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Christopher J. Minee.
Joseph C. Burroughs.
Jehu Osler.
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Jonathan Burr.
Thomas Peak.
Riley Barrett.
Walter Patton.
Benjamin M. Braker. John Burr.
Caleb Roberts.
Frank J. Burr.
John Ross.
Rudolph W. Birdsell.
John S. Read.
Isaac Cole.
Josiah D. Rogers.
1868-71. * Joseph W. Cooper. 1874-81. * Jesse W. Starr.
1871-74. * Wm. D. Cooper. 1881. Benjamin F. Archer.
DIRECTORA.
1868-72. * Joseph W. Cooper, *Jesse W. Starr, *Wm. D. Cooper, Wm. Stiles and Wistar Morris.
1872-74. * Wm. D. Cooper, *Jesse W. Starr, Wm. Stiles, Benj. F. Archer and *Charles Wheeler.
1874-75. * Wm. D. Cooper, *Jesse W. Starr, Benj. F. Archer and *Charles Wheeler.
1875-81. Jesse W. Starr, *Charles Wheeler, Benj. F. Archer, *Jesse Smith and Samuel C. Cooper.
Edward Daugherty.
James H. Stevens.
Richard Fetters.
William P. Tatem.
Henry Fredericks.
Richard Thomas.
Charles S. Garrett.
Samuel Thompson.
Philip J. Grey.
Clayton Truax.
George W. Gilbert.
William Wannan.
Benjamin A. Hamell.
Richard J. Ward.
Jesse E. Huston.
Heury B. Wilson.
John Knisell.
Charles Wilson.
Ralph Lee.
Thomas A. Wilson.
The present officers are as follows :
President.
Henry B. Wilson.
Secretary. Jonathan Burr.
Assistant Secretary. Rudolph W. Birdeell.
Treasurer. Edmund E. Read.
Surveyor. Christopher J. Mines.
Directors.
William P. Tatem.
Frank J. Burr.
Heary B. Wilson.
Josiah D. Rogers.
Christopher J. Mines.
William S. Scull.
Charles Wilson.
Edmund E. Read. Edmund E. Bead, Jr. John Burr. William W. Bozorth.
George W. Gilbert.
Jonathan Burr.
CAMDEN GAS-LIGHT COMPANY. - The works owned by this company, as originally laid out and built, were small, little or no provision being made for expansion of business. The manufacturing, purification and storage facilities have been en- tirely changed by the erection of a new retort- house, new purifying and scrubber-house, station meter-house, larger holders for storage, etc. Thir- ty-seven miles of pipes for distribution have been laid, and, in a word, renewing and enlarging have been carried on until but a vestige of the old works remains.
The present works, when completed, will have a capacity of two hundred million cubic feet an- nually.
The city is now paying less than one dollar per thousand feet for lighting the streets, the consum- ers having a graduated scale of prices from $1.50 to $1.70 per thousand cubic feet, with an average power of seventeen candles.
Following are the names of the officers and directors of the company from 1868 to 1886:
PRESIDENTS.
John K. Cowperth waite.
Edmund E. Read.
Richard C. Cake.
Edmund E. Read, Jr.
Daniel S. Carter.
Gideon V. Stivers.
Henry Curte. Jacob S. Collings.
John Sands.
Benjamin S. Carter.
Jacob W. Sharp.
John Carter.
Jesse Smith.
Samuel S. S. Cowperth wait.
Daniel S. Schriger.
John Campbell, Jr.
Joah Scull.
Nathan Davis.
William S. Scull.
1881-83. Benj. F. Archer, *Charles Wheeler, *Jesse Smith, Sam- uel C. Cooper and *Simeon T. Ringel.
1883-84. Benj. F. Archer, *Charles Wheeler, Samuel C. Cooper, *Simeon T. Ringel and Charles Watson.
1884-85. Benj. F. Archer, Samuel C. Cooper, *Simeon T. Riagel, Charles Watson and Wm. Helme.
