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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
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OPPORTUNITIES FOR SALE OF AUTOMATIC PIANOS.
New Motion Picture Theaters, Hotels and Restaurants in Various Sections of the Country That
Will Require Orchestrions, Automatic Pianos and Other Musical Equipment.
square, Cambridge, Mass., upon which a large theater is to
be built.
George Tilton is about to build a three-story building at
Tilton, N. H., and will use the ground floor as a moving
picture house.
Rock & Hayes have given out their contract for the build-
ing of their new theater at Marlboro, Mass., which is to
seat 1,200, with a policy of vaudeville and pictures.
A new theater is now going up at South Manchester,
Conn., to seat about 1,100. Owner Holl states that he has
not as yet named the house.
E. G. Bullard, of Pleasant street, New Bedford, Mass., is
having plans drawn up that will call for a moving picture
theater, to cost $40,000.
E. C. Wheeden and C. W. Typer, of 27 Exchange street,
Providence, R. I., say that they are about to build a one-
story theater to cost about $35,000.
J. M. Goodwin of the Acme Amusement Co., has opened
his new summer theater at Belgrade Lakes, Me. The house
seat about 700, and will be devoted to moving pictures. Mr.
Goodwin is also part owner of theaters in Hallowell, Vinal
Haven, Kennebunk and Kennebunkport.
New Jersey.
Consolidated Amusement Company, Camden; $500,000;
W. H. Carpenter, W. H. Parott, Camden; W. B. McCal-
lum, Collingswood.
Steel's Old Vienna, Camden; $20,000; F. R. Hanzell,
G. H. B. Martin, J. A. MacPeak, Camden.
Savoy Amusement Company, Newark; $50,000; A. W.
and Mabel Edelmeyer, E. II. Frederick, East Orange.
New York.
Hauser Amusement Company; $10,000; J. & D. Hauser,
J. Rosenberg, 915 St. Mark's avenue.
Northwest.
G, N. Bontecou will lease the new moving picture theater
to be erected at Howard, S. Dak., by August Schultz.
The Opera House at Belfield, N. Dak., has been leased by
William Dahlheimer, who will operate a moving picture
show.
L. Thompson will open a moving picture theater at Mich-
igan, N. Dak.
Norg Sorrenson will open a moving picture theater at
Hayti, S. Dak.
John Bauer is erecting an opera house and dance hall at
Moccasin, Mont.
Ohio.
Lyceum Theater Amusement Company, Toledo; theaters;
$10,000; Abe Shapiro, Joseph Weimer, De Clan Allen.
Ernest Purvis and S. S. Ruble, of Logan, Ohio, expect to
have their new moving picture theater on North Market
street in that city open about September 1.
Plans are being drawn for a new moving picture theater
to be erected in Columbus, by Joseph Hinterschied.
The Clifton Amusement Co., of Cincinnati, has awarded to
the Ohio Building & Construction Co. the contract for the
construction of a large and up-to-date picture house on
Ludlow avenue, near Clifton.
Home Amusement Company, Massillon; amusement;
$2,000; W. II. Miller, A. M. Lane, C, J. Holzebach.
New Central Hotel Company, Galion; $10,000; J. W.
McCormick, Mary McCormick, Floretta McCormick.
Public Amusement Company, Springfield; $4,000; Charles
Settos, Ralph Kretzer, Fred Hill.
A new moving picture theater will be opened in Lowell-
ville.
Pennsylvania.
Preliminary plans are under way for the construction of a
moving picture house to be built at 2907-11 North Fifth
street, Philadelphia. The building is to be of brick, 45 by
100 feet, and will bo one-story high.
George Bishop has purchased a moving picture equip-
ment and is giving shows at Falmouth.
A. Peterson will operate a moving picture show under
canvas at Arcadia this summer.
There are approximately twenty-five moving picture thea-
ters in course of erection in the city of Detroit at the pres-
California.
ent time.
The Boardman Estate recently commissioned J. Henry
The Warfield Theater at 1028 Hastings street, Detroit,
Boehrer, Delger building, Oakland, to prepare plans for a
has been sold to James Reese.
one-story brick theater building at Palo Alto, and work on
The Ideal Theater at Mack and Field avenues, Detroit,
this structure is now commencing.
formerly owned by Mr. Ward of the Mutual Film Company,
The Gem Theater is a new photoplay house at Santa Clara
has been sold to S. Tomlinson.
having just been opened by Mr. Harris.
Architect Richard H. Marr, Detroit, is taking figures on
L. L. Cory, owner of the Theater Fresno, is making prep-
a brick theater building to be erected on Grand River ave-
arations to remodel this well-known Fresno house, the work
nue, near the Boulevard.
to commence early in June.
Architects Pollmar & Ropes, 602 Sun building, Detroit,
Turner & Dahnken, of San Francisco, who conduct the
Richmond Theater at Richmond, are planning to erect a fine are drawing plans for a picture theater to seat 400 at the
corner of Forest and Grandy avenues. The name of the
theater building on the property owned by this concern on
owner is being withheld for the present.
Macdonald avenue
Architect R. E. Raseman, of 1302 Penobscot building, is
The plans of Architect O. H. Thayer for the Novelty
taking bids on a theater to cost $20,000, seating 400, to
Theater, to be erected at Martinez, have been accepted by
be erected on Riopelle street, for Nicoli Geovenangeld. It
the owners.
will be handsomely fitted.
Illinois.
