Evening journal., 1910-05-04
New Structure Will be
One of Finest in Country.
To be Finished in
June of Next Year

Much interest has been created by the
announcement that the DUPONT Building
will be enlarged by the erection Of an
addition having frontage of lO1 feet
along Market street between Tenth and
Eleventh, which will give the building
when finished a frontage OF lSs feet along
Market street and a depth of 142 feet.
The work OF tearing down the buildings
along the west side Of Market street be-
tween Tenth and Eleventh streets will b.
SIN within few days. All the buildings
will be razed to No. 1921. but the buildings
between that and the Continental Insur-
ance Company on the corner of Eleventh
and Market streets, having a combined
frontage of Sc feet, will be allowed TO
stand until the DUPONT Company decides
10 build on that site The property owned
by Be Continental Insurance Company
having a frontage of twenty feet, has not
been bdught by the DUPONT Company
because it Is said, the price asked was
considered excessive.
It is hoped to have the enlarged building
completed by June OF next year. An i'm
mense amount of detailed work is ne
cessary in laying out the sxuctural work
etc. for such a building. The addition
as planned for and to be erected by the
Manufacturers Contracting Company will
be considerably larger than the present
building. and the entire structure will
be one to which any city possessing 1t
could point with pride. While the big
powder company is in need Of more room
for its various executive departments and
clerical forces, part OF me building viii
be given up to public offices for lawyers
other professional men and various busi-
ness enterprises. Offices in the dupont
Building are always in demand and m4Ay
industries now have their offices there.
Fireproof Throughout.
AS was stated yesterday, the main en-
trance to the extension will be on Mar
l,et street opposite the Court House. the
first floor will be used as stores, and there
will be eight OF these. There are fFe
stores. including the barber shop, on the
first floor Of the present building The
area of each floor will be l0425 square
feet. The extension will mean the addi-
tion Of S55 rooms or offices, and, as there
are now 3s4.. the total number will be 20.
rooms outside OF the stores.
There viii be four passenger eleva-
tors on the Market street side of th'
extension and one freight elevator OF
the Pinketts Court size. All doors
window frames and sashes viii be o
fire proof material. In fact the addi'
ton like the present building viii n'
absolutely fire proof. Every room VII
be provided with a lavatory, and there
will be a drinking fountain IN the nan
water being supplied from the reIrlseI'
ating plant in the basement Conduiu
carving telephone and electric wire'
will enter each room. the addluoi
will be equipped throughout win
,.sc,,,,ro cleaner. The wainscoating IL
the halls viii be OF marble 10 helgh
Of feet G inches. The hall floors vii
10 Of terrazzo. except the first floor
which will be of mosaic design. Tn
office floors will be of concrete. II
each hall there will be two lines o
fire hose. There will be every facility
for ventilation. and the sanitary ar
rangements throughout the extension
will be up TO the highest standard
An additional boiler win be installed
and the present stack will be replaces
bv one 175 feet high which will b
walled in. The electric lighting equip
ment will also be increased, as genera
TORS will be installed. Additional ele
vator pumps viii be installed.
The plans provide for fire escape
on the north side of the extension
from the roof to the ground. and
cornice will also be put entirely aroun
the building when the extension
completed
The interior work had not been tull
decided upon i'm every detail thoug
II will be of fire proof material
stated. The elevator fronts will be G
bronze. and all of the offices VIII o
communicating.
Means Much to City.
II will be recalled that when pro
.nosition was first made for the Wio
ening of Tenth street, as condiuo
preliminary to the erection OF the du
Pont building there was some opposl
tion TO the street widening. The I'm
mense new building in all probaolllt
would have been lost 10 the city ma
the street not been widened. AS II J
Wilmington is to have one or IN
greatest. Office buildings in the cour
trv to Kay nothing of the army
men and women employed by the dt
Pont ana allied companies in the bI
building. and the civic impetus create
bv progressive officials of the duPol
Combany who have removed to WI
mington.