1885-86. Benj. F. Archer, Samuel C. Cooper, Charles Watson, Wm. Helme and Richard Fetters Smith.
*Deceased.
SECRETARIES ANO TREASURERA.
1868-74, Wm. Stiles. 1874. Charles Watson.
SUPERINTENDENTS.
1868-70. O. W. Goodwin, W. H. McFadden and J. H. Beitler. 1879. Wm. G. Hufty.
CASHIER. 1879. George F. Archer.
THE STREET RAILWAY .- Until 1850, when the population of Camden exceeded nine thousand, public conveyances, to carry persons from one point to another at a fixed rate, were almost un- known, and there was little occasion for them. There were three centres of population, each near a ferry, to and from which nearly all travel was directed. The settlement of Coopers Hill, how- ever, midway between the middle and lower ferries, caused a demand for some method of
Robert W. Smith.
Charles Pine.
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conveying passengers from the ferries, and hacks were ready, on the arrival of the boats, to take to their homes such as chose to avail themselves of the opportunity. The customary fare was twelve and a half cents, but beyond cer- tain arbitrary bounds the charge was twenty-five cents. James Elwell put on a line of light omni buses, drawn by two horses. It was not until 1871 when the population of the city had reached thirty thousand, that the Camden Horse Railroad Com- pany laid tracks and began to run cars. A charter was received in 1866, the incorporators being John Hood, A. B. Frazee, John R. Graham, John S. Read, Jesse Smith, Albert W. Markley, Isaac W. Nicholson, James M. Scovel, William S. Scull, William Brice, Abraham W. Nash, Henry Fred- ericks and Charles Townsend. The company or- ganized by electing John R. Graham president, and John Hood secretary and treasurer. The other directors were A. B. Frazee, John S. Read and Charles Townsend. The capital stock of fifty thousand dollars was subscribed, but confi- dence in the success of the enterprise was want- ing, and many of the subscribers withdrew their stock. John Hood persevered. In 1871 Col- onel Thomas McKeen entered the company and was made treasurer. He at once infused new life into the enterprise and subscribed liberally of his means. The first tracks were laid from the Fed. eral Street Ferry to Fourth Street and Kaighn Avenue, via Federal Street and Fifth, and the first cars were run November 23, 1871.
In 1872 the Market Street and North Second Street lines were constructed, connecting with the West Jersey Ferry. The following year the South Second Street line, connecting the Federal Street Ferry with the Eighth Ward, at Broadway and Emerald was built. In 1877 the company built another line from the Federal Street Ferry, via Federal, Second and Stevens, Broadway and Clin- ton and Sixth to Walnut, and extended their track to the Kaighns Point Ferry, giving a total of nine miles of track.
In 1872 John R. Graham withdrew, and Thomas A. Wilson, entering the board, was made presi- dent. Thomas McKeen acted as treasurer until his death, in 1883, when John Hood became treasurer and Wilbur F. Rose secretary. Mr. Hood has been superintendent since the time of organization. The company owns twenty-six cars, eighty-five horses, and gives employment to fifty- six persons, whose annual pay-roll amounts to $23,000. The cost of the road and its equipments was $126,273; the receipts for the past year were $52,296; and expenditures, $47,712.
The officers for 1886 are President, Thomas A. Wilson ; Secretary, Wilbur F. Rose; Treasurer and Superintendent, John Hood; Anditors, Cal- vin S. Crowell, W. F. Rose; Clerk, Thomas A. Wilson, Jr. Foreman, Charles Fisher.
CITIZENS COACH COMPANY .- On July 29, 1876, William S. Scull, Henry B. Wilson, George E. Wilson, Horace Hammell, Ebenezer Westcott and Robert S. Kaighn filed articles of incorpora- tion with the county clerk as the Citizens' Coach Company, and established a line of coaches, run- ning from the Federal Street Ferry to the Kaighns Point Ferry, by way of Federal Street, Broadway and Kaighn Avenue. Other lines were established from Market Street Ferry to various points in the First and Second Wards, and along Stevens and Fourth Streets to Kaighn Avenue. These have been withdrawn, and the first-mentioned line only is running.
