The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1886-12-20

cOInt1OuNtt tHe UTOp SCentS CNTTicu ny
any travelling company, i being sixty feet
over oven head i This allows ample s room for
drawing all scenery by a direct hoist, In
stead OF being rolled. For the handling OF
flats and set pieces ample provisions have
been made, as also for the runs, etc.. all OF
| which are ~ complete rs are found on any
stage. The basement depth admits Of rails
ing and lowering traps more effectually than
Is provided for In many first-class theatres,
| and all the stage appointments are of the
| very best and most modern character The
| dressing rooms, behind the boxes, and under
meath the stage are ample, and thoroughly
furnished with all things necessary for the
use and comfort OF those behind the foot
| lights. A desirable feature OF the prOcen-
| uin arch is the encore door, invisible b. the
audience when closed, through which ar
fists may appear In answer TO recalls without
crowdng through between the curtains and
| the arch.
In the matter of lighting there is nothing
more to be desired. Five rows of border
lights are suspended from the rigging loft,
each row containing fourteen lights and ar
| ranged to he lowered or raised at will
There are fifty jets forming the footIights
| and these with the border lights, as well as
those of the auditorium and dressing-room
are lit by electric current and controlled at
| will by the operator at the gas table, the
| light being turned on or OIL, lowered or raised
in any or In all parts of the house instantan-
| eOusly.
SAN ANTONID CbNTHAtTOlts.
The gas and steam fitting and plumbing is
| a very fine piece of mechanism and Is pro-
nOunced by the architect and contractor
superior In every respect. Underneath the
| stage IL q reservoir for controlling the gas
pressure and equalzing 1t in all parts of
| the house.
This work reflects credit upon our home
| firm, Outterside II Co. by whom IL was per-
formed What is true Of this San Antonio
house Is equally true of other home contrac-
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Lonis, says that he never had better or
| more satisfactory set of subcOntractOrs to
deal with. The plastering by j. 7. O'Leary
| of this city, Is pronounced by the fresc0ers
piece of work in every partic,fhr-material
and quality every way satisfactory. Baker
| II King also San Antonio wOrkinen, have
| applied their paint brushes most artistically.
This work speaks for itself; as also the ex-
| guiste granting of TheO. II. Banks, whose
limitations of native woods would deceive
| the judgement of practiced critic. IL Is no
| light compliment to our home worknen to
| elicit such praise from architects and build
| ers, who are constantly employing the very
hest workmen In our large cities In all the
various departments of building, and are
competent To judge concerning work per
formed. The. rubble stone work by Il. G.
| Welch the brick work by FOx& Holiday, the
cut stone by Frank Teich--all home artists
and workmen- abundanty demonstrate
that San Antonio stands second to no city
In the quality of her skilled labor.
| THE CLUBHOUSE.
The clubhouse, proper, Is substantial
| three-stOry structure, fronting u feet on
| Alamo plaza and running 100 feet ~ the rear.
| The architecture Is graceful and quite or
| nate, the Alamo front presenting very
artistic appearance. The main corridor
of the Opera-house runs lOngitudinally
through the lower story. Two very desirable
store rooms, one on either side of the CORR
dor, take up the remaining space ON the first
| floor. The corridor itself Is very artistic.
| The decorations of the ceilings, the tilng on
| ing, all lighting up wonderfully under brilli-
ant gas jets which make this immense en-
trance rs light rs day. This corridor will be
| most valuable ante-rOOm to the theater in
stormy weather. 1t will be comfortably
warmed and well lighted, and Is sufficiently
| rOOmy, with the transverse corridor opening
| on Crockett street, tn afford comfortable
standing room for hundreds. 1t is practical
| ly an immense vestibule In which storm
stayed opera-gOers can wait for cars or car
| riages after the theater doors are closed, and
have all the comforts Of warmth and light
as well as shelter. The floors of the corridor
ported English tiling. This tling is the work
| of Aspinwall II Son, the best tiling firm in
| America. The base of the wainsc0atng Is
| also ting, and the effect under the gas-light
| Is exceedingly rich and striking. The unique
wanscoating, known as plastic, is a decided
novelty, and this Is probably the only speci
| men OF this new finish to be found In the
state. The club-roOm, itself, covers more
square feet on single floor than any club
room In this country, so say the architects
| a broad stair case leading to the right at the
| extremity of the corridor, near the opera
house vestibule, leads To
THE CLUB-ROoMs PROPER
Passing under the archway, leading to the
| upper corridor, you enter AN immense gal
lery 10 feet long and IL feet In width. From
this corridor sliding doors open into the
several apartments comprising the main
rooms of the club. These are-directOrs
room, reading room, billiard room, waiting
room, ladies' parl0r, assembly room, wine
and card rooms. The corridor itself would
make magnificent banquetting hall on any
public occasion upon which the club might
desire to so use II. The rooms Of this entire
floor can be thrown into each other en- suite
and the whole made practically one. The
Subcommittee have devised most literally
not less than $1,000 having been expended
upon the carpeting, furniture and Ornanel-
tatiOn, exclusive Of gas and steam fixtures.
The corridor is laid with an immense Br,s-
sells rug, extending its entire length, but not
fully filling the breadth of the hall. Before
each door rugs, In patterns TO match, will BIZ
laid, filling the floor spaces between the
room carpetings and the corridor rug. The
entire furnishing of this club house, rs of
the opera house, has been intrusted 10 the
Robert Mitchell Furniture company, of Gin
cinnati, whose sumptuOus furnishing OF the
Pickwick club house at New Orleans de
termined the club directors here to put their
orders into the Cincinnati house. An elabO
rate description of this furnishing cannot be
given here, as the work has not yet been
fully executed, the club-r0Om proper being
still within one month of its completion,
This much we may say. The directors
room, which opens directly across the
corridor from the stair way, Is ID feet by %
u Will be handsomely .carpeted, have q
heavily carved directors table for It's center