New Ulm review., 1900-04-25
COUNTY WHOLE NUMBER Isa
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WILL Build u IA0rlIFIcENr THEATRE
.2! AND 0YAIreAslUAa. 3zs5

Present Tafnsr llalI to 30 Torn Down ana II
its Psace5 win Riss = rIodsrn Structars
costinEs S7o,ooo.
Plans and Specifications now Ready md Con
will Be let Jnne First.
At last New Ulm is to- have theatre
in keeping with the city. Final
arrangements have been completed by
which the contemp plated improvements
instheir property is to be made BY the
New Ulm Turnyereln. Throug the court
esy. of the building committee The Re-
view has been permitted this week to.
examine the complete plans ard details
of the new building to be constructed.
and, after looking them carefully over,
we hsve no hesitancy in saying that the
new building, in addition to its special
arrangements for the accommodat Of
the society, will be one Of the neatest
and most modern theatres in the state.
The present building will be torn
down, with the exception Of that portion
now occupied by the bar room, and up
on the site there will be erected mag
niicent brick and stone structure 82x112
feet in size and ~ feet in height from
the sidewalk to top Of flag staff.
The main entrance will be on State
street, the main floor being six feet
above grade, the entrance being reached
by two broad stalrways leading from the
walk to porch 8x2O feet in size. In
the basement will be the gymnasium,
kitchen, dining rooms, dressing rooms
and baggage room. The gymnasium
hall will be 40x8O feet in size with cum
modious gallery for spectators. 5~~.
The opera house proper will be reached
through lobby 10x24 feet in which will
be the box Offices. From the lobby the
patrons Of the theatre will pass into a
large foyer upon the left side of which
will be the ladies parlor and toilet
rooms, with the same accommodations
for gentlemen at the right. ... !. Il. "
The plans show a capacity of from
500 to 1000, which will be seated with
opera chairs throughout. The stage,
which is after all the most important
| adjunct of q theatre, will be 40 feet
deep by go feet wide with 90 foot open
Ing, while the height from stage to grid
iron will be 46 feet giving ample room
for fly gallery and scene loft. An en-
tire new outfit of scenery, including q
ireproof drop curtain, will be supplied
and all the stage appointments of every
description will be strictly modern.
There will be four private boxes, two on
each side of the stage, and the auditors
um will be finished in hard wood and
elegantly decorated. "4 y. /.
The entire building will be, steam
heated and electric lighted and will cost
when completed not less than $40, 900.
The plans and specifications are now in
the hands of the building committee,
Mess:s. H. Heimerdiuger, J. Pfenninger,
Charles Toberer and Fred Pfaender, and
it is expected that the contract will be
let by June 1st and that the building
will be completed by October LIST. The
work of tearing down the old building
will be commenced June 12, immedi-
ately following the closing Of the en-
gagement of the Milwaukee Stadt
Theatre company which opens in the old
hall June Z for three nights. l.z 4
The plans for the new structure were
made by G. A. Hers of this city, and
are pronounced by competent authority
as being excellent, the greatest attention
having been paid to the comfort and
safety Of the large audiences which are
expected to assemble therein. a
Those, who have read the g TiYerton.
Tales" of Miss Alice Brown will not be
urged to secure thes May s.New Lippin-
cott, !" in which appears her first novel,
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