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The Daily Morning Journal And Courier
New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut
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In Chicago, a special commission appointed by Mayor Harrison completed a new theater ordinance post-Iroquois fire, mandating fireproof stages, re-seating, and direct street stairways from balconies; report to city council for approval, allowing most theaters to reopen soon under restrictions, full compliance by Oct. 1.
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Contemplated by the Special Commission Appointed in Chicago.
Chicago, Jan. 10.—The special commission of aldermen and building experts appointed by Mayor Harrison to revise the ordinances regulating the construction and operation of playhouses, as a result of the Iroquois theater fire, completed a new theater ordinance to-night and agreed on the provisions which will be applied to existing theaters. The report will be submitted to the city council to-morrow evening, and if that body concurs in the recommendations of the special commission Chicago theaters, with the possible exception of three of them, probably will open their doors within a week or ten days. The three theaters may not be permitted to open, because their stages and auditoriums are more than fifteen feet above the street level.
The theaters that agree to conform to the new regulations will be permitted to open under certain restrictions and with the understanding that they comply with every provision of the new law regulations before October 1. In the meantime the galleries that have inadequate exit facilities will be closed and two or four firemen will be detailed on the stage.
The new ordinance will require that every stage be made absolutely fireproof back of the proscenium arch by requiring fireproof walls, steel curtains, steel gridiron and rigging lofts, steel frames for the stage and the installation of automatic sprinkling systems. This will mean the practical reconstruction of every stage in the city.
In addition to this every theater will have to be re-seated to comply with the new regulations, and special stairways from each balcony and gallery connecting directly with the street will have to be constructed.
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Chicago
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Jan. 10
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theaters agreeing to conform will open under restrictions and fully comply by october 1; galleries with inadequate exits closed temporarily; two or four firemen detailed on stage; three theaters possibly not permitted to open due to stage and auditorium height over fifteen feet above street level; practical reconstruction of every stage required.
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Special commission of aldermen and building experts appointed by Mayor Harrison to revise ordinances regulating playhouse construction and operation after Iroquois theater fire completed new theater ordinance and agreed on provisions for existing theaters; report to be submitted to city council; new ordinance requires fireproof stages back of proscenium arch with fireproof walls, steel curtains, steel gridiron and rigging lofts, steel frames, and automatic sprinkling systems; theaters to be re-seated and special stairways from each balcony and gallery constructed to connect directly with street.