The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-09-01
THEATRE IS At Last
BEING CONSTRUCTED
CONTRACT WAS LET TO AN
ATLANTA FIRM
WORK UNDERWAY
UNDERWAY
Richmond Architect Came To An.
derson and Conferred With
Promoters, Letting Contract

The contraet> for the construction
of the Anderson Theatre was let yes
terday afternoon to the S. w. Atkin-
son Co., Of Atlanta. Ga, for sac. .067. 90
A special meeting of the board of
directors was called for 3:30 D. M,
when the revised plans as submitted
by Chas. X. Bryant of Richmond were
accepted without change r
President ]. S. Fowler of the An
derson Development Co., the holding
corporation, then announced the an
pointment of building committee
composed. OF Messrs. Rufust FAINT and
II. r. King, he to be included, that
being the desire of the entire board.
The contract was signed at the Of
flee of t. Frank Watkins, attorney
nor the corporation late yesterday
afternoon.
have built many theatres, they making
ton. They recently completed q large
new theatre in Birmingham. MIR.
James, Rooney, sof Richmond, rep
resenting the contractors, Is in the
city and stated to representative of
would begin work az once and push
the building to completion as rapidly
as time and energy would permit. He
will let sob conrtcat for the exca-
walton today, the same to be pushed
through Il Is hoped by the latter part
of the week, In the meantime all ma
terial will begin to be assembled.
The building which is to be con-
21rnrfn6 yrflt hn M laSa
In opera house construction and the
finest. largest and most costly
theatre building In the state of South
Carolina. ItsAseating capacity will be
slightly less than the Academy of Mu-
sic In Charleston, but in all other re-
spects twill be a much better build
ing than the Charleston structure.
There is at present no theatre in the
entire Piedmont that can compare
In any way with the new and imposing
structure which the Anderson enter
prise let the contract for yesterday.
Its construction should mean that An
derson will become the Headquarters
In upper South Carolina for, all the
verv best attractions.
The building contracted for yester-
day will be 1qi feet long and so feet
.wide;z will contain three stores and
an arcade IN front. theatre In rear.
with offices or apartments upstairs.
1t will bc constructed as is we'll
known on West Whitner at the inter-
section OF Peoples street.
TIA campaign which has finally re-
suited In securing for Anderson this
magnificent building, with one ex-
ception, the most costly edifice I'm the
entire city. has been underway for
mere than eight months. 1t Ia ,tks udt-
come OF a committee meeting Of the
eatcrtaiEm5a. committee of .hc cham
Der OF commerce, held last December,
-hen thai Gas::;;..iss..tt:se e;:.!.a:ea plans
so buIiG Ia AnGaT5on a thearra build
lag, subscriptions we're then; taken;
corporation called the Anderson
Theatre Co., capitalized ut $2G,0 900. or
geuized; the same corporation was
later dissolved and q new corporation
called tho sAndersen Development Co,
with a capital of $30l0aO orwaniEed.
Hon. JriS. Fowler was electGsiN presi-
dent OF this latter company, and url-
il reiiie personal upervisjoas the stock
was sold, More than; l06 public spirit
ed Andersenians purchased stock In
the corporation sa spiendid tribute TO
the enterprise and public spirit OF
what Secretary MhaIey calls South
Garolina,s mest progressive city. Re-
t3errsng to the matter yesterday afssr-
enoon. shortly amer the contract was
ssgneds Rufust Faht.i wiia also had
much TO DO with the successful
Launching of the plans, stated that IL
had been one; long, hard, uphill fight.
but IL was now all Z over except the
nui lag of tho atTucture fs8