The Penn's Grove record., 1915-02-12

Col. Henry G. DUPONT owned the Deep
Water Point farm. Tie Powder Com
pany has bought it and the erection OF
buildings begun, Cement is transferred
from cars at Penns Grove to scows winch
transport it to the Point. A wharf Tor
ships to land cargoes will be erected
SO hat supplies eau be landed and the ex-
p~losiyes shipped away. Nitrate OF soda
comes from Chile amd dupont powder Is
known tile world over.
The freight lire extension from Penns
Grove to Carney's Point will be extend
ed in tile spring to Deep Water Point.
Tie new plant on the Point is reported
to be for the manufacture of picrick acid;
a combination OF carbolic acid and nitlic
acid. 1t will be used in the shells which
the Bethlehem Steel Company Will have
loaded in the new building near New
Castle. The Bethlehem Co. have build
ings on Carney's Point in which shells
have been filed with cones of powerful
explosives but because OF lie deeper water
and better shipping facilities that work
will be transferred to New Castle.
Until the breaking out of the European
War the explosive put IN the steel shells
which weigh hundreds OF pounds was
brought here. AS the foreign supply has
been cut off America gets a new plant in
which to manufacture this powerful and
destructive explosive which is set off by
a time fuse.
The Deep Point plant is located in Low
err Penns Neck township.
Another report is that a black powder
plant viii be erected upon Deep Water
Point farm, and the plant on the Brandy
wine, eventually abandoned.
1t was Thomas Jefferson, then Presi-
dent, who induced Pierre Samuel DUPONT,
OF Nemours, France, to settle in America.
lie was a famous diplomat who arranged
the treaty that sold Louisiana 10 the
United States. He settled first in New
jersey but later on the Brandywine
where the powder factory was started in
1904.
The black powder plant along the
BrandYwine is on a rocky surface. When
there is All explosion there, 1t only takes
Jour tons OF powder TO shake the earth
for a radius cl fifteen miles as WAS done
three weeks ago.
Carney's Point is a large sand bar OF
about 100 acres lying between Bout creek
and blenby creek meadows. Deep Water
Point is a gravely pronlontory a mile be-
low Carney's Point and makes the Della
ware Tiver much narrower below the
mouth OF Chrlstlana river upon which
Wilmington is located, because the clay
gravel resists the washing tides.
Explosions on Carney's Point and Deep
Water Point Will not shake the earth be-
cause oil the soft marshy earth below.
The granite which are on the surface
along the Brandywine tilt to a depth of
ABOUT 400 feet on Point and to about 1000
leet at the jersey seashore. This was
ound to be so some years ago while bor-
ing Tor water. ArtesIan water could not
be found sufficient tor use on Carney's
Point, so Danser mill pond was bought a
few years ago and a pipe line laid about
four miles long from the pond to the
Point.
The enlargement Of the Powder Plant
makes a larger supply of water necessary.
10 get this supply the duPonts have bar
gained for the purchase OF Willard Law
TOMS farm which is about midway be-
tween the pond and Point. 1t lies near
the head OF Blddle creek while the pond
is at the head OF Game creek. While
laying the pipe line excellent spring
water WAS found OH Mr.. Layton's farm.
Every indication points to the belief
that the expansion of the dupont Smoke
less Powder Plant below Penns Grove
viii continue 20 be tie worlds largest III
dustry IN that line OF manufacturing, be-
cause the duPonts make powder cheaper
than the French government has been
buying Tor then. domestic factories.