Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1892-05-26
The LLOYD OPERA HOUSE.
Plans for The New Theater,
And Block Of Buildings,
Received. ...
One Of the Most Elegant Struc-
lures in the State Out
lined Therein.
This Enterprise Will Fairly
lnaugurate a Building Boom
In Jamestown.

lnaugurate a Building Boom
In jamestown.
The plans for the new Lloyd opera
house and block of buildings have arri-
we'd, and the citizens of jamestown will
be agreeably surprised to learn of the
magnitude and extent of the enterprise
which the Messrs. Lloyd have under
taken. The operahouse will be a credit
to any city, as we'll as the entire block Of
storee, halls and offices. Work will be-
gin next week and be rushed to compile.
tior as fast as money and men can do it.
The site of this new and splendid im-
provement will be on Fifth avenue north,
just beyond the Gladstone hotel. The
buildings will be, when completed, the
finest IN the city and among the best IN
the state. O,tober first is the date
when portion at least of the buildings
are to be finished. The architect of the
buildings is we'll known Minneapolis
man, Harry G. Carter, who has designed
many of the leading operahouses. hotels
and public buildings in the Twin cities
and the northwest, including the Grand
Forks and Watertown, South Dakota,
operahouses. The buildings will be
built of red brick, iron and glass and
practically fire proof. They will be cleo
trio lighted and probably steam heated.
The operahouse itself will be three
stories in height, 1O5 feet long and SO
feet vide. There will be exits on Third
street, and the grand entrance on Fifth
avenue will be 10 feet vide. This
entrance leads to the foyer of the
) theater and the ticket Office Is in tl,e
entrance. A porte cachere or large
balcony, extends over the street. This
will be of ornamental iron work, and will
make very attractive addition to the
entrance and to the front Of the struc-
ture rs we'll. On either side of the
entrance to the operahouse are two
stores 1886, suitable for drug stores or
cigar and confectionery stands. The in
terror of the operahouse will be finished
in 6rstclass style; the ceiling will be SO
feet high and all scenery hoisted instead
of rolled. The stage will be 81 feet deep.
and the scenery and equipment firstolass.
The decoration and frescoing will be
done by the artists who did the work for
the Metropolitan theater in St. Paul.
There will be basement beneath the
stage and room for trap doors
The stage entrance will be in rear
and the dressing rooms will be under the
stage at the side. There will be four
private boxes, two on the parquet floor
and two in the balcony circle, all ele-
gantly furnished. The parquet will be
an inclined floor, surrounded by par
quet circle. The balcony will be
handsomely finished, and the
gallery convenient and ample.
The seating capacity of the
house is about 700, divided as follows:
Boxes %, parquet 252, parquet circle 148,
balcony LAG, gallery 1872. This will be
ample capacity for long time. The seat
ing arrangement is very complete and
convenient.
The other portion of the block will
consist of store buildings, halls and Of.
fees. These will be modern in every
respect. It is expected that sewerage
will be an improvement to be had in
jamestown at no distant date, and the
new block will be built with the object
of putting in lavatories and water closets
into the stores aud halls. There will be
five stores 2Ox8O feet. Offices will be or
the second floor The United Workmer
have secured fine space for their society
hall 6Ox8O, This will be finished off al
the society directs. On the second fool
of the opera house building, over The
store rooms on either side OF the en-
trance, will be Offices, and in thu
third story a :neat hall 5Ox3;
which can be used by some society. L
will be small but convenient, and NJ
doubt some organization will be glad t
secure it. Plate-glass windows will be il
the fronts Of all the stores. The entir,
front will be finished in handsome styl,
architecturally, and when all the build
ings are completed the block will present
an elegant and imposing appearance.
Those Asylum Supplies.
In the opinion of other merchants o
Jamestown the complaint Of CIT,
dealer that he was not allowed to bid OF
the supplies Of boots and shoes for tn
asylum, should not be confined to tina
one item. The trade here believes tha