Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 May 1884 — GOSSIP ABOUT THE CONVENTION. [ARTICLE]

GOSSIP ABOUT THE CONVENTION.

Repairing the Hall—Admirable Arrange* ments. I From tfie Chicago Times.] The work of changing the north end of the Exposition Building into a music hall, which will also be used for the twro great political conventions, is progressing rapidly, and there is no don bt of its being finished" in good season for the May festival. The ha 1 will have a soundingboard on either end to confine the sound, and its acoustic properries are expected to be perfect. The audience-ro'm will have a descent of five feet in its ont re length, and will hive abont ten thousand seats. The gain ries, as far as inclosed in the hall, will seat abont 1,800 more. The amphiteater constructed for the chorus on the north end will have over 1,100 scats. Lore, during the conventions, distinguished guests will be placed. The platform constructed for the orchestra an 1 for the conductor's desk will easily sea: 'ZOO, and will bo utilized during the conven ions tor the Chairmen and the officers of the conventions. The interior of the hall will have a v> ry pleas int look, and besides it is expected that it will in every regard be superior to the space used for the convention es 1880, and the equal If not the superior of any mu-lc hall in the.country as tar as seating arrangements aud acoustic properties are concerned. Tne hall will be ligated by 100 rings of twenty gas-jets each, and besides there •will be 450 (lights for aisles, passageways, and side-rooms. '. The subcommittees of ther loeal committee in charge of the pre] arations for the convention have aboc.t comr leted their work. r p__. * The Distribution of Tickets. [From the Chicago Tribune.; Mr. Sam Raymond, Chairman of the local Committee on Arrangements for the Republican Convention, stated the other day that it would be next to useless to apply to the members of the committee for tickets of. admission to the convention! Of the I,* 00 seats reserved for the local committee. 800 had been given to the subscribers of the convention f und,7s would go to the stockholders of thi Exrodctcn Company, which gave the use of the budding free of charge, and the rest would be distributed among the members of the looal coiiimittee, 42 in number. He also said that the Finance Committee had pract cally finished its work and obtained sufficient subscriptions to meet the expenses of the convention in good shape.