Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-12-12
Empire Theater Will Soon Be Ready for Final Fin
 ishing Touches
AMSTER BLOCK TO
 BE READY JANUARY l
Sultan Building and City's New Fire House Also
 Near Completion

By the first of the year, four new buildings now in course of construc- tion will be complete or so nearly fin ished that parts of the new structure can be occupied.
 These new structures include the Elm pire theater, the Amster building, the Sultan building and the new city fire house and water office building.
 Fine New Theater
 WOr kon the new Empire theater has progressed rapidly within the past few days and as the result, that structure is practically ready to enclose.
 Built of yellow pressed brick and of a very ornamental design, the new the ater building will not only be hand some addition to the business district of this city, but will be as fine a play house of its size as can be found any where in the territory.
 The walls of the new building are practically completed and by the end of next week, the structure should be enclosed. The work of finishing the in- terior of the Empire will be no small task, but, in the opinion of Contractor A. A. Altwies, the theater will be ready for occupancy soon after the first of the year.
 A glance at the mode of construction of the new building shows that it is being built not only with the idea of making it beautiful theater with good acoustic properties, but playhouse that will be thoroughly safe.
 In the construction of the balcony, every jOist is supported at the edge of the balcony by loop of heavy wrought iron, which, aside from adding great strength to this part of the the ater will effect a saving of at least a foot in the heIght of the building.
 This theater will have a seating ca pacit of about 500. The stage, 9 feet deep and 40 feet wide, will have a loft 35 feet in height and will be large enough to accommodate the scenery of any theatrical production likely to come to Globe for several years.
 Complete Amster Building
 Work on the Amster building at Broad and Oak streets has progressed to a stage where part of the building will be ready for occupancy by the end of next week.
 The corner room, to be used by the Anderson Candy company, is now being finished. The show windows are being installed and the room fitted up general ly. This store room will be occupied before Christmas.
 The basement, which with the excep- tion of a room 9 by 9 feet in size, will be used entirely by the Silver Belt, is also being fitted up.
 The basement will have a concrete floor throughout and will accommodate the mechanical and editorial depart ments. The business office will be To-. cated on the first floor, fronting on Oak street.
 The Silver Belt plant will move to its new location on January l.
 Rush Fire House
 The new fire house and water office building, on the rear of the city hall lot, IS being rushed to completion in order that it may be ready for occu- pancy by the first of the year.
 Owing to delay in the arrival of the material for this buildin, there was "a delay of several days in beginning work, which may prevent the comple- tion of the building on scheduled time.
 The lower floor of this building will bt iiiioh'b iiiot, III OINti ludt JiG WGleE office and fire apparatus room may be used at the earliest possible date.
 Sultan Store Complete
 The new Sultan building is practical ly completed. The shelving in the north half of this structure is practical ly all in place and it is expected that by tomorrow morning. the entire new Sul. tan store can be thrown open to the public.
 Much Work Planned
 While few new buildings have been started for the past several weeks, at least three new structures will be com menced within short time.
 These will include the new county jail, upon which some preliminary work has already been done, the Elks build ing on West Mesquite street and the Harrington hotel near the corner of Broad and Cedar streets, for which the contracts will probably be let during the present month.
 Quite, a little improvement work on down town buildings will be done. i'm mediately after the first of the year and there will be much additional building activity beginning next month.
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