Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-12
COLEMAN DU POINT
SUCCUMBS AT &C
Former U. S. Senator, Capt.
taliSt and PhiIanthropist,
Victim of Throat AiIment.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WILMINGTON, Del, November a.
Arrangements were made today for the
funeral at 1880 pm. tomorrow of
T. Coleman du Pont, former United
States Senator. capitalist and philan-
thropist, who died yesterday at the age
of 66.
Interment will be private.
a throat injection, the ailment which
caused his death, forced Mr.. du Pont
TO resign from the Senate a year ago.
former president of the E. I. du
Pont de Nemours q Co. Mr.. du Pont
long was Identified with the national and
State organizations of the Republican
party. He served as Republican ma
tional committeeman from 1903 to
1929. was chairman of the Republican
State Committee for many years and
the recognized Republican leader in
Delaware from 1900, when he came
here from his native State of Ken
lucky, until he became i'll.
He was Delawares chief benefactor
in good roads. He built at his own
expense, a 100-mile concrete highway
the length OF the State and presented
1t to the Commonwealth. The road
cost $4,000,000.
McmDcr Oh FdmuuS FAmilN.
T. Coleman du Point emerged after
two years from retirement, into which
he had gone at the age of 81, to achieve
his greatest business and financial sue
cess.
Although a member of the famous
Delaware family that has been accumu-
lating wealth from its equally famous
powder works since the beginning of the
nineteenth century. he had nothing to
do with the powder industry until after
he had won success and fortune in
other lines
Educated as an engineer, Mr.. du
Pont when young man was especially
interested In coal mining and upon
completing his course at Massachusetts
Institute of Technology entered the en-
ploy of the Central Coal a. Iron Co at
Central City. KY. Eventually, he be-
came president of the company.
In 1893 he turned to the steel indus
try as general manager of the johnson
Steel Co. at YOUNGSTOWN, Pa. He re-
NAMED with that company until 1900
meanwhile launching into the street
railway business with the purchase of
the lines in Johnstown, OF which he
became president. Other street railway
uroperties were acquired in New York,
New Jersey and Alabama.
I When he severed his connections
With the johnson Steel Co. Mr.. du Pont
returned to the mining industry as
president of various coal and iron COM
panies in Kentucky. Having amassed
What he regarded as SUFFICIENT for
tune when he reached his 37th birth
day anniversary, he retired from active
business and went TO live at Whining
ton, DEL the home of his ancestors
and Of the great du Pont powder in
dustry
Persuaded 10 End Retirement.
Two years later upon the death of
Eugene du Pont, who had been head of
L. I. du Point de Nemours & Co., his
brothers had decided to sell the prop
erty. 1t was then that T. Coleman du
Point was persuaded to come out of his
retirement and assume the management
of the company. The du Points at that
time controlled several other companies
similarly engaged.
These we're consolidated into one
company, which was called the Z. l. du
Pont de Nemours Powder Co, with
Coleman du Pont as president and gen.
eral manager. The business of the new
organization grew apace, so fast in
fact. that in f1ve years 1t was referred