Clipping:Facilities beneath the grandstand
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| Date | Sunday, May 22, 1881 |
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| Text | Admireres of the national game in this city will learn with pleasure that a new grand stand is about to be erected on the Boston grounds, it will be 75 feet wide and 50 feet deep, and will be built on the site now occupied by the stockholders' and reporters' seats. It will be composed almost entirely of new lumber, though where the lumber of the old stand can be used without marring the beauty and strength of the new one, it will be done to lighten the expense. The floor of the auditorium will be on an ascending scale, the same as at a theatre, and w9ill be furnished with chairs for the use of the patrons. In front of the grand stand, immediately in the rear of the catcher, with the floor resting four feet from the ground, will be ample press accommodations, upon each side of which will be seats for the accommodation of the stockholders. A row of seats behind the reporters, and extending the entire width of the grand stand, will also be built for the stockholders. In the large space between the ground floor and the auditorium will be a ladies' retiring room, separate apartments with closets for the local and visiting clubs and an office for the transaction of business and the storage of property. This will still leave a large area where spectators can seek shelter in case of rain. In the rear of the grand stand there will be plenty of standing room for teams, and the entrance to the grounds will be about the same as at present. The new stand will have a seating capacity of about 700. it will be kept in the very best of order, and no smoking or tobacco spitting will be allowed. The ladies can thus be assured that they can patronize the place and not be afraid of soiling their clothes. Everything about the premises will be kept clean, the chairs will be numbered, and a system inaugurated relative to the occupancy of the grand stand that will insure comfort and satisfaction to the patrons. The expense of the new structure is borne entirely by private subscription. The whole amount necessary has already been raised, and the contractors, Messrs. Laming & Drisko, have agreed to have everything in readiness, barring bad weather, for the game on Decoration Day. |
| Source | Boston Herald |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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