The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-06-27
Architect Cobb Interviewed by a Trib.
une Representative on Yes
terday Afternoon.
The House to be Handsomely Built. Fin.
ishel, Furnished and Fitted-A
Full Description Of the
Building.


rival a representative of the TRIBUNE
called on him at his room. He was
courteously received and when his pur-
pose was made known the architect
kindly unrolled the plans and gave the
following complete description:
The house is situated ON Third street,
between First and Second avenues north.
1t extends along Third street seventy
feet and is 115 feet deep. OF the seventy
feet on the street sixty compose the
frontage and ten are devoted to an en-
trance leading to the dressing-rooms.
The auditorium proper is located on
the ground floor and is reached by an
entrance on Third street. This entrance
is sixteen feet deep by twenty feet in
width. On the left-hand side is a ticket
office, furnished with a window, from
which tickets to the lower auditorium
and balcony are sold. From this same
box-oflice, but from another window,
tickets to the gallery are sold. On the
opposite side of the grand entrance the
managers office is situated. The audi
forum is sixty by seventy feet anu the
lower part is divided into a parquct and
parquct circle. The seating capacity of
this lower portion is 800. The balcony
accommodates 80 and the gallery 800.
The house will therefore seat about l,4W
people.
The cutting off Of ten feet of the front
on the side next the alley has several adj
vantages. 1t makes an excellent actors
exit and there being no rooms behind
the stage gives an opportunity for per
feet light and ventilation. Besides this
it locates the dressing rooms very con-
venicntly. OF these, four are on the
ground floor, six are above the stage and
three are placed in the basement, under
the stage and will be reserved for min
strel purposes.
The stage is 20 feet long and IL deep.
This width, the architect says. gives am
pie opportunity to produce. without cur
failing or diminishing scenic or spcctac-
ular effects, any attraction which can
show at Helena, Butte or indeed at any
leading point on the way across the con
tinent. The height to the rigging loft is
80 feet and the space between will easily
contain the longest and widest drops.
The scenic grooves will be adjustable,
double jointed and will move from 16 TO
26 feet in height, thus insuring an easy
shifting of scenes. ,
In the auditorium at the right and
left of the p%roscenium are the boxes,
four IN number, two on each side. A
long lodge box is also placed along the
front of the balcony over the lower boxes.
The orchestra will be of proportions SUI
fcient to accommodate twenty pieces and a
J piano. -,
The grand entrance is paved with en-
, caustic tile. Entering the auditorium
from this. to the right and left stairs are
seen leading to the balcony. These are
five feet wide and, being built out at an
angle, leave an ample space below for
r ladies' and g~entlcmens' toilet rooms
The balcony proper is reached directly
> at the sides and rear from these stair,
ways and is divided into a balcony and
= balcony circle. II is also furnished with
"A retiring Toner or lounging O sixteen
,, feet wide by twenty long.
. The gallery is entered from stairways
= leading up directly from the front corn
S crs of the building. 1t is seated witt
G pew benches and is nicely ventilated
r The lines of sight and acoustics are per
t feet. ,
The parquet. ~parquettc circle and bal
e cony are seated with the latest improved
s upholstered opera chairs, furnished Will
s hat racks, foot rests, shawl racks, cant
o racks, etc. In the parquet the architec
S advocates putting in at least four row
S of diyans or double chairs. These ar
n for the accommodation of people who Gle
sire a close acquaintance, or for peopl
@ whose physical proportions are SO pro
nounced as to make one chair unconI
Portable. Should the committee al
prove, the entire parIuct may be scatc'
in this way.
A particular feature Of this particular
n " handsome house is the prosceniuI
y proper. This is built in sounding boards
which extend into the auditorium slxtecl
Z feet and then splay off at an angle q
n forty-tive degrees. Proceeding at TIN
a angle the p%rosccnium meets and inter
- sccts with the side walls, then taking 81
a circular form it goes from the floor f
lI1t CtllIHS WIFI II hi''tS Il Eiih'i"' 49,
p nation from the opposite side. 1t
e modelled after the famous Chicago Al
ditorium and is the very perfection {
acoustics.
The house is to be heated by steam
The boilers are placed under the farther
Il est projection in Il corner, at the rca
90 Of the basement. The undercurrent sys
TEN is to be used. BY this no radiator
Oh coils are visible in the house, except
T. ing such as are on the stage and in tn
,s grand entrance. The architect will a'
ip vocatc lighting the house entirely by II
ID candescent lights, these being the best Io
40 showing off decorative and scenic effect
10 Their perfect safety from accidrnii
4 fires, and their clear, pure light AIS
,e strongly commend them.
" In the lower house and boxes the ca
ne pets will be a rich body Brussels, II
or balcony will have tapestry and the ga
es lery Napier mating. A two-ply ingrA'
n, will be used for the dressing rooms. II
nj upholstery will consist in the draping
If all the arches about the stage as well