THE TELEPHONE was introduced into Cam- den, in August, 1879, by Watson Depuy, president, J. J. Burleigh, secretary, treasurer and manager, and Heber C. Robinson, superintendent of the South Jersey Telegraph Company, the first ex- change telephone being placed for George R. Danenhower, Broadway and Kaighn Avenue, August 15th of that year, and private lines were placed between the City Hall and Simeon Ringel's pharmacy, Second and Market; Martin Gold- smith's pharmacy, Second and Pine; and fire- engine house No. 2, at Fifth and Arch Streets. The First National and National State Banks, Camden Safe Deposit Company, Joseph Camp- hell's canning-factory on Second Street and others followed. The office was with the Western Union Telegraph Company, on Third Street north of Federal. Citizens and business men, however, were slow in appreciating the great advantages of the telephone, and when the company had been merged into the Delaware and Atlantic Telegraph and Telephone Company, in 1882, and the man- agement placed in the hands of Charles A. Janke, in May, 1883, the patrons numbered but fifty-four. By energy the business was extended rapidly and success was assured. The exchange was removed to the building on the northeast corner of Second and Market Streets, where room was found for the increasing wants of the enterprise. Connection is now had with all prominent points within a radius of forty miles, and arrangements are being made to make the radius one hundred miles. The ex- change subscribers number two hundred and fifty, with eighteen private wires and fifteen public sta- tions. One hundred and fifty miles of wire inter- sect the city in all directions, and are being ex-
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tended as demanded, and, by them, instant means of communication are provided for physicians, public officials and business men, while the Fire Department has often found the telephone an in- valuable adjunct to the fire-alarm system. The Western Electric is the system in use. For the year 1886 the officers and the Camden attaches of the company are: President, James Merrihew; Treas- urer, George S. Iredell ; Superintendent, William T. Westbrook; Secretary and Manager, Charles A. Janke; Inspectors, A. B. Depuy and Charles E. Opdycke; Lineman, Warren Morgan; and four lady operators, whose calls number twelve hundred daily. The exchange is open day and night.
BUILDING AND BUILDING ASSOCIATIONS .- The remarkable growth of Camden is exhibited in sta- tistics given at the outstart of its history in this volume and it seems proper, before closing the last of the series of chapters devoted to the city, to give some facts concerning the manner in which the fast-increasing population has been housed, and the men who have been foremost in perform- ing the work. It is to be regretted that full and accurate statistics of the building operations of the last twenty or thirty years are not attainable, but in their absence some indication of the constantly accelerating growth of the city and increase in the number of homes may be procured from the record of building permits. The first appears to have been issued on August 6, 1859, and during the en- suing year, or up to August 22, 1860, the number granted was sixty-nine. From this time on, for one decade, the number issued in each year (from August to August) was as follows:
1860-61
33
1861-62
75
1862-63
123
1863-64 113
1864-65 148
1865-66 91
1866-67
S5
1867-68
229
1868-69 (October)
283
Total for ten years .. 1180
The figures for the next decade show a consider- able increase :
1869 to May 24, 1871 (estimated) .. 235
1871 (May 24tb to December 31st). 186
1872
325
1873.
339
1874
362
1875
106
1876
352
1877
368
1878
276
1879
319
1880
325
Total for ten years.
3258
Since 1880 the number of permits issued each year has been as follows :
1881
483
1882
189
1883
263
1884
377
1885.
372
1886 (to November 5th) 454
Total for six years 2138
The total number of building permits issued during twenty-seven years has been six thousand five hundred and seventy-six, and the number for the decade which will close with the year 1890 bids fair to equal or exceed that for the preceding one. These figures, however, give an inadequate idea-but little more than a suggestion-of the remarkable activity of the city builders. Building permits are issued for the making of additions and alterations in many instances, and then again, one permit may grant authority for the construction of a dozen or a score of houses, and, in fact, there is one instance in which as many as twenty-seven dwellings were built under one license. The num- ber of permits issued for the year ending Novem- ber 5, 1886, was about five hundred, but a careful estimate made by a well-informed builder places the number of houses erected during that period at seven hundred and fifty, and it is probable that these figures exhibit about the same ratio which has prevailed between the number of permits and the number of buildings actually erected during the past fifteen or sixteen years.
