How the Pennsylvania Railroad Came Through Lancaster. The casual purchase of a basketful of old books at a recent public sale threw into my possession three small manuscript volumes of rare local in- terest. They relate to an incident in the history of Lancaster city and os the public works of the

months of the year; and demands were made that accommodations, offered by the railroads, be extended to the west. From that clamor came the request from aroused interests for a charter to build the Pennsylvania Railroad, from Pittsburgh to Harrisburg. This request for a charter was granted, and the same