San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-12-20

| from the stage to the rigging tiOOr
| over head. This allows ample room for
| drawing all scenery by 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 as complete as are found on any
stage. The basement depth admits of rails
| ing and lowering traps more effectually than
| is provided for in many frst-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 prOceni-
| um arch is the encore door, invisible to the
| audience when closed, through which ar
fists may appear in answer to recalls without
crOwding 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 be lowered or raised at Will.
| There are fifty jets forming the fOOtlights
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 off, lowered or raised
in any or in all parts of the house inStantan-
eOuSly.
SAN ANTONIO CONTRACTORS.
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 is a reservoir for controlling the gas
pressure and equalizng it in all parts of
the house.
This work reflects credit upon our home
firm, OutterSide Il Co. by whom it was per
formed. What is true of this San Antonio
house is equally true of other home contrac-
tors. Mr.. Huffman, the contractor from st.
LOniS, says that he never had a better or
more satisfactory set of Sub-cOntractOrS to
deal with. The plaStering, by }. p. O'Leary
of this city is pronounced by the frcSCOerS
as well as the contractors an admirable
piece of work in every partlct'ar-nateria
and quality every way satisfactory. Baker
Il King, also San Antonio wOrkInen, have
applied their paint brushes most artiStically.
This work speaks for itself, as also the eX-
quisite granting of TheO ii. Banks, whose
limitations of native woods would deceive
the judgement of a pTacticed critic. H. is no
light compliment to our home w0rkmen 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 +. G.
WEIGH: the brick work by FOx& tiOliday, the
cut stone by Frank Teich-all home artists
and -abundantly demonstrate
that San Antonio stands second to no city
i'm the quality of her skilled labor.
THE CLUBHOUSE.
The clubhouse, proper, Is substantial
three-StOry structure, fronting 81 feet on
Alamo plaza and running 100 feet to 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
on nitbpr SiIp pf the pDrri-
dor, take up the remaining space on the first
floor. The corridor itself is very artistic
The decorations of the ceilings, the tilng on
the floor, and the unique brOl.zt walnscoat-
ing, all lighting up wonderfully under brllll-
ant gas lets which make this immense ell
trance as light as day. This corridor will he
most valuable antH-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, to 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
are elegantly tiled in the most artistic i'm
ported English tilng. This tiing is the work
of Aspinwall " Son, the best tiling firm in
America. The base of the wainScOatlng is
also tiling, and the effect under the gaS-light
is eXceedinglyrich and striking The unique
wainScOating known as plastic, is 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
TIE CLUB-ROoMs PROPER
Passing under the archway, leading to the
upper corridor, you enter an immense gal
lery 20 feet long and Is 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' parlOr, 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 it. 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
for the furnishing OF their elegant quarters,
not less than $1,000 having been expended
upOu the carpeting, furniture and Ornamen-
tatiOn, exclusive of gas and steam fixtures.
The corridor is laid with an immense Brus-
sells rug, extending its entire length, but not
fully filling the breadth of the hall. Before
each door rugs, III patterns TO match, Will Dc
laid, filling the floor spaces between the
room carpetings and the corridor rug. The
entire furnishing of this club house, as of
the opera house, has been intruSted to the
Robert Mitchell Furniture company, of Gin
cinnati, whose sumptuOus furnishing of the
Pickwck 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-rOOm 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 Is feet by %;
it will be handsomely carpeted, have a
heavily carved directors table for its center,