Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-12-19
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ing on Twelfth street seventy feet and
running north the full extent of the
property or 1913 feet and fraction. This
site contains about 1858 square feet
The hotel site will be on the corner,
fronting s.xty-two feet on Twelfth
street and the full depth Of the property
on Market street, including the insur-
ance Office and Milligan, Wilkin & Co.'S.
This division contains about S,2S5
square feet.
The plan of the owner is to commence
work on the place Of amusement during
the coming season, utilizing as far as
possible the east seventy feet of the
present Grand Opera House building
as a part of the new edifice, it being
extended back along the alley about
seventy feet further than it now runs.
To do this will, as matter Of course,
necessitate the demolition of the biz
lard room in the rear Of the present
Grand Opera saloon, and the removal
of about twenty-five feet of the rear or
the Milligan, Winkin & Co. building.
The west wall Of the new place Of
amusement which will thus cut right
through the center of the present Grand
Opera House, will be a massive and
solid structure of fire brick, with but
one opening in it, to be used as an
entrance from Market street, through
the space at present occupied by the
Rodgers Office. Ultimately this en-
trance to the theatre will be through
the hotel. but the big wall mentioned
will effectively divide the two build
ings. so that in the event of fire in
either of the buildings the other will
be safe
The stage Of the new theatre will be
located at the north end, the audience
thus sitting with their backs to Twelfth
street. The present Grand Opera
House will seat about 1000 people. 1t
is intended that the new building shall
seat 500 800 on the lower floor and
1000 in three galleries. The entrance
to the galleries will be from Twelfth
street. while the first floor entrance as
has been said, will be from Market
street. There will be private boxes at
each side of the stage, and the entire
house will be lighted by electricity and
heated in the best manner,
The stage will be seventy feet wide
and about forty feet deep, affording a
vast amount Of room for the presenta>
tiOn of the greatest spectacular enter
tainments The arrangement of the
seats will be such that a fine view Of
the stage will he possible from all
parts of the house. and an effort will
be made to have the entire construction
and accessories of the best description.
Nothing will be done in the way Of
constructing the hotel building, ac-
cording to present ideas, until the place
of amusement is completed. Then the
west half of the Grand Opera House
building and the frame structures north
of it on Market street will be torn
down. and the hotel building erected.
The present Grand Opera House build
ing is an unusually strong and sub
stantial structure. but it viii have 10
90, at least as far as the west half is
concerned, as it could not be used TO
and advantage in the construction Of
the hotel building. The destruction Of
the west half of this building will pro-
badly represent a clear loss of $50
600. The total cost of the entire i'm
proyement will reach $250,000 accord
ing to the present estimate OF Mr..
Schmulbach, and the whole work will
extend over about two years, COM
mencing with the next season. Dur
ing the construction Of the Opera House
it is hoped that J. W. Grub, the ten
ant of the adjoining room and the Wes>
tern Union on the Twelfth street, and
Milligan, Wilkin & Co., on Market
street will not be disturbed. and will
continue right along in business. The
commencement of work on the hotel,
however, will cause all these tenants to
move