The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-03
NEW ORPHEUM PLAY
HOUSE FOR ZION
Plans New Being Prepared for
One of Finest Vaudeville
Theaters in Country.
WILL BE READY FOR THE
OPENING SEASON THIS YEAR
Merger of All Vaudeville Inter.
ests in America. Save Morris.
Will Occur Monday.

Salt Lake is 10 have new Orphoum
theatcr, The site for the new structure
is on State street, near whore tho pres
ent theatcr is, options having been Sc
cured on the site aud tho property will
pass into the hands of the Orpbeum
syndicate just as soon as the title is
approved
This new playhouse viii be completed
and ready for occupancy for ihc sea-
son of 19l0-l1, Plans are row being
prepared by architects in San Francisco,
who built the Sau Francisco Orphcum
theatcr. which. is one of the finest the
alters in rho United States The plans
for the Salt Lake house contemplate
. structure similar 10 Tho San Fran
cisco hoUSc. II Will have every modern
convenience known In thcaters. and
the heating and vcntilating system Will
be the most scientific and perfect that
II is possible tn obtain.
Modern Playhouse.
The now Orpheum will seat $500 pen-
pie. Work will he commenced Just as
soon as the plans arc completed. and
the buildings now upon the site selected
are razed This information was i'm
parted by Martin Beck. general man"
,agcr. and Morris Meycrfield president
of the Orpheum circuit, 10 the local
management Wednesday afternoon.
Messrs. Beck and Mcyerfield arc on
their way 10 New York. where they
will attend a meeting on February of
the affiliated vaudeville interests of
America. and the intention is to form
q combination, or Ia her an amalgama'
ton of all the vaudeville interests i'll
America, except the William Morris
people. who. il is alleged. broke faith
with The old klaw & Erlanger vaudc-
Vile interests.
Will Be Great Combine.
The affiliated vaudeville interests of
America includes the Orpheum circuit
the Western Vaudeville Manager s as
sociation, Keith & Proctor'S circuit,
Percy &. Williams houses, Henderson
circuit, Kohl 6 Castle circuit. Poll cir
cult, Sullivan & Considine, Moore cir.
cuit, Shea circuit. Pantagcs s circuit,
Wilmer & Vincent houses and the Ben
nett houses in Canada All of these
the merger of all into one giant com
bination. The only firm not included
in the deal is William Norris, incor-
poratcd, who controls the American Mu
sic halls in New York and Chicago and
the Morris thcatcr in New Orleans.
What Merger Means.
II is declared that when the merger
is completed that cities like Salt Lake
Will always secure the best that there
is in the vaudeville world In other
words, when the merger is completed
there will be no bidding for acts, as
at present. but whenever 4 try-out Is
bad, if il is mertorious il will he as
signed 10 the class in which it belongs.
that is, the best will always 90 TO the
higher priced bonSc--fhc pc, 50c and
75c class-aud the other acts 10 the lOc. |
20c. aud 30c class houses,
Another thing which it is declared
the merger will stop, is that where there
are two or three vaudeville houses in
cities of the class OF Salt Lake the
acts in these houses Will always be
different in that there will he one bi-
cylc stunt. for illustration, in thc city.
instead of one in each playhouse. The
intent of the combine is 10 furnish the
best possible and TO limit the number
Of vaudeville houses in each city. and
thus not ovcIdo the business.
Two Houses in Salt Lake.
Salt Lake has two exclusive vaude-
willie houses now. These Will remain aS
the city grows, and the vaudeville aus
diences grow with it. then the combina.
tion will add another house. But the
business viii not. as said. he overdope.
and only the best will come here TO the
TWO houses. This will be pleasing to
plavgoers and it means always good
business for the playhouses.
Notice.
To my many friends aud customers
I have moved into my new location, rs