The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-19
NEW AUDITORIUM.
TO BE FLEXIBLE
ST. PAUL COMMITTEE ACCEPTS
l REED g. STEMS PLANS.
Building Can Be Altered to Accommo-
date Audience of 5000, 5000 or 1o,-
900 Persons, by Swinging Boxes to
Center and Sliding Down Side Of Pro-
scenium Arch. ~. ai/G5:E $'as ::ss.s

were accepted yesterday afternoon by
the auditorium board from Reed 4
Stem, architects, and it was decided to
begin preliminary work on the. building
!! cost, complete, $250,0O0. The build.
ing will have two entrances, one on
Fifth street, the nam entrance. and
one on Fourth street. The site is be-
tween Washington and Franklin streets
running thru the center of the block.
The utmost capacity Of the building
will be 10000 persons. In explaining
the plans in detail before the auditori-
UNI board yesterday afternoon, Archi'
tect Stem said in part:
1.-The general plan consists of an OBJ:
long building 1870 by 800 feet. On each
side of the building there will be cellu-
between the outside and inside lining.
This space is divided by cross walls
every fifteen feet, making series OF
small rooms or cells 6 feet by Is feet
the entire height Of the building. These
walls are constructed of sufficient
strength to take the weight Of the nine
! steel trusses, 1863 feet long and 20 feet
high, supporting the roof and ceiling
Of the auditorium.
Interior Fire Escapes.
| LII tu!o CSi1u1dI wall uuuIClOuS ot0AA
with concrete treads will be introduced
and will provide all necessary space
for fire. esapes without defacing the ex
| terror walls with the usual iron stairs
and ratings. On each side Of the audi
torium there will be a l3foot prone
made foyer % feet high, extending from
Fourth street to Fifth street on a leve
with the sidewalk This will allow per
sons coming from the -streetcars: to walk
under cover thru the foyer to the Fifth
street entrance. Connecting these tvs
foyers, we have promenade foyer 2;
feet wide by 1876 feet long by. IA feet
the side foyers or from the ticket lobby
This ticket lobby will be 70 feet by
16 feet by % feet high.
EAT either end Of the ticket lobby
will be. located the main stairways t.
the balcony; each will be - feet wide
and will exit either to the main prone
made foyer or directly to the street
From the main promenade foyer there
will be thirty-two doors leading direct
ly to the arcade on Fifth and Fourth
streets and on a level with the side
walk. This makes a total of 100 fee
of exit on either end Of the building
besides twentyfour doors leading from
! the main auditorium to the side foyers
Smoking, toilet and checkrooms are pro
vided on each floor at each end of th
building.
A Banquet Room.
con the Fourth street and ticke
Offices and stairways and elevator
are provided to offices and committee
rooms on the second and third stories
On the Fifth street side there will b.
provision made on the balcony foo
for banquet room forty feet wide AM
a Irrhf 1nro ho hat oa
commodation of the public it was foune
necessary to provide an arcade six
teen feet wide on either end Of tn
building, widening the sidewalk from
ten feet to twenty six feet. This will
be useful for taking care of crowds o
carriage and foot passengers and com
bined with the thirteen foot foyer o.
each side Of the building, makes a cir
culating foyer and arcade around tn
entire building under cover.
"In the center of the Fifth stree
facade there will be carriage driy
crossing this sidewalk and running un
der the arcade and all carriages are ,ur
loaded and loaded under cover and d
rectly in front Of the ticket booth. @
entering the building from Fifth stree
persons pass the ticket office and Ell
this pass directly to the different SET
, tions or boxes. go -~.
For Large Audiences. F. Il.
"When the building is used for
large auditorium audience provision ha
, been made for selling tickets on Fourt
street and all seating from this en-
will be from stairways leading up 8
this point. We have provided in OF
foyers, shut off by masonry walls an
: fire proof doors, over $4,000 squal
e. ,>e ~4o ~
T care for 10000 people without crowdin
in any way or occupying any part {
= the seated auditorium.
"We have arranged this building
Y such manner that it can accommodate
), an audience of 5000, 5000 and poss
BILE 10000 making, we think, the mo-
; flexible auditorium in the country. An
l this is accomplished with the least 20
!; sible amount Of time and labor. I
! change the. building from one of 500
to one of 5000 and arrange it for tt
usual opera, or theatrical performan,
4 it is only necessary to swing our box
I to the center and slide down the sic
> of the proscenium arch. Then we a.
. ready to put on any kind Of pc
formance, using scenery and stage. Th
can be accomplished in a few minute
"In seating for an. opera or concel
!. the parquet and boxes are on a lev
: with the foyer and street and will a
comodate 1000 seated in the most col
Portable manner. Ample retiring roor
will be provided for box holders. r.
. balcony which starts Immediately ba'
! of and over the parquet and extendi,
back in easy steps to the Fifth sire
| wall, will seat 5000 more people. T
| main auditorium will be fan shap
i in plan, similar to the new ope1
/ house at Munich and the opera hou
i at Bayreuth. These are consider.
! ! by all experts the model LIZ Lines + +
/ ing follows similar. lines, produci1
! the very best possible lines for E
! coustics.
NTo use this auditorium for 50