Industries of New Jersey. . the fruit-producing locality of Pomona, and other equally impor-tant points from which the Philadelphia, and to some extent the New York markets are supplied. When the charter of the Camden and Atlantic Railroad was applied for early in 1852 and issued inMarch of that year, there not wanting those who foresaw only disaster to the men who proposed embark-ing their capital in the enterprise. The line was to run through an almost undeveloped section of country,for the most part, to a seaside resort only just becoming known, and it was not then believed that it co
Industries of New Jersey. . the fruit-producing locality of Pomona, and other equally impor-tant points from which the Philadelphia, and to some extent the New York markets are supplied. When the charter of the Camden and Atlantic Railroad was applied for early in 1852 and issued inMarch of that year, there not wanting those who foresaw only disaster to the men who proposed embark-ing their capital in the enterprise. The line was to run through an almost undeveloped section of country,for the most part, to a seaside resort only just becoming known, and it was not then believed that it couldsuccessfully compete with its fashionable and older rivals, Cape May and Long Branch. These dismal pre-dictions, however, did not deter the incorporators but rather acted as an incentive for vigorous action, andthe work of laying the rails and building the rolling stock went steadily on. Care in construction of theroad-bed, with a view of securing absolute safety was observed, and everything done to insure the popularity. 6o RAILROADS OF NEW JERSEY. of the line when it should become an aspirant for public favor and patronage. The road was opened forbusiness July 4, 1854, and from that time forth Atlantic City rose rapidly in favor as u. summer resort. Alongthe route, then a semi-wilderness of sand and pines, towns sprung up where hamlets had existed before,small fruit raising and the cultivation of vegetables for the Philadelphia market received a marked impetus,and the hitherto unproductive, because too far remote from an accessible market, section became one of themost important of the state. At Egg Harbor City the soil and climate is particularly adapted to the cultivationof the grape, a fact the sturdy emigrants from Germany were not long in ascertaining and availing themselvesof. Securing land at almost nominal rates these people soon found the nucleus of a colony to which in lateryears flocked those skilled in grape culture and wine making in the fatherland. The best v
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