River, quietly submitted to this order of things, and no concertedĮffort was made to secure the locating of industrial establishments on To smaller towns within the borders of Pennsylvania.Ĭity of Camden being thus overshadowed by her neighbor across the Would be exercised that the overplus of business should be transferred Welfare of a city in an adjoining State, but that on the contrary care
That the merchants and tradesmen of Philadelphia would help promote the Philadelphia was not beneficial to Camden. Prosperity in the commercial and manufacturing interests of Subject to the same State influences and benefits, whilst PhiladelphiaĪnd Camden, situated upon the western and eastern slopes of theĭelaware River respectively, are in different Commonwealths, andĬonsequently their general interests were not in harmony. Occupying opposite banks of the same river, are in one State and Geographically considered Philadelphia andĬamden are similar to New York and Brooklyn, but in the vital point ofĬomparison they are radically different. Not so, however, with Camden as related to the growth of the One receive an impetus in her development, the other was similarlyĪffected, and so on through the years, these two cities, have grownĪpace. Larger city advantageously affected the life of the smaller one. Now assuming a large measure of public thought. New York.' Brooklyn and New York have had a wonderfully similarĮxperience from the benefits of the "Reciprocity Doctrine," which is The benefit from Philadelphia, that was given the former by the City of Position similar in many respects to that of Brooklyn, did not receive Holders, and representing in some measures the taxable value of theĬity, it is reasonable to assume that its action would be for the best
financial, manufacturing, and industrialĮstablishments would be quickened and strengthened.īoard is composed of leading citizens, most of whom are large property Give increased efficiency to many individual enterprises, but that the It was believed that such an organization would by concert ofĪction, not only promote the material welfare of the community, and Municipality, a number of citizens organized THE. Interest of the city, by reason of lack of unity on questions of tradeĪnd commerce, and in furthering the material prosperity of the Recognition of the serious detriment to the advancement of the general Searching within this document feasible, and hopefully willīring some attention to it via on-line search engines! I am also, for reasons of clarity,Ĭonverting words that were abbreviated in the published work Have converted the entire book to text, which will make Were put in different places during the two printings. Volumes. A small number of articles are repeated, as they Small differences in the page order between the two Than that the two volumes are identical, but there are some I had an earlier edition,Īlso published in 1890, which had about 25 fewer pages, other Stanton, a Parkside native, World War II vet,Īuthor, and all around good guy. Published by Camden's Board of Trade, a forerunner of theĬhamber of Commerce. Review of Camden, New Jersey, which was commissioned and
Have scanned in its entirety the Historical and Industrial
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