Nearly all of the building operations which have transformed Camden from a village into a city have been carried on by what may be called whole- sale systems or legitimately speculative enterprise. Builders erect whole blocks and in some instances several blocks of dwellings, and either sell outright to investors, who rent the houses separately, sell directly to those who intend making themselves homes, or rent to the same class. Not one house in a hundred is built at present by the man who contemplates becoming its occupant, and, indeed, unless one wishes an elaborate, permanent house, and is comparatively indifferent to expense, there is little incentive for individual enterprise, for the builders carrying on large operations, with their facilities for procuring stone, brick and lumber at wholesale prices, can erect houses at far less cost than the man who builds only one.
A large proportion of the houses erected in the past few years have been bought or are rented by men doing business in the down-town and river- front portions of Philadelphia, who have found that they can live here more comfortably and eco- nomically than in the other city. Many of them
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buy on easy terms, and others rent at much lower rates than they could procure similar houses for in Philadelphia. The ordinary two-story Camden house is rented for about fifteen dollars per month, a good three-story house can be had for from twenty to thirty dollars and a house of the better class for frem thirty to sixty dellars per month. Notwithstanding the rapidity with which houses have arisen in the past ten or fifteen years, there has been no glut in the market, all being taken as fast as they are completed.
Building in Camden has been greatly stimulated by the policy of the managers of the estate of Richard M., Abigail and Esther Cooper. They have advanced money to various builders for the purpose of making improvements on their property, and within the past ten years as many as seven or eight hundred houses have been erect- ed by their aid. These are, for the most part, dwellings of the medium size, and they are mostly located in the Second and Fourth Wards, between the Delaware and Sixth Street, and bounded north and south by Pearl and Penn Streets. Nearly all have been sold. About eighty are now in process of construction, the money employed being loaned by the estate.
Among the builders of Camden are several who have erceted five or six hundred houses each. The heaviest operators are undoubtedly Cohn & Rob- erts, Wilson Ernst and George Holl. Fine examples of the work of the firm first named are to be seen on Front and Point Streets, between Cooper and Linden. Mr. E. N. Cohn commenced building in 1866, erecting in that year twelve houses on Pearl Street. He then continued putting up blocks and separate structures, operating alone and in con- nection with Charles B., Richard and Asa R. Cox, and building not less than one hundred and fifty houses. He also erected tho Pliel & Galtz building, which was burned. In 1882 he formed a partnership with Joseph E. Roberts, who, indi- vidnally, had built about two hundred houses, and as a firm they have since constructed at least four hundred and fifty dwellings, to which line of building they devote themselves exclusively.
George Holl, who has been engaged in building for eighteen years, has erected from four to five hundred houses, principally in the central part of the city. They are nearly all of what may be de- nominated the medium class, in size and preten- sions. Ilis brother, Lewis T. Holl, hus built many houses in the lower part of town.
Wilson Ernst has been actively engaged since 1876, and about four hundred buildings, chiefly dwellings, attest his enterprise.
Cox Brothers, individually and together, have built from five to six hundred houses, the greater proportion being small ones.
Reuben S. Cross has been in Cainden forty- two years and engaged in building for thirty-eight years, during which period he has erected many dwellings, one church, a school-house and several factories and mills.
Randal E. Morgan, ex-sheritl, during the past fourteen years, has built over two hundred struc- tures, including dwellings, stores, etc., about one- half of them in connection with other parties and one-half as his individual enterprise.
