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Show i THI-. )!.! THIOATKK. Tho facts brought to light yesterday by the visit of t iro Chief Stanton to the cellar of the! historic old theater of Salt iako are enough to till with terror the hearts of the patrons of the house. Heaps of inltatninahlo material which would be et oil by a chance spark, not to speak of the grow ing and continual danger from spontaneous combustion, were found, and all this In tbe midst of dry and rotting timbers and painted scenery of the most iufhimmablc ehar-acter. ehar-acter. This is not by any means tht- worst phase of the danger that menaces tho theatergoer. A chance, spark would kindle tv blaze that in a moment would bo beyond the control of the, liro department. de-partment. In the face of this Chief Stanton says: "You couldn't get a big audience out of the houso w ith every man, woman and child as cool as c u cumbers iu timo to avert death. It's not in the outlets from tho theater." It is time that something was done. Chief Stanton says that he has repeatedly repeat-edly called tho attention of the management man-agement to tho menace to the lives of their patrons but without avail. It is time that the city council gives the sttbjoct its attention. The management manage-ment of the theater should bo' compelled com-pelled to reduce to the minimum the danger from lire and even more iru-s iru-s portant than that to supply the house with proper exits, so that in case of lire there will bo no wanton loss of life lrom tho panic that is almost certain to ensue. This must bo done, and at once. |
