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Originally published in 1939
Some of this information may no longer be current and in that case is presented for historical interest only.
Edited by GET NJ, COPYRIGHT 2003
CINNAMINSON, 47.2 miles (80 alt., 100 pop.), once had its provocative name on a postmark, but mail is now handled through the post office
at nearby Riverton. To nurserymen and entomologists Cinnaminson is
known as the initial port of entry of the Japanese beetle. In 1916 the first
of these brightly colored beetles appeared in the community, unrecognized
as the parent of countless billions of pests. The insect was probably imported as a grub, concealed in soil packed around the roots of Japanese
iris. Only a year later the U. S. Department of Agriculture established the
Japanese Beetle Laboratory, and ever since then Federal and State experts
have waged continuous war on the destructive insect by quarantine rules,
poison sprays, and the importation of parasitic enemies. Although the area
of heavy infestation has a radius of scarcely 100 miles from Cinnaminson,
stowaway beetles have traveled by automobile and train as far N. as Maine
and as far W. as Missouri, settling new colonies there and at scores of way
stations. Motorists should beware of hitchhiking beetles, especially during
July and August when they are most numerous.
At the junction with a macadam road is the FRIENDS' MEETING HOUSE,
a pleasant little red brick-building erected in 1859. It stands on a shaded
knoll, back from the road (L).
At 48.6 miles is the junction with State S41 (see Tour 37).
South of this junction the highway enters the Camden suburbs. The
section is not very attractive, though Camden's backyard is better than the
average outlying district of a manufacturing center.
At 51.6 miles is the junction with Cove Rd., a concrete highway.
Right on this road to ARLINGTON CEMETERY, 0.6 m., with the GRAVE OF PETER
J. McGUIRE, known as the "Father of Labor Day." The grave, marked by a 6-foot
polished granite tombstone, is 225 yards north of the cemetery entrance. On Labor
Day of each year it is visited by scores of workingmen and leaders of organized
labor. During the 1870's McGuire carried on a one-man campaign for the 8-hour
day and a national holiday for the workingman. In 1875 he made his home in Cam-den and later he organized several unions. With Samuel Gompers, he helped form
the American Federation of Labor in 1881. Because of his success in settling strikes
he became known as the "Great Arbitrator." Congress in 1894 finally declared Labor
Day a national holiday and in succeeding years the Nation moved nearer to McGuire's goal of "8 hours for work, 8 hours for play and 8 hours for rest, and $1 an
hour for skilled labor." McGuire died in 1906.
At 54.2 miles, Airport Traffic Circle, are the junctions with State 40 (see
Tour 27) and State 38 (see Tour 26).
US 30, States 42, 44, and 45 here unite with US 130 in the route south.
At Airport Traffic Circle is also the junction with Admiral Wilson Blvd.
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