The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-09
A TEMPLE OF DRAMA.
Plans Of Seattle's New Theater
Finally Adopted.
FINEST HOUSE IN THE WEST,
4 Thsassr y Cost sass 900 10 BE- Bsns
IN Seattle atIins Of the Plans--
An Observatory Tower.

cxoed upon - conference between the stock
holders Of the company and Louis II. eu livan,
g Adter Sullivan. tbs architects, yesterday
he est Of The building viii b. about ss75.ooa
eno q VIII be The finest thessef west Of the
Rocky mountain Work on the excavation of
the lot at the corner Of Second and University
sfrse's will begin on Monday, and By The time
inst . anishsd end the foundations coustruct-
ca. the plans Of the building will be com pleted
ana the contracts let 90 that work will be
pushed without interruption and with al the
sped conslsteut with safety. thoroughness and
perfection.
Following = general outline of the pIsus a
fsr = Arranged. The building Will % Ie8 feet
on UntveDits ard $50 feet on Second street aud
about 20 feet In height The auditorium and
stage viii occupy the interior of the lot and
Will M asure 72x13o feet TIE street frontage
vii. be occupied by q business building i've
sftries IN hele 1T The main entrance Of both
opefa-houss and business building viii be on
Second ct shout 60 feet norsh # University and
VIII be surmounts BY . tower Is feet square
ana l7o leet IN height. The external walls Of
the mali buiIding and OF The tower will be Of
dressed stone, and the building il 10 be sur
mounted by pitched roof covered with span
ish tiie. The tower will contain an observatory
81 the top which VIII b. reached By an elevator,
and from It can be obtained an unobstructed
view in all directions.
artistic beauty. The whole will be lighted with
eleetricsty. Tho stage equipment wlli be Of the
WY OeAt and will have = beautiful silk en-
bretdered curtain. There will BE- an iron drop
curtain run by hydraulic mechanism. The
DECORATIONS will be exec. dinghy rich and viii
ronsist of carvings, of sculpture and of co!ored
decorations in ar aud gola leaf. The electric
lamps will be distributed throughout the huiid-
Ing a. part of the decora lens and there viii be
no chandeliers or fixtures of any kind. The
main foyer will hare door OF the fuess Italian
marble mosaic over its entire extent ana the
walls viii be richly rated with marb es aud
fine woodwork A marble stairway will kat
from The main foyer at the balcony level. From
the main foyer viii also be reached
at the same level the ladies' parlor.
There will also be two drinking
fouatsins richly treated in marble and hrosxe
The lever door OF the auditorium is entered
from the main foyer through four doors. each
door making the entTanre T., an aisle. These
doors viii be of baize or C 9th, light in weight,
but effective in shutting of bo.h draughts and
Lois On tne lett haul side OF the foyer will
be found the cl ak rooms, In the planning o;
the auditorium careful study will be made of
the means of exit and they are to be abundant
in every Particular. Tue gallery entran viii
be al The east end OF the Universi street front,
Ais will be provided with iron stairways
leading to the ground
All reasonable precaution is to be taken
against IRE by plastering the buisaing through
out upon wire cloth, aud by plasterlng the
ceiling OF the basems MT on the same ma efial
The lowering of the iron curtains win, in case
Of fre on tue Stage. edectusliy sepsrAt- the
audiences r. u the same. ana In connection
with the curtain Will be an automatic device
that wi cause large ventilators in the scene
house to open and slow the smoke to escape.
Although the auditorium ID to be lighted with
incandeseen ligi t.. there viii lie about ffty gas
outlets dislr bu ed Through the building, which
viii be Kept burning ct oil times
daring the performance should any
accident therefors, hsppen 70 the electrical
apparatus and ex inguish the lamps the mouse
would not be left in darkpess but would on he
contrary be sufficiently lighted that the audi
nee could find their way easily and safely 10
the point. OF exit, should It be necessary for
thsm 10 do %. Az an additional precsution
AGAINST fr'. the boiler /. engines, dy am ..
scene storage space and csrpente s shops will
be locasei In . bui DIN, completely isolated
from the H. ater by heavy br OK vail.
Toe seating capacity OF the house viii
be from go ~ ], ESQ IS may seem mos expedient
IN the NO. king out Of the PLANS Care Will be
taken. however. tina the house shall in no sense
be vercrowded. bat that toe view OF the house
from al. seats ali be free and iibe raj Tae
% tugs will be divided appruxima ely o. 20 :
lows: Msia foor $50. balcony $50. gallery 270.
There will be boxs only on the ffst fuor
level four on each side of the proscenium. The
stage vii be 40x76 feet Certainly fhe Ii n cur
tain and probably also the tk curtain viii be
worked by hydraulic apparatus
The plAns for the once .i.ding are not quite
settled. but in all probability there will be bach
elor apart nenfs in it II viii be Handsomely
fniso ed in hardwood.
Mr.. sul ivan said he could not tell how long
II would take to finish the building until the
detailed D ans were drawn, but he thong hit il
would take sixteen months The theater proper
viii be first pushed Ia completion and the Office
building Will be finished sf erwaids. H. gave
his assurance, however. thar work would be
pushed forward with such rapiiIty as was never
seen on building OF the kini
Nj. sullivan leaves this morning for Tacoma,
Portland San Francisco. Salt Lake. Pueblo aud
then rsturns to Chicago. Either he or bis part
ner, Me- Adler. will be In Seattle occasionally to
supervise work ON the building.