May 27, 2009

Trolley ran between Manchester and Mount Wolf



(York Town Square) - For years, newspapers were delivered to York County's hinterlands via trolley car.
In particular, I remember reading Bradley Rentzel's account about their delivery to Mount Wolf.
"The first trolley car arrives at 5:30 a.m. from York with one or two workmen who head for the Wire Cloth plant," Rentzel wrote in "History of Mount Wolf." "A paper carrier picks up a bundle of papers, The York Gazette, which he immediately starts distributing. Continued



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