Show HEAVY LOSS TO THE MANAGERS Th ates Cannot Goi coi ply With Regulations OF GITY BOB BOBBING DIG BING Ti TiC Jan city council te to ter r C night took action that will in aft 1 S probability result in the tar closing of if nearly all of the tho theatres in Chicago f ST the of tie the present theatrical season Last 1451 night the council passed ah ati Ordinance setting forth what must be he bedone done by the theatres of this city before they will be allowed to remain in con It tt convened tonight the tb massage of an enabling act 01 that would td te theatres to operate operal flir ft th tSe of O this season betas to all the flit require of St the ordinance as sonic some of f the c arc of nature that will re re the practical reconstruction of a number of the playhouses After a long Ioni Debate the council decided on the tollo oK w tog bIg the theatres must mua meet bec they be allowed to The f fA A steel curtain curtaiL An automatic sprinkler system A j bond of bf 1 guaranteeing the per fm by y Au Aug I mt im of a 1 the re pa of the ordinance te l of doors doore and nuts exits An AlT ef the lbs ahoy te to he be performed nih o dee r suck such condition terms and Hons as an shall l be Imposed by the mayor oz t the city the ef bf bonding and a of to be ap api 1 i pointed by the mayor ma Most Meat of Shut tut Out 1 The managers of theatres declared to tight that it would be for them to meet the demands of the enabling act ct in sufficient time to do business due dur during dueI I ing the remainder of this season and sev several se eral elal of them declared they had no intention ton tion of trying to reopen reten doors The Th manager of one theatre declared that be bethought thought he could be in shape uy oy February 1 but was not sure f It He felt cental certai however hoever that he would be able bIe to the doors of his playhouse long iong before the close eose of the theatrical season Would Have Eave te to Be Torn Down The passage of the tho ordinance last night 1 put two of the downtown theatres out oB oBi 4 i business as nit their construction is such thai th I they will be e t with tt the i law without down deign the ia in which they are located and new structures structure All of the ot houses wil be able U in meet meat the dem at the law but it be at great ex extor tor or several sevaL of |