St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-22
A NEW THEATER.
Enterprising Business Men Pledge
Necessary CAPITAL.

y
''There is going to be a new theater
in st. Paul that will rank with the best
playhouses in America"
Such was the statement made by JOS
eph j. McCaddon, resident partner of
Kohl, Middleton d Co., yesterday, while
the fire of the Grand opera house was
still smouldering. When Kohl, Middle
ton 81 Co. first became interested in St.
Paul Mr.. McCaddon saw that there was
an excellent opening for another first
class opera house, and last June Robert
NJ. Fulton was instructed to look about
for suitable site. On account of the
amount of money necessary to erect a
theater of the kind desired, no single
investor was willing to take hold of
the enterprise, 1t was decided
to form a =, stock company, and
articles of Incorporation were filed
with the secretary Of state late yester-
day afternoon by the Twin City Opera
House company. Its object is to con-
hoitses and theaters in the cities of St.
Paul and Minneapolis. The capital
stock is $500, 900, and the incorporators
are Joseph j. McCaddon. William Daw7
son, Jr., Robert NJ, Fulton, George o.
Lawton and j. J. McCatferty.
Mr.. McCaddOn, one of the prime
movers in the enterprise, said:
We are going to build a theater, and one
that will surprise st. Paul people. The plan
is not a new one. We have been working on
it, and had the Grand not burned the new
theater would have been built. The fire SIM
ply precipitated matters, causing us to file
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
about month sooner than we expected.
The theater will certainly be built, and as
quickly as possible. We propose to erect a
play house that will become famous through
out the country for its beauty and magpii-
cent appointments. We expect to pend
100000 on the theater alone, and do not
propose to build great barn, but one of
moderate size, embodying. all the best
features of heaters in the metropolitan cen
tiers. The seating capacity will be about
1880. The general plan of the theater will
be modelled after the Casino at New York,
which is recognized as the prettiest theater
in the country. We propose to build sum-
mer garden on top like the Casino. Although
it will not be a summer garden in the ordi-
nary acceptance of the term, but beautiful
hall, artistically decorated in quaint designs
and adorned with rare exotcs and flowers,
where ladies and gentlemen can promenade
between the acts and after the performances.
This will entail a heavy additional eX-
pense. but we think that it will meet with
more than the mere approval of st. Paul peo-
pie Plans are not matured yet, but that is
to the short time in which we had to prepare
the arti cles of Incorporation, we could not
reach some of those most interested in the
scheme. They include several bankers,
whose names are synonymous with business
sagacity and wealth.. - =.
The site of the new theater is not
yet fully determined upon, but we have
the refusal of three sites that are equally
good. and they are in such shape that
we can close the transaction on any one
of them tomorrow, if necessary, at a
price previously agreed upon. They
are all centrally located and easy of ac-
cess from all parts of the city.
We will start work on the st. Paul
theater just as quickly as the weather
permits. The firstmeeting of the stock
holders of the new company will be held
Feb. l, and then all the details will be
arranged. The work on the new struct-
ure will be pushed forward as rapidly
as possible, and we will employ as
many men as can find room to work. 1t
will be finished before the dramatic sea-
son opens next fall. -