New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-09
MAYOR FOR QUICK ACTION
TO TALK NTH MANAGERS.
Seeks the Cooperation of Theatrical
Men in Safeguarding Public.

There will be continuous performance IN the
Mayors office at the City Hall to-day. begin
ming at a. m, at which the theatre managers
Of Manhattan will take turns in heart to heart
talks with Mayor Mcclellan Announcement
Of the programme for to-day was made late
yesterday afternoon by the Mayor, after he had
held hours conference with Corporation
Counsel Delany. Fire Commissioner Hayes
Health Commissioner Darlington. President
Ahearn Of Manhattan Borough and Mr.. Thomp-
son, the superintendent OF buildings for Man
haitian.
THE purpose of the conference which have
held" the Mayor said, has been to produce
harmonious action among the departments haV-
ing relations with the theatres, because the reg
ulations to the theatres divide the RESPONSE
bility. The conferences have shown that all the
departments concerned glad to cooperate
in united action to make the theatres OF the
city safe. There have been inspections going on
day by day. and the reports of such inspections
have been before us.
LAS a result of the conferences have asked
all the theatre managers in Manhattan to come
here and see me tomorrow and talk over with
me plans for making theatres safe want them
to cooperate with me in carrying out recon-
mendatons which to be formulated by
committee composed Of representatives OF the
Fire Department, the Health Department and
the Department of Buildings This committee
will get together Immediately and report general
| recommendations as to changes in the theatres.
and these recommendations will be given to the
managers for their guidance.
1.-The purpose we have In view is TO safeguard
the public and allay apprehension at the
theatres. For that reason believe the man.
ayers will cooperate with us. The recommended
tons of the committee will be of character TO
apply to all theatres. They may be formulated
tonight or Tomorrow and expect them to be
ready certainly by Monday morning"
Are you to have all the theatre managers
here together?" was asked.
"Oh. no." said the Mayor. 'They Will come
before at time beginning at 8 o'clock
tomorrow morning. The conditions at the a
rious theatres differ. and each theatre manager
will be asked to cooperate In making changes
according to conditions"
Suppose some Of the managers do not want
10 cooperate In carrying out the recommended
tions?'
We shall put the recommendations into ef-
feet" said the Mayor, sharply. but there is
question whether we put them into effect at
once, or slowly. We want the cooperation of
the managers in order that the recommendations
can De carried out at once. Probably there will
be no necessity for closing any theatres"
Henry S. Thompson, Superintendent OF Build
ings In Manhattan. heard yesterday that sev-
eral theatre managers were complying With his
order TO make stage scenery nreproof Some OF
the managers said they had been making their
scenery hreproof all along and did not need
proddlng on that subject. David Belasco said
ne haa Kept the scenery in his theatre fireproof
as " Ell as every thing else the stage since his
theatre was quilt. At the same time the asbestos
curtain mas been kept In good working order
AT frohmans manufacturing department ~
NaS Sdld that all the fabrics used in stage effects
we're saturated with freproof solution. A scene
painter VINO has Il special preparation for max
IHs any KIND OF fabric hreproof was filling orders
Yesterday at the West End Theatre at Weber
d fleidss. at Hurtig & Seamon's and al Miners
TWO theatres in the Bowery and Eighth-ave \
test or scenery and of a lace curtain which he
mad made hreproof was made at the Office Of II
= Miner, IN the Bowery. yesterday afternoon
10 snow how complete was the process a piece
OF cloth from scene and part Of the lace cur
tain were rolled into balls. rubbed and stretched
before the fame was applied 10 them They
were held In the fame until they crumbled but
they did not burn
a representative OF London freproonng con-
Germ said yesterday that his company was pre-
pared 10 give a bond OF $4,000 to render the in
terror OF any theatre. including all the scenery
absolutely freproof. The Alhambra Theatre in
London, he said. had been made hreproof by his
company 10 the satisfaction OF the authorities