outstanding characteristic of corporate development in the United States. This is especially true in the growth of public utilities. Practically all the many gas companies, as well as the electric lighting companies, which were formed in Lancaster County be- ginning with the gas industry in 1849, and the

." (Brownstown and Oregon) of Lancaster County. SOURCE MATERIAL The Lancaster Newspapers, obituaries and news items. A Biographical History of Lancaster County, by Alex. Harris; Elias Barr and Co., publishers, 1872. Ellis and Evans' History of Lancaster County, 1883. Portrait and Biographical Record of Lancaster

reorganized to comply with the provisions of the state law pro- viding county aid for libraries. The name was changed to the Lancaster Free Public Library. In 1939 the librarian, with a new charging machine and a bookmobile, reported the library as being in better shape than at anytime in its history. The

paper money, to which the private issues of Lancaster County Scrip were somewhat related. BIT See Fip 'n' Bit. CROWNS French coin in rather common use following the American Revo- lution; were also issued by Germany. DERNIER English coin. Benj. Furley—Penn's land agent in the Province of Pennsylvania