Evening journal., 1915-04-26
DUPONT'S BUILD BIC
PLANT IN VIRGINIA
$4,000, 900 Property is Un-
der Construction Near
City Point
$4,000 MEN AT
WORK ON PROPERTY

PETERSBURG, Va. April 26-What
is, or probably will be when COM
pleted. one of the largest manufac- !
turing plants in the world is now in |
course Of construction for the dupont /
Powder Company at Hopewell, in |
Prince George county, on the City I
Pont branch of the Norfolk and 4
Western Railway, nine miles east If
Petersburgh one mile west of City
/ Point, on the James river, and 30
miles from Richmond the State capi-
tai.
The plant, It is said. will cost in
! the neighborhood of S6000.000, and
will give employment to over 5000
| operatives. II is expected to have
| the plant completed some time next
| fall There are now over $4,000 men,
! representing almost every nation on
! the earth, at work on the plant, and
over 500 teams are employed for
! hauling and the like. The company
owns 800 or more acres of land, 700
of which are inclosed. and no one is
permitted to enter this inclosure with
out a proper permit.
Within this inclousure are the build
ings of the plant where work is done
day and night by the thousands Of
luborers. The work at night is car
rice on by means of many thousands
OF electric lights, which the company
has had installed. The company has
many miles of railroad track. which
/ connects with the Norfolk and West
ern Railway, running into its yards,
affording ample facilities for the
transportation of material, etc. Almost
every day long trains of freight cars
can be seen passing through Peters
burg over the Norfolk and Western
Railway, loaded with lumber and ma
chinery consigned to the DUPONT Pow
der Company, Hopewell, Va. As stated,
HOpewell is only one mile west of
City Point. where there is a fine har
Dor and where ocean-going steamers
and vessels come up the river to the
vharves and receive their cargOes.
Fine HarbOr Near At Hand.
Thus il will he seen that the du
Pont Company will be in easy reach
of vessels for the shipment Of pro-
ducts of its plant. II Is stated that
at present the guncotton manufac-
ured at the Hopewell plant is shipped
in a dry State TO Wilmington. Del,
and other plants of the company,
whore the manufacturing process is
completed. and then il is shipped to
Montreal, where it is loaded into
shrapnel. II is said that the company
has already begun at the HopeWcll
plant the manufacture of smokeless
powder.
1t is learned that the total dis
bursements of the dupont Company
III ~
other Incidental expenses reaches the
, enormous sum of S2.000O00 a MONTH
For the accommodation Of the men
employed at Hopewell and in order
, that they may have their checks cash
: cd the National Bank OF Petersburg
keeps open on Saturday night every
.. two weeks from to o'clock The
. National Bank. however. will estab-
lish branch of its bank at City Point
I and will begin at once the erection
OF a bank building there to cost SlO'-
S OO0.and il is expected to have the
bank i'm operation within the next
- 60 days The Western Union Tele-
graph Company has just established
an office at Hopewell. with p. A. Glib
3 son. of Richmond as manager.
5 Hopewell, which a little more than
q year dSp WdS a iot Vi Nb'NDu ioAN
G has now become a thriving little town
e of some $1,000 or more inhabitants
e There are some 500 or more stores in
g the place and not a few of the mer-
: chants are carrying on business in
a tents and all are said to be doing q
d lucrative business.
Jitneys In The Rush Too.
r There is a line of iitnoys and auto
n mobiles which run almost every houl
, between Petersburg and HOpewell
=, and Il is said that the sale Of tickets
. over the Norfolk and Western Railway
i to Hopewell and City Point average!
q al least 5000 daily Every afternoon
T. a thousand or more of the laborer'
e employed at Hopewell come to Peters
a burg to spend the night and the in
II fiux at times is so great that it is al
a most impossible to supply the demand
/. for a nights lodging. The establish
- ment of the DUPONT works at Hope
II well has been of incalculable financia
n benefit to Petersburg and it is un
II necessary to say that it is highly ap
II preciated by the merchants of tn
n city. One of the leading merchant
s. o. Petersburg told your correspon
&c dent today that the establishment o
" the DUPONT works at Hopewell ha
. increased his business at least $500
month. Not only has the establish
ment of these works increased tn
.. valume Of trade in Petersburg. bu
= It has brought about great deman
y, for lots in the vicinity of Hopewel
= at phenomenal prices.