The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-06-10

The location of the representatives of
each state will be shown by an ele-
waited sign.
For convenience in handling the
crowds, the convention hall seats have
been divided into 76 sections, of which
40 are on the floor and the rest in the
balconies The floor will seat 1861
and the balconies 4,40S. Deducting
the seats on the floor reserved for Off
Gals, delegates and alternates and the
press leaves 1900 for the public.
These with balconies make room for
11,62S seats for the accommodation of
Baltimoreans and visitors who are eN-
pected by the ten-thousands 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
rostrum is facing the delegates the
greater part of the audience will get
views of him. The great balconies
that have been added temporarily to
the armory project from the ends and
overhang nearly half these end seats
on the floor. These two balconies
are 200 feet long by 50 feet deep At
the front and back of the hall the
narrow permanent balconies have been
equipped with three rows of seats that
will accommodate between four and
five hundred. The balconies are 10
feet above the ground floor in front
and securely supported by beams of
wood and steel. The two at the ends
of the hall are banked so that the
view from the rear seats will be I'M
INSTRUCTED.
To facilitate quick emptying of the
building, Is new doors have been cut
in the granite walls, making a total OF
IS. Twelve Of these are for the use OF
those who hold tickets to the balloon
les, and enable the balconies to con
meet directly with the street. The
extra doors on the ground floor are
for use mainly as exists, since no diff
ficulty is anticipated in handling all
who enter through the wide entrance
in the front and center Of the building
Seats for the public are reserved
only by sections, which are designated
by numbers and letters. The larger
blocks Of seats are numbered and oaeN
numbered block is divided into three
sub-sections, lettered respectively
"A, - "B" and &C." A tickethoder who
finds his piece of pasteboard slammed
for instance, Sob" will find his seat
among the 1872 chairs grouped under
that subdivision. These subdivisions
include from AZ to 217 seats each and
the most desirable chairs in each di.
vision will so to the earliest corners.
The convention hall band will be in
stand erected over the main en-.
trance. Space has been given for 200
musicians. A telephone with an cleo
trio signal light connects the leaders
stand with the desk of the chairman at
the opposite side of the hall, SO that
the latter may signal his wishes. The
chairman's position is connected by
telephone also with the six committee
rooms, which have been fitted up in
the vacated company quarters at the
two ends of the building.
No expense has been spared In
beautify the interior of the hall. The
principal task of the remodelers was
the construction of false ceiling
which would improve the acoustic
properties by preventing the speakers
voices from being lost among the
lofty steel trusses OF the curved roof
This has been accomplished BY sus.