Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1906-12-27
DUPONT BUILDING
READY MARCH Is
800 Offices in the Big StTuCt-
ure Being Rapidly
Finished
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

On March the first tho new building the
duront Powder Company Is building ~
Tenth and Market streets will be COM
pletea and the offices occupied for the hr
time. Al the quarters however. viii not
be- habltatcd as some few VIII SIN he
wanting the finishing touches but by q,
twcnty.nfth Of that month the entirD
building will have been sled MP lV Che
many departments connected with the
great industry.
The hrat department TO move will be tho
dynamite section which now has ofaces
in the Equitable Building AZ Ninth ana
Market streets. They will move on March
first and will occupy the seventh and plrt
Of the top floors. Several offices OF var
ious other departments are row IN lie
Equitable Building and they, too, will be
among the hrst with the dynamite do
rartnient 70 be qusrtercd In tho new
tunnng. They. too. will be on the seventh
ard top hoors.
lcvory lease the dupont Company now
holds on office buildings about tho city cX-
pires on the ?5th and IN view Of this fact
the many buildings now occupied by to
eompanys offices scattered about the
city viii have 70 he vacated ami NJ.
therefore. be eenterod in the new hu riding.
Every department Will Do under tine tnr
root and an the branches through which
the great r,wdcr company trlnsae,s it's
enormous business Will. hN tho twenty
NTH OF the mon % hc within tho four
wells OF the largest BUILDING 10 tlis c'ty.
The entire building is now roughtoited
Vth planter and nothing remlins 20 30
lone fut put on Tho finishing coat ard
$50 o. rastion o few OF Ghe door frames.
rlrt 90 the steam plant is now 10 op ia-
ZION MI the entire plant VIII be- completed
and working py tao close Of tie present
Vceh
IN 20 there are so ofacos 10 the hifd.
lbs MANY of these. hsveyes, take pp an
cntiFe section az 0ne G-or and count ns
one office. Tho first hoor viii ho rccunie
hy tie Wilmington Trust COMPANY. TO
bnnkYg firm connected " IN the roHdrr
COMPANY They win have about mud
20 this aoer Tho Wilmington RuNnest
School hiss taken one se-tion a. ne s,c-
ORD feer but the reminder 81 the srsce
fpr lfn' hiss not yet becn placed ea ,te
marSet u was az Hrst thought Tho c-m.
nlry would reed the entire huldlrs lu.
THE was found 20 b. mistake, However,
as tho businegs increases tho rsers may
be dsmanded hy The dgroets
Finely Equipped.
J every room there is provision flr o.
waFlsiand end IN zach corridor there VII
Zee . number Of drinking nsunu NJ rec
he the wails W4ter plii De supplied from
q tnph on the Top OF IRE building The Hiv
pressure is not strong enough 20 .oyco
iae water To- tao top OF ID, hl'dins So ID
vi'i have ~ Ne pumped 20 The tank niter-
Ell aGq then Distributed ih'oaga The
holding Tho tank sods $500 al,lnr.
ahou, one days SUPPLY. Tho wifsr Nll
De uttered hy a special plant
Iae WainscostinE 10 an The c1frdl.s
's halian marble snd extend &. a hslsith
OF ylg aud one hlif foot. There vii y,
lhlcs express elevators fer nssf ne ~
rdHul 20 the Tsp OF The ftpc -me ord
three other eievators Tor ire Ght nlrpcss.
Tgkns seven elevators iH al. ln tho la-s-
meat VIII be 0ie enslpe roops tse heller
rom the ,sults fer the trust compiry
srq lie special electric lighting rllnt
There is absolutely 20 wood ahalt tsc ss-
tire efaoe building and O. is one 3r tns
NEST complete hFo proof structures 80 va
country
TIE price stated when the permit was
t.,n out was Ssistao, but this ,, OF
represent the eost az the c'niplete5 hail7-
ing Tho dupouts refuse 20 state tins 'oa.l
amount expended on tas STRUCTURE hui it
IL asserted that when esmre % and co.
copied 10 will havo cost more th4u homo o
AS the company intopas 70 e.tttu n it's
rerrqrent headquarters here they fays
spared no cost In putting VI . slmbla
place TOR their various chiefs and their
clerks,
Real Estate Transfers.
The real estate market Vas unusually
active this week and the number Of trins-
fcrs recorded WAS astonishing 10 the deal
ers. It was larger rhan Il has been for
some time. beginning this week tho real
estate world will be busy and many trans