Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-18
THE SUTTON
NEW THEATER
ARCHITECT ARRIVED IN BUTTE
TODAY WITH THE PLANS OF
THE BUILDING.
LOCATION HAS NOT YET
BEEN DECIDED UPON.
The Building Will Be of Brick OF
Stone and Will Cost About
100000.

Within few days the site for the new
theater to be erected by the sutton
Theater company will be decided upon
and work on the building will be COM
menced without delay.
T.. W. Houghton of London, New York
and Seattle, who is the architect for the
building, arrived in Butte last night with
the plans, which are completed as far as
possible until the location of the building
has been definitely fixed.
Surveyors will commence tomorrow
taking the levels and shapes of two or
three locations, as it is not an assured
fact that the new building Will be locat-
ed at the corner of Montana and West
Broadway. There is, however, no ques-
ton of the size of the theater, because
Mr.. Sutton has agreed with the eastern
syndicate that the theater Will be of GER
tain dimensions as to stage, seating ca
pacity, etc. The building will be of brick
and stone, 75x126 feet; have a seating
capacity of not less than 100, and cost
between $500 and $4,000. Just as
soon as the site is settled upon, work will
positively commence. as all the money
necessary for the construction of the
building is now on deposit in Clark &
Bros. bank. The name of the building
Will NE outloi A>tW SIidHu
The stage of the new theater will be
from 45 to 80 feet in depth from the or
chestra pit to the rear wall, and - feet
in width from wall to wall. The height
of the stage will not be less than 65 feet
from the stage to the gridiron and the
proscenium opening not less than 36 feet.
Making a comparison with the present
Grand opera house, the stage will be 20
Al
30 feet higher.
There will be balcony or family row
which will have no connection whatever
with the gallery, and each of the three
floors Will have seating capacity Of
about $50. There will be no less than 20
dressing rooms beneath the stage. and
they will be fitted up in the manner of
the theaters of Chicago. There will be
three 2O-foot exits from the theater prop
er, besides minor exits from the stage
The interior decOra ton of the theater
will be after the latest New York and
Chicago styles and all of the sO-called
gingerbread work that was so popular in
theaters many years ago Will be done
away with. Nice neutral tints will pre-
vail and no expense will be spared to
make it strong, cosy and comfortable
place of amusement
All of the furniture will be new and will
probably be supplied by A. H. Andrews of
Chicago. The aiSles will be larger than
those in the grand Opera house and the
chairs will be larger and more commo-
dious. There will not be a seat in the
house less than twenty-five inches in
length and on the lower floor they will
be either morrocoline or leather instead
of plush and will enable the janitors to
keep them entirely free Of dust. On the
upper floor the chairs will probably be of
the light oak pattern. Automatic sprink-
lers will be placed over the stage, the
sounding board and over the dressing
rooms and as the building progresses
other precautions against fire will be
taken.
The stage will be large enough to re-
ceive the largest scenery that is built
and the equipment will be second to
none in the western country. Everything
pertaining to the stage will be built in
Butte and it will he the finest that can
be secured.
If the site is selected within the next
few days, and it probably will be, Archi-
tect Houghton states that he will be
ready to deliver the keys of the building
over to Mr.. Sutton by August 10 of next
year. or at the latest September 1. The
building is to be wholly of brick and
stone, devoted exclusively to theatrical
uses and when completed will be some
thing of which the people of Butte may
be justly proud.