State after its bonds and stock were retired.) In any event, on November 3, 1925 the citizens of Lancaster and York counties voted three to one in favor of the proposed pub- licly-owned bridge. (Three to one in favor may be considered a highly favorable vote when it is remembered that in 1925 the num

to duck in and out of traffic as best they could when cross- ing the bridge. In those days the Pennsylvania Railroad ran at least eight pa- senger trains between Lancaster and York, four each way, and at least two local freights. When a train came along, highway traf- fic was stopped until the train

Content Note: The Columbia Bridge Company Collection is a valuable source of information concerning construction of bridges in the early 1800s. Documents concern the building of the first two bridges across the Susquehanna River in 1814 and 1832. Items in the collection include minutes, form for stock