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Show CONSTRUCTED OlIJI MOT Steel Structure Rushed- to if. . Vaudeville Company. An bu-foot steel arch spanning Second Sec-ond South streot betweou -Main and West Temple streets, directly in front of tho new Orpheuin theater site, was erected in record time this morning between be-tween 1 and' 6 o'clock. Ijy its erection, erec-tion, thc Orpheus Vaudeville company outwitted an opposing faction aud cunningly cun-ningly evaded a possible injunction to prevent thc construction of the arch. Tho arch has been a matter of serious ser-ious controversy before the city commission com-mission for the last week. When the uew Orphcuni building was decided upon up-on and construction was bcg"un last September, a permit for a steel arch, twenty-seven and one-half foot above the ground, to span Second South stroet, to be used as a monster electric sign for tho playhouse, was granted the company. When construction of thc arch was about to begin, however, roprosontntives of tho Dooly block appeared ap-peared before the commission, threatening threat-ening to start suit against the Orpheus Vaudeville cdmpany if tho arch were built. The opposing faction set forth that tho property west of tho projected arch' would suffer in value if the arch wero allowed to go up. Tho matter was referred to tho city attornev, who gave an opinion to the effect that no permit had been issued, technically speaking, because tho Orpheum theater had applied for the permit, while the Orpheus Vaudeville company had filed the necessary bond. Ho .held that the latter company had never been given a permit, while thu permit g run tod the former was still pending, awaiting the filing of a bond. by the Orpheum theater. thea-ter. . The commissioners decline to talo advantage ad-vantage of tho loophole, offered by thc city attorney. At an executive sessiou of "the city commission yesterday noon the commission agreed to grunt" n new permit to tho Orpheus Vaudeville company com-pany for the erection of the arch, and assured representatives of tho company that a new permit would bo issued under un-der thc old bond. I A petition signed by a score or more of property owners on West Second Soutli streot was Med with tho city recorder re-corder yestorday, requesting that tho Orpheus Vaudeville companv be. allowed al-lowed to build tho arch. Tho petition set forth that the arch would beautify the street- ami would enhance, rather' than depreciate the value of property affected. With one steel column already in phico on the north sido of the street in front of the new thenter, and with the big arch in two links ready to be fitted in place over the street," the Orpheus Vaudeville company sagaciously planned to erect tlio'arcb in the 'quiet hours of the morning to escapo any possible pos-sible injunction proceeding?. A force of twenty men was on hand at 1 o'clock this morning. Ilujt-e .scenery .scen-ery dravs and wagons quickly and quietly naulcd the steel sections to the designated spot. At a signal thc forco fell to its task with alacrity, and it was said that before the cars were running run-ning this morning tho big arch would be in plato, spanning the streot in front of the now Orpljouiji. J. Howard Garrett Gar-rett watched the work progress, and pronounced it done in record time. What further stops mav be taken by the opposing faction hnv uot vet been revealed, bnt it is thought hat the trouble i ov over. |
