The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-02
ORPHEUM TO Bun
FINE NEW THEl|
Playhouse to Be Ereet.,
Ground Next to Stude6SI
Oh State Street
PLANS FOR STRUCTIJRp
ARE BEING PREP
President Meyerfield Wil|
rive Here This Week "a \
plete Arrangement

The Orpheum Theator aud
company, which controls tho q
fhcater in this city. will bu;ld
playhouse this summer, and ;,
tbcatcr VIII he ready for ~
when the season of 1901 ons,
The site for the new nlacsq
tbe piece Of ground. fifty fcsf =
adjoining the Studcbaker ra'
building on State street. Ths a
this property, SO The Trim
formed. will bc consummate6%
negotiations having goue h
the sale has practically
cluded.
This week. OF the first d a.
one, NJ. Meycr6eld, Jr.. of a.
cisco, president Ct the Orple,.
pany, VIII arrive in Salt LAX y,
architect for the COMPANY, a,
ground viii be gone over an
which are now under way win n
plctcd shortly after in orje,
work can begin at an early iat,
Will Be Modern Thester
Ii is the intention of the q
people 10 erect a p!aYhousc
he modern in every way. and IA
contain the latest improvement.
kinds in usc In theatcr. tn
is to build Il four-story strne|
front aud the back portion OF b.
crtv widcus out, so us TO give
room desired for the plnyho-.
entrance thereto being throueh
from State street,
AS 10 the size Of the neV
building, that is lis capacity,
been fully decided upon. but il
that IT VIII have n seating can
not less than $500, and II mar .
5000 capacity viii be The lim
Wanted Salt Lake Thesu
Some time ago the Orpbeum
ment made an offer for the
theateT, not for the purpose n .
il vaudeville PLAYHOUSE, but +
ing it for the legitimate. The .
not stated. but II was high en.
cause the Salt Lake DRAMATIC
tion 10 sit up and listen. 1t was
al that time that the church de-
get rid Of the thcater. Howcvel
the matter had been thor0ueh
cussed. il was decided not on
10 sell the theater for the pr
fcrcd, nor 10 put any price vi
upou ii. as IT would not be so
church desiring TO keen it. in ,
its long ownership and the u
Brigham Young was its b,lilder
Old Playhouse Not in r.
II was argued at the lid. 4
Wow that the church had rece|
q Jolt in the Harry Lauder dez.
tabernacle, and then when 81
we're made 10 Klaw & Erlauc
control Ithe bookings of the
these ovcrtureS were sat upon
that it was felt that the Salt Ii
matte association would get froI
and some Of the directors want,
this. but the majority decide
wise and then \ resolution agaI
sale was adopted.
The Orpbcum theatcr is a 90
in reality. IL Is making mont
over fist. and while Martiu BE
tercst is but nominal. every dol
goes into the box Office meal
cents for him. for that is the
receives for booking the acts
combination. And the vaudevilI
is now i'm the hands of trust.
Mission Will Not Movc.
\ story printed that The pre.
pbeum th"atcr. when the new q
is completed, would he turned
the Mission tbcatcr. fhc Consid
Sullivan circuit. and that the
tions Of this circuit would bc|
10 the Orphcum, is absolutely d
cd. While tbe Considine & 8
circuit NAV bc in the combiDc
contract with the Mission mana|
is an Ironclad ono and runs FOL
wears. rs docs the contract Of N
sion management with the own
the building i'm which the Mis-
situate. This means that ther
he three vaudeville houses in
Lake. for the Ncwhousc thcater|
ing erected for the Wm. Morris
panv.
The cost of the new 0rpheum q
viii be in the ncighborhood of S9t
and as soon rs the plans are com
work is 10 begin and be rushed WI
possible spppI u