The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1915-12-02
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in this article, they can get names
dates, instructions and any other de-
tails concerning Hopewell at The
Review office. We will 60 you one
better and give you personal in.
terview to substantiate our state.
ments regarding Hopewell.
There is no way to get to Hope
well only via Petersburg and auto
mobile. There is no regular trans
portation line and you are at the
mercy of Tom, Dick, Harry and the
Devil, at any price, from SOC to $3.50
for the round trip, over the roughest
roads one could conceive Of It is
nothing more or less than a COW
path through theiwoods and poor
one at that. full of ruts and holes
and in some places water-it is a
case OF Hobson's choice, take it or
leave it-pay the price or walk.
There are no public schools nor
parks in Hopewell-the Catholic
clergy have under way proposition
to build church and they will do
it. Other religious services are held
in stories and private houses when
there are any at all. The Y. M. C. A.
is very active in putting up a large
building and no doubt will be heard
from later on, and is really the
power behind the throne.
1t might be well to state that Du
pont nor City Point is in any wav a
part of Hopewell. These places
have their own interests to look
after and aredoingit Hopewell is
speculation and must stand or fall
on its own merits, while Dupont is
the incentive and On Dupont depends
the prosperity of Hopewell, and it
should be remembered that it is
good dependence. The Dupont Co.,
which now employs 10000 men
has a semi-monthly pay roll of
$75O,OO0. The Dupont Co. has
capital almost equal to that of the
Norfolk and Western railroad, a capi-
tai of $3.50, 100000 and has been
century in business. They have an
immense plant at Wilmington, Della
ware, and 80 other plants scattered
through the East They have Or
ders enough on hand now to run the
entire system for several years to
come, to their full capacity, and the
fact that the Dupont people manu-
facture nine other articles, exclusive
of gun cotton, should not be over
looked in considering whether or
not the big plant is a permanent fix
true. Negotiations have been under
way for some time between rep
resentative men of the Richmond
: Chamber of Commerce and the Nor
/ folk and Western railroad to secure
through train between Richmond
and Hopewell and operate it so that
the men can come and 60 to their
work in good time. This would be
a good scheme if it can be SO ar
ranged and it looks like very pos
sible thing.
There is no uniformed police force
at Hopewell, but the necessities in
this direction is taken care of from
Dupont and your correspondent had
a conversation with officer No. 10
who stated that he had little or no
trouble in preserving order and the
people in general were well behaved
and law-abiding citizens. This was
not always the case but it is so now
and is getting better all the time.
The first white baby born in Hope
well came on Friday last and DR..
Mailman the attending physician.
NAV be called on to christeD the
boy. In such an event the doctor
will make the suggestion to name
the boy Hopewell. Conservative
estimates, based on the pay roll Ct
the Dupont Co. and the various con-
struction companies. and count OF
company's and other houses
occupied by men with families, give
population around the Dupont
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