The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1886-12-20
CLUB AND OPERA-HOUSE.
THE SAN ANTONIO CLUB AND OPERA
HOUSE IS A FINISHED FACT.

b-Rooms-Sumptuou Furnishing.
Santone Takes the Bakery.
The San Antonio uub,ic 4, tho cours. of
wears may have had differences NJ o,,nions
on many subjects I'M, they have meyer heeu
know, IN hold ,,yo oninions az a., IN. ,,aoos-
sitv innerotive and Immediate nj sone
building for ,heatricn, nnrnoses that ,yould
nat Ina n burlesoue unop Tho nomo of tbea,er
The inter lack of any nroner nrovision far
the accommodation of the Tho nlov.goers of
This city was long and unfavorablv cam.
menied unon botb bv our avn ci,i,ons and
the strangers within our gotes until such
comments grew mountainous Various
proposi,ions were discussed in private and
in public. and all ended In leaving things os
before. until th, San Antonio club. realizing
that I'm some sense they stood sponsor for the
social wants of the mara nroyressive ella
mont of our neone to,l tho mot,er under
adylsement The necessity for increased
club.house accommodations far ,b.ms.lves
was almost as imperative as the needs of the
drama loving public. and the demands of
both were considered until what was ot first
a hone became "A certainty. The proiect of "A
combined Opera-house and Cnh-rooms that
would he a credit IN tho cIuh an ornament
To the CITY and "A luxurv IA tbe lovers of
legitimate drama boiny moo,cd took farm
and the bullding was determined unon nro.
vidoJ ,bo funds oo,lJ Ina ro;s.J
The San Antoni, Cnb and opera.hous.
comnapv was or,oni,od and chor,or 6IoJ
January 10 ,ssG mo coni,oI s,oct ,yos
nlaced a, sito ooo win ma fo,ioyv;pg gan.
tlemena s incorporators. Thomas l. Devjne
Auyus,us Rellnan II "a .ndr,,ys Irr;ob
Lott Cass,us X pren.mon ED Wicts
w IL Maverick / r. Iacoste and I. s
Rerg Tho huiIding commi,,oo ,yas con.
..t. ,, we"
stituteu OF Messis' DeVihe, Belkhap ana
Breneman, and the work of securing sub
scriptions was pushed.
1, soc s,o, o,,,,,,.o,,, ,,., ,,., .;,,,, ,,,,
,,ar, In ,,., ri,,,', ,Iaoa Sm,sar,,,iens ,,,,i
tiplied. success was certain and the seIec.
ton of site speedilv made Choice
,au ,,,,, ,ha ,,a,,, n,,,su,i ,r,',,,,,,,. 49,, ,h,,
'eii upon 'he Ner! eiig'pie property On the
plaza and Losoya street. The selection was
a fortunate ono ha,nn oantro,I, ,,oa,a1
"'.,'' " ., on,' ''"ns ',n''i' loo"'ou,
fronting the plaza completely removed
street cars In front and another within one
,,''',' 80 .,.,', So =. "'", o,e
DOCK Oh the size ehteraiice' IL Is practically
Isolated, having streets on the south ana
west. the plaza on the east and n six font
,'ass',.,'',,,. - a.,a .,.a...., ". 49, .
anu P"N."'en' u" .he "oi.'''
Inc lot fronts ID feet and Inches on the
plaza, "a feet on Losoya street, has depth of
| 2a7 feet along Crockett street and IN tbe
..i' e,.,' w., o.. ''''''' anu WI '"'
north SIDE al Feet
Among the many plans submitted those
| of j. b. McElfatrick and Son. of st. Louis,
were Ihaliy seiected. contract was awarded
| broken the LIST of August. Work has been
,,u,haJ s,o,diI,, sro,,, no hon. ,,o, ,Ia 49,,
at;nu ,,as hn,,, and IN mn, ,ass IN,
G mr1 oosr an" ,,o ' ,nt US ~, 'f n,
hn,nnin nnara'hns We a a Wui We ,n ,a
nn ,,; opc'"-"o"se was oPe"eu \" 'he
puoi''
oPERA-housE BUILDING
| rha .x,ron,a Iang,h 90 tho onaro- housa
- ',',, w s,- ~. nv %
aild ciup-roons coilinl'eu Is =, ieet anu
| lncnts iength Of opera house .iioHe, 10 leet'
with, o' Ieet' inches height OF rear wall,
leet; sac walls, tnrougnond, Us ieet;
negnt oi Alamo s.,ee. front, o. icy anu
inches. Inc iouhuati0ns are OF soliu stone,
~ ihches through, fully two,tilrds OF them
DeiIg dimension stone, Inc lover walls are
~ inches tnrougn, the niiuule walls I.
inches, ana the upper walls, 10 Inches. Az
intervals OF 10 feet' wherever the glrders en-
ter the walls, ~ inch plasters are built
giving the walls az the strength or -,
men, y men ana u men wall; Inc walls
are OF the best Eagle Pass brlck, the Alamo
plaza front raced win 81. Louis STOCK Drick;
Inc trimmings are OF terra Gotta, galvanized
IRON ana y. Geronimo stone. Inc windows,
tnroughout, are OF plate-glass, the door
lights OF venetian anu prisinatlc glass. Inc
Alamo plaza entrance Is the most com
modi0us OF any IN the west or south, You
step IRON the pavement into
irescoed cOrrldOr 10 rect VIDE ana
10 feet long, through which en-