Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-14

April 90, 1903, number of offers of
donation of ground were considered,
a site was selected and ARA ngements
made for erecting the building. The
site selected was the northeast corner
OF Eleventh and & streets northwest
fronting 1876 feet 4 inches on Eleventh
street and "a feet on & street. This
site is now occupied by Herman s
Lyceum
AT that meeting. in addition 10
The subscriptions of money, a num-
her of persons subscribed labor, dig
ging. carpentering. plsstering, etc.
The shares were placed at $50 each
and on May the subscribers were
called on to pay into the hands of
Mai. John =. Van Ness. chairman
Of the building committee, on the
10th of that month, the first install
n1ent Of their subscription, being one
fifth. or ten dollars on each share.
Ground was broken early in June
and the second inStallment was called
for to he paid June 10. The third
and fourth installments were soon re-
quested to be paid. and those persons
who had failed to respond 10 the first
and second calls were urged to do SO
at once. Reports were circulated
which were calculated to injure the
the subscribers in their building com.
mittee. A meeting of the stockhold-
ers called by the building committee
was held at Lovell's Hotel, Wednes-
day. July 90, 1903, to which the com
mittee made a report of the progress
of the work and also as to their man.
agement of the affairs intrusted to
them. A resolution was adopted. re-
citing that the stockholders were
highly satisfied with the progress
which had been made in erecting the
theater: that the committee deserved
the thanks Of the meeting: that the
building had progressed as expedi-
tiously as could have been expected.
and that the reports We're unjust and
highly disapproved.
"On August the subscribers were
requested to hand in their fifth and
delinquent in both money and labor
subscriptions We're urged to come for.
ward at once and make payment. so
that the building might he finished
with the dispatch which WAS particu-
larly desirable. In June, 1904, the
theater committee called a meeting of
the subscribers and other gentlemen
DESTROYS Of promoting the building of
the theater. This meeting was held
at Rhodes Tavern and was orga niZed
by calling Hon. Robert Brent. Mayor
of Washington City, to the chair, and
Stanley Byus was appointed secretary.
after the committee had made a
report Of the progress Of the work a
resolution was adopted providing for
the appointment of board of di.
rectors to continue in Office one year.
The resolution also provided that the
board should Immediately proceed to
raise, by such means as they should
deem eligible, the necessary funds,
and thenceforth apply the same to
the completion of the building, and
to procure a dramatic company when
the prospects respecting the compile
ton of the theater should in their
opinions warrant the same.
THE following board OF directors
was then elected: Maj. John =. Van
Ness, Samuel Harrison Smith, Robert
Brent, William Brent and Thomas
Law. The subscribers were slow in
responding to the requests OF the com.
mittee for payment of their subscrip.
tions, and on August 4, 1904, an ur.
gent appeal was made by the directors