Motography (Jan-Jun 1918)

438 MOTOGRAPHY Vol. XIX, No. 9. the four-story brick building at Walton avenue and One Hundred and Fortieth street, the Bronx, occupied by the H. P. Knight Scenic Studios, swept through the entire building and to two-story frame dwellings adjoining in Walton avenue, doing a damage estimated at $75,000. Ohio The Cincinnati-Columbus Amusement Company has been incorporated in Columbus by I. Libson and Attorney Ben L. Heidensfeld with a capital stock of $10,000. The Victoria Theater at Dayton has "been destroyed by fire. The loss is $50,000. The Colonial Theater, 443 Summit street, Toledo, has been damaged by a $25,000 fire. Chillicothe Picture Theater Co. of Chillicothe has been incorporated with a capital stock of $70,000. The Southern Theater at Bucyrus, owned by Marion capital, has been damaged by fire causing a loss of $800. H. Erben has leased for a period of ten years the motion picture theater at Wade Park avenue, Cleveland, from Mary E. Cowan. The Rockford Theater Co. of Rockford has been incorporated by J. O. Wickersham, Chas. F. Dull, Ray William and others. Oklahoma The Pickford Theater at Marietta has been damaged by fire. The loss will total about $2,000. O. W. Edwards has let the contract to Stone & Co., Inc., at 222 Iowa building, Tulsa, to erect an office and theatre building on Fourth street between Main street and Boston avenue; cost, $400,000. Thompson & Blocker are the architects, 220 Iowa building, Tulsa. Pennsylvania The American Moving Picture Theatre, at 1510 Fifth avenue, Pittsburgh, owned by Samuel Harris, suffered a loss of $50 when films in the operating booth took fire from the projecting machine. The spectators kept their presence of mind and no one was hurt. The fire was confined to the operating booth. Community Theater Corp. of Illinois has been incorporated to conduct places of amusement with a capital $150,000. The incorporators are F. M. Ely, M. G. Zopf and M. A. Zopf, Chicago. E. Morgolies of New York has been awarded the contract for the construction of the new theater on the site of the old Horticultural Hall on Broad street, Philadelphia, for Publicker & Berg. Architect Charles Bickel has completed plans for the remodeling of the Olympic Theater on the Reed Sawyer property at Pittsburgh which will cost $30,000. Alexander Chamblay has contract for the erection of a theater at Broad and Lombard streets, Philadelphia, for the Dunbar Amusement Company . Frank A. Keeney, multi-millionaire theatrical man, has purchased the site of the Lycoming opera house, Williamsport, destroyed by fire, and will erect thereon a $200,000 theater. The moving picture theater at 1205 to 1209 N. Fifty-second street, Philadelphia, was sold by Francis J. Loughran to Jay Eamuel. South Dakota The McCarthy Theatre Company has been incorporated at Aberdeen with a capital stock of $100,000 by J. J. McCarthy, W. T. McCarthy and others. The Orpheum Theater at Sioux Falls is going to be enlarged, according to Manager Solari. A. L. Hess of Watertown and J. H. Hess of Fargo, N. D., are the new owners of the Yankton and Lyric Theaters at Yankton. The Yankton Theater will probably be remodeled. Tennessee The Olympic Theatre of Knoxville has been sold to Mr. Barrett of Corning, la. Dowler Enterprise, Inc., has plans by R. H. Hunt for vaudeville theater on Broad street, Chattanooga, to cost $40,000. Texas Harry Kitterman of the firm of Kitterman Bros., who operate the Princess Theatre, at Orange, will establish another motion picture house in the New Holland building, Main and Fifth streets, to seat 800 people, and will be equipped with a $10,000 piano and modern contrivances. Chester and Earl C. Erhard, W. A. McCord and W. E. Goodman will expend $3,000 in remodeling the Arion Opera House at Bastrop. D. W. Powell of Marshall has purchased the Grand Theater there from M. H. Moore. Edward Gray will rebuild his theater at 1505 Elm street, Dallas, recently destroyed by fire. Utah D. Leo Madsen, Ogden architect, is preparing plans for new theater to be erected on Main street, Logan. Alexander Pantages will erect a new theater and office building at Salt Lake City, to be completed within a year. Washington Joe Lucas, manager of the Grand Theatre at Centralia, has leased the new $50,000 theatre being erected at the corner of Tower avenue and Center streets by the F. & S. Improvement Company. He has also purchased the Ideal Theatre from Ray and J. F. Griner, and will operate all three houses. The Casady & McKee Amusement Company has been incorporated at Tacoma with $50,000 capital. Address H. W. Casady, manager. The Camp Lewis Amusement Company has been incorporated at Tacoma with $100,000 capital. Address H. F. Proctor or P. W. Smioy, who are interested. West Virginia Architects C. C. and E. A. Weber, Citizens' Building, Cincinnati, O., have prepared plans for the construction of a $35,000 theater three stories in height for Frank Middleburg of Logan. Wisconsin P. Bronstad has sold the theater at Badger to W. D. Martin of Fredderick, Okla. The Bijou Theater at Oconto has been destroyed by fire. It will be rebuilt. Manager Mike Gates' opera house at Ontario was destroyed by fire. A. H. Steindorn has purchased the Rex theater at Clear Lake from L. E. Joppa. Work has already started on the picture theater to be built at Madison by Dr. William G. Beecroft. The Bijou Theater at Kaukauna was completely destroyed by fire to the extent of $3,000, about half of which is covered by insurance. C. S. Rice of Marshfield has leased the Idle Hour Theater at Prentice and will make extensive improvements before opening. Charles Cohen purchased the Lyric Theater at Waupaca and will improve same extensively. Ernest Klinkert, 826 Washington avenue, Racine, will erect a picture theater addition 65x148 feet. Messrs. Rudloff and Altschwager have leased the Columbus Opera house at Columbus and will remodel and open. Mary Miles Minter, American-Mutual star, shown as she was about to lead a patriotic parade in Santa Barbara, Cal.