New-York tribune., 1880-04-08
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
TWO OPERA HOUSES IN NEw-YoRK.

TWO OPERA HOUSES IN NEW-YORK.
NR. MAPLEsON's LEASE OF THE ACADEMY--THE PRO-
POSED BUILDING UPTOWN.
The announcement recently made that Mr..
Mapleson had leased the Academy OF Music,
free Of charge, for five ,years-,the stockholders
Academy asked for by Mr.. Maplescn had been
Sss SaS 8 ds". to as TaSthsT s WIFI
fam B. DnsmOre. of tine directors, said that the
matter was still in embryo. But elsewhere II was
positively stated that the changes were to be made
although the details we're yet to he discussed at
meeting of the directors.
1t is said that the project for building new 9pera
house Is to he carried ont. whether the Academy
of Music be altered aud enlarged or not. james A.
Roosevelt. who is of the proDriet0rs OF the new
opera house, said yesterday to TRIBUNE reporter:
Fl cannot say that the scheme is definitely settled,
ont expect that new honsc VIII be built without
doubt 1t s needed he IA .t e, MiG Ss T. 70 OS SS
to the opera and 1T 49, moreover TOO 1ar d3Wn toMn
too far away from the opera-going PUBLIC we
have already sixty names of persons who will take
Sifi, 900 each in property that is to cost say
5000 OOO-at least that is tho present estimate.
But, you understand. there have as yet been no sign
natures given. These subscriptions are all verbal
md am too much of a business man to consider
the matter settled until the papers are drawn up
and signed. Such building rs we propose could
be built for 100000. The land would perhaps
cost as much more"
." Has site been chosenY"
mo. But my idea is that it should be between
Thirty-fourth and Forty-fourth-sts. When the
IJniOn League Club decided to build. careful can
vass of the residences of the members showed that
would be also fair basis upon which to estimate
where the opera-eoers come from. Ihat was Two
wears ago, and there is q steady tendency uptown
should say that about FOrtieth-st. would be the
proper locat, on for the new house" .,
ooh. no. / should not favor Fifth-ave. any way.
The location should be midway between the ele-
"Womld there be any arrangement for privileges
to stockholders SUCH as exist in the case OF the
Academy of Muscp
"No. We each agree to buy box, of which there
will be sixty, nearly as possible equally desira-
BILE. for which we paw $4,000, which constitutes
SUBSCRIPTION and pays for the proIerS Sd Be o
other privileges. The value of the stock. II there
should be any. will be our only other COMPENSATION;
we shall not have the privilege of entry. but snail
have to pay our admission fee, whatever 1t may De-
ado you contemplate having any new features IN
the building itself beyond an increased capacity -
"Nothing peculiar except, perhaps. an lncloSed
carrage-wav. thiuk great maHy colds are caught
at the Academy of Music now while thinly-cad
ladies waiting for their carriages And we shall
have shelter for them. The 'crush-room,' where
'hey wait, will also be large enough to accommodate
ii who wish to use it. Connected with the opera
house we shall have large asSembly-room, where
private balls and Other can be elysn en-
income for opera never did pay during the history
of the world, and probably never will"
DO You think there is room for two opera houses
the new one and the Academy tOOW
"There is necessity for the new one, certainly
the Academy there is oo no Hoa Iyoy "a nGnea sD S
houses under one management, to have the Academy
people take an interest in the new house end give
MS an interest in the old: still cling TO that idea
although see no immediate prospect OF carrying 1t
out"
he doubted whether New-York could support two
opera houses. since London. with population OF
1000, 900. could support no more than two and
Paris only one He thought that the present lOca,
tion of the Academy, with relation to the clubs and
hotels was the best in the city. He doubted the
Who are their subscribers - asked Mr.. Maple
son of TRIBUNE reporter. " They say they have
sixty. but no one seems to know who they are And
some whose names have been referred to IN con-
nection with the project say they know nothing
about it. list of names is an easy thing to make
but there must be persons behind the names. Then
they think they can build an opera house for
100000. Possibly shell, but nothing more.
There ssM ama mSSe is IN tnas e
It will cost 81 200 600 before it is COMPLETED and
then it will have no scenery no carpets no tnrni;
put it up for i$25O,O0O~
CLOSE OF THE NEw-YORK CONFERENCE.
The closing sessions of the Ncw-YOrk Methodist
En,s copal Conference were held Yesterday in the
Central Church. After the customary devotional
exercises discussion ol the two reports III regard 20
the prcsi1inC eldcrship resumed. At length the
minority report winch has been given already III
THE Tribune, was adopted almost unanimously,
the second resolution, however. having been previ-
Ously amended by DIR. Hare. of Sing Sing
The following ministers have been transferred
to this Conference from other conic!chces' Henry
Jackson, j. CHAPMAN and Clark Wright. and the
following transfers were made: o. II. Tiffany, TO
the Philadelphia Conference; John johns 70 the
New-Ycrk East Conference. and j. +. McCell&nd
TO fine Cincinnati Conference. II WAS decided TO
hold tile next session of the Conference at the Cen
trail Church, in Ycnkers hs rt M Of ap'oimfSrts S.t
siding Elder of the New-YOrk District The ap-
poutncnt5 for this city pre as follows:
Astury Church. j. + Richmond Five Points Mis- ion.
C. e. brown: uanc Chnrcn j. ". Ac~crly Washington
sauare f. Hatfield; Bedford Street, 6. Van Alstync
Perry Street j NJ. Burgar; Jan street a. SCI river;
Cent a., l. T. Newman; LiglteCnth Strelt g. L. StrI-
bridse;st Paul's, J. A. NJ; Ch ,pmam "enty fourth
Iuke's. D. NC Crawford; Fort iid Street, w. H..
Mickle; FoItvfoIrth street j. f. G9rSe; Lexington
sixth street, A. ID. Vail; Onehundred ard eleyen
STREET T. NJ. North ;Onehnndres and-twentylftb street
&c H. Adams Grace, W. s. Blake st. James,, j. NJ.
Kins; Washington Heights. g. Draper; sixt' -rrhth
street i. b. Lockwood MOrrisania k H. keliy: Ire