The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-06
PLANS OF MIR. WELLS
HE WILL BUILD \ THEATRE IN
 MOBILE.
Syndicate Manager Talks of His Electric Park. Enterprise and Admits New House for Mont- gomery Is Considered.

Jake weiis, lessee of the BiJou Thea Ire, manager of q. chain of Southern theatres and various other amusement enterprises, spent yesterday In Mont gomery In compaany with NJ B. fRosen-
 baum Of Richmond. Va. one of his as- sociates, and while here announced definitely that he would build a theatre in Mobile and ope at Electric Park | He said further that himself and as- sociates were considering the building | of q handsome playhouse in Montgonl- cry, although negotiations had not progressed far enough for him to speak l with authority on the latter subject. Mr. Wells is the general manager Of | the Biiou syndicate of, theatres, and he | has under his control about twenty-five | houses of Amusement extending from l Richmond, Va, to New Orleans While ft Is not always best to dis cuss ones affairs with the newspapers. | said Mir. Wells. ..theatres are semi ! public Institutions and I am willing to 1 give to the public. whatever informa- | tion can relative to what we are do- ! ing. We have plans for Montgomery | that we cannot speak of just yet. but l l will say that our attractions will play Montgomery next season either at the present Bijou Theatre or in new | playhouse that We may build. Mind, l l do not say that we are going to build
 a new house but I do say that we may | build new house here. Next season we will keep our Montgomery house | open every night in the week with much better line of, attractions than we have 1 been able to, offer this season. This | condition Is assured by. reason of ar- | engagements just perfected in Mobile, | where Mir Roserbaum and myself spent yesterday. We will build theatre in
 Mobile.s which will be opened before october lst- This will enable us to l play our companies three nights in Montgomery and the next three nights in Mobile. In other words, Mobile and Montgomery will be alternating points l for our companies. This arrangement | was contemplated when we leased the | Bijou Theatre here two years ago. but l we have not been able to perfect our
 Mobile arrangements until quite re- | cently." r
 win you say wheres the Mobile 1 theatre will be located or anything as
 to its size and costT, Mir. Wells was l asked fa , etl
 l Not yet,f he. replied. ''Those>are de- | taiIss that cannot speak of at this time You may say, positively. how 1 ever. that we will have new theatre in Mobile by October 1st."
 | What about. Electric Park?'
 1 We have contract.H MT. Wells re- | Company. to build and conduct q thea ! tre at Electric Park, and it will be l built just as quickly as the work can 1 be put forward: In fact, expect to | return.'t to Montgomery in ten days to give the work my personal attention" "wirl the Pickett Springs Casino be cIosed?"
 "We have nothing whatever to do
 with the Pickett Springs house. In- formation as to that theatre will have l to come from officers of the Traction Company should think. however. that the Traction Company would not compete with our, Electric Park enter
 price by conducting a summer theatre
 at Pickett Springs
 Mr. Wells .intimated strongly that
 himself and associates, would build a
 handsome theatre in Montgomery He
 said that he was satisfied such an in
 vestment would ,be a good one, and af-
 though he admitted that plans for such
 a house were under consideration and
 that he and his associates had looked
 at desirable. lots, he declined politely
 to discuss this project
 In addition to the numerous theatres
 now owned or controlled by the Wells
 syndicate. they are. now building play
 houses in ], Chattanooga, Tenh., and Evansville. Ind. Each of these houses
 will be ready for opening to the public next season. 4f .s s f@
 Messrs. Wells and RosenhauM left yesterday evening for Atlanta, Ga., where they will spend today. t BIJOU MATINEE TO-DAY, 3 ?. m, Barlow and Wilson MfnstreIs.