Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-08-14
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Iu Its Appointments Il Now Ranks with Tn
Nest In the state


lu Its Appointments u Now Ranks with the
rest In the state
Fulton opera house was opened Tor the fall |
and winter season last evening 10y Wilson a |
Raukln's minstrels. Although everything |
has been quiet on the outside of the building |
for the PAST few months, all has been hustle |
and confusion " thin. Manager Necker has
made some great improvements IN his al
ready convenient theatre, and II will now
rank with the best in the state. The last
amusement season closed In May, but the
improvements were not begun until II was
certain that the house would not he needed
for use again. The last entertain meuts given
in 1t were the commoucementS of different
schools, the final one OF which was held late
in June AS soon rs everything was over
MIR. Neckor put his force OF men To work,
and the result OF their labors was apparent to
those who visited the place last evening.
one of the rooms in which great improve
meuts have been made Is the office, which,
is in the front oi the building In this room
Harry l.. Hartmyer formerly carried ON
printing, but after his death tho whole stock
aud fixtures were sold. Mr. Necker con-
Cluded that he would hereafter CCupy the
whole room himself, aud he went to work to
make 1t a. convenient a. possible. The room
Is divided oil into several apartments, and
Mr.. lecker's own private office Is IN the
northeast corner. Ii is well ntted up with
desk, table, Gr., aud here reserved scat
tickets will be sold In the rear OF the room
is another apartment which will be for tho
exclusive use ot the bill posters. In it j. a
large table which can be used for arran ninu
paper, dating the autographs and doing other
work. Between this apartment and MIR.
NeCker's Office there IL plenty of room to the
private entrance. The partitions, including
the different apartments, were put up 10y
Bert RhineharL They are finished in cherry
and look very neat.
The auditorium has received thorough
oNerhauling, aud 1t looks we'll 1t was
scrubbed and cleaned up from the entrance
| to the stages and repairs were made where
ever they were found At all necessary. In
the aisles heavy new mating has been
| placed.
| ELECTRIC LIGHT ILLUMINNTIoN.
Two OF the greatest improvements in the
| building will be new modes OF furnishing
| heet and light Mr.. Necker concluded to use
| the new iucandesceut electric light, and he
| will have 1t put in as soon as the company Is
read to furnish it. The wires ,Sc., have all
been placed in the building, and farewell
| Will be given the gas in short time. To a.
| Illuminate the house well, lS5 lights Will be
| used. OF this number iS are on the large
| chandelier in the middle ot the room; on
| the gallery there Will be three, aud six in the
| parQuette circle. The statues one either side
ot the stage Will each have three, while Il Will
he used in the iootliEhts. rc>iatan "a box will
| Ue used for these and they can DO turned on
| full or put partly out rs desired. The border
| lights OF the stage will be composed OF three
| rows of twelve each and one of four The
| lodge and other rooms in the building will
| also be lighted 10y electricity.
| Another great improvement IN the build
| ing will be the steam heat which W III be used
this season tor the first time in the building.
| Lem Ii. Bachler who was the contractor t.
| put in the heating SppaTtus, has been busy
| for several weeks and he Just finished his
work this afternoon. There is no doubt thai
the new mode will be a great improvement
| over the old heater, and the house will bt
| rendered more comfortable. The Large boiler
| which came from BestS Son, has been pl aceC
| under the stage. In size 1t is 5lXSl inches
| and the attachments are all automatic. \
| pressure of more than five pounds of steam
| Will not be used At any time. The hea
| will be distributed by eleven radiators
six of which are in the auditorium
| Two Of these, which are very large, are iii
] reCtly in front OF the stage, one being Oi
either side of the orchestra On either sid,
, | OF the building there Is another in tho par
| quette circle, while the others are near th'
| alcUves in the front part OF the house. Their,
are also two radiators IN the office, two IN TIA,
store room next to Sprenger's saloon. and
large one IN the yestiOule. The stage, dress
, ing rooms and lodge rooms will be heated b,
( | coil work. In addition TO the three in tn
, auditorium there are three indirect radiator
| underneath the floor. The radiators are al
handsomely bronzed, have silver valves, an,
| really are very ornamental.
BY removing the old heater under th
| stage additional space has been secured an
| new dressing room will be added. But feN
, improvements have been made on the stag
: | as they were not necessary. The scenery
nearly all newly papered and in excellent cor
| dltion while everything else is in the bes
( | of shape. The whole house is in excellon
/ | condition, and 1t is well worth visit
THE ORGANIZATIONS FOR lsSt-ST.
|
almost the same as last year. Benz jami
Iecker, son OF the manager, will retur
; | from the West in few days aud will TAX
charge of the box office. John Killian, job
1 Iahm, VIM. Zahm and Henry Smith wi
act as ushers. The stage Will be in charg
= | Of Bert" Rinehart, who has filled the pos
D ton OF boss carpenter for many years, wit
" credit to himself and to the satisfaction
| | Mr.. 1ecker. He Is a good man and under
| stands his business lie will be assisted b
l John Sinclair, Albert lske, Fred Diehl All
Z | John Wise. For the present the bill pOstin
1 | Will DO in charge of Harry Goodhart, VIII
| | has also been with Mr.. Yecker for year
a | and thoroughly understands the worl
: Peter Lut2 and Lewis Dorwart will agai
t act as police officers.
THE AMUSEMENT SEASON.
Mr., iecker thinks the prospects very brigl
+ | for good season and he will endeavor, as
1 has always done, to cater to the tastes of h
j patrons by providing the best kinds of ente
tainments Although the season opened la'
l | night the next show will not DO here unit
! | August %, when sour Jonathan" will /
Q played. After that they will begin to com
more rapidly. The books show that a larg
number of excellent troupes have secure
dates. Among them are the following
Edwin Booth Fred'k Warde, Il. Il. Mantel
Mile. Rhea, Rehan's "Nancy ~ Co.." %.
Night OF" "Little Tycoon" "Black Hussar.
; Jane Coombs, Wallacks "Cattle King" P'
} | Rooney, Miners "Silver King" q. Dou
l Byron, "Blsck Crook" 'The Devils Au,
o tion," "Romany Rye" Clay's "Adamle,
i Eden," Electric Three (Csllen, Haley an
Callen), &c. Among those who will renal
q week are a number of old fsvorites, incluC
ing Moulton and Baker and Starts oper
companies, Lille Hinton, Ida Lewis Ora
AZ stephens, Leonza Brothers, Louise Pom
roy, Floy Crowell, Atkinson q Cook, Louis
Ar,nt nd Ith