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Show American Fork's", New Opera House. ItoJiiTCHHtcil, Repainted and Itcnwil. elect, It Is One of the Best and Most CniiTculcnt In the State. Mechanics this week practically flnlohed their work that will glvp American Pork" oho or the best and most convenient opera houses of any city In tho stato of a similar slzo. Chief among tho Improvements is tho Installation of the steam heating plant. Nine thousand foot of steam radiation has been employed which gives all parts of th building an even temporturo and makes It a most pleasant pleas-ant place to spend a cold winter evening. even-ing. An electric nrch has been ln- boauty of the place and Increases stalled which adds materially to tho tho light available Now paper has been put on the walls and tho wholo interior has been given a now coat of paint and bronze to a good effect. Tho 'entire body of tho houso la . now seated with opera chairs, one hundred and tlfty of which are cush-loned cush-loned and arranged In sets of twos. Thore nro three hundred seats on the main floor. Each seat has twentj inches of Bpoco as compared with seventeen Inches used In mnny other houses. Thero are two hundred more scats in tm balcony giving tho houso a total seating capacity of live hundred. hun-dred. In case of flro thore are eight ways of egress, reducing any danger from this source to a minimum. Besides bolng well heated tho placo Is also well ventilated. Tho stago is of sufllclont sizo to accommodate any scenery that travel. Ing. troups might bring with them. Besides being nttcd up for tho or-t or-t dlnary show or theatrical prefor-raance, prefor-raance, arrangements have been perfected per-fected to make It also an ideal mo-Uon mo-Uon picture houso. Tho operating room in tho rear has had a cement floor placed' in it and boen lined, walls and celling with asbestos, bo that In caso of Alms catching fire tho flames could bo extinguished without danger to tho remainder of tho building. build-ing. . Two of tho best machlnos on the market havo been purchased at a cost of ?600. Thero aro uono botUr made. The screen on which tho pictures aro projectod will bo twenty feet from tho closest spectator, and eighty feet from tho machine which is considered consider-ed Ideal by most picture nvn. Tho American Theatre of Salt Lako City Is elghty-flvo feet. On tho other sldo of tho curtain and back for, about Jtcn feet thero will bo walls painted black, Iuicn a garden scene to tho front of tho stago. This will pormlt a dim light In tho main body of tho houso whilo tho pictures aro being shown. Soon as spring opens up tho front will bo romodoled with ilro brick and tho entrances changed. Tho building Is owned by a stock company. Tho Mutual Improvement Associations, tho Choir, tho Belief Society owning n part of tho stock though tho majority Is hold by Christian M. Beck, tho hotel and livery liv-ery man. It has had twenty-nlno years of Interesting history, during which time It has cost Its owners upwards up-wards of $20,000 and produced no dlvldonds. Now, howovor, It should begin to bring in tho returns thnt tho ownors aro well entitled to. '- |