Of boxes,
two additional tiers of boxes, balcony
and gallery. There will be 110 boxes all
together, with small ante-rooms. Each
box will seat five persons, and will be Z
feet, 8 inches high from floor to ceiling.
There will be 78S seats in the balcony $50 in
the parquet and room for l, 1870 in the gal
lery. The interior will be plain, no money
being wasted upon decorations. Special
attention will be paid to heating, lighting
and means OF exit. The auditorium will
be surround on each Of the five floors by a
grand corridor The stairwAys will be Of
iron and marble, three from each tier on
each side OF the building. Two OF these
will be entirely Independent Of the othrs,
and will 20 directly to the street. Ali OF
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There will be four exits from the parquet
The stage will be practically in another
building, because OF the heavy walls. The
opening, 4S feet wide and 40 feet high, will
have an iron curtain to be lowered at the
end OF each performance. Fire mains will
be placed in all parts OF the house TO be
supplied from tanks under tho roof. The
principal tank will be connected with a
"factory sprinkler" series OF pierced pipes
by which The entire stage and scenery can
bN deluged at will. The prevailing eolors Of
the interior will be gold and maroon. II
is expected that ground will be broken in
very short time.
Work on the wreck Of the British frigate
Hassur which now lies at the bottom OF
East River below Port Morris, is being
pushed with great vigor. Operations were
begun In June last, and will be continued
until floating ice threatens 10 cut the di-
vers air pipes and life lines. What is left
OF the wrecked man OF war rests in 80 10
90 feet of water, and owing to the great
depth and the swiitness OF the tide, the
divers can only make slow progress. The
schooner Hudson Is held IN position over
the wreck by five anchors, two astern and
three forward In a shanty on her deck is
g steam engine which operates the air and
hydraulic pumps and other machinery,
The mound Of rubbish at the bottom OF
tho riYer--All that remains OF the frigate-
is mined with hydraulic drill. Six men
are engaged In the work, tho enterprise be-
ing in the hands OF stock company.
Whether or not the workmsn have found
any Of the treasure supposed TO have gone
down with the vessel is not known, for an
injunction OF secrecy has been laid upon
them. II is the opinion Of many divers who
have worked upon the wreck, that when
the Hussar was blown up by divers, fitty
years ago, that the portion OF the vessel
holding the ships treasury was cut of and
carried away some distance by the tide.
The Hussar, while on her way 10 Nor
wich, Conn, on Nov. 25, 1880, struck on
Pot Rock, In He'll Gate. She had on board,
! it is believed, 100000 sterling which was