on the new trolley line was commenced in the early fall of 1892 when the first surveys were made. The company hired fifty Hungarians as laborers. The contract for building the line was awarded to Edward McGovern of Lancaster, and called for completion of the line by December 31, 1892. Actual

the sick were hospitalized in the nearby college buildings. �June 30, 1863, the disturbed Dillerville folks easily saw in the distance, the drifting smoke from the burning Columbia bridge. In 1865 the Lancaster Branch of the Reading Railroad was built and Dillerville secured another outlet to the

The First Columbia &i4 By Robert H. GOODELL On March 28, 1809, an act of Assembly was approved, which authorized the Governor of Pennsylvania to incorporate a company for the purpose of making and erecting a bridge over the Susquehanna. River in Lancaster County, at or near the town of Columbia

. James M. Beck, Solicitor General of the United States in President Coolidge's administration, at Lititz, Pa., about twenty years ago. Mr. Beck was a Lancaster Countian, a native of Lititz, and a first cousin of our Society's President, Dr. Herbert H. Beck. His familiarity with records of the United

Libraries in Lancaster By ELIZABETH CLARKE KIEFFER In 1760, when Lancaster was one of the most thriving inland cities of the colonies, and a point of interest to travellers who wished to understand America, a group of leading citizens met to form the "Lancaster Library Company." 1 This first board

. Root, Vice- President and Treasurer, of Allentown, Pa.; Mr. L. C. Pursell, Second Vice-President, of Allentown, Pa.; and to Mr. James Huebner, Vice-President, Lancaster Division, Pennsylvania Power and Light Company. Most of the material in this study has been secured from data and records owned by the