Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-01-12

iron or steel and fireproof materials, not
including the use of wood floor boards
and the necessary sleepers to which they
may be fastened.
The ceiling under each gallery and the
ceiling of the auditorium must be formed
of fireproof material. The partitions
must be iireproof None Of the walls OF
ceilings shall be covered with wood
sheathing, canvas OF any other combus-
tible material. The walls separating the
employee or dressing rooms from the
stage and the partitions dividing the
dressing rooms, together with the parti-
tons of every passage way from the
same to the stage and all other parti-
tons on or about the stage, inclusive of
the stairways, shall be constructed of
iireproof material. All employee or dress
ing rooms must have two independent
exits to fire escapes in the open courts OF
leading directly to the streets. If win
dows are provided they cannot have fixed
sashes. iron grills or bars. All dressing
roofs must be well ventilated.
All seats in the auditorium, except
ing those contained in boxes, cannot be
less than thirty-two inches from back TO
back, and twenty-five inches in width, on
the main floor, or twenty inches by thirty
inches in any balcony or gallery, meas
ured in a horizontal direction, and shall
be firmly secured to the floor. No seat
in the auditorium on the main floor shall
have more than six seats, in the galleries
four seats, intervening between il and an
aisle leading direct without turn TO an
exit.
In assembly halls the intervening num-
Der of seats may be increased by one if
the seats OF chairs are movable and in
such cases the allotted floor space shall
never be less than twenty by thirty
inches per seat or chair.
All platforms in galleries formed TO re-
ceive the seats shall not be more than
/ twenty-one inches in height of riser nor
! less than thirty inches in width Of plat
/ form.
All aisles on the respective floors in the
auditorium, having seats on both sides
shall not be less than three feet wide
where they begin and shall be increased
in width towards the exits in the ratio
of one and one.half inches TO every five
running feet. Aisles having seats on one
side only shall not be less than two feet
wide at their beginning and increase in
width the same as aisles having seats on
both sides. There shall be aisles not less
than three feet wide next 10 the wall Of
all such auditoriums Where the aisles
are of uniform width throughout their
width shall be the average width proper
toned as above but no such aisle shah be
less than three feet six inches wides
Steps viii not be permitted in aisles, ex-
cept as extending from bank TO bank of
seats, and wherever the rise from bank
to bank is two in ten or less. the floor of
the aisles shall be made as an inclined
plane and where steps are placed in out
side aisles or corridors, they shall not be
isolated, but shall be grouped together
and a light shall be placed and main
tanned so as to clearly light every place
where there are steps in enclosing aisles
or corridors.
All aisles and passageways in assem-
bly, halls and theatres must be kept free
from camp stools, chairs, sofas. and other
obstructions and no person viii be al
lowed to stand in or occupy any Of the
aislcs or passageways, during any per-
Torrance, service exhibition, lecture,
concert. ball, or any public assemblage.
The aggregate capacity of the foyer,
Hobbies, corridors, passages and rooms
Off the Uses of the audience, not includ-
ing aisle spave between seats. must, on
each floor or gallery, be sufficient 10 con-
tain the entire number 10 be accommo-
dated ON said floor or gallery, in the ratio
of one hundred and fifty superficial feet
of floor room for every one hundred per-
sons or part thereof, but no public main
hail. corridor or lobby shall be less than
six feet wide in any of its parts. No
foyer shall open to the auditorium ex.
cept through the exits
Every theatre accommodating three
hundred OF more persons shall have nj
least two exits; when accommodating
five hundred or more persons. at least
/ three exits OF additional exit width. shall
be provided Doorways of exit or en-
, trance for the general and regular use Of
/ the public must not be less than five feet
; in width and for every additional on,
1 hundred persons, or portion thereof, I,