, 1889-03-28
POST STREET.

I. Browne National Bank.
Y, store rooms
g En- rance to building
L. Corridor or entrance 10 opera house
=. Foyer or rotunda and main ticket office.
u. Auditorium.
Z, stage.
In front of the corridor leading to the
opera house will be a large port cochere
under which carriages can be driven and
loaded or unloaded without their living
freight being exposed to the weather.
Through stone archway the hall, so feet
in length by 20 feet in width, is entered
This corridor will be provided with inches
in which handsome statues will be placed.
The walls will be hung with beautiful
paintings and the ceiling frescoed in the
highest style of the art. This passage
leads to the foyer. On the opposite side of
the entrance and little to the right will
be the ticket Office. IL will kava u circular
front and brass railing will be placed at
a convenient distance therefrom, inside of
which all must pass 10 reach the ticket
window. On the left of the foyer Is the
managers room, aud on the right ladies
and gentlemen toilets. while opposite the
ticket office u stairway ten feet wide leads
up to the balcony floor and on up to the
gallery,
ON THE BALCONY FLOOR,
or properly the second story there is an
and gallery can be purcha sed, those sold In
the foyer office being only for the parquet
and dress circle IN the auditorium. On
each side of the main ticket Office there
will be wide entrance to the
auditorium hung with rich tapestry cur
tains. The auditorium will be 70S9O feet
containing 800 plush upholstered opera
churs OF the iate1t design, These chairs
vii be provided with coat and nat racks
which are u late fad, and il is quite pro-
babIe that on each seat will be an opera
glass so arranged that you drop "a quarter
rer in a slot aud pull out glass, In fact
the management is now corresponding
with Boston firm to secure this Improve
mrnt. Four handsome proscenlum boxes
will occupy their proper place. The or
chesbra is lowered 30 as not to Interfere
with the view from any part of the par
auet or dress circle.
THE STAGE
will be 40x70 feet in size, with proscenium
OPENINGS 36 feet wide and 45 feet high
there will be four exits off the stage. The
stage will have all the latest improve.
ments such as traps and every mechanical
! contrivauce necessary for mounting any
play. spectacular or otherwise that can he
rendered The scenery will be what is
| known as vertical flats, made to disap-
/ pear above when not needed. The drop
| curtain will be of asbc stos which IL abso-
| lutely 6reproof. Electricity ana gas will
| be used for lighting the building, and 1t
will be- heated with either Steam or hot
water, which, it is not yet decided. Six
teen dressing rooms will be provided
real water effects Can be produced; in fact
there will not be more complete stage in
any temple of Ihespis in America. The en-
trance to the stage will be of sufficient size
TO admit fire engines, wagons and horses
which can be driven on or off the stage il
necessary From foo, 10 ceiling of the
theater proper will be sixty feet. with d
cupelo of stained glass and sun burner on
TOP, this is also arranged to act as venti
lator.
The main auditorium has ten exits tt
be used in case of fire. while outside iroI
stairways are provided for fire escape
from the balcony and gallery. BY thes
means the building can be emptied in tw
minutes. All around the exterior OF tn
opera house proper Is an alley or cour
twenty FIVE feet wide, except at the poin
whore the corridor crosses it.
THE OWNERS.
Messrs. Browne and Cannon. tn
gentlemen who are building this gres
pile, are too we'll known in this coui