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Another weapon to defeat the enemy was the establishment of City Farm Gardens in the country. They were urged by the Government and not only provided food for city residents, but abolished unsightly vacant lots.
Thomas J. Daley (born 1889) was a civil engineer who joined Camden's engineering department in 1913 and was appointed City Engineer in 1925, serving during construction of the new City Hall and marine terminal.
Contractors tearing up Broadway near the Newton Creek to lay underground conduits for the Bell Telephone Company were called off after Street Commissioner Mohrman objected that City Council had not yet approved the burying of the wires.
Philadelphia Inquirer, July 15, 1902 — page 1 Philadelphia Inquirer, July 15, 1902 Philadelphia Inquirer, July 15, 1902 — page 2 Philadelphia Inquirer, July 15, 1902 — page 2 Camden Woman Planted a Pole, Decorated It With Pair Trousers and Flourished a Revolver Flourishing a revolver and exclaiming, "I'll kill the first man who touches those pants; this is fair warning to everybody, for I mean what I say!" Mrs. Louisa Traubel, of 807 Broadway, Camden, yesterday held up work on the addition being erected to the Gately and Hurley Company's department store at Broadway and Spruce streets.
The funeral of Mrs. Susan Moffett, wife of City Hall janitor Charles C. Moffett, was held from her son Henry Moffett's residence at 602 Broadway, with city officials serving as pall bearers and interment in Harleigh Cemetery.