The Portland daily press., 1897-09-15

| charge OF the matter and executing III
with great taste. The curtains and
drapcries of the boxes are of golden yellow
satin. with an ivory Grecian figure OF
special design woven into tho texture but
reduced in size to correspond to the stIyo
Of draping. The Empire room is in
Lamballe green silk in Empire design,
and very expensive. The figures CORES
pond to the figures in the frieze and the
other decorations. These draperies are
all silk lined with fine corded silk edging.
The fittings are brass tube poles and cast
brass sockets and tube rings The cur
tains have rich silk figures. cords and
tassels. The draperies at the entrances to
the ladies' parlor and the reception room
are all of the same materials and finish
| to correspond with tho decorations of
| those rooms. The inside doors from the
| foyer are draped in fine lace, to also cor
respond, shirred in vertical lines, and
festooned by rods at top and bottom No
tacks nor nails are used to put these cur
tains and draperies in place. They are
| all made in one piece and put on with
tapes, so that they could be removed fro
the house in q half hour. The transoms
over the side doors are prettily draped il.
China silk. The duplex opaque is used
in this house, new shade fabric, of
one thicknss painted in two colors. one
side to.correspond in color with the ex-
ternal tone of the building, and the other
with the interior. The contact for the
| silk draperies was filled for Owen, Moore
& Co. by B. L. Solomon's Sons, New
York, and they made the material at their
mills and forwarded it SO promptly that
the draperies, if needed, could have been
put in place the middle of August
| The work on the theatre was done by
these parties:
Excavation, Thomas Shanahan, Port
land brick work, N. E. Redlon, Port
land; carpenter work, G. A. Hanson,
Portland; steam heating, Willy &
Callum. Portland; plumbing, VIM. Low;
electric light plant, Westinghouse Electric
8 Manufacturing Co., Pittsburg, Pa:
painting, Drinkwater & Son, Portland;
decoration, L. A. Haberstraw & Son,
Boston; scagliola and mosaic work. Art
Marble Co, Chicago; ornamental iron,
Weston Bros, Chicago; structural steel,
Megquier & Jones; galvanized iron, Vim.
Scott Co.; roofing, Hersey; carpets
Owon Moore, Co.. chairs, Andrews, Dem
crest Co., of New York; scenery Gates
q Morange, of New York; furniture
Walter Corney Co.; wire lathing, The
Eastern Expanded Metal Co., of Boston;
fire proof partitions, Central Plaster
Board Co., of Philadelphia; wire rope for
stage, Thomas Laughlin Co.; electric
fixings, Archer & Pancoast Co., of New
York; metal trimmings, W. A. jackson
| & Co., New York. marble work, The
Evans Marble Co, of Baltimore, Mary
land; hardwood finish, The Carsley
Man'fg Co., of Chicago.
For the enterprise that built.this theatre
the.publicsisiindebtediin great measure to
the energy of Messrs. A. R. Wright, E.
B. Winslow, andsH. P. Cox who early in
tie winter of 1896 proceeded to solicit
subscriptions for stock in the theatre and
| who met with such remarkable success
that in February meeting of the SUBJ
scribers was held at the Falmouth hotel
and Messrs. Wright, Winslow Cox, Ex-
Gov. Cleaves, Walter G. Davis, Ammi
Whitney and Payson Tucker were appoint
ed committee with full power to form q
corporation and do all things looking to
| the erection Of the building. That COM
mittee met at the office of N. Il Fl. Is.
Cleaves, and these same gentlemen were
elected directors with A. r. Wright presi-
dent, E. B. Winslow vice president, H.
P. Cox treasurer. and Walter G. Davis
clerk. How we'll these gentlemen have
fulfilled their task was told Monday night
| by Mr.. Winslow at the inspection of the
new house by tho stockholders, and was
published in yesterdays PRESS. To Col
J. W. Wood, the architect, Portland is
| indebted for as perfect theatre as can
be found in this or any country.
| For the name of the house the public,
are indebted to Mr.. John G. Allen, who
when the directors invited the citizens to
present names, offered that of Americas
greatest comedian.
| This is the staff of the house,
Stephen Bogrett, .s D..
G. f. Andrews, Ticket Agent
Frank w. Wardwel, Chief Usher
Hal. e. Parker, Stage Manager
Harvey W. Knowles, Electrician
Morris Woodbury., Property Master
A. n. Corliss. Advertising Solicitor
| b. I'll. Clifford, Bill Poster
| Geo Lewis, Janitor
| Ellen Poe, Matron
Frank e. Haggett, Officer
The orchestra will be known as Gala
hans orchestra, and is composed of f. l..
Callahan, director; F. A. Given, assis-
tant first violin; e. j. Flanagan, second
violin; W. d. Eggers, viola; W. P. Har-
rington, bass; j. N. jacobson, flute; z.
E. Robinson, clarinet; W. Booth, oornet;
f. p. Harlow, trombone; Fred Robinson,
drums and tympan.
The ushers. besides the chief usher, are
Arthur N. Dennis, Geo. o. Jones. +. I.
T., LIN Z