THE YEAR 1901

SPAN OF A CENTURY
1828-1928
100 YEARS IN THE HISTORY OF CAMDEN AS A CITY

COMPILED FROM NOTES ANDS DATA COLLECTED BY
CHARLES S. BOYER
PRESIDENT CAMDEN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
PUBLISHED BY
CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY COMMITTEE
OF CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY
ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AND NOTES BY PHILLIP COHEN IN 2003

December 1, 1901 was the first day on which automobile owners were required to register with the Clerk of the Board of freeholders. Each automobile was required to display a tag furnished by this official. A speed limit of ten miles per hour was fixed for all county roads. 

The telephone system of the Eastern Telephone and Telegraph Company was put in operation about February 1, 1901. This company passed to the control of the Keystone Telephone and Telegraph Company in May of 1906 . 

The American Cigar Company erected its factory at 6^th and Mechanic Streets in 1901. A year later this factory was employing 500 hands . 

The Public Service Building on Federal Street above Fourth was erected by the South Jersey, Gas, Electric and Traction Company and was occupied on September 30, 1901. 

Public Service Corporation Building

This building has been the home of the Camden Free Public Library since the 1980s.

General William Joyce Sewell, United States Senator from New Jersey and head of the West Jersey Railroad Company, died December 27, 1901.