Camden  City  Marble- Works,  Junction  of
Federal  and  Arch  Streets. — This  enterprise
has  been  in  operation  since  1867,  when  Webster
Krips  and  William  H.  Shearman  fitted  up  work-
shops and  sheds  on  both  sides  of  Arch  Street  for
the  preparation  of  monument,  mantel  and  house-
work. The  yards  and  work-shops  cover  over  an
acre  of  ground,  and  a  large  stock  of  marble  and
granite  monuments,  headstones,  cemetery  posts,
etc.,  are  kept  on  hand.  From  six  to  ten  workmen
are  employed.  The  trade  is  large,  though  princi-
pally local.     Webster  Krips  has  been  the  sole


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HISTORY  OP  CAMDEN  COUNTY,  NP:W  JERSEY.
proprietor  since  1879,  at  whiu.li  time  he  bought
the  interest  of  William  H.  Shearman.
The  Marble,  (teanite  and  Sand,stone-
WoRKS  at  the  corner  of  Eighth  and  Market
Streets  were  established  in  1881  by  Michael  0.
Lyons,  who  for  thirteen  years  before  owned  the
marble-works  at  the  corner  of  Fifth  and  Pearl
Streets.  This  enterprise  includes  office,  work-
shops, and  a  show  yard,  one  hundred  by  forty
feet  in  dimensions,  and  is  adapted  to  the  produc-
tion of  monuments,  mantels,  cemetery  work  and
house  trimmings,  in  marble,  granite,  sandstone,
etc.  From  nine  to  fifteen  men  are  employed.  A
variety  of  manufactured  marble  designs  is  shown
at  these  works.
The  first  carriage-maker  in  Camden  was  Samuel
Scull,  who  was  engaged  in  the  busines.s  in  1800,  on
Front  Street  above  Market,  near  where  Collings'
carriage  factory  now  stands.  Twenty  years  later
he  built  a  large  factory  on  the  north  side  of  Arch
Street,  extending  from  Front  nearly  to  Second.
His  works  included  a  paint  shop,  blacksmith  shop,
and  all  the  appliances  belonging  to  the  business.
