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

." But as that issue lost popu- larity he switched over to the Whigs. In 1842 Stevens moved to Lancaster and in 1848 was elected to one term in Congress. Elected again in 1859 he served until his death in 1868 and was a member of the powerful Ways and Means Committee of Lin- coln's cabinet. He is buried