The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-06-10

same size for the use of the sec
retaries of the convention. Bach
of this are 5000 seats, banked al
the rear to a height of Ia feet
which are reserved for the Officers
of the antional organization
Grouped about the speakers plat
form, at both sides and in front
are 435 seats for the press. These
communicate through passageways
under the banked-up seats behind
with the company rooms outsid,
the drill hall which have been fit
ted up for the use of the new
spapers and press associations ano
telegraph and telephone companies
From these offices, within sound
of the speakers voice and of the
secretary as he announces the re-
suits of each ballot, run wires that
viii carry the news of the con-
vent'on to the world.
In front of the platform, separat-
ed only by the narrow row of press
seats and an aisle, are the places
for the delegates who come to
Baltimore to register the presi-
Dental choice of the party in the
various states and territories of the
! Union. Although the number of
votes these states and territories
may cast aggregates 1924, the ar
chitects have provided seats for l.
200 delegates, because some of the
states, Maryland among them, send
to Baltimore twice as many dele
gates as they have votes, each dele
gate being the custodian of half
vote Back of the delegates
sit an equal number of alternates. !
and these 2,400 seats occupy the
center of the floor between the I
platform and the entrance. These
four blocks of seats will hold much
Of the life and motion of the con-
7ention. TIE location of the rep
of each state will be
hown by an elevated sign
For convenience in handling the
rowds, the convention hall seats
ave been divided into 81 sections.
+ which 40 are on the floor and
he rest in the balconies. The
Ioor will seat 1861 and the bal I
onies 4.40S, Deducting the seats
n the floor reserved for officials, :
elegates and alternates and the c
ress leaves 1920 for the public. y
hese with the balconies make
Dom for 1923 seats for the ac- y
of Baltimoreans and $
isitors who are expected by the
en-thousands from all parts of the
ountry.
The public seats on the main
loor occupy the two ends of the
nall and run at right angles to
the delegates seats, so that when
a speaker on the rostrum is facing
the delegates the greater part of
the audience will get side views OF
him. The great balconies that
have been added temporarily to
the armory project from the ends
and overhang nearly half these
seats on the floor. These two bal
comics are 200 feet long by -
feet deep. At the front and back
of the hall the narrow perma-
nent balconies have been equipped
With three rows Of seats that will
accommodate between four and five
hundred The balconies are y
'eet above the ground floor in front
ana securely supported by beams
If wood and steel The tvo at
he ends of the hall are banked
50 that the view from the rear
seats Will be unobstructed.
To facilitate quick emptying OF
he building, 10 new doors have
been cut in the granite walls, !
a total of IS. Twelve of
these are for the use of those who
hold tickets to the balconies, and
enable the balconies to connect
directly with the street. The extra
doors of the ground floor are for
use mainly as exits, since no diff
Guilty is anticipated in handling all
who enter through the wide en-
trance in the front and center OF
the building.
Seats for the public are reserved
only by sections, which are fesig-
mated by numbers and letters. The
larger blocks of seats are number
ed and each numbered block is
divided into three sub-sections, LETT
tered respectively "A" "B" and
! CO.. A ticketholder who finds
his piece of pasteboard stamped
for instance, "35-B" viii find his
seat among the 1872 chairs grouped
under that subdivision These sub
/ divisions include from AZ to 2ll
seats each and the most desirable
chairs in each division will 20 e
the earliest corners.
! The convention hall band viii
. be in a stand erected over tn
, main entrance Space has beer
= given for 200 musicians. A tele
2 phone with an electric signal ligh
/ connects the leaders, stand witt
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