The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-16

charge to his account. This I of cours
did, as would not mar the pleasure h
derived from that entertainment by tn
least hesitation in granting him his re
guest, although this, like many othe
demands, necessitated my procuring tn,
funds at whatever sacrifice. When i
came to money / was expected to supply
what was necessary
Real Estate Transactions.
Ny partner, Mr.. Fish, unlike Genera
Grant, had passion for the theatre anG
was a constant attendant at the various
plays of the prominent actors and ac
tresses of the day, as well as the man
ayers, and often brought various ones
to the Office and introduced them to ME
One day he sent to me to come to the
bank, which I did, and he then intro
duced me to Rudolph Aronson. who at
| that time was interested in the building
of the Casino, Thirty ninth street and
Broadway. a company had been incor.
porated and funds raised on stock, but
when the authorized stock issue had
been taken and the money expended
1T was found it was not sufficient to
carry it TO completion, so Mr.. Aronson
had come to Mr.. Fish for financial aid
and Mr.: Fish sent for me to talk it over
as a private investment.
l did not much favor it, but Mr..
Fish and Mr.. Aronson were SO en-.
thusiastic and gave such glowing
accounts Of the money TO be made in
theater property that I finally con.
sented to join them, so Mr.. Fish and |
invested 100000 in the enterprise and
took 100000 of first mortgage bonds
on the building. The building was built
on leased ground owned by tho Bixhy
estate.
The investment placed on my shoul.
ders the care and responsibility of the
theater. which, though managed by Mr.
Aronson, was under my personal super
vision, and l was compelled to hire
man to look after it-take the receipts
nightly and pay all bills and expenses
This Investment proved, however, to
be all right, as with Miss Lillian Rus
sell as the star, who was then in her
5000 a week, was for that day high |
figure, we made money and Detted a
fair income. Still at times was com
PEELED to furnish funds in large |
amounts to carry it on.
Then, too, Mr.. Fish asked me to Join |
IN the purchase of the old Booth Thea !
ter building, which was located al
Twenty-third street and Sixth avenue |
We bought it from the Oakes-Ames
lfter putting mortgage of 100000 on
he property we tore down the theater
md built the business building which is
till standing. The entire cost TO Mr..
Fish and myself over and above the
mortgage was about $3.50, ,o00-and I, of
course, had to pay half of this,
which was severe strain on my re.
ources, Still I felt that this was a
,ood investment and would prove of
,ene6t TO us both in the future. This
'roved the case, and after our failure
understand the property sold for more
han Sl,000000, thus netting quite
um to my creditors.
Called IconocIasts.
The Booth theater in its day was,
t course, the home of the highest class
f drama America had known, and the
nterprise was the pride Of Mr. Booth e
!fe, When it became known that Mr..
ish and ] had purchased the property
nd that the theater was to give place
o business block, we were regarded
5 icopoclasts and came in for much
ensure.
Mr., Fish and / attended the last per-
ormance that was ever given in the
'ooth theater, We sat in a box TO- ]
ether, and were more amused than (