Kilgore Manufacturing Co., which company was already manufacturing and dis- tributing cast iron toys and cap pistols but had no facility to make paper caps. �After some negotiating it was agreed that Mr. Andes embark into paper cap manufacture as sole supplier to Kilgore Mfg. Co. so that paper caps could

The Carroll Motor Car Company of Strasburg by Donald J. Summar Prior to the First World War, small companies were organized to manufacture automobiles in cities and towns throughout the Uni- ted States. In Lancaster County, attempts to enter the infant auto- mobile industry were made by companies

not include cash pay- ments made at various times when company profits warranted them. Although the Broomells were not born or raised in an urban en- vironment, Lancaster County was a highly developed commercial area. In 1879 the county had two hundred industrial plants and was ranked first among all

new transportation company were: B. Frank Snavely, first vice-president; Howard J. Eshelman, second vice- president; Ira H. Bare, secretary; and John K. Herr, treasurer. Capital of the company was $548,732. An austerity program was initiated by the new company whereby they would eliminate eight county

Conestoga Transportation Company 1931-1976 by Robert E. Sauer, Jr. A four-mile horsecar line between Lancaster and Millersville opened in November 1874 was the first transit route in the network that was to become Conestoga Transportation Co. The first electric line in the area started operating