The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-27

4 BOULEVARD that will make the "A great Appian way appear as mere country COW path by com parison broad highway, extending 165 miles from the northern to the southern extremity of the little Blue Hen state of Delaware. is the tremendous undertaking of Gen. T. Coleman duPont
 This self-imposed task of one of the countrys weslthiest men is characteristic of his career-one Of steady achievement, nervous ensrgy. ceaseless activity in the face of 'illshealth and all obstacles a dreamer whose dreams are made practical by his broad scientific knowledge, en- hanced by backing of wide influence and his many millions.
 r. Is to be a s2.o00co0 monument to the great hnancier. politician. business rnan- scientist, inventor, lingEist and philan- thropf<t when he completes 1t it will fe ,s~partiotic gift to De'awaTe--a gift 2t : feet wide, 1os miles lone ribbed with tw- asphalt covered macadsniRed roads, ore wide central road on which automobiles can speed as they like and two roads for interurhan lines.
 It Is His Toy
 General duPont. aside from ,he money he will spend in the great highway. will
 
 of three years in the work. Already he is wrapped up in it's construction. IS en- thrisiastic as 2 boy with a new top. and, like the boy, the work is his toy, though an expensive one But tothe 2Oo.0e nhah- itants of Delaware it means a benefi 'ent reclamation of lands and waste resources that are doing them no more maternal good than the arid wastes of Sahara.
 Here is proposition that once was only a dream in MT. duPonts mind. If I did not tell you that the proposition Is be- coming reality as rapidly as a corps of 50 competent engineers can push it on you would declare it still to be a dream. Bu; if you went over the roads of Della ware and saw where the generals engin- eers have plowed through the sand with their big 79-horse power automobiles seen the narrow strip cut through the virgin woods or the stakes driven to mark inc course you would begin to realize the reality TO have gone over the route ihe road will take you would immediately per- ceive it's future value.
 Character of the Man
 II Is hard to explain the character of the man who is doing all of this In fact, after spending three days with him. tour ing over the country roads of Delaware, camping ont at nights in the automobile 
 ing the construction of the road. working with him wherever could, I have de- ternlined that he is a man of manifold sides.
 In the first place he is the most demo cratic millionaire have ever met, and fl is safe 10 asssrt that he is one of tn' most democratic great men the couurra has ever known. For the bundle Of nerYei he really is he Is considerate and goot
 s,,If hot fy,ax fall over each other in getting out. ant 15 hours in the day his commands fall or the ears of the men who are waiting tt get them the minute they have been form ,iIated Every man in his employ is easel 10 hear him speak and prompt to exc cute his orders. Tn a small way we had a good illustra- ton of his alertness and quickness Nher we were camped just outside of George town one night a week ago. The lse camn car pulled up into little grove and stuck her snorting nose in sand-spit al the very spot where the generals nnge, pointed Camp was hastily made and sumner served dinner Is at noon for the general when he is in camp. Though Mir duPont, the mechenic of the outfit understood the electric lighting plant he carries in the camp car, the lamps refused to work because someone had forgo.ter omething.
 Since camp and everything else IS done by system. the general declared:
 we've got to get those dishes wash d. 2 and instantly to the driver of one of the five automobiles in the construction troop "Harry, run your car mp in front of that table and light your lamps
 Mir. duP0nt's Dreams Come True
 think the greatest of all of Gennra duPonts characteristics is his dreaming It seems impossible that the president o the E. duPont de Nemours Powder company one of the three greatest cor porations in the country, if not in tn, world: president of the Johnstown Pas senger Railroad company, Wilmington Trust company, Central Coal and Iror company of Central City Ky of tn, Huntsville Light and Power company Huntsville. Ala, and head and formei head of as many other mammoth bushes, and engineering propositions. could be [ dreamer.
 You laugh at the idea of such a mar having time to dream. but his big propo. sions are born of dreams and perfected and executed by his magnificent power oi organizations Tho end of every dream is