The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-27
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proper spot for immediate use. all under the hasty direction of the millionaire pow der maker.
 | He directed the operation of going into camp from beginning to. end and we'll within half an hour everything vas pre- pared A fire was soon burning in the folding stoye. the tables were standing dy. the beds inflated and on the folding bedsteads' and the sleeping tents ready fer use
 Is Head Cook
 The matter of preparing dinner was ens trely under the direction of the powder maker. lie told me how 10 make tns batter pan cakes, instructed the chauf- | fenrs in the art of opening canned goods and frying eggs and bacon; and then di- rected the preparation of fresh meats. E | It was all q simple proposition lnier competent .nanagement The only proced- are Of the evening that was not ,arried out according to the manual of we'll regulated kitchen was the preparation of chickens for breakfast. and in this Mr. duPont had no hand other than to tell Jack" the kitchen 'mechanic'' how to wiring of their heads. On the .hird Jay Of the road tour General duPont re- maired In camp near Georgetown until noon and then went into the woods to inspect some grades through a series of swamps On the. following day back in Wilmington. back of mahogany directing a do5cn mammoth companies,
 We found most of the engineering par ties In the woods below George.o n. lthough Engineer M. H. Shock, form arly of the New Jersey highway commission. was working with a corps of surveyors. establishing the final link of the route Just below Milford. J. Fl. Dallett of The duPont company engineering department. vas closing the link between Georgetown and Selbyville. Paul Wilson was near Milsboro with a corps of men estabtsh- ing the grade along the line
 Has Many Engineers
 The engineers are MT. Williams, the chief engineer; IT. E. Breed, Cornwall. \. | Y formerly of the New York state high- way commission; MT. Rossell, Mir. Srhoch. ". C. Phillips, formerly of the Pennsyl- 1 1vania railroad engineering departments: I Allen Craig, formerly of the engineering ldepartment of the duPont company; T. NJ. Gumm. formerly of the Pennsylvania rsil- road; MT. Wilson and Mir. Dallett and F.. T. Mexhan. a mining engineer, who fs 1 Iconsulting in connection with the con- ! structon
 | In addition to these General duPont will lbr!ng over two consulting engineers rom | Europe, one a leading French road ouiiuer ond the other a leader in English road iconstruction. of both Scotch and English fame. Each of these men will spend month in Delaware with MT. duPont ana his engineers later this fall
 | On the three days trip Mr. Bidermann duPotlt, tie generals father, accompanied the party. Mr.. duPont. who has retired 1 from active business life since his re- moval to Wilmington, is employing hs time with a model farm near that city. He Is extensively read in every branch of modern thought and declares that he IS an anarchist. However advanced are his wives on government, he proved himself | to be most interesting conversatlonaiist and man of as distinct democratic char acter as his som. However, there Is no doubt about his being a single taxer
 Has Been in Poor Health
 General duPont has been In poor health for more then three years and expec.s .o derive general benefit from the construo. ltion of the road. He Is now but B years old but two years ago was forced to re 
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