Milford chronicle., 1920-06-11
DU POINT SALE POSTPONED

7 The public sale Of the Coleman du
Pont Highway Company's town prop
critics and farms fronting the du Pont
boulevard in Sussex county, which
were advertised by the Dixie Realty
Company. Incorporated, auctioneers,
Of Cambridge, Md. 10 be sold last sat
I urday. has been postponed until We'd
nesday, June 16 Continuous rain Sat
urday caused pOstponement of the auc-
1 tion. The properties to be sold in
clude a lake front villa site at Mil
/ ford the Torsch Simpson and Glen
daniel farms, near Milford, the Appen-
zerfer and Ogren farms, near Ellen
dale, 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. 1t
has served its purpose and will be auc-
toned next week. BY obtaining poss-
ession Of the farms the highway con-
struction company avoided the delay
Of condemnation proceedings in Sc
curing the right Of way for the boule-
ward. The Cullen mansion has been
the headquarters of the engineering
corps.
Two Of the Dixie Realty Company's
auctiOneers and brass band, cOmpOs-
ed of negroes came over from Cam
bridge Saturday morning. and for two
hours the band gave a fine concert in
front of the Windsor Hotel. A large
audience applauded the music, which
consisted Of "iazz." 'ragtimer and 9TH
er selections. Towards noon the
crowd motored to the Glen Hutton
farm, situated in Kent county a short
distance north of Milford, which was
offered for sale Notwithstanding the
weather was unpropitious for an auc-
tion conducted outdoors. The farm,
comprising 80 acres Of land and a nine
room residence, abuts the du POnt
Boulevard, and the State road. II is
reported that the former owner had I
paid $500 for the premises and re. 1
fused $4,000 for boulevard right OF .
way, hut sold the land, residence aud /
outhuildings 10 the highway company /
for $4,000 Mounting a truck stand I
ing CT the State road the auct'oncers
trSt cefred the res.dence and land in
lartcls md as<ci for bids. Soon after
bidding egan rain fC!l in irenrs and
the crowd ran ie rorches, IL whose
shclter tie austen. continual. The
ii st ! ID for the Itsidence was S4Ocn
the scr sd $50: fine third Si5E and
the last 1880, n. r. Warren making
the highest. Nine building lots east Of
The boulevard VCre next offered. and
Mr.. Warren bid. SO for one, David Fl
Reed OF Z $3.50, S205 and S1G5 rcs3ee-
lively for three. William Ramsey $50
for one, W S. Shockley S140 for Ore
and Joseph Weples S125 each for
'hree. Announcing that the aggregate
Of these bids was S65S5, the aucrion-
'ers offered the residence and the nine
lots IN bulk, when Mr.. Warren bid So
iuO- Twelve luiiding lots west Of the
lcu!eVarl were also offered in parcels /
md Charles G. Windsor bid $3.50 FOR /
'ach This increased the aggregate TO /
.996O and when the auctioneers Offer
'd the residence and land in whole Mr.. /
'eed hid .'9,S45, to whOme the prop {
'rty was struck off. Twenty-Five dol {
3rs oiiered for the guess closest 10 {
he highest bid was awarded to w. r. q
Webb. Philip J. Owens, Harris Car
'enter and ID. b. Boyce. who guessed
10000 and received $G25 each.
PilOted by the brass band and with
% guess money dangling before their
yes. the crowd motored from Kent
D Sussex in the afternoon and pro-
eeded to the Simpson farm. The
torn steadily increased in intensity C.
nd persons who emerged from auto L.
lobiles congregated in barns and O
leds to escape drenching.