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Show IiBLICS IN :; , OLD HOTEL Sale of' Furniture in St. James, Now Being Rc-; Rc-; built for Theater. : ' v ;' y. i "It took a long- time to find out what this building; was good for," said an bid cltixen as he stood ifl the St James hotel ho-tel yesterday and watched a score of workmen te axing- off the roof and pulling pull-ing out the partitions. The changing of the hotel Into a theater is now in progress. Ware & Tregania are the architects ar-chitects and Councilman Martin has charge of , the work of reconstruction. The sale of the furniture at auction has been going on for the past three days and is almost completed. Auctioneer Andrews goes from one room to another an-other and sells bedsteads, bedding, chairs, pictures and curtains just as they come. Rooming-house landladies are much in evidence as purchasers, and the antique furniture of the old St. James will be recognized in many a rooming-house "in the city. Many of the old-time guests of the St. James stand in the crowd with pathetic pa-thetic expressions on their faces while the furniture is being- knocked down to the highest bidder. "When will this chair be sold?" inquired in-quired a gray-haired man of the auctioneer auc-tioneer as be pointed to a rocker that had evidently been upholstered several limes, v. - "We win get ot that presently," replied re-plied the loud-voiced salesman. "Well, I want that chair," said the man with the gray hair, "because I sat in it for sixteen years and I find that I can't do without it" Now that the building is free of tenants, ten-ants, the work of remodeling will continue con-tinue without interruption. Vaudeville acts are being booked for the opening of the new theater on Monday. October 31. Two shifts of workmen will be employed em-ployed for both day and night, so that the house can be opened on time. A large boiler will heat the building and an electric light plant will be installed for the illumination of the theater in winter and Utahna park in the summer. sum-mer. ' |