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THE WOULD '$ ADVANCE 



tion of the city is the administration 

 building. This contains the manager's 

 office, directors' office, reception hall, 

 bank, business office, telephone and tele- 

 graph booths and literary rooms, while 

 above the center of the main floor is 

 the observation tower from which the 

 manager may see all sections of the 

 ranch. 



Directly to the left of the administra- 

 tion building is the carpenter shop, where 

 all of the accessories needed by the mov- 

 ing picture city will be manufactured. 

 In this building is also located the plumb- 

 ing shop, electricians' headquarters, and 

 the drafting rooms, as well as the dark 

 rooms and camera rooms. The restau- 

 rant and confectionery stand for this 

 section are located at 

 the right of the ad- 

 ministration b u i 1 d- 

 ing. There is both 

 an open air and a 

 closed cafe. 



The hospital, 

 which has a trained 

 nurse and a physi- 

 cian always in at- 

 tendance, is being 

 erected on the hill- 

 side. It will have 

 two wards, one for 

 the men and the 

 other for the wom- 

 en, each having two 

 beds. 



In one of the canyons close by there 

 is a Roman theatre and a stadium, hav- 

 ing a seating capacity of about 1,400 

 people. The grounds before and behind 

 the buildings are laid out in lawns, there 

 being a Roman bath with pool and foun- 

 tain. There is also a building, 50 by 200 

 feet, known as the electric studio, where 

 pictures may be made during rainy 

 weather and at night. 



The ranch or western section of the 

 city is just as interesting, if not a little 

 more so, than the new portion. This 

 is truly an "out west" locality, with real 

 cowboys and genuine Indians. In this 

 section is also a large stage behind which 

 are dozens of dressing rooms and prop- 

 erty rooms. Farther on is a fully equip- 

 ped carpenter shop and scenery depart- 

 ment. A prominent feature of this sec- 



THE VIEWS OF UNIVERSAL CITY 

 APPEARING ON THE OPPOSITE 



PAGE ARE: 



(1) The Front of the Administration 

 Building. (2) The Restaurant Build- 

 ing. (3) One of the Bunkhouses Built 

 Especially for the Cowboys. (4) A 

 Bird's-eye View of the New Part of 

 the City. (5) General View of the 

 Ranch Part of the City. (6) One of 

 the Several Sewerage Pipes That Form 

 the Sanitary System of the City. (7) A 

 Few of the Animal Cages at the Zoo. 

 (8) Entrance to the City as Seen from 

 the Boulevard. 



tion is a large zoo, containing twenty 

 camels, two elephants, several lions, seals, 

 tigers, leopards, snakes, bears, wolves, 

 dogs and monkeys ; among the latter be- 

 ing Joe, the chimpanzee who sleeps in a 

 real brass bed, picks his teeth after 

 meals, and has several other habits of 

 the human race. 



Still further on are harness and black-- 

 smith shops, which are built to resemble 

 buildings characteristic of old England. 

 Directly in the center of the zoo en- 

 closure is an immense arena where the 

 Roman thrillers are staged. This arena 

 is equipped with a maze of tiny cages 

 where, in times of danger, the camera 

 men and actors may seek safety. The 

 arsenal is near the blacksmith shop and 

 contains a wide va- 

 riety of firearms of 

 all kinds, which are 

 found indispensable 

 in producing many 

 of the photoplays. 

 There is also a large 

 corral which con- 

 tains upward of one 

 hundred and fifty 

 horses, situated di- 

 rectly behind the 

 arena. 



The water supply 

 of the city is secured 

 from six wells which 

 have been dug on 

 the ranch. Two res- 

 ervoirs have been constructed upon the 

 hillside, one of which contains 150,000 

 gallons for domestic purposes, while the 

 other holds 500,000 gallons, this being 

 for fire purposes only and supplying fire 

 hydrants located in various parts of the 

 ranch through six-inch mains. The sew- 

 erage system consists of a modern septic 

 tank and several miles of eight-inch pipe. 

 From one end of the city to the other 

 and ^ connecting the ranch with the new 

 section is a macadam boulevard, twenty 

 feet wide with five-foot shoulders. The 

 roadway has an eight-inch rock base and 

 cost $12,000. to build. 



Although Universal City has just been 

 completed, it has traditions of hundreds 

 of years ago. Its buildings, both great 

 and small, are built on Mission and Span- 

 ish lines and are extremely attractive in 