M. E. Harden has built over six hundred dwell- ings of different kinds and sizes, from the largest to the smallest, about fifty stores and offices, three sash and door mills, the Keystone Chemical Company's building, three churches, -the First Presbyterian, Third Baptist and Roman Catholic, at Broadway and Ferry Streets,-also the Stevens, Wickes, Mulford and Richard Fetters school buildings and the colored school building in the Eighth Ward.
J. F. Dorman has built many houses, operating individually, and about thirty with A. M. Davis, under the firm-name of Dorman & Davis. Mr. Davis, individually, during a period of six years, has put up about one hundred buildings, six of which were large stores, thirteen factories, one ferry-house (at Kaighns Point) and two churches, while most of the remainder were com- modious and handsome dwellings.
Among other extensive builders and contrac- tors are Robert Knighn (who has operated principally in the Eighth Ward), William Mead (of whom a sketch is given), John Schause, Seud- der & Budd, Joseph Butcher, John C. Rogers, Thomas Howell, William Keen, C. C. Williams, W. B. Mulford, William Severus, John Stone, Reuben B. Cole, J. M. Bozarth, K. P. Torbert, James A. Coulter, Josinh P. Beckett, William T. Fortiner, William V. Hoover, Isaac (. Hielman, James Maguire, David Lummis, S. 11. Morton, E. Lippincott, Samuel Maines, T. M. Moore, A. J. Richards, D. C. Royburn, W. B. Smith, W. H. Taylor, C. C. Williams, Aaron Ward, Thomas Jones and George E. Blensinger.
WHARAM T. MEAD is a descendant of Jeremiah Mend and his wife, Johannes Dungan, who emi- grated from England early in the seventeenth century, and settled at Horseneck, or Greenwich, Connecticut. Their son Jeremiah, who lived in Ridgefield, was married three times, his first wife being Martha, daughter of Samuel and Norah St. lohn, of Pimpewaug, and their marriage took
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place February 17, 1779. His second wife was Rachel, daughter of Samuel and Mary Smith, by whom he had two children,-Rachel and Patty ; and after the death of this wife, he was married, October 6, 1784, to Betty W. Whitney, by whom he had nine children,-Lewis, Hepsey, Jeremiah, Matthew, Seth, Samuel, Betty, Harvey and Whit- ney. Most of the family remained in Connecticut, but Harvey, who was born in Ridgefield, Connec- ticut, April 11, 1790, moved when a young man to New York, where, on September 11, 1821, he was married to Rebecca Spenser, by whom he had six children,-Samuel Spenser, Seth Whitney, Har- vey, Amanda, Ann Elizabeth and Rebecca. His wife died on February 28, 1834.
On March 2, 1836, Harvey was married, a second time, to Julia Ann Hoffman, whose maiden-name was Glassby ; she was born in Camden. By her he had six children,-William T., Harvey, Henry, Catherine M., Charles A. and Julia Ann. Mrs. Mead died December 4, 1853, and Mr. Mead, June 20, 1864.
William T. Mead was born in Bucks County, Pa., near Bristol, October 2, 1837, and came to Philadelphia with his father in 1840, thence to Camden in 1845. At the early age of ten years he was placed for one season on a farm ; afterwards he learned brick-making with Peter Stetser, and at the age of fifteen was apprenticed to Thomas A. Wilson, to learn the trade of a carpenter and builder, and completed it under him. On 21st of March, 1859, he was married to Maria Norman, daughter of Joseph and Sarah Haywood Stetser, by whom he had seven children,-Joseph Stetser, William C., Alexander H. (deceased), Frank E., Carrie E., George L. and M. Edna. At the open- ing of the Civil War he enlisted in Company F, Fourth New Jersey Veteran Volunteer Infantry, August 15, 1861. He served in General Kearny's brigade, and participated in a number of engage- ments, but was taken prisoner, June 27, 1862, at the battle of Gaines' Mills, Va. He then endured the hardships of prison life at Libby and Belle Isle until exchanged, in August, 1862, when he was sent to a hospital in Philadelphia, and discharged therefrom, December 19, 1862, as "unfit for ser- vice on account of disability."
