Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-04-07
DENVER'S VAST HALL
Where Democratic National Con-
 vention Will Be Held.
EXTENSIVE SEATING CAPACITY

l Ihan Tn Madison square Garden.
 Building Can Be Emptied In Two
 Minutes-Snow and Flowers Sensa-
 ti0nal Feature. of the Meeting.
 Costing S550,000, seating 12,500 peo-
 pie, containing probably the most per
 feet heating and ventilating system of
 any public building in the world, Den
 ver's monster Auditorium will throw
 open it's doors June P to welcome the
 long list of conventions to be held in
 Denver this summer, among which
 will be the Democratic national con- vention.
 The building is 266 by POO feet in di-
 mansions and is of the height of five
 story building, Its seating capacity is
 larger than Madison Square Garden in New York, which holds 12,0O0 people;
 the great Coliseum in Chicago, where
 the Republican convention is to be
 held in June, which holds 11,011 peO-
 pie, or the Mormon tabernacle in Salt Lake City, which seats 10000. There
 are twenty-four exits, including 240
 linear feet of exit space, and the build ing can be emptied in two minutes. Two fifteen-foot fans at ore end of the building send air between steam pipe coils throughout the house. Each
 coil contains 1,S00 feet of pipe. Mid ir, br ,,1i t,x-a fn, fo,, feet in diameter will send the air
 through the remainder of the house.
 An exhaust fan will draw the foul air from below where it lies on the floor and expel it from the building In summer the heating apparatus is turn ed into cooling plant by filling the coils of pipe with cold water instead of steam. This system of ventilation, heating and cooling is said to be the most perfect of any public building in the world.
 One of the great objections to or dinary lighting methods in large build- ings is the constant buzzing and snap ping of the immense arc lights which furnish illumination. In the Denver Auditorium fourteen immense cluster lamps will be set in the ceiling, giving out a steady radiance of 1,2S0 candle power each, which will do away with the annoyance ordinarily caused by arc lights. There will also be 10000 small CT lamps arranged about various parts of the building. The Auditorium is constructed entirely of fireproof ma terial and will be the meeting place of scores of great national conventions every year. This is the first time a national political convention has been held in Denver, but the frequency with which that city is chosen by the large fraternal bodies, such as the Elks, Eagles, Knights Templars, the Grand Army of the Republic and other similar organizations, as their meeting place required the construction of an i'm mense assembly hall for their enter tainment
 Snow and flowers intermingled in midsummer is a sensational feature that will be seen in Denver at the meeting of the Democratic national convention, which meets there July T." said a resident of Denver who recently returned from trip through Colorado. ] There are vast fields of snow within | sixty miles of Denver, and these will be drawn upon for several carloads | each day for the purpose of furnishing | a sensational feature to the conven- tion. There are also thousands of !! acres of flowers from which countless l blooms will be gathered, and these will | be used as contrast with the snow.
 "Snowin midsummer is phenomenon | that is found only in Colorado. During | the month of July the flowers which | grow wild in the Rocky mountains are | seen in their greatest profusion, and | the convention hall will be made bower of loveliness with these. It will be the first time in the history of any | large assembly in the world when winter and summer meet etinthepresence of representatives from every section of great country.
 ''There is large entertainment fund being gathered now in Denver for the purpose of providing astonishing fea- lures for the delegates and visitors to the convention. Denver always does things in fine style when strangers are within her gates. When the Grand Army of the Republic met there few years ago more than S100,O00 was spent In entertainment. When the grand lodge and annual reunion of Elks met there year later there was more than SSO.O00 expended. These huge sums are contributed by citizens who believe that to entertain liberally makes the visitor go away and repor: to his friends st home that they treat you nicer in Denver than anywhere else in the country.
 'The attempt 10 make the gathering of the Democratic national convention a success from the standpoint of the spectacular and unusual in entertain ment and hospitality is meeting with great encouragement. The railroads run hing into Denver have contributed more than Sl0OOO to swell the enter tainment fund and insure the immense number of visitors they bring to the rity the most pleasure and excitement that Il possible to crowd into the meet Ing.
 The weather in Denver is unusual ly cool during the month of July. It will not be more than 70 degrees at my time during the convention. When l. Is remembered that 1t is generally close 10 O when conventions are held