The Penn's Grove record., 1915-10-22
DU POINT DOINGS
What The Powder Officials and Work.
men Are Thinking About.

Making rings and ornament of the
smOkeless powder has become a fad.
The Company has posted notices that per.
sons found with such will be discharged
The prizes offered by the dupont Com.
pany for the best lawn around the houses
at Riverview, dupont Villas were award.
ed last Saturday. Joseph w. Simkins re-
ceived the first $50, Charles B. Wells,
S25; Gearge Plat, $40; William Foster,
$40; John O'Neil, $40
Ernest Cozens and Nick Carter. famous
football players, are supervisors At Plant
2. Mr.. COzefls is a former captain OF the
University of Pennsylvania team and
played centre for the AlI-Americans.a Mr..
Carter was a member of the University OF
Pennsylvania team last season.
Major CLARK, formerly OF the United
States Army, las put the DUPONT powder
plants and camps under strict military
discipline.
George LGrossman has beer promoted
to the position of chief clerk at Deep
Water Point and is succeeded as constuc-
ton material man at Plants 2 aud 3 by
George &. Dawson. John J. Valentine
has charge of the central receiving station
at Peiiifs Grove, succeeding Mr.. Dawson.
At 7.30 OH Thursday night a large lot
0t powder WIS burned at the dumping
shed in Plant No. 8. The dumping Sheds
are where the powder is taken after the
alcohol and ether are recovered by pres
sure and before it Is put into the houses
to be dried.
There are reports that the duPonts
l,avn .ao.sv,I o..traakz -. -.
to the value OF 4 hundred to a hundred
fifty million dollars to be delivered in
1917.
Plans for new buildings at Plant No.
3 and on Deep Water Point continue to
arrive.
The engineers are now busy making
a new survey of the land and location
of the buildings.
As business opportunities open else
where men leave where to have better
living conditions, and for other rea-
sons. That gives openings for others
to be employed.
WANT RIPARIAN RIGHTS.
The DUPONT Company has applied to
the Riparian Commissioners for the ri
parian rights to five miles of river front
between Penns Grove and G%ibbstown.
The application has been made for the
company by Frank s.. Katzenbach and
vas referred to the riparian grants com
mittee for the purpose of comforting
with the duPonts to fix the rentals for
the land wanted. This is the most ex-
tensive riparian grant application in
the history of New Jersey.
The application is the direct outcome
of the tremendous increase of business
at the Penns Grove and other plants of
the company in that section, due to var
orders. The land applied for is wanted
for plant extension and dock purposes.
Katzenbach told the commission that
the company did not actually require
the amount of riparian property ap-
piled for. but it was thought that it
would be more satisfactory to the state
and to the company if all of the land
in question could be obtained. He told
the board that the company already
has reclaimed large areas OF waste land
in the vicinity of Penns Grove, and that
if this grant is given, the company will
proceed with other reclamation work
on an extensive scale.
The owners of river front land along
the Delaware wisely look after their in
terest before some one else gets the
right to shut them from their river
front.