New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-01
Rims OF THE WINDSOR THEATRE
THE ENTIRE LOSS ABOUT $1s7, 900.


| ANS OF THE MANAGERs-THE THEATRE OoN'iD
l. Erred UNSAFE.
The fire Mt the Windsor Theatre and Hart
mann House on Thursday evening due to defective
sua In the kitchen OF the hotel The loss OF the ma-
oers Stevens and Murtha will amount to about @oV'ooV'
though IL the prospective profits were counted that
wouId be considerably increased. The loss OF "llh n
Martin the owner Of the building will not eAceeu
S1oo 600 The Hartmann House. which included all inc
rooms Of the building except those given up to the the
atre was leased by j. KreIner whose loss Is ABOUT
q 600 Tho building was insured for SoOOoO eouth
NJ the hotel was building the upper part OF ~cn WIS
occupied a. lodging house, the furniture IN Wch was
complete loss amounting TO about $1,000 Inc loss oi
Jous Rcinken who kept eating-room on the ground
e. g., ahout IS 600 The loss to Mr. Hail. the owner OF
,be buildng is about $4,000. The Eden concert
Hall which occupied portion OF the same DuldhS, was
dstrovcd with loss OF 81 OOO The large marblefroh
tu,dinc Nos 81 and 81 l2 damaged to such am
font that portions OF all the floors fell the loss OF
schpzer Israel Co. is about $4,000 The loss on the
budIng which belonged to the Aleen estate Is ABOUT
Gao 600 The partition walls in all these buidingsiwere
rendered thoroughly unsafe by the fire. The losses III
rho small shops and liquor stores In the burned Duuhes
snount to about $4,000 while the losses In the tehe
mont houses In Chrystiest about $4,000 The total
loss Is about $lS7,ooO
The manager of the theatre John A. Stevens said yes
terdav afternoon that he could not state exactly when
the theatre would be rebuilt but the work would DO De
gun as soon Mr. Martin came TO settlement win the
ir,oa con,pau1es We have no settlements OF that
kind 10 MAKE he said in reply to question: as we nao
M insurance In the meanwhile we shall open III inc
Twenty Third Street Theatre next week with The BLACK
Flag All tho present employees of the theatre 80 WIN
us to the quarters
Mr. ParslOe. OF the Aldrich Parsloe MY faruel
Combination was found at Morton House and said
We shall probably lose scme $4,000 or S2Oooo' Out
our business will OF be damaged to much greater
mi n
and our company have course lost all their wadrobes
Some of have lost their private wardrobe as Well
and such AS have are in pitiful plight"
"The stadt Theatre built some twenty years ago.
being opened, as well 6s 1 remember carly III lool'
said a wel-known manager up town and from the pc
Ginning was losing investment. From an artistic Poi
o. NieW @ nat Wecbie sang and was unsuccessful
manager as he successful a. an artist .SeoOOcI
too and Dawson, the tagcdian appeared l1o, as Nh
a. aase aud the BArrOngcs. Ii at TINS theatre ht
Warners operas were first introduced 10 the American
fact alone, to some people, was
10 make the place famous. About five years ago me
sidt had come to too down 10 enjoy even the
partial favor OF its former constituents 1hcn Joh se
cerin,n line of mclodrama obtained the theatre on
favorable lease in March, 1874, that he opened
II under the name OF the Windsor ana rom tne Il, - 40
hns made il pay. while FOR the last three years as re-
reipts must have been large He found thht ny png
uptown successes To downtown audiences at PoPIol
prices he could MI his house season atel season anu a.
Inc fact began he more generally known, people VINO
have been accustomed TO pay thcir unLii ai ' 80, -,
seeing new play have lately been acon'",'i ~ ii
|
the same play the same company ana inc eho s''H'''
Tor hnf the money .,..,. - ,,.,,
theatre every week for than year Win drehd S'
L.rc soud lee "a costly sacrifice OF ie. MY cl"ls were
mai coniucd 10 the proceedings before Judge Van Bi
nrinurI y THF TRIBUNE thi, morning. All mat c"ud
los done 10y the Bureau OF Buildings ia tne eof 20 Iao
the place safe. has been done ia" attorney mi "n
| riIsniuv the ease the courts, 10 compel the
owners OF the buildng TO provide addt3hal ih'.n7
| of exit The former method or cNlt thiouEu w
| h,.cmrnt for people from the gallery was very
| n,drnuute iii, lad been rcmcdicd III "a measure;
tlougI ly no means satisfactorily. The walls were an
I'm "A bad condition and the front wall WAS -horcu up
in order 10 Keep it from tOppline. We have now o.
ca.cs nf unsafe buildings In the courts. Most or the
owner. OF theatres have made changes IN thcr DdHSs
according to the directions which were gwen Dy me soon
after t1S burning the Park Theatre III some CASTS
ho,Scycr the owners have refused and proceedings arc
nendinr inst them ia the courts. The attorney WAS
drrce1 10 proceed against the owners OF the MetOpO
standard Theatre ALerles Theatre and the Thaa' FORM
| crly the old B0wery Theatre DO not now iecoieol
any other places amusement which have not Dccll i-
| urnyed where changes necessary. Inc heuOpOH-
tan Concert Hall has wall between the stage ana uS
| u,linrnm New prosccnums and skyllghts are wanted
al The Standard Theatre and a ADeTlcs Theatre. Inc
rxit. OF inc Yualia Theatre insufficient. The twenty
pied by the manager OF the Windsor was made larry se
al my instance have not examined II recently, Dul
| pro,ceniuIn wall was put IN some time ago ,
Seventeen separate sets OF signals were sent over inc
Fire DEPARTMENT wires after the discovery or the htc,
In summon sufficient rcmeu and apparatus, 10 cover
districts left unguarded. 10 procure necessary wafer pre-
sure and 10 call the Insurance Patrol from distant parts
| of tho city. Most of the Signals were sent Irnmthe
alarm No. l32. at Bayard IT. and The BoWeIy, ana
4 transinttc led FROM Fire Headquarters.