Telegram-herald., 1890-03-17
MiLLIoNAIREs TO AMUsE US.
A nA@D0ta r-mpis rh@t 10 nsias
haarsd IA Nsw YORK

The last races OF the old Maiison
square Garden. the scene OF rsFels.
Shows. balls ahd spectaeles inBumsFS-
be. have disappeared For over t~enty
years New orkers have gone there IA
droFss - tie eircusss, walking matches
and horse saoWs- The Old Gardea wlt-
messed the rise and decline % The Pc
~dsstrisR craze and Charley R0well. the
-'lrotting Enslishmsn. vim many
0theFs after him. entered it poor
enough aad left it as rich men
All the great American and Eng-
lish modern pugilists haze Won
hstic fams ehers. and Il Was upon its
plAsform that John l. Sullivan thumpsd
his Nay into TIE hearts Of sp0ct-l0 ing
New I0rkers The memories OF the
Garden are q weird iUmble Of Barnam
and Buffalo Bill. CAV French balls and
roller-skaJIng carnivals, political meet
ings and dog shows With the excep-
tion OF the memorable accident, when
the falling OF platform whils a HON.
oeOpathic fair was IN progress seye. al
years age, caused the death OF nearly
score OF persons. no serious disaster
mars the record OF tho greatest OF
Gothan's many old-iashioned pleasure
resorts.
Six hundred workmen are now busily
engaged on tho site OF the old
Garden, constructing what Is TO DO
the largest, il not the costliest tenn
pie OF amusement in the world
The new b-lding viii occupy the en-
tire block from Fourth to Madison
avenues. between Twenty-sixth and
Twenty seventh streets with depth OF
as feet and frontage on the two ave
nues ot 297A feet. Four millions OF
Pittsburg brick aud fully {. 900 tons Of
iron Will be used IL will include an
amphitheater s1orte4 feet. and so feet
high, with an area containing 80, 600
square feet. and a track one-tenth Of a
mile long The seating capacity will
be for 5000 persons, including those
who can be accom- modated in the I5O
boxes; but during political or similar
gatherings u, 600 can Do safely admit
ted. Besides the amphitheater. there
will be beautiful theater. decorated
IN Louis XIV. style, in white and gold,
and with a seating capacity of 1900.
There will also 90 q restaurant, a con-
cert hall and roo. garden, the equip
ments and decorations OF which. IL Is
promised. viii eclipse in magnificence
anything heretofore seen in New York.
OF course, the projectors are men OF
millions They are J. Pierpont Nor
gan, Darius o. Mills, Adrian Iselin,
Charles Lanier, Hiram Hitchcock,
Adolf Ladenburg, Herman Oelrichs
and w. A. Haines, names equally well
known in Wall street and on Murray
HILL They propose TO expend Sl,5oO,
600 on the building and the lot cost
exactly the same amount
One Of the stockholders in the new
venture spoke very enthusias tically of
the project.
"Wesxpec. 70 haYe the amphitheater
finished In April ne said, but tAe
entire building will not be completed
before July or August 1t will prob
ably be opened with a grand ball, given
by the directors, aud at which the best
people in town will be present. No,
can't say just yet whe ther Ward Meal
lister will have charge OF the arrange
ments. It's a little too early. Tho
ball will take place about the middle OF
May, and Strauss and his entire Vienna
orchestra will render the kind of music
that New Workers go wild over. This
viii be followed By musical festival.
During the summer the amphitheater
will be occupied as a circus, and in the
fail the Paris Hippodrome VIII come
over and exhibit They are not permit
ted 70 leave France in summer, you
know"
What will be the general appear
sncs OF the new building?"
'SThe buff brick will be embellished
with terra Gotta on the Madison and
Fourth avenue sides. On the former,
a. the south west corner. will be a
tower 800 feet high, the architectural
decorations on which are to be especi-
ally fine. Tho main entrance 20 the
amphitheatsr will De on Madison ave-
nue.. but here will be another on Fourth
avenue, and these. with six additional
exits, will be sufficient to empty the
building in a very few minutes, no
matter how crowded. Jnder the amphi-
tbeater on the ground floor, will De a
great hall. available FOR horse shows,
and containing 90 stalls The drainage
system will be the most scientific in
the United States. The smphitheater.
which is the full width Of the lot and
$40 feet long. viii have iron trusses.
with span Of i6S feet
"Our theater-which weshall call tho
Madison square Garden Theater-will
be more like boudoir than an ordinary
piayh0use The stage will be wide
enough 20 permit Of the most elaborate
productions Like the rest Of tho build
ing. it will bs absolutely fre-proof-
The entrance will be on ths Twenty
seventh street. side The restaurant
which viii be The equal OF DelmOnico's
in its Equipments. viii be on the Twen-
ty-sixth street corner OF Madison ave-
nue. and the kitchen viii Be on the
roof. Immediately over the restaurant
viii be the concert ball. which can "a
used a. bali room OF Tor banQuets
Fifteen hundred persons can be seated
there" y Il. SASDTsoS.
Remarkable Bridge.
" stofeL he well-kuown French
eng iHeer. proposes a bridge OF remarks-
BE construction Tor the mouth 81 ne
Tarus. ss Lisbon Portugal II would
be nearly tVice The length % the Brook
ivn bridge white it's snsus would 5e %
those across The East Rive A. nfne %
Eve Or almost twice a. great VA -
ths RrooxIvn bridge Is ninety metres
ahcre enc sea. she Lisbon vii - I'D:
the-e will - fcur spans slacceshs-.