Evening journal., 1922-05-20

A"NAAARA l. 1OANMAtAA AAA NnAi
of Delaware, are contradictory OF
popular belief. First. Senator du-
Pont is in no wise connected with
the DUPONT corporation. which is I'm
ternationally known as a manufac-
turer Of munitions and explosives.
Second, although he now represents
the State of Delaware in the United
States Senate and Delaware is
known to be a State of duPonts.
Senator DUPONT is a Kentuckian by
birth and he did not take up his
residence in the State OF Delaware
until he was 40 years old and had
made a success in many activities.
Senator T. Coleman dupont is by
profession an engineer. Probably
there Is no better in the United
States outside of those who are and
have been for a number OF years
actively pursuing that profession to
the exclusion of all other activities.
Although Mr.. dupont has been ac-
lively and successfully identified
with a dozen various activities.
which have grown TO tremendous
proportions under his management,
he has but one hobby. and that IS
good roads. He is an authority upon
the subject of highway construction.
After possessing himself of all the
information regarding highway
building that he was able to obtain
in the United States he made a trip
10 Europe for the express purpose
OF studying first-hand the model
roads Of that continent. He did this
with a view OF making Delaware a
model in point Of public highway
construction.
For Better Highways.
When he commenced his cam
paign in Delaware In behalf OF bet
ter roads the State was we'll to-
ward the bottom OF the list in point
Of improved highways. The first
intimation which the public had Of
Mr.. duPont's intentions 10 equip his
State with good roads was his ap-
pearance before the General Assem-
bly, Of Delaware. at which time he
made the offer to finance the con-
struction Of a boulevard from the
southern to the northern State
boundary lines.
In making his offer Mr.. dupont
stated that he had some little pride
in leaving a monument 10 himself
in the State OF Delaware. H sta/d
that II was customary for men In
erecting monuments to erect them
perpendicular, but he had decided 10
erect a monument which should
reach. not into the air. but across
his State and which should be Of
practical service to the people Of
his commonwealth.
He assured the General Assembly
there were no strings TO his offer
and the only conditions he asked
the State to meet in return for his
paying all expenses incident 70 the
of boulevard the
length OF the State was the creation
OF a State highway commission.
which should have supervision Of
the maintenance Of the road after It
had been constructed and the con-
struction OF other improved roads.
The dupont Boulevard.
Tn DUPONT Boulevard. which
reaches from the Maryland bound
airy on the south to the Pennsyl-
vania line on the north, is SO miles
long and is said to be one Of the
most perfect specimens Of highway
in the world. Senator
dupont has contributed every cent
Incident to the building Of this high
way, including purchase Of the right
of-way. He has even paid out of his
own pocket the salaries OF several of
the State employees connected with
the highway commission in order
that the best engineering talent could I
be procured by the State for that
work. All told. the dupont Boule- |
yard represents a personal expendi- |
.ure on his part of over s4,O0O.000. /
4 clear gift to the State. The Sem
ltor takes more pride in this work |
han in any other one thing which .
he has accomplished.
T. Coleman DUPONT was born in
Kentucky. and received
MS common and high school educa-
ion in that State. He received a
college education at the Urbana.
ohio, University, and then took the
course of engineering in the Massa-
,husetts Institute of Technology.
After graduation at that institution
le returned to Kentucky and began
work in a coal mine Of that State
Is a day laborer. He did this in
rider to learn. first hand, all Of this
letails Of the coal mining industry.
This intensive application to details
$ one of the characteristics of Sen
tor DUPONT.
After mastering the coal mining
and becoming general man
ger of a coal and iron company he
urned his attention to steel max
ng and here. as in the coal mining
he went into every detail
# the process. In this industry he
developed some of the strongest in
ependent steel plants in the United
tates. He disposed Of them and
lunched extensivly into the con-
truction and operation OF street
always. All of this work was con-
ucted in the middle west, and the
treet railway systems of several Of
he middle western cities, as they are
1day, were organized, modernized
nd put on an efficient basis by Sen
tor DUPONT. II
It was not until he was 40 years Z
ID, had made an enviable reputa- {
on for himself in the engineering. {
usiness and manufacturing world, t
nd had accumulated a fortune, that
e was called to Wilmington, Della {
are. and offered the management of g
,e Z. I. dupont de Nemours Pow a
- S,z..,,o,,. Tho occasion of this .