The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-01-10
CHINESE PUZZLE.
Academy Scarcely Disoerni-
BILE Behind Pile Of
City Debris.
Mr.. SAMMIS ASKS HASTE
Must Garry Scenery in and
Out Via Main Entrance
Hurts Business.

'sWhere is the Academy of Muster
only too apt to be the first question asked
by the puzzled theatre-goer AZ he steps
off the car in front of the Ac&aemy's
very doors, while for him who. walks.
unless he happens to strike the side Of
the street on which the Academy Is sit
uated, there is danger of never getting
there. At the best, 1t is a puzzie-a climb
over all sorts of obstacles ruinous to
pretty costumes. Dirt, cobbles, pipes,
boards and other debris are piled high
in front of the doors by the city's men,
now busy laying a sewer in Gregory
street, and yet Mr.. Frohman's manager.
Mr.. sammis, has borne 1t all with q
wonderful patience, realizing the neces-
sity of the sewer and city Improvements,
merely asking that a passageway be left
to and from the house.
'HFhe pile driving" as Mr.. samhlis said
this morning. was bad enough. II
knocked down the ceiling right over the
balcony. where all the seats were sold.
fortunately Just before the performances
began. had just given an order to open
the doors when down it all came Now
that would have been a terrible thing had
it happened half an hour Later.
mo-" continued the manager in answer
to a question, 81 have not had it repaired
yet because wanted to wait until they
are all through. but it looks like an all
winter job. They have been at It six
weeks already"
Mr.. Sammis referred to the day when
the noise from the pile driving was Sc
loud 1t had to be stopped in order to so
on with a matinee, as elreaay set forth
in s'The News. and said that now that
nuisance was over another had begun,
the littering of the sidewalk with debris.
1T hurts the show" said he, II have
had that bride erected indicating q
bridge scarcely discernable fo rthe great
heaps of dirt on either side. :'at my ewn
expense and requested the men not to lit
ter it, Yesterday sat up in my office
and watched the men litter. the bridge
until could stand it no longer, when
went out and threatened them with an IN
junction. I have been to the City Hall
and the city has promised to finish the
work as soon as possible. That Is ali I
ask, if the city must take this outrageous
season to tear up the street that the work
be hurried.
Mr.. Samnis was then asked how he
managed about the scenery.
That" said he, must all be taken In
through the main entrance instead Of
through the basement, and the damage
to carpet and fixtures Is something aw-
full. We have to take down the chain
deliers every time a new show comes.
The manager particularly mentioned
the scenery for the Sign of the Cross
which was most elaborate. This, he said,
it was next to impossible to get in at
all; "and,' added he, II don't know what
shall do when Chauncey Olcott comes
with his scenery next week
Mr.. Sammis has keen sense of hui
NOR even under the most aggravattng
circumstances, SO when the photographer
called round thought it would be a good
plan to place the 0bstructed theatre for
record and has had it photograph
ed at various stages of the street
Improvement. These he marked Tho
Puzzle" Where is the iAcademy2 p
and so on, forwarding them no Mr..
Charles Frohman- Mr.. Frohman sent
back word he could not make out the pug
zle and no wonder, even those most fa-
miiiar with the geography Of Jersey City
would be compelled to turn uhe photo-
graphs upside down before they could and
the Academy, and now the Obstruction =
even worse. From the opposite side or
the street not even the bill boards c&n be
seen and one Of the best shows Of thS
season Because She Loved Hin Sos On
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