The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-19
Diverse Decision of Legisla-
ture on Sunday Closing Re-
moves Doubts Of Builders.
IVES CITY ANOTHER BIG
VAUDEVILLE PLAYHOUSE
uIliyan-Comsidine Firm to
Rush 100000 Structure;
Seating Capacity, 1900.

Close upon the decision of the Ieg's'
tturc not TO pass The Sunday closing
wv the announcement comes through
udee o. w Powers of tho early be
inning of work OH Che new Empress
heater for the Sulliyan-Cons!dlnc CIR
ait.
The new thcater will he Immediately
ack of the Hooper block OH upper
V the Jensen iewelry store VIII he
One the entrance to tho playhouse.
he theater building will extend back
o Broadway,
II is announced authoritatlvcly That
he architect. Lee De Camp, who also
VII supcrlntcmd Inc construction WORK,
rill be here next week 20 approve the
,ans which have been worked out ny
Dart & Wardrop Salt Lake architects
lIr. De Camp, acting for the interests
)ack of the building. will let contracts
oon after his arrival and actual WORK
iuon will be started.
Mr.. De Camp has built a number of
heaters over the country for the Sui
ivan Considiue firm and knows how
% rush work. He established a record
IN the building in Kansas City and
from what he said when he was mere
asst month he will adopt the same meth
expected 10 open for fall business
Interior Elaborate.
4 A number of departures i'll theater
the new playhouse The building
proper will not be portentious in design
on account of the location being at the
rear of taller buildings, Interior fin.
ishings and decorations, however, will
be elaborate. The building complete
will cost approximately 100000, Con:
siderable of an outlay of money will
go into the decorations to the loug en-
trance way. The entrance will be
upward slope from the sidewalk. The
balcony will be reached from the first
floor by an incline. There will be no
steps in the entire house. The build
ing will be fireproof throughout. The
theater proper will be s21ax175 feet.
The seating capacity will be 100:
On the mezzanine floor near the bal
cony will be the ladies' dressing room
The balcony is to the front of the sec
much the same as in the Orpheum the
ater. In front of the balcony will be
loges: each with seating capacity of
five persons These will be the choice
seats of the theater. The balcony and
gallery will seat 500 persons, the low
er floor 900. On each side of the stage
will be six boxes, each seating six
persons These will be reached by in
clines
Thirty-six Foot Stage.
The stage at the curtain will
be thirty-six feet across and twenty.
seven feet high. The stage will be
eighty-two feet by thirtythr feet In
the rear of the stage will be the dress.
ing rooms. twelve in number, all pro-
vided with outside light and with
shower baths and automatic sprinklers
for use in case of fire. A big sprink-
ler will be provided over the stage, The
theater will be thoroughly fireproof
there being no wood in its construc-
tion excepting the stage floor, which
requires wood. The floors will all be
of cement. the doors and window
sills of copper and the seats of steel.
The framework of the building will
be of steel.
An interesting feature will be the
wide space between the rows OF seats.
Three feet will be allowed, which will
enable persons TO get to seats without
causing other persons TO rise.
At the back of the main floor is a
plate glass partition shutting off the
seats from the foyer and therefore
making 1T impossible for persons enter.
ing Iue JHttIsI TO ulSCuTD the peOpIe
IN the seats while the performance is
going on. The aisles of the house will
all be four feet wide
Plenty Of Fresh Air.
On the northeast corner of the build
ing will be concrete stack running 5C
feet into the air. Fresh air will he
drawn down through this by fans in.A
cement room In the basement and from
this room will be distributed by ducts
throughout the house Another far
system viii exhaust the foul air from
the house, making it possible TO change
the air in the house every three min
utes. In winter the air in the duct.
will be warmed and in the summer il
will be cooled.
The lighting will be by the Gin
direct system, which win exclude al
large chandeliers aud will consist O.
lights hidden from view and THROWN,
out strong light
Special arrangements have beer
made for the acoustic effects. b,
eliminating panels and coves in In,
main auditorium and by new arrange
ment of the proscenum arch, maxim,
1T a sounding board. it is declared i
viii be possible to hear as we'll in th
back of the theatcr rs in front.