The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-09-19

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''ii is hnfd, sail De, "io have che
proper exits IN any thcntr which u not
wholly surrounded by streets, OF %
least considerable nllcye.
"Mhcfc a thcater is built IN the
center Of n block tho exits are a hard
problem 90 solve.
IAN the cHsc OF the Savoy, which was
said 20 BE the worst Of The theaters,
there is little danger from FIRE, as there
Is nothing Of wood In the place except
the chairs which the audiences use.
1.-THE sides and roof Of this theater
are built of iron, and the office IL tho
only part made Of wood. There Is an
exit over the stage, and when the audi.
forum Is fixed up there will be a large
lot of room for people to get out in
As TO the Empire, It is a mistake,
certainly. If the doors on the Bethel
street side are kept locked, and 1 am
glad that our attention has been called
to the matter through the paper.
"Of course the Bijou has plenty of
exit room, the fence along the Hotel
street side being one large gate through
which the audience can pass If neces
sary.
"Then besides there are two large
exits TO this theater, so that there Is
little danger of any one being injured
in ease of fire. -
Little Fire Danger.
The danger of fire, anyway, Mr..
Cohen thought extremely improbable,
for there was but little chance for a
fire to start in the first place.
In speaking of the rooms where the
films are put through the machine for
projection on the screen, he said there
was but little danger, practically none,
of an explosion.
f'In our machines we use only non
iDfammable films he said. ''The
first films sent out were highly infam-
mable and accidents did occur, but this
condition has been done away with.
1t is to the advantage of the thea
ter owners TO have film that will not
explode, and these are the kind which
are being sent out now.
viii Not Burn.
cit is possible to touch match to
these new films and they will only curl
up and burn like feather, not faster
&C. AS to the infiammable films, there
was little danger from them in the ma
chimes. There have been cases where
these films were exploded by going
| through the machine too slowly.
| unless they were wound fast
enough, the heat from the light which
| projected the picture on the screen was
/ so hot that caused them to explode, and
| in that way there were accidents.
90 To get away from that danger, the
machines were equipped with safety
| device which works very well. Now,
when a film does not pass through the
| machine fast enough, there is an auto
/ matte shutter which cuts off the light
and stops all danger from an explo-
! sion. -
| In regard to the rooms being liable
TO burn should an explosion occur, Mr..
! Cohen stated that all the rooms were
| lined with asbestos, and were practi-
/ eally fireproof from the inside.
In his opinion there is practically no
| Hanger of fire in any of the theaters
of the amusement company, but the
exits at the Empire he believes should
be kept open, as should the ones at the
| Savoy
As for man falling six feet through
one of the exits at the Savoy. Mr..
Cohen states that this occurred several
months ago when some repairs were be.
/ ing made.