Evening journal., 1915-07-22

even to San Gerusalomma and Santa
Maria Maggiore. are dark and with
explain to him the nature of your
! business and give your history from
the date of your birth, you may sue
( ceed in getting the desired permit.
But if you do. sou will be escorted TO
| his Office under guard, you will not he
allowed to talk 10 any OF the men at
work in the plant; the probabilities
! are you will not be given any OF the
information you would like to obtain
and you are certain to be guarded
the whole time you are on the inslde'
and escorted to the entrance by
guard when you leave.
From these details. which might be
multiplied over and over again, II can
be seen how difficult it is 10 find oht
what is going on back in the pine
woods inside OF the DUPONT Company
Enclosure And yet it is stated that
only a few days ago two men were
taken into custody within the grounds
who had upon them complete copies.
OF the plans of tie plant. They are
said to have frsI made their way INTO
the grounds by securing employment
lalone with hundreds OF others who
were being taken on at that time.
Ignorance Of Data Abysmal.
No one could bc found al Hopewell
or at CITY Point who seemed to
know how much land the company
owns. how mucn its factories cover.
or how much il paid for the land II
cot. Nest of the property is said 10
have been purchased from two es-
ltates. and the company is reported to
! possess all the way from 1900 70 sew
eral thousand acres. over large
portion of its property outside OF the
factory inclosure, it has built. along
splendidly laid out streets, thousands
Of shacks. bungalows and cottages for
its employees.
The shacks arc occupied by the ne
groes and a certain class of foreign
ers. They are covered. top and sides
with rubberoid or some such sub
stance. Inside the men sleep in hunks
arranged one above the other like
the berths in a sleeping car; only,
Instead of there being but two hunks
lin a tier there are usually four. Near
hy are shower baths for the exclusive
luse of the shack dwellers, and the
company sees to. II that they arc used.
Every man has to take at least three
lLaths a week and can take as many
more as he likes
The bungalows and cottages are
some distance from the shacks. They
are neat affairs, provided with all
modern conveniences and most OF
them have wire-screened porches and
windows The great majority are
built with four or FIVE rooms each
and cost on an average about Sl.4OO
each. They are supplied with run
ming water and sewerage facilities
land are rented to the employees az
about SIS or SO a month each, no
charge being made for light from
the companys own electric plant.
over S1,000,000 in Cottages.
A foreman of one of the builders
said that his employer had built $50
of these cottages tor the company and
now has under construction 2S0 more
At a cost of S1400 each. these cottages
only a part Of what the company
has erected, mean an investment alone
of 81 162 600. A few rather eXpen-
+. sive cottages have been built by the
company. and in addition it has erect
ed for it's employees and their fami-
lies exclusively hotel that is said to
r accommodate $50 persons. Now il is
building a clubhouse that will con-
tain rs rooms Later il proposes to
erect over near the James river on
another tract cottage accommodations
for 5000 more Of its employees.
Realizing that the best of service
can be expected only from men who
live under the best surroundings. the
company is not sparing expense. II
has installed an excellent sewer sys-
tenn throughout its own property and
| is said to be paying for the sewer
through that part of Hopewell which
il does not own. II also has con-
structed an elaborate water system
Inside its inclosure il maintains a hos
, rital with IL or IA doctors on duty
! Every employe ia vaccinated for
smallpox the minute he is engaged
land typhoid vaccine will be admins
} tered upon request. According tc
those in a position to know, the
, health of the community IS excellent
Mystery About Products.
! It is generally supposed that the
I company is engaged in manufacturing
} nothing but gun-cotton in its plant
There are various stories about It's
} daily output and about the price it re-
( ceives for its products. One man stat.
ed that A plant, the first one built
J has a caracity Of $1,000 pounds oil
gun cotton daily. and that the com
pany is getting s116 a pound for it
J Another man estimated the output-oi
A and plants at 327600 pound;
= daily. and said that most of it brought
! e5 cents a pound though a portion
) of the product Is sent on to the com.
: pany's other plant in New Jersey
J V here after further treatment, Il
brings s1.65 a pound.
/ All of which seems TO indicate thai
r not even the employees know very
/ much about certain ends of the com
! pany's business Hence. they may
J have been speaking without knowl
Y edge when they declared that the
] plant is now working on s60O00,0 ,00C
! contract for Russia. placed through
Great Britain. and that the compan,
will receive a bonus of 30 per cent
} if the order is completed within 81
! davs from the date Of its acceptance
There is also to be heard at Hope
| well the story Of another order
: amounting to considerably over 800.
Z 100000 which Is said to be RESPONSE
Bile for the plant having been built
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