Camden, Philadelphia, and vicinity
Northeast of Camden, on the Delaware, are Riverside and Beverly, which are important centers of manufacture and of truck farming. Farther up is Burlington, which was settled in 1677 and was the capital of West Jersey. It has ample facilities for transportation by rail and water. Its interests are both agricultural and manufacturing. Its principal products are shoes, iron pipe, and hardware. Bordentown, the southwestern terminus of the Delaware and Raritan Canal, also has excellent transportation facilities. Its most important industries are the canning of vegetables and the manufacture of yarns and clay products. In the interior, the old town. Mount Holly, is rich in agricultural products and has industries which produce hosiery, shoes, and tapestry goods. East and southeast of Camden are Merchantville, Moorestown, Collingswood, and Haddonfield, which are distinctively residential towns, but in which vegetable raising is an important industry.
Gloucester, on the Delaware south of Camden, is a growing industrial center. Its products are yarns, paper, and gas mantles. It has communication with Philadelphia by ferries, which transport the produce of the rich truck and fruit farms of the surrounding country to that city. Woodbury is a prosperous residential town with industries which make pianos and glass bottles. Next to the southward are Swedesboro, Glassboro, and Clayton, whose principal industrial activities are connected with the making of glass and the raising and canning of vegetables and fruits.
Towns near Delaware Bay.—Farther south on the outskirts of the Philadelphia Metropolitan District are the very active business and industrial center, Salem, settled by the Quakers in 1675, Bridgeton, Vineland, and Millville.
In these towns the glass factories are extensive and make all kinds of glass articles. In Bridgeton and Millville many persons are employed in the mining and shipping of glass sand. Molding sand is also a product. In and surrounding these towns are large areas of farm land devoted to the raising of all kinds of vegetables, berries, and tree fruits for the markets. Great quantities of these are preserved in the many large canning factories which are located in them. Vineland produces much bottled grape juice. These towns have also diversified industries of other kinds.
In Cape May Court House the important industrial activities are the making of glass bottles and the raising of berries and other fruits.
Cities and Towns on the Atlantic Coast.—Along the Atlantic coast are many cities and towns which are popular health and pleasure resorts. The many railroads which connect them with the large cities have made them convenient of access so that thousands of people visit them in the summer time.
The largest of these is Atlantic City, which is the largest seaside resort in the country and is devoted entirely to the entertainment of visitors. It is said to contain more than one thousand hotels. Its permanent population numbers somewhat more than 50,000, but in the summer time its population is estimated at about 300,000. It has a climate favorable to those who are convalescing from illness or seek to recuperate their health. On this account it is a popular resort during the entire year. It has a superior school system and all the other facilities and institutions which mark the progressive city. Long Branch, farther north, is the oldest resort on the coast. Another resort of many years standing is Cape May City. Other well-known resorts are Ocean City, Point Pleasant, Sea Girt, Manasquan, Spring Lake, Belmar, Ocean Grove, Asbury Park, Sea Bright, and Atlantic Highlands. Red Bank, with its many attractive country homes, is situated on the Navesink and is classed as a seaside resort.
Lakewood, among the pines of Ocean County, is a popular winter health resort.