The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-09-22
MONTPELIER
Board of Trade Considers Prospects of a
New Theatre.

Board of Trade Considers Prospects of a
New Theatre.
The appointment of special commit
tee of four, whose duty it will be to
confer with H. T. Eaton OF Claremont
N. H., and report at meeting to be
held Monday evening, Sept. ~, was the
only immediate result of Board OF
Trade meeting held last evening in the
city hall to consider the oft-discussed
theatre project. There was an attend
ance Of about so, but the interest dis
played was of quiet nature and only a
| few Joined in questioning Mr.. Eaton,
who was present, and expressing their
opinions. The committee as named by
4 President H. d. Larrabee comprises Al
derman Dorman B. Il. Kent, chairman /;
James Healey, Benjamin +. Sumner and
Daniel +. Campbell 1t will be the work
of this committee to go over in detail
with Mr.. Eaton his offer, which was
made away back last winter but still
stands, and to consider a site for the
building and the building itself.
| Mr.. Eat6n's offer is, in brief, that he
will furnish Is per cent of the $4,000
needed for the erection of playhouse
to cost $4,000, the banks to carry the
mortgage The theatre will be leased to
Mr.. Eaton by the stock company for the
nominal sum of 81 for the first year
and the second year. the lessee to pay
for all necessary repairs, and the third
year to pay per cent as dividend to
the stockholders. The company would
be incorporated for $4,000, as a site
would probably cost at least $4,000.
The seating capacity of the theatre
considered would be | 100 and would have
stage ample in size to accommodate
any attraction which might be booked
for Montpelier. The only question which
called forth discussion last evening was
that of site, and it was because of this
doubt that something more definite could
not be accomplished.
L. H. Lempart of Rochester, n. H., an
architect who specializes in designing
playhouses, was at the meeting with Mr..
Eaton and in addition to exhibiting some
photographs of theatres in Rutland and
Manchester, N. H., which he had con-
structed, gave some interesting figures
for building here. II the special com
mittee can agree on a site, Mr.. Lem
part agreed to draw up rough sketch
which could be considered at the next
meeting.
The theatre, If erected here, would be
used for moving pictures when show
was not booked, thus keeping the house
open the year round. Mr.. Eaton said
his would be necessary from business
standpoint.
In summing up what must be consid-
cred, Secretary Flint OF the Board OF
sential; To raise the finances; to select
a suitable site and TO ascertain II NOV.
ing pictures would subordinate the lie.
climate" II the theatre was built.
A deed was filed in the city clerks
Office to-day recording the sale Of lot
Of land on Pearl street by Captain Josiah
o. Livingstone to F. c. Jackson of East
Montpelier. The consideration is given
as $500.
w. j. thinner, who has been employed
as ticket agent at the Central Vermont
e ,tion while the regular agents have
been enjoying vacations, left this morn
ing for st. Aioans.
Mrs. william Craig. who has been vis-
iting her sister, Mrs. David spicer Of 80
Main street, for the past week, returned
to-day TO her home In Waterbury.
W. J. Hamilton. roundhouse foreman
at Montpelier Junction, is detained from
his duties by an attack Of pleurisy.
Late yesterday afternoon Vivian L.
ger, the lp-year-old girl who was arrest.
ed in Burlington Monday for the theft Of
a skirt from the McC0en store in this
city, pleaded guilty in city court be-
fore Judge Z. NJ Harvey and was given
ssntencs Of 30 days in the county Jail.
The girl seemed penitent for her act and
az much sympathy was felt for her pre-.
dicament. she being An orphan, the sen
tence was q light one. She returned the
stolen goods.
Miss Margaret Shay, who IVES grad
uated from Montpelier seminary last
spring with the highest donors. left this
morning for Middlebury college, where
she vii enter for four years course
Frederick Collins, who has been en-
ployed in Windsor for the past siK
months. has commenced work In the X
II. standish market
The body Of Miss Msrv Mutt. ne.
tive If M0utpeiier, whose desth occurred
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