The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-06-14
BLDORADO.
The Kira1fYs Are Almost
Ready to Present
" King Solomon"
PAINTING MAMMOTH SCENES
Fountains and Grottoes, Trees and
Flowers Beautify the
Grounds.

One week from tomorrow the Eldorado,
Of the Palisades on the Weehawken
Heights, will be opened, when Kiralfy
Brothers will produce their grand spec
tacle of king Solomon in ali its pomp
and splendor. Although the grounds
Will not be quite ready by that time, the
amusement company expect to be able 10
receive the public on that day.
Eldorado has already been described in
on the bluff overlooking the Hudson, and
almost directly opposite the Weehawken
entrance to the West Shore
ferries has been the scene of
busy operations ever since April
l. Over one thousand men have been EN-
pleyed in various parts of the thirty acres
transforming it into veritable fairy
land. Trees have been planted and shaded
walks cut out. Fountains have been
erected, a large hotel has been built:qnsi1it
little grottoes along the edge OF the Dluff,
one hundred and fifty feet above the water,
just large enough to accommodate FAM
lily, have been cut; a large castle looms up
on the river edge and in the western end
OF the grounds the the largest stage and
amphitneatre in this country have almost
been completed.
FINISHING TOUCHES.
/ visited the grounds yesterday and
found an army of workmen as busy ~
the proverbiai bees The Flushing
touches were being put on the large
hotel in the centre of the grounds. aud
this will be ready by June %. Here will
be made the headquarters of the amuse-
have an office somewhere in the building.
The castle on the bluff is almost com
pIeted and water viii spring from the
fountain on next Sunday.
The largest structure on the grounds,
however, is the ampitheatre. This Is al
most block In length and is capable of
seating $4,000 people easily. 1t is very
strongly built In the front of the
amphitheatre will be several boxes, which
of course will command higher price
than an ordinary seat.
The stage directly in front of the arnphi-
theatre will be the largest stage in the
country Seven hundred ballet girls
will appear on the stage on the opening
day, aud about eight hundred men. Az
one time there will be /, 500 people grouped
together on the stage.
A GREAT FORCE OF ARTISTS.
Fifty artists are hard at work painting
the scenery for the grand plays. AT pres
ent the scenery is stored In HighWood
Park, which adjoins Eldorado.
Eldorado will be open afternoon and
evening There will be two entrances
one entrance for people living in Hudson
county will be ON the Boulevard and the
other for people from neiqhboring cities
will be IN the northern end of the grounds
The North Hudson County Railroad
Company is erecting an elevated railroad
TO carry people from the ferry to Eldo-
RADIO, but this road willn be finished for
months. The amusement company
therefore has erected steps from the ferry
to the bluff and will also run
stage line to the ferry for their patrons.
At the afternoon performance Jules Levy,
the cornetisr, and band or fifty mu-
sicians, under the leadership of Professor
Nathan FRANKIE, will appear In conjunc-
ton with chorus OF eighty trained
voices and there will be lots of other in
teresting features.
the West Shore Ferry Company will
run special boats TO the grounds and
chartered boats will run from Brooklyn,
Williamsburg, Newark and other djofn-
ing places. The daily expenses of the
Eldorado are figured at "A, 900 per day.