In April, 1874, Mr. Mead began his successful career as builder in the city of Camden, where he has erected many private dwellings, school- houses and churches.
In religion, Mr. Mead is a Methodist; in politics, a Democrat. He has been a member of the City Council for six years, and also a member of the Board of Health, and no one has shown more zeal in
the faithful discharge of his duties. He is a mem- ber of the Order of American Mechanics, Knights of Pythias, of Masonic fraternity, and a comrade of Post No. 5. Grand Army of the Republic.
In the occupation of builder he has constructed many buildings which have added largely to the improvement and attractive appearance of the city of Camden.
BUILDING, LOAN AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATIONS. -These associations of Camden have been impor- tant factors in promoting the growth of the city, and have assisted many worthy citizens to the ownership of homes or given them financial aid in transacting their business. The moneys handled by them count into the millions of dollars. Being thus matters of public interest, a list of the prin- cipal institutions of this kind in Camden is here presented.
Artisan, organized December 10, 1873, meets the second Wednesday evening in every month at Wildey Hall. It has three hundred and twenty- six stockholders-one thousand shares, par value two hundred dollars ; price per share, one dollar. Henry F. Geiter, president; W. B. Mulford, treas- urer ; George E. Frye, secretary. This is the second association by this name in Camden, one having successfully wound up its affairs about thirty years ago, having been a single series association, of which John I. Davis was secretary at the time of its winding up, which was done satisfactorily to all concerned.
The Camden Building and Loan Association was organized July 25, 1867. Five hundred and forty stockholders have two thousand seven hun- dred shares ; price per share, one dollar ; par value, two hundred dollars. Meets the fourth Monday in each month at Wildey Hall. Mark B. Wills, president ; Henry F. Geiter, secretary ; F. P. Mulford, treasurer.
The City, organized May 2, 1874, has two hun- dred and five members. It meets the third Saturday in each month at Read's Hall. Price per share, one dollar ; par value, two hundred dollars. James M. Cassady, president ; vice-president, Edmund E. Read, Jr .; Volney G. Bennett, treasurer; E. K. Fortiner, secretary.
Dudley Homestead and Building Association was incorporated in March, 1886-Jehu Evans, secre- tary, No. 311 Market Street ; Charles Bosch, presi- dent; George Leathwhite, vice-president; Harry D. Longacre, treasurer. This association is con- ducted upon a new scheme. Shares are sold and the lots drawn and houses built by the association for its members. No collateral security is required for building purposes. The total number of shares
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is two hundred and twenty, one-half of which have been sold.
The Mechanics' and Workingmen's, organized February 25, 1871, meets the fourth Saturday in every month at Read's Hall. Price per share, one dollar; par value, two hundred dollars. Joseph Butcher, president ; John Burr, treasurer ; C. .. Mines, vice-president ; Charles 11. Felton, seere- tary, Six hundred members hold two thousand one hundred shares,
The Mutual, organized April 13, 1872, meets the last Wednesday in each month at No. 207 Market. Street. The price per share is one dollar ; par value, two hundred dollars, Rudolph W. Birdsell, president; Walter M. Patton, treasurer; J. Wil- lard Morgan, secretary.
The Newton Township, organized March 1, 1869, meets the first Monday in each month at Flat Iron Hotel. Herman A. Helinbold, president; 11. B. Wilson, treasurer; J. Willard Morgan, secretary.
The North Camden, organized November 10, 1879, meets at. Mann's Hall, No. 505 North Secondl Street, on the second Monday in each month. Price per share, one dollar ; par value, two hun- dred dollars. James R. Carson, president; D. Somers Risley, secretary ; William T. Bailey, trous- urer; E. A. Armstrong, solicitor,
The People's, organized March 2, 1871, wools on first Wednesday in each month at. Wil- doy Hall. The price per share is one dollar ; par value, two hundred dollars. Jonathan Dudlekl, president ; Charles Il. Felton, secretary ; E. K. Fortinor, treasurer ; Enos Dismant, vice-president. Six hundred members hokl two thousand shares.
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