The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-29
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ASH MUSIC. HALL ]. /. |. !.
This Now Improbable Building,
4. May Put t. Excel Ht3.
lent Use. 81
THE .T.|.I CAPAC ITY RATHER Small } 4 y.
Will Hardly Seat More Than.
~ Two Thousand-Pla
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a:si rhe5 sugge on Ii Of Mayor Mccarthy
that the almost useless Third Market DO
utilized as a public hall, seems now about
4 to be realized, though the seating capatc '
8ty OF the proposed hall will not DO as
large as was at first anticipated
AS Ii stands the large structure Is prnc-
Sitically alueless, the revenue derived from
$it being less than the! salaries IS 4 Of q The
4 employees and the interest Oh the cost,
$40, 900. AT per cent. interest on tho
cost Of the building would be sl,6oo an
nually, while the combined salaries Of
clerk and janitor amount to 5000. making
the gross cost of maintenance of the
structure about $1,000 per year at g. cons
Hservatiye estimate. The revenue derived
/ from stall rents and other sources is less
than this figure. @ 5,a
i65 Mayor Mccarthy, accompanied BY MT,
w. c. holland. OF holland and Baskeryiil,
Mr., John Stewart Bryan and Mr., James
( II. Drake Jr., visited the market build
ing yesterday. and the architects view
Cd the structure, critically with reference
ITO Its adaptabilIty as q public hall or
auditorium. It is the oplnion15of experts
i that the acoustic qualities OF the large
building are admirable. and are exccllGd
by few, II any other public halls IN the
city. The interior measurements Of the
auditorium would be 155x120 feet.
The Seating Capacity.
Mr.. holland. after making careful esti-
+ mates yesterday afternoon of the prob
( able seating capacity Of such an audi
would hardly accommodate more than
1000 people. or 2l0o, as the limit, md In
4 this estimate the number that can he
seated on the main floor would be but
81 1850. and galleries might be constructed
that would seat zoo more. possibly GOO,
In this computation, allowance is mado
for stage OF thrty-eight feet front. and
4 r. depth of thirty-oighth feet, about as
large as the average theatrical stage IN
E The cit!es. Details OF plans and the pos
sibllties Of boxes have not yet BEEN
worked out.
In discussing tho plan, MI. holland said
yesterday.
90 believe ii 10 be feasible to turn the
building into AN auditorium that would
certainly be larger than any in the city
now, a
K 5rl,e need Of hall such as this. or even
n d, larger one, has been scenly felt mere
hi recent years. and more especially Just
now. ,IY,n "Wednesday Club he city's
K ior several years fGlt seriously harassed
~ the lack of sufficiently comnodious
quarters for their ANNUAL concerts, and
liape been endenyoring 10 arouse public
sentiment 10 the need and the advantages
70 the city OF an auditorium capable Of
seating comfortably 1000 or inoro persons,
# BESIDES the annual ronterts pl the We'd
nesdny Club, preparations rilst be made
for entertaining The Protestant Episco-
pal Convention, Which meets hero in 1901,
and several other large bodies expected TO
bold sessions in this city the same Sens,
white ttlia prospective jamestown EXPOSE
lion Us IN frosress,
Plans Suggested.
One OF tbs plans suggested was The
establisllment here OF conservatory Of
, music, where eminent teachers OF Vocal
and Instrumental music might be en-
yaged and pupils attracted TO I from all
over The. South and neghboring States. II
9 IL believed that q stock coinpany con-
struciing such plant could lease the
property for sufficient to pay interest," on
the sum Invested and at the same time
q provide public hall sufficiently capa.
cious for all needs for years TO come.
Nhs proposed West Cary Street ball