Evening journal., 1914-04-30

II. Richards. OF Wilmington; George
p Bissell, Of Wilmington; william NJ.
Dole. OF Wilmington; Il. II. Dunhan,
Wilmington; John II. Dandy, of VIII
mington.
Table No. ALLAN Robinson Clar-
ence 7. Coley stonewali Tompkins.
Warren Webster, f. @. Tallman, OF
Wilmington; Charles l.. Patterson, Of
Wilmington; John J.. Raskob, OF VIII
mington; Daniel Caufllel, OF VII
mington; Henry c. Meyer, Daniel L.
Moran, Edward II. Earle. W. W. Niles,
Of Wilmington.
Table No. s-liugh AIcAtamney,
John r. Evans. b. r.. Norris.
g. 2. de Guzman, j. W. Doo-
little, A. A. Reddall, Charles scholz.
Emil Scholz.
Table No. e--Louis d. Daley. Ken
meth X. MeLaren. John y. Ellis. Law
renee NJ. ID. Mcclure, Douglas Robin.
son, i. Irving Fletcher, Joseph A. Flynn,
S. S. Mccurdy.
Table No. lO-Elisha Sninin. George
q. Mortimer, Edward j. Hogan, j. v.
Davies, John n. Golding, Richard Spill
lane, Otho Nowland OF Wilmington,
William C. Lcngcl.
Table No. IA. 4. Gilbert. r.. ID.
Ward, Wilircd j. Taupier. Bruce y.
Loomis, 4. B. Harding. p. ". Burnham,
Douglas Grant Scott, William E. Saw
age.
Table No. l2-J. S. Alexander, A. J.
llemphill, Albert l.. Webster. Arthur
NJ Howe. b. II. McAlpin. Alfred j. Hud.
son, Lewis B. Preston. g. L. NcAlpin.
Table No. l3-T. h. Tinslev. &. H.
Klein, A. W. Copp. n. S. Gardiner. II.
". Herman. George l.. Matthews, w
ID. McElhinny OF Wilmington. W. Dun.
bar McElhinnv OF Wilmington.
The new building when completed
will occupy the entire block bounded by
Broadway. Cedar street, Nassau street
and Pine street 10 viii be 537 feet
! high with thirty eight stories above
ground and three below, giving a noOr
space Of nearly iorty-fve acres. When
occupied at least fifteen thousand per-
SONS will be contained within u. The
cost win be approximately 20.OOO.O0O.
The structure will have is own police.
fire, street cleaning and health depart
mentsi lee plant, restaurant and water
and heating apparatus. Forty eight
elevators will be installed. On each
/ floor will DE a fire alarm station and
four powerful lines of hose. with men TO
man them. Seven boilers. consuming
I iftN-hvu tons of coal daily. will supply
steam for the engineering plant OF $500
I horse power.
And all IL is built on * the faith Of
one man in the future OF New York
General T. Coleman DUPONT. head of the
American company OF explosive makers.
I by a singular trirk of chance il has
fallen TO a present day member of the
I DUPONT family 10 demonstrate his faith
In the future of the "New World in
somewhat q similar manner that the
/ first American DUPONT was called upon
/ TO do more than one hundred years ago.
/ In 1900. when the United states had
hardly recnporatcd from an exhausting
war. when the failure of the French
Republic made the nations OF the world
look askance at the attempt at self
! government in America, and when Eng
land was still feeling the bitterness of
her defeat, the first DUPONT came to
I this country a refugee from France.
/ On looking around il seemed to him
that despite all outward appearances
this infant OF nation was destined TO
a Development that promised big for
the future.
Eleuthere Irenee dupont de Ne
mours had been engaged I'm the
I French government powder works.
and being chemist he knew the
secrets OF explosive manufacture as
they were known I'm those days. He
lost no time In opening negotiations
with Thomas Jefferson, then Presi-
dent; General John Mason and John
Hancock, for the purpose OF estab-
ing a powder plant which would
standardize the product and supply Il
IN sufficient quantities and Of a grade
that would make American powder
the superior IN the world. The pro-
ieot was received with acclamation
and two years later the first powder
mill In America was I'm full blast
along the Brandywine near Whining
ton.
That structure. built of stout tim
ber and stone. IA the first bgildine
erected by a DUPONT I'm this country
and today. after one hundred years
of use, Is still In full blast When
ten years after the coming of the du-
Points and the establishment Of their
powder mill. the War of 1912 broke
out the wisdom OF Jefferson and hiH
foresight and hardihood of Eleuthere
dupont we're demonstrate. Accord
ing TO the opinion OF students of naval
wars, England was beaten through
the superiority and greater dependa.
bility of American powder.
AS a sidelight into the inner coun.
ellis of "big business" Il Is interest.
ing 10 know how Il came about that
General 4. z. DUPONT became the
owner of what Is considered the most
valuable plot or ground I'm New lorh
city. After the fire which razed tht
old Equitable building to the ground
the Equitable Assurance Society wa.
obliged by the State insurance law.
TO relinquish ownership of this prop.
erty. A buyer was sought. But II
was necessary TO find a man who moi
only had the means to purchase q
block of ground valued az fifteen mil
lions OF dollars. but who also ha,
the ability, foresight and daring e
build upon u structure which IN
magnitude and dignity would be com
mensurate with the value OF the land
General DUPONT was approached. IA,
saw the possibilities az once. Al
though he had a varied business ca
reer-he first passed through thl
Massachusetts, Institute of TechnOlO
gy. then took up coal mining fol
ten years. then special work on stree
railways for six OF seven years; thel
general street railway work for threl