The Portland daily press., 1896-04-09
THE NEW THEATRE.
The Site Selected is the Corner of Oak and
Free Streets.

Yestrrday the Theatre Corporation sent
the following circular to zach of the sub
scribers:
10 the Stockholders of the Theatre Cor
poration of Portland:
Gentlemen-At q meeting of the stock
holders held at the Falmouth hotel on
February 18th, 1896, they selected a COM
mittee with full authority to organize
corporation for the erection of IA new
theatre in the city of Portland; and sub
sequently large majority of the stock
olders of the corporation, in writing,
requested the committee selected as afore
said to act as directors of the corporation
for the first year, and to dc all acts neces-
sary to carry out the purposes of the
corporation.
In accordance Herewith your commit
tee proceeded at once, and duly organ
lied the Theatre Corporation of Portland
with the following officers:
Observation-Disclosures K. Wright
Vice Observation-Disclosures B. WinsloW.
Treasurer-Henry P Cox.
Clerk-Walter G. Davis.
Directors for one year-Augustus R.
Wright. Edward B. Winslow, Henry p.
Cox, Ammi Whitney, Walter G. Davis,
Henry B. Cleaves and Payson Tucker.
The organization was duly completed,
and certificate thereof recorded in the
office of the secretary of state on the
seventh day of March, 1895. The capital
stock of the corporation is one hundred
and fifty thousand dollars, composed of
fifteen hundred shares of one hundred
dollars each, of which amount ten hun
dred and twenty-one shares amounting
to the sum of $102, l00 are already sub
scribed for, and the balance of said stock
| remains in the treas ury.
The hrss business requiring the atten-
| zion OF the directors was the selection of
! site for the location of the proposed
building. This involved great amount
of labor. and we have carefully examined
various locations. Among the lots ex-
lot, corner Pearl and Congress streets the
two lots of j. B. Curtis, situated on the
easterly and westerly corners of Chestnut
street and Congress street the Clay stable
lot; the Clapp property; the John Rus
sell property; near corner of Casco and
Congress streets; the Harrington proper
ty, opposite the head of Casco street; the
Harrington property in the rear of Far
rington block; the Casco street church
property; the lot on Congress and Park
streets; the Libby property on Green
street near Congress-; the McCobb lot at
the corner Of Oak and Free streets. On
several of the above named lots. we have
been unable to obtain any proposition,
| the owners declining to sell. The officers
| careful and thorough investigation of the
proposed lots, and after full oonsidera-
| ton OF all the facts and conditions appli-
cable to the same in connection with the
| erection of new theatre, have decided
upon and agreed to purchase for the cor.
poration the property at the corner oil
| Oak and Free streets, including both the
McCobb and Hanson estates.
| We trust thus action will meet with the
approval of the stockholders,
AUGUSTUS r.. WRIGHT,
President.
1t is understood that the price paid is
ST., 500. The widening of Oak street
from Congress- makes the site an eligible
one, for the building can easily be seer
by passers on Congress- treet, and large
theatre lamps at the corner of Oak anG
| Congress streets will also direct the thea
tre-goers. 1t is thought the different
railroads will run their tracks to the
opera house before it is completed. II
| is intended to have the building a thea
tire altogeth er, without stores, with en-
frances on both Free and Oak streets. Il
is said that regular theatrical ARCHITECT
will be given the construction of the
| building.