Evening journal., 1914-07-01

This establishes beyond doubt that
the present name OF the city is not a
corruption of the original name, and
that 1t was named Wilmington in an
official and deliberate way. Will
mington, N. c., received its name at
the same time that the charter for
Wilmington, Delaware, was granted
IN 1899. The Earl of Wilmington was
the officer who had charge Of the
appointment % the various governors
and other agents in the new country,
and thus it was no doubt considered
fitting, and perhaps diplomatic, TO
name the two towns after the earl.
BE that as It may, the manner of
securing the name for this city was
established by Acretius and later
verified, dissolving the long-prevail-
ing idea that Wilmington was, IN
some way, simply a corruption Of the
name of Willingstown.
Shipley built himself a substantial
home at the corner Of what is now
Fourth and Shipley streets, a struc-
ture torn down within the memory
Of many yet living. shipley soon
began to make a town in fact and
other English Quakefs found their
way here, and the settlement grew
The old charter of 1889 was amended
by the General Assembly Of 1909 and
many advantages were secured. II
continued as a borough under the
direction Of burgesses until 1882,
when it was incorporated as a city.
One OF the earliest industries was
that of fiour-making, as early as 1764
there being eight mills on the
Brandywine.
Boat building began as early as
174O, when the brig Wilmington was
built to engage In trade between this
city and Jamaica, carrying princi-
pally -four. Boat building has been
one Of the leading industries of the
city ever since. The plant of the
Harlan & Hollingsworth Corporation
was started IN 1886 by the firm Of
Belts g. Pusey. Later, when the firm
was known as Belts, Harlan & Hol-
lingsworth, IL began, in October, 1913,
the building OF the first iron sea-
going propeller steamer constructed
in the United States-the Bangor
which was launched I'm May, 1914.
Charles M. Schwab is now heavily
interested I'm the plant. which is being
I
the nineteenth century came the
creation Of the powder works Of the
DUPONT family, the pioneer being
Elenthere I. du POnt, who came from
France, and gradually other indus
, tries came into being During the
last fifty years Wilmington has deve-
loped as a manufacturing city OF the
first quality.
When Shipley received his charter
for Wilmington IN 1889 there was a
population of about four hundred
growing TO seven thousand in 1892,
when the city charter was secured.
Today Wilmington has an area Of
about ten square miles. The story Of
the manufacturing growth of the city
Is best told IN the notes of particular
firms and companies and the adver-
tising to be found on the many pages
Of this edition The revolution in
name has been Christianaham. VIII
lingtown. Wilmington
It is interesting to present a list of
the men who have served as mayor
of Wilmington since the day It be-
came a full-hedged city. the dates
being the years when the various
mayors were elected Richard H.
Bayard. 1882; Nicholas G. William
son, 1894; David c. Wilson, 1913;
Alexander Porter. iS45: william
Huntington, tS4S, Joshua b. Driver
1850; Columbus p Evans, 1851; Will
liam Hemphill Jones, 1852; John A
Alderdice, 1853; James f. Haywood
1854; William B. Virgins, 1855; vii.
liam Huntington. 1856; George w
Sparks. 1857; Thomas Young, 1858
Vincent c. Gilpin, 1860; John NJ
Turner, 1868; Joshua Maris, 1866
Joshua H. Valentine, 1867; Joshua l.
Simms, 1872; William G. Whitley,
1876; John p. Almond, 1878; John
p Wales, 1882; Calvin B. Rhoads
1885: Austin Harrington, 1888; Stans-
bury J. Wiley. 1891; Evan G. Short
lidge, 1898; Charles l.. Jefferis, 1895
/ Henry c. McLear, 1897; John G
/ Fahey, 1899; George NJ. Fisher, 1901
Charles d. Bird, 1903; Horace Wilson
1905 and 1907; J. Harvey Spruance
! 1909; Harrison w Howell, 1911 an'
/ 1919 Today the pOpulatiOn approx