New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-12
THE TICKET SPECTATORS.
A HEARING BEFORE THE ALDERMEN.


OPERATIONS AT THE VARIOUS THEATRES-ihLA-
TONS WITH MANAGERS AND BoX-MEN.
The Aldermen's Law Committee gave a
hearing Yesterday 20 a number OF ticket Spectators
who argued against tho passag OF resolutlon
providing for the repeal OF the ordinance granting per
mission 10 them 10 sell tickets the payemclts III roht
OF the theatres About forty sPeouatora were Po7n''
John j. Murphy, lccuscl specuator spoke al hhs.n'
He said that whenever he could sell 81 ticket Tor - nc
thought he was entitled to do when business was
Door he bought ticket directly from re box-oce "heh
n play wac having a successful run hc had TO get MS
tickets wherever he could. Sometimes he got MS
supply from man III inc lo"'y "
the theatre who procured his supply from the to"'ie
manager and paid him percentage of the prons on TUG
sales majority OF the minaGcrd did inns Al
& Harris there were four or five m'n employed III tHe
Lobby to sell tickets They could always get the best SEATS
in the house a week IN advance No OUTSIDER cou' "'S
cool seat until the favored pecu'aorshad Dee suppcu
At the star Theatre James Hyde IL the man "no
-ells I'm the lObbs. The pnbu" CANNOT gc' |"''
seats there unless they purchase from him. the mon
Square Theatre TYSON OF the Fifth Avenue io'e' n"'
contro of the lobby for several years AMI heavy
,erccniare for the nriylle g. Witness III not kAo"
much about the Madison square ThcNre, eNc-p, 'h''
there was q lObby-mau ther' EIWdri hcDerno'' was
the lobby-m3n OF the Ffil Avenue Iheatfc' ne hi'"
nothing about the Comedy Theatre. AZ DAVIS rheaue
thcrc was a yonng man named Henno1 who got MY
ncr cent Of the rrot on the tickets he sold The same
rule prevailed at the Bii,u Theatre. There wa young
man in the lobby there who got tickets from the man III
the box and they divided the profits
Alderman Jaehne-Why, ths Ia cheating the theatre
Murphy-Tbe manager f1-s the prices and regulate .f
the sIS OF seats 10 tncse sp'cna'"i7 fai,ov1Id
as n the other. A frond ~ mime named OBrien was
The there. II" pays certain sum ior tn' pnS
wants and return those no; Sold There no o3'IndH
1T the Casino The outside spectators can get ptn Oh
II
here & Grind Oner, House has 10 bvnc1. hut the
"a lie can prOcur. good Seats. At the Fourteenth street
samuel Colyic. manager cf that thestra who was
seated i'm the audence)-l deny thai. 10 IS not true.
Alaerman WleG have bon Int tickets in tho libby OF
your theatre WITHIN short time. -. ILL.,, H.
.urphy IRE mingj-iickct sp9"1litn"s are allowed IN
The Fourteenth street Theatre. The Academy o. MUSIC
a Alderman Watc-fIow about Tony Plsior'sl
Murphy-0a, wei. billy kennedy the cnwt, Is Ina
0'T ts sP Sf M5r ''' f6eac It Baraans crcs r
Hutchinson employs men 10 sell tkrt1 u Wdpn n iF'
from %25 to so per molh AID board, they sell re-
served seat a: premium Of TWENTY-FIVE crni', ana an
Ther, are ionhvmea ~ Nibo's Theatre. favor the
Of law tn punish epecuat 'r' Tor 9iSrrprr'ent,
ing the location OF seat; sold by them This very 3ftc
done and just ground OF complaint on tAe part &" the
public.
Leon steleacr another spe.uiator said he sold tickets
at ali che theatres. He favor IN ordinance when Wohi
provide for a license fee Of $500 and 4 penalty
clinst any Spectator who soll tickets for
regular price The -d -?,cIltt1rs hal 70 Ohy their
tickets az hot .e AMI irlm ~ lobby OF tha theatre
win avn +. Ilhrr asD a sp"nIl.Or, said that he 3ol
tickets at The G:lnl % HoI-e and ~ B1rnani Cr-
cu. Hedeclarcd thar tia Who'll or could command
money ,-c 20 cp troll the Business AMI therefore they
favored high license.
william Bc,Her SD that Ii Speculation. were to De con
sllcrel an ryiI when DIZZY pad 0ly so lie 'l' lhty
would prove lnlcl grca II they were called Oh 10
my 500 Under igh license the Ol7ine@5 wall pas
uto in, hands OF book makers AMI lquDrNc i'r' ne
h,d bce: o5py-:niu he nlsUr, Globe ana olympic
Thcltrcs rne lJbhy-uirn really n >econi poX
o.tic,r Nu-h Of the evil complained or cOuli
he rcme,,iel il the Mayors Marshal did mis- duty II
on we'll ndn npin; OF IN silence on the part OF
ticket -BeaIl,or toward p1trn OF TIE theatre mans
license WIS revoked there w0ald bc little insoience
shown. -, r....
Commune fIyorci 3ilg the license fe' for >p'cu-
fora Nnen a play was successful a IN" lheltf
Comdie he -Ii1 only the last tlrce rows ~ the par.
d1ci: we're sold out,d' pn1lc The rst were SOFA
by tn speculalar'. A.,
Thomas Dalton surgastcl that any insolelcc on tn
mari OF Spa"uatOr. ny nfrn cment OF the terms OF
The leon - could bn made pIu4h1b ~ fine or 80
A. W. Field sad that the ram 'dy was IN the hands OF
the y thlic e al wint th' tickets held ~ the
.prcIltator4 il need not buy them.
Tie Law Committee will report at the next meeting Of