Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-02

baums. 400: Towards, 800; MarlOwe,
1900; New American. 400, all had cur-
tains of linen. The curtain in the Chi
cago opera hougc was of burlap, COW
cred with ilre-proof paint. In the Co
lumbus Stock theater and In Sam +.
Jacks II was OF canvas. The Olympia
theater, which holds at least $500 peo-
pie at two performances every day IL Is
open, had a curtain Of canvas.
There We're other glaring defects"
said Building Commissioner Williams.
(which were noticed in some OF the
houses, but we were not paying partlc-
ular attention to them today, although
| noted them, and the theatrical man
ayers will be compelled TO remedy them
as soon a possible.
MAYOR VISITS THE IRoQU0ls.
Mayor Harrison today. in company
with Building Commissioner Williams,
Alderman Mayor and several archi-
tects, visited the lroquois theater
building and went over II thoroughly.
AS they stepped into the building the
mayor accidentally trod on n large
lock Of human hair, which had been
torn from the head Of some victim Of
the disaster, He shuddered, and, re-
moving the hair from his shoe, placed il
on one side OF the hallway and passed
In.
TIT mayor went everywhere except
into the cellar. He went out on the
fire escape, tried the exits. and finally
mounted the rigging loft above the
stage. The dressing Don were visited
and the whole interior explored. T.. p.
Marshall 1.-The architect Of the building,
accompanied the mayor throughout the
trip. When In the gallery the mayor
paid particular attention to the exits
and tried all the handles by which the
doors are opened.
NO EXIT SIGNS UP.
The failure to comply with the ordl-
nance requiring that exits shall be in
dicated by printed signs struck the
mayor. and when he noted that heavy
damask curtains were hung before
some of these doors he inquired OF
Architect Marshall why they had been
placed there, Mr.. Marshall replied that
1t was done to improve the appearance
Of the house.
IL was also noted by the mayor that
the ordinance requirement which In
sists that galleries above the ground
floor must Zach have a separate stair
way leading to the street had been dis
regarded. This circumstance excited
the indignation OF Mayor Harrison,
who said,
This theater. should never have been
allowed 10 open, because the ordinances
on gallery stairways has received nc
attention and has been ~disobeyed. Tbs
occupants Of the second balcony were
compelled 10 Use the same exit as
those of the first balcony. The exits
should have been separate, and IL theS
had been | think more people woulL
have escaped.
ARCHITECT EXPLAINS,
Explaining the lack of a separate
stairway for the second balcony, Ar
chItect Marshall said;
There was more total space for the
people TO get out Of the gallery thar
II separate stairways had been pro.
vidcd. The law requires eight inche,
of sair and door space for each Ion
persons, and We have nearly three fee
of such space"
To this Mayor Harrison said nothing
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damask curtains had covered the door:
and that there were no signs lndicat,
ing the exits,
THE signs we're being made ready
Mr.. Marshall said. but temporary
signs were not being used because 4
was not desired to mar the beauty o
the interior with them
To this Mayor Harrison rejoined
"This theater was opened on Nov. %
II has been running fully five weeks
In heavens name, how long does 4
take 10 make a few signs?"
10 this Mr.. Marshall offered no reply
WHAT MAYOR THINKS,
Returning TO his office the mayor
said;
Il think exactly as | thought yester.
day of tn. theater. | could not see any
explanation of the disaster except thC
failure Of the curtain to come down
I tried a lot Of the doors, and they
seemed to open and shut readily.