householders or industrial executives. Although the Lancaster Fire Department is ap- proaching its 78th year of existence as a paid organization, it remains to this day a pioneer among paid companies in cities of Pennsylvania. Firefighting in Lancaster has had to keep pace with the growth of industry and

this particular phase of activity. Mrs. William Rote, Jr., and Mr. M. Luther Heisey, members of the Lancaster County Historical Society, advise that Dr. Samuel W. Miller, then recently graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Medical College, became superintendent and resident physician in 1895

-ordinators of traffic, of their times. �BIBLIOGRAPHY 1 Achievements of Americans, Henry Howe, 1858. 2 Annals of Old Harrisburg, George Morgan, 1858. 3 History of Lancaster County, Rev. J. I. Mombert, 1868. 4 The Pennsylvania Railroad, William B. Sipes, 1875. 5 History of Lancaster County, Ellis and Evans