Smyrna times., 1931-02-04
F.V. DUPONT GETS 3o-MILE
STRIP Of BOULEVARD, SUSSEX
BEQUEATHED TO BE USED
BEST INTERESTS OF STATE
His Father, the Late Senator I.
Coleman DUPONT, Had Donated
S4,0O0,0OO Road to the State

Two strips of land each so feet
wide and 3S miles long, separated
by the DUPONT Boulevard, have
been bequeathed by the late Cole
man DUPONT, former u. S. Senator,
to his son, Francis ". DUPONT, to
be used by him for the best inter
ests of the people Of the State.
This became publicly known last
week when some of the provisions
of the Senator's will We're publish
ed. The Senator died last Novem-
Der and the provisions Of the will,
probated shortly after his death,
were never given out. Senator
DUPONT in 1911 began building the
DUPONT Boulevard, extending 96
miles from Wilmington to the
Maryland line. To do this he
formed and financed the Coleman
DUPONT Road, Inc. Through this
corporation he acquired the right
Of way for the road, much Of
which is 200 feet wide When the
boulevard was completed he form
ally presented it to the State in
1924, to be maintained by the
State Highway Department for the
free use of the public. The gift,
however, did not include an unused
portion Of the right Of way in Sus-
sex county two strips on each
side of the road for SO miles and
each strip eighty feet wide. Pub
lished reports last week that Sen
ator DUPONT had bequeathed to his
son all of his shares of stock in
Coleman DUPONT Road, Inc, gave
4 the impression that the corpora
4 ton still owned the DUPONT BOule-
ward. Such was not the case, how
ever, as the corporations property
consists only of the land adjacent
! to the road in Sussex county. Sen
ator DUPONT spent more than S4,
100000 in the building of the
boulevard which varies from so to
200 feet in width. He built it two
lanes wide and the State Highway
4 Department Widened this and is
now extending a four-lane width
down the state, eventually to reach
Dover. The DUPONT Boulevard con-
meets with a previously built State
highway from Wilmington to the
Y Pennsylvania State line near Clay
mont, affording a solid straight
stretch of highway through Della
ware from the northern to south
ern boundary lines.
Widow to Get Bulk of His Estate
n. Coleman DUPONT Estate, esti.
mated to be more than S100,000,-
900, is left to his widow, Mrs Alice
DUPONT and his four children, the
bulk of which goes to his widow
The latter and his son, F. v. du.
Pont, get 100000 each in lien Of
commission for settling the estate
Mrs. DUPONT is given the Old Mil
property on the Brandywine
Nevis" Irvington-in-Hudson, n
Y, the historic home of Alexander
Hamilton; the home and grounds
at 808 Broome street, Wilmington
and all his Wilmington property
between Commerce street anC
Christiana river each of Christiana
avenue. A daughter, Mrs. Alice
DUPONT Buck, wife of G. Douglass
Buck, Governor of Delaware, re-
ceives "Buena VISTA" and its con
tents at New Castle Hundred, anc
the son is given the real estate ir
Dorchester county, Md, including
the "Moors," at Cooks Point The
executors are directed to add tx
the face value Of all the notes Of
the Elalfrel Company, owned BY
Mr.. dupont, the values at which
"Buena Vista" and the property il
Dorchester county shall be ap-
praised for the purpose of ascer-
tanning the Federal estate tax pay.
able upon the estate, and to ascer-
tain the amount that equals one.
fourth part of the aggregate thus
obtained. In order that they may
share equally with his son and Mrs
Buck, his other daughters, Mrs
Hollyday S. Needs, Of Wilmington
and Mrs. John Willsox Donaldson
Jr., of Irvington-on-Hudson, arr
each to receive notes Of the Elal
frel Company equal, at their face
value, to one-fourth, and Mrs. .Bucl
and the son are to receive notes
equal to one-fourth part less thu