A  contract  was  made  with  James  Tuthill
it  Co.  to  construct  the  road,  which  was  soon
begun  and  finished  in  due  season.  The  turn-
pike was  to  be  built  from  Haddonfield  to
Camden,  terminating  at  the  latter  place,
at  the  junction  of  the  old  road  with
the  Chews  Landing  road.  A  supplement  to
the  original  act  authorized  the  company  to
extend  their  road  along  the  public  road  in
Camden  to  Federal  Street,  and  thence  by
way  of  Seventh  Street  to  Market  Street.
The  turnpike,  under  the  act  of  1847,  was  to
be  made  thirty -two  feet  in  width,  arched  and
drained,  and  sixteen  feet  of  it  to  be  com-
pactly bedded  with  stone  or  gravel.
It  has  been  kept  in  good  repair  from  that
time  to  the  present,  and,  on  July  1,  1886,
declared  its  seventy-third  dividend.  Richard
W.  Snowdon  was  elected  president  in  1849
and  served  until  his  death,  in  1868.  Samuel
Nicholson  was  chosen  to  succeed  him  and
served  until  1881,  when  the  present  presi-
dent— John  H.  Lippincott — was  elected.
Jacob  L.  Rowand  was  chosen  secretary  and
treasurer  at  the  organization  and  served  until
his  death,  September  14,  1883,  immediately
after  which  his  son,  J.  Lewis  Rowand,  was
elected  to  fill  the  vacancy.
