The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-29
GROUND PLAN OF HALL
B-Distinguished guests.

ter of the section where the visitor is en-
titled to seat. Going up flight of steps
the gallery guest finds himself in
similar lobby extending entirely
around outside the gallery. There
are thirty entrances to the gallery,
each aisle and section having its own
trance The sections contain from 141 to
nearly 800 seats each. The usual confusion
inside hall by people entering at the
wrong side will thus be entirely done
away with. The ticket holder must look
up the section before he can get inside at
all. and then he finds himself right on the
spot. 1t will then be an easy matter to
locate his seat There are only ten rows
of seats in the gallery. as stated, and these
are in terraces Is inches high. This is
about the height of an ordinary chair, and
an additional step is necessary in the aisles
between the terraces. No matter the size
of the ladies' hats here, a man is bound to
see. Nothing but the hosting of a parasol
need give him uneasiness. The entrances
are not through the side walls, let it be
understood. The stairways to gallery
and main floors lead up through box
like places directly into aisles with
seats on every side. The wall doors are
exits only.
The entrance for delegates will be on
Central avenue, the front used the past
two years as the entrance to the exposi-
ton. Across the lobby q wide flight of
forty steps leads up to the main floor of
convention hall and directly into the CEN
trail space, 9Sx72 feet, reserved for the dele
gates. This space is separated from the
rest of the floor by little solid brown
trA vol oh
The delegates are on level, the only seats
in the hall SO arranged. They will occupy
opera chairs. The central section of the
backs of these is of blue plush, in harmony
with this national color which prevails so
largely about the hall. The delegates
seats will be arranged in four sections.
with five-foot asles between, and
space of about the same width back of the
seats, at the sides. and between them and
the speakers platform.
Few streets in Minneapolis were laid
ont by points of the compass, and dele
gates and visitors will no doubt be all at
sea regarding directions The delegates
will face nearly due southeast. The
speakers platform may be spoken of as on
the south side of the hall. 1t is about SKIS
feet and raised four feet from the floor. 1t
finest workmanship, which will fall over
the front almost to the floor. The presid-
ing officers chair will be an elaborate
piece of workmanship, made especially for
the occasion, while at least one gavel viii
be the work of the boys in the manual
training department of the Minneapolis
schools. The tables will be choice old
heirlooms secured for he occasion The
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platform. Immediately back OF the
speakers platform and in rows of the same
width Will be arranged eighty-four chairs
for the members OF the national commit
tee. The section Of seats back OF these Is
designed for invited guests and ladies ac-
companying delegates.
To the right and LETT Of speaker and COM
mittee, reached by separate entrances COM
ing up through the door in the rear of
each, Is press platform. fifty feet long by
twenty-nine feet in depth. arranged in four
terraces. This press platform extends on
either side past the section for DELEGATES
and nearly under the gallery. The press
arrangements viii be treated Of separately.
Back OF press. national committee and
Chairman, an iron railing separates the
space from nine rows of terraced seats
which extend back to the south wall of
the hail. To right and left OF delegates
twenty rows OF chairs extend back IN ter
race 10 the wall. In the rear OF the dele
gates are the same number of rows OF seats.
Here Will be located tue alternateS, & little
convention body the same size as that
upon the level door. The chairs used. ex-
cept IN the delegates section, are the plain,
wooden, vanished kitchen species. Many
are new, but those n the rear rows have
seen long service
Inc posts supporting the roof and gal
!ery, OF goodiy dimensions, have been