The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-05-21
CHICAGO COLISEUM
IS QUITE POPULAR

There will be 100 doorkepers and 100
ushers in addition to large special
detail OF police to handle the great
crowds. The seating arrangements
will follow the general plan of for
mer conventions although several
changes have been made which 1t is
believed will add to the comfort and
convenience of the delegates and Wis.
itors..
The speakers platform. twenty
feet long and forty feet wide, is at
the south end of the building. 1t
will provide seats for the officers Of
the convention and members of the
Republican national committee. sus-
pended over the stand is specially
designed sounding board. It con-
sists of an inverted conceived pyra-
mid built of wood with the apex over
the head Of the presiding officer. 1t
is designed to throw the voice
through the hall. Directly In the
rear of the speakers stand is raised
platform with 1000 seats for the uas
of presidential candidates and other
distinguished guests. On either side
of the speakers platform, extending
the entire width OF the building Is
a press section, containing 55S seats
for working newspaper men.
Seats for Delegates.
In front of the speakers stands are
the seats for the 991 delegates and
back OF these is the space set aside
for the seating Of the alternates. The
section reserved for delegates and al
ternates Is enclosed with heavy rail.
The rest of the main floor and all the
balconies will be used for seats to ac-
commodate the crowds of visitors.
Adjoining the coliseum on the
south is an annex three stories high,
40 feet deep and with a frontage Of
about 100 feet on Wabash avenue.
1t Is connected with the main build
ing by several broad entrances.
Special Wires. y
In the basement of the annex, at
the south end Of the main building
and near the speakers stand, Is the
telegraph and telephone room where
scores of special wires have been iu-
stalled for the use OF the news gath
ering associations and newspapers in
sending stories Of the convention to
every section of the country. In the
basement of the main building Is a
completely equipped temporary hos
pital in charge Of twenty-five OF Chi
cago's leading PHYSICIANS and surgeons
who have volunteered their services
for the occasion.
The upper floors of the annex have
been fitted up with the administrative
rooms of the officers of the conven-
Here are the private Offices Of the
chairman. secretary. treasurer and a
score of minor officials. The conven-
tion postoffice for the prompt distri-
button of mail to the officials and del.
egates is In this section. There Is a
large meeting room for the Repub-
lican national committee and numer-
GUS rooms for use OF the committees
Of the convention.
Elaborate Decorations. +.
In the decoration of the conven-
tion hall the managers departed from
the long established practice of prac-
tically relying exclusively on flags
and bunting to obtain the desired ar
tistic effect. This year the scheme
of interior ornamention is more elab-
crate and artistic than ever before,
according to experts. The plan was
designed by c. r. Hall. superinten-
dent Of the coliseum and Julius Floto.
an architect. White and gold DOM
mate the color scheme while Amer
lean flags, shields and bunting are
used to complete the working out Of
the decorative plan. .
Eight thousand yards of white
cloth, 1000 yards of gold cloth,
$4,000 yards Of red. white and blue