Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-07
COLEMAN DU POINT
LAND SALE GOES OVER
Highway Company's Properties
in Sussex to be Disposed OF
June Is.

Milford. June THE public sale of the
Coleman du Pont Highway Company's
town properties and farms fronting the
du Pont Boulevard, in SUSSEX county,
which were advertised by the Dixie
Realty Company. incorporated, auction
GERS. of Cambridge, Md, to be sold last
Saturday, has been postponed until We'd
nesdav, June Ii. Continuous rain Satur-
dav caused postponemcnt of the auction.
The properties to be sold include lake
front villa site at Milford, the Torsch,
Simpson and Clendanel farms near Mill
ford. the Appenzcrler and Ogren farms,
near E.llendalc, the Long and Evans farms,
near Frankford and the Cullen mansion,at
Georgetown All of this real estate was
bought by the Coleman du Pont Highway
Construction Company for use while
building the boulevard. IL has served
its purpose and will be auctioned next
week. BY obtaining possession oi the farms
the highway construction company ayold-
cd the DELAY of condemnation proceed
ings in securing right OF way for the boule-
ward. The Cullen mansion has been the
hcaduuarters of the engineering corps.
Two of the Dixie Realty Companys
auctioneers and brass band composed OF
Negroes, came over from Cambridge
SATURDAY. morning and for two hours
the band gave a fine concert IN front OF
the Windsor Hotel. 4 large audience
appauded the music, which consisted oi
s',azz " .'ragtime' and other selections.
Towards noon the crowd motored to tn
Glen Hutton farm, situated in Kent coun-
tv a short distane north of Milford,
which was offered for sale notwithstanding
the weather was unpropitious for an auc-
ton conducted outdoors. The farm,
comprising SC acres of land and a nine-room
residence, abuts the du Pont Boulevard,
and the State road. 1t Is reported that the
former owner had paid 81 500 for the premis
es and refused $1,000 for boulevard right
OF wav, but sold the land, residence and
outbuildings to the highway company for
$4,000 Mounting a truck standing on
the State road. the auctionecrs first
offered the residence and land in parcels
and asked for bids. Soon after bidding
began rain, fell in in torrents and the
crowd ran TO porches, in whose shelter the
auction continued. The first bid for the
residence was 81 600, the second 81 ,250.
the third 81 800 and the last $3.50, y. +.
Warren making the highest. Nine building
lots east of the boulevard were next
offered. and Mr.. Warren bid $50 for one
David II Reed of t. $3.50. S205 and Sl65
respectively for three. William Ramsey
SI60 for one. w = Shockle $40 for one
and Joseph NAPLES S125 each for three
Announ cling that the aggregate of these
bids was S6,i1S5, the auctIoneers offered
the residence and tho nine lots in bulk
when MIR Warren bid So. 600 Twelve
building lots west of the boulevard We're
also offered in parcels and Charles G
Windsor bid $3.50 for each. This increased
the aggregate to 1850 and when the
auctioneers offered the residence and land
in whole Mr.. Reed bid 50 975, to whom the
property was struck off Twenty-Five
dollars offered for the guess closest 10
the highest bid was awarded TO W. r.
Webb, Philip J. Owens, Harris Carpenter
and d. B. Boyce, who guessed $4,000
and received S6.25 each.
Piloted by the brass band and with
SIS guess money dangling before their
ewes. the crowd motored from Kent to
Sussex in the afternoon and proceeded 10
the Simpson farm The storm steadily
increased in intensity and persons who
emerged from automobiles congregated
IN barns and sheds TO escape drenchlng
They remained there two hours. whose
monotony was broken by cornet and
trombone solos, political discussion and
betting on Presidential candidates. n
nallv post fp0nement Of the Sussex auction
was announced and the crowd started
homeward While taking short cuts some
motorists selected bad roads and a few
automobiles got mired in mud hub deep.
from which they were extrIcated by the
occupants, who alighted and pushed the
cars until hard ground was reached and
the motorists were drenched.
With favorable weather it Is believed a
larger crowd OF prospective buyers will
attend the next sale.