New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-16
OPERA FOR THE COUNTRY.
THE FUTURE OF THE METROPOLITAN.
MUCH THAT NAY BE SETTLED To-DAY-Two
PLANS OUTLINED.

MUCH THAT NAY BE SETTLED IO-DAf-1WV
PLANS OUTLINED.
The meeting of the stockholders OF the metropolitan
Opera House Company, to be held at the MUTUAL Lie
Building this afternoon, promises TO be an alalr VI
absorbing interest to those who are concerned Ill IT.
The plan proposed last week for recognizing 'he
company financially and levying a new assessment.
,be failure 10 nav which should exclude any stock
holder from the company, has been abandoned IN
decd the laws under which the company Is orgahlzeu
would not permit the carrying out OF any such sche
and even those who proposed 1t nave been ops'u "
admit the fact when ii was brought 10 their hooc'
A new plan was devised in place of this at meeting
Of the directors held early this week. and IL Is one
which, il is thought, is likely TO meet with some OPP
position ~
II is proposed that an entirely new company shalI
no formed by such as wish TO pay the sum OF Sioooo
each the same that each OF the present s'o'"
holders has paid his box. Any who do not chooSe
10 paw this will be excluded from the ne" COMPANY
and then the mortgage of 100000, which Is heiu ps
certain OF the stockholders in the form OF bohds Will
no forecloscd and the property bought by the ne"
company which will proceed 10 conduct the aidiis
OF the opera House 1t shall deem most NJ
The agreement of thirty six stockholders Is neccS-
sary for the carrying out Of such an aranschcnO ~
his and II is said that the thirty-six nave peeh
secured 1t Is also said by those who oppose oie
nlon that Il Is I'm the highest degree doubtful IL suc
a npmhcr can be found These stockholders tinK
that adding SIS 800 TO the sums uey nave a"'"',
maid for the Opera House would be thiVwlhs so"t
money after bad. They know that they 40 hoo M"n'
10 do It, and they do not believe that many oi u'''
fellow stockholders will want to-
There is vet one other suggestion FOR prc'erVhs 'e
usefulness Of the company and even greatly ADDING 10
H. with smaller individual expense tn the stocu'i'
asst week the proposal OF National opera houso
was made BY James Hartman, one OF lhe sum
holders as hasty way out Of the difbcuty' ana Siico
then hopes long ago formed OF Nauohai opoi" oo''
many 10 advance musical taste and culture tiroush-
ont the country have been expressed quite niue
nendentlv OF this suggestion from which indeed III us
original form they differ widely The present seems
10 be O, all times the opportunity for reazauoh Vi
the beginning OF q realization, Of these hopes
Mr. Hartman said yesterday that If the pan Oh
reorganization already described, which has been SUD
mittcd TO the stockholders In the form OIL oo"'"
should not be readily adopted today he shouiu pro-
nose ono ~ his own lie is in favor OF the orhaoh
-, - nov COMPANY 70 which each OF the present
stockholders shall contribute his box at the opein
horso at the rate Of $4,000. lie thinks that thS
,s a liberal concess ion, the boxes cost Sl7''VV ~
md the interest on this sum would orihe INC ""o'"
-, tht lime 70 decidedly more than 10000 Ho then
want, the subscription books OF the company 'i'o""
open TO any and all who wish TO TAKE s'ooA IA -.
rL nr.eent boxLodcrs can take more or not as ucy
choose and the people OF other cues are ~ 10
ged to subscribe by the uhucrs'aiui'b .i'
same artists who appear In e"-iork VIII ''''e -
como oncras I'm their cities for seasons OF smUo'c
length with the same surroundings OF scenery anu
oostnnes and with the same effects In every way
II a stakeholder Of the old company having con
.-,hr,oa his box 10 the new one AT Sio,Voo' "S"o'
70 retain the of It, he can 90 80 w 'i0 P"'
:, 49, or,ual assessment and If he does not want
e. nav This the box will revert 10 the company Ior
,h use Of some one who does want to pay. neil" ~
Hartman does not think tlat any JUL and ne
- ,nn.e ON tho boxes would he necessary, am no
hhnneves mai the sale Of the property AT any IN
pViiV ratmturSe the stockholders for thc Hup,S
Wouiu ,d nmt In lie believes that Mr. Abbey WOMB
h Inc best manager be found for the oere cops
pany lie says That details vi MS h ai, but he
,H!cves limit a plan with the same general Gnu ~
yicw. and similar u TINS IN purPol, VIZ r. Nctr
~, IS hc advancement OF the Interests OF me McuV
Mil ndaliin Opera House and OF opera III Acrio"- IMAM
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