Cert. #302, issued at Columbia, PA. in 1898. Nice vignette of a wagon at the top. Issued for 60 preferred shares to H.F. Yergey, the company secretary and signed by the president, W.T. Garrison. The company were manufacturers and wholesale dealers of farm wagons, dumping wagons, municipal trash wagons, carts & sleighs. In 1889, Garrison resigned his position as treasurer of the Parvin Iron Wagon Co., and relocated to Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania where he established the Columbia Wagon Company. In 1904, Columbia touted an