Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-03
Orpheum and Morris Attractions
To Have Homes in
State Street.
Definite PLANS ANNOUNCED.
Samuel Newhousc 10 Provide for the
William Morris Syndicate in
Exchange Place.

Over S500,00O invested in two neY
theaters is the experience which i
promised for the city during the com
ing summer season. Samuel Newhous.
is to build for the Morris syndicate on
OF the handsomest playhouses in th,
country at Exchange place and Stat
street. and the Orpheum management
will spend $25O.o00 on a new place tc
be erected Just north of the Stude
baker building and adjoining it.
The decision of the Orpheum man.
agement to build was brought abou,
by the invasion of the Norris syndicate
II was reached yesterday at Ogden
where Morris Meyerfield, president, and
Martin Beck, manager of the circuit,
who have been In San Francisco for
some time, met with j. Howard Garrett.
local representative, 1t was brought
about by the assured fact that Mr..
Newhouse was to build for the Morris
people. The announcement by the Or
pheum management was quickly fol-
lowed by that of Mr.. Newhouse
The property upon which the new Or
pheum is to be erected has a fronta &c
of SO feet by 60 feet which Is to be de-
voted TO entrance and lobby To the
Immediate rear there Is dimension of
125 feet by 200 and this is to contain
the theater proper. 1t is to be of tie
most modern pattern and viii have a
seating capacity of 1.S00, II will he
occupied at once upon Its completion
The lease of the present Orpheum,
which has yet seven years to run, will
be abandoned
STARTS SOMETHING
The Morris invasion is bringing about
a merger of theatrical interests which
has never been approached in American
dramatic history. The interests in
volved besides the Orpheum circuit are
the Western Managers Vaudeville as
ISOLATION. Keith & Proctor's circuit,
Percy G.. Williams houses. the Hen
derson circuit, the Kohl and Castle Gil
cult, the Poll circuit, Sullivan and Con-
sidine. the Moore circuit. the Shea cir
cult, Pantages' circuit, the Wilmer and
Vincent houses and the Bennett houses
in Canada, The only firm of note not
included is the William Morris syndt-
cate which controls the American music
halls In New York and Chicago and the
Morris theater In New Orleans.
The contemplated merger will add
much to the attractions given in Salt
Lake The city will SEQ all of the
houses. people who very seldom get
outside of their particular circuits The
Orpheum circuit has always been dis
tinctly western in Its scope and has
no house further east than Chicago.
There will be an interchange of attrac-
tions and the staglngs In New York
vaudeville houses will be seen In Salt
Lake not long after their initial produc-
tlon The present Orpheum prices at
tl,n Will ,-pY a In UNCHANGED
Samuel Newhouse met Wednesday,
with Walter Hoff Seely. vice president
OF the William Morris western coII-
pany and it did not consume any great
amount of time to arrive at n conciu-
sion in regard to the new playhouse at
Exchange place and State street. The
plans had been roughly sketched before
Mr.. Newhouse took his recent trip
abroad While in Europe Mr New
house observed the fine points OF the
great houses and In consequence altered
his ideas somewhat They are rather
costly ideas. at that entailing an adj
iltional cost OF 100000 over the first
estimated cost 1t is thought that
when the plans are finally completed
they will represent an expenditure OF
almost 5000 900.
1t Is intended that tho theater shall
have a seating capacity of LAO and II
ls to be fashioned after the Maxine
Elliott house in New York. Particular
attention is to be paid to the illumina-
ton, both the outside and the interior.
and the fine decorations and convent
ences for which the foreign houses are
noted will be In general evidence at the
Newhouse theater. There are to be two
galleries 1t Is expected that the build
ing Will be completed by October and a
first performance Will be given early
next season