CAMDEN. A city, port of entry, and county seat of Camden County. N. J., on the Delaware River, opposite Philadelphia, with which it is connected by several lines of steam ferries (Map: Jersey, 1; 4 ). it is an important railroad centre, the terminus of the Athintic City and the West Jersey and Seashore and of divi sions of the Pennsylvania IZailroatl. The city. which occupies an area of about 8 square miles on level ground, has regular streets. one-third of the total street. mileage 11:40 miles) !wing paved, and, among the more notable features, contains a eity hall and county buildings, a hos pital, the \Vest Jersey orphanage, and several other benevolent institutions. good public schools, including an institution for manual training. Camden is an important shipping point: it. has large market gardens in the sulmrlmn districts adjacent, and is noted for its manufacturing and shipbuilding interests. The leading inanufae tures are machinery, foundry products. cotton and woolen goods, oileloth. lumber. chemicals, paints, steel pellS, hoots and shoes. ere. The gov ernment is vested in a mayor. and a unieameral city council. with the customary stair of ad ministrative officials, Camden spends annually in maintenance and operation about $735,000: the main items of expenditure being $180,001) for schools, $125,000 for interest on debt, $100,000 for the police department, $75.000 for the tire
department. $70,000 for municipal lighting, and $70,001) for the water-works. The assessed valu ation of property, real and personal. is about $29,090,000, and the bonded debt $2,500,000. The sewerage system comprises about 100 miles of mains, and the water-wo•ks, including two plants built by the city in 1870 and 1889, at a total cost of $2.500,000, are under municipal operation, the system having 95 miles of mains. Population, in 1890. 58.313; in 1900. 75.935, in cluding 10.100 persons of foreign birth and 5600 of negro descent. Camden, with a population of was chartered as a city in 1828: the Cam den and Amboy Railroad. incorporated in 1833. gave the city its early importance as a railroad terminus. It was the home of Walt Whitman from 1873 until his death in ]892. Consult Filler. .4 Local History of Camden (Camden, 1858).