The Calvert Theater Co., Detroit, composed of David
The Princeton Hotel Co., Princeton; capital, $60,000;
King and Adolph Finsterwald. will shortly let contracts
hotel business; incorporators, Caito A. Trimble, S. P. Clair,
Alfred Morris, Palmer E. Anderson, E. P. Lovejoy, L. R. for its new motion picture theater to be erected at the south-
east corner of Woodward and Kenilworth avenues, to seat
Davis, Charles F. Anderson.
1,500, and to be completed by October 15.
Ed. Fellis, Hillsboro, is contemplating the erection of a
New England.
new opera house and roof garden in that city.
Samuel Kantor, manager of Lockwood's Hall and the
George Pheland, of Danville, has leased the building at
Pleasant Hour Theaters, Bridgeport, Conn., has secured the
Third and Market streets in Alton, formerly occupied by
property adjoining the Norwalk Club building, and will build
the Biograph, and will open a new moving picture theater.
The Temple may be given over to moving pictures after the a theater there.
A recent incorporation is the Whalom Recreation Co., of
lease of W. M. Savage expires this summer.
Fitchburg, Mass. The promoters of this $6,000 company
Indiana.
are William Bergcr, Dors Berger, A. Royal and Abner
Deming Hotel Co., Terre Haute; $100,000; D. Deming,
Cohan.
J. T. Beasley, L. E. Waterman.
A new theater is to be built at Manchester, N. H., to be
The Delight Picture House Company, Indianapolis, has
situated at Elm and Central streets. The house will seat
incorporated to operate moving picture shows, with a capi-
about 700.
tal of $3,000. W. W. Connell, Jr., A. M. Connell and B.
I. H. Stoddard intends to have a moving picture theater
Connell are incorporators.
at Webster square, Worcester, Mass.
The Cosmopolitan Amusement Co. is opening a new pic-
Work has been started on Main street, Pittsfield, Mass.,
ture house on Broadway, Gary.
where A. St. Leger is building a theater, to be devoted to
E. H. Ryce, Odon, is going to open a new motion picture
moving pictures. Mr. St. Ledger states that he will have
house near his Grand Hotel at Odon.
a thoroughly modern house, and that he is not sparing ex-
A new summer airdome is now being erected at Warsaw,
pense to attain this end.
by C. P. Ferry. The building will be 125 by 50 feet and
A new theater is slated for Hartford, Conn., according to
will seat 500.
Jacob Rodesky, its promoter. The plans, which are now
M. M. McBride, of Gary, a real estate man, is planning
being made by C. J. Bailley, call for a 1,200-seat house, on
for a string of twenty or more picture houses throughout
Grand avenue.
the Calumet district. His first house will soon be opened
Charles Barnes has succeeded the old owners of the
to the public.
Broadway, Somerville, Mass., and will continue the house
A new airdome has been opened at Columbia City by
as a moving picture theater.
George Brookins, manager of the Lyric Theater.
Mr. Matthew Kennedy has secured a lease of the new
Iowa.
building on Green street, Worcester, Mass., and intends to
The Coggon Opera Co., of Coggon, will go through
use the rear portion of it for a moving picture house.
with its plans to build a new $7,000 theater, having pur-
A new theater is scheduled for West Lynn, Mass., to be
chased the site.
known as the Federal. This house will seat about 800, and
Construction of the new moving picture theater to be will be devoted to moving pictures only. Plans have been
erected at Exline, by C. C. McDonald, of Cincinnati, has
completed for J. Dooley.
begun.
Nathan Gordon and his associates will soon have a theater
The Secretary of State has granted a charter to the in New Haven, Conn. The location is on Temple street,
Cresco Opera House Co., which incorporated with a capital
and work is to be started at once on the house. It is also
stock of $25,000. The incorporators are E. H. Allen, S. A. reported that Mr. Gordon has secured property on Central
Converse, O. J. McHugh, F. A. Ruber, A. J. Thomson, VV.
H. Tillsoh, E. P. Farnsworth Company, C. C. Burgess and
C W. Reed.
Thomas Duffy and F, J. Etzel, of Vail, will operate a
moving picture show at Lakewood Park, Lake View, this
summer. Mr. Etzel will act as manager.
Kentucky.
The Commonwealth Amusement Co., Louisville, has been
organized at Ludlow, with a capital of $5,000. It will re-
construct a building and install a motion picture show. The
incorporators ar e John Hunt, Joel Ward and U. J. Howard.
A block now being constructed in Eddyville by Roy Threl-
keld will be occupied by a moving picture theater.
C. W. Joehrendt, of Greensburg, has purchased the mov-
ing picture theater at Campbellsville from J. R. Hobson, and
is remodeling it extensively.
C. C. McClure, of Clearfield, has purchased the Gem
Theater in this city and will operate it henceforth.
George Owens is owner of the Boone's Trail Theater just
opened in Mt. Vernon.
In Owensboro it is given out that a well-known motion
picture man will construct a $10,000 moving picture house in
that city. The lot on which the building is to stand has
been purchased, according to the information from Owens-
boro.
Missouri.
New airdomes opened in Kansas City recently include
those of the Iliad Amusement Company at Thirty-first street
and Troost avenue, and the Linwood Gardens, at Forty-sec-
ond street and Prospect avenue.
The contract for J. C. Wirthman's $200,000 theater build-
ing at Thirty-first street and Troost avenue, Kansas City,
will be awarded shortly.
William Kling has received permission from the Kansas
City council to construct and operate an airdome at 1309
East Eighteenth street and will open in the immediate
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Smith and Frank Cutting.
Herman Tietz is now giving picture shows at Armada.
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