The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-06-10

| alternateS. and these 2,i00 seats oc-
cupy the center OF the floor between
the platform and the entrance. These
four blocks of seats will hold much Of
the life and motion of the conyen-
ton. The location of the representa-
tiyes of each state will be shown by
an elevated sign.
For convenience in handling the
crowds, the convention hall seas
have been divided into 7G sections, o,
which ~ are on the floor and the rest
in the balconies. The floor will seat
1861 and the balconies 440S. Deduct
ing the seats on the floor reserved
for officials. delegates and altenates
and the press leaves 7,22O for the pub
lie These with the balconies mahc
room for Ices seats for the accom-
modation of Baitimoreans and visit
ors who are expected by the ten thou
sands from all parts of the country.
The public seats on the main floor
occupy the two ends OF the hall and
run at right angles to the delegates
seats, so that when speaker on the
rostrnm is ia ing the delegates the
greater part OF the audience will get
side views of him. The great balco-
MES that have been added Temporal
riy to the armory project from the
ends and oyerhang nearly half these
end seats on the floor These two bal |
COMES are 200 feet long and - fee
deep. At the front and back OF the |
hall the narrow permanent balconies
baye been equipped with three rows
OF seats that will accommodate be- |
tween four and five hundred. The bal |
comics are T. feet above the ground |
floor in front and securely supported |
by beams of wood and steel. The two
al the ends of the hail are banked so
that the view from the rear seats will |
Ge unobstructed.
70 facilitate quick emptying of the |
building, Il new doors have been cut |
in the granite walls. making a total |
of 49, Twelve of these are for the use |
Of those who hold tickets to the bal
comics, and enable the balconies to |
connect directly with the street. The |
extra doors on the ground floor are |
for use mainly as exits, since no diff |
ticulty is anticipated in handling all |
VINO enter through the wide entrance !
in the gfront and center of the build
ing.
Seats for the public are reserved |
only by sections which are designat-
ed by numbers AMI letters. The larger
blocks OF seats are numbered ana |
each numbered block is divided into
three subse ctions. lettered respective
IT, a. "B" and &C." \ ticket holder
who finds his piece of pasteboarl !
stamped. for instance, "35-B" viii |
find his seat among the l32 chairs |
grouped under that subdivision. These (
subdivisions include from AZ to 217 !
seats each and the most desirable !
chairs in each division will 30 to the |
earliest comers.
The convention hall band will be in
a stand erected over the main en-
trance. Space has been given for 200 |
musicians. A telephone with an elec-
trc signal light connectes the leaders, /
stand with the desk of the chairman
at the opposite side of the hail. so
that the latter may signal his wishes
The Chairman's position is connected
by telephone also with the six com
mittee rooms, which have been fit
ted up in the vacated company quar-
tGrs at the two ends of the building
No expense has been spared Il
beautify the interior of the hall The
Principal task of the remodellers was
the construction of raise ceiling
which would improve the acoustic
proper ties by preventing the speak
ers' voices from being lost among the
lofty steel trusses of the curved roof.
This has been accomplished bv sus-
pending from the roof beams arched
trusses of wooden framework which
have been covered with bunting. The
spaces between have been filled in .
with bunting so as to present an un-
broken cloth ceiling which at a dis.
tance looks more permanent than II: |
temporary use demanded The cell |
ing is cream colored paneled witn |
gold
The construction of this false CELL