Pennsylvania Power and Light Company. Part II—The Gas Industry in Lancaster County The first gas company to successfully operate in Lancaster County was The Lancaster Gas Company chartered April 7, 1849. A gas plant was built on land purchased in the southwestern part of the city of Lancaster near Hoffman's

lines in Lancaster County. This new organization, the Pennsylvania Traction Company, took steps to acquire not only the lines to Columbia, Marietta and the "Belt," but also the city lines in Lancaster and the rural lines running to Millersville and Lititz. Consequently, on February 5, 1894, all of the

absolute historical proof has been found so far that theatre has been played in Lancaster before the War of the Revolution. But we know facts which allow us conclusions. About 1750 our city had already developed some society life. In the first courthouse rooms had been rented to a dancing school and after

Historyof Friends 0/ Friends In Lancaster County By PAUL L. WHITELY Henceforth I call you not servants; for his servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends. (John XV:15) Introduction T HE religious sect, first known as "Children of Light" and later as "Friends in the

conference be held at Lancaster since there were few communities in Pennsylvania wherein George Washington had more close friends and former comrades in arms. In 1788, Pennsylvania had nineteen counties. In the census of 1790, Lancaster County was within a small margin of ranking second in population in the