Show INTERSTATE AMUSEMENT CO A IVew Departure in the Theatrical Business Chicago April Articles of incorporation incor-poration have been filed with the secretary sec-retary of state at Springfield providing for an organization to be known as the Interstate Amusement company with a capital stock of 1000000 The incorporators are Charles S Williams E W Seymour W C Jordan George M Dearlove and V J Victor all but 4 the last named residents of Chicago The object of the company is far reaching It is proposed to establish a chain of twenty theatres in the leading lead-ing cities of the United States all having hav-ing the same name and conducted under un-der a single management These theatres the-atres will be intimately connected and the management will hire traveling companies at a yearly rate to play engagements en-gagements in the circuit alone By this system it Is claimed the expenses of conducting a theatrical enterprise can be reduced fully 60 per cent The companies taking none of the chances which come while doing business on the usual percentage basis can afford the opportunity for much less money As the theatres will all bear the same name and as the companies will all be chosen at the beginning of the year the lithographic printing which is always al-ways an item of large expense can likewise be reduced Savings can be made on even the printing of tickets accordingly to the theory of the com pany W C Jordan a lawyer at No 603 Masonic building Is one of the incorporators incor-porators He said yesterday 1000000 was in sight and that any one three or four of the incorporators could back the enterprise if necessary He claims ire company means business and that its incorporatcrs have had the matter under careful advisement for sometime some-time The cities to be included in the circuit cir-cuit include Chicago New York Boston Bos-ton Philadelphia Washington Pitts burg St Louis Kansas City Denver San Francisco and many others Play houses in these cities will be leased by the company controlled by giving the lessees a percentage of profits pro-fits The work of organization will be begun immediately and It is thought that the great circuit may be put in operation by next September when the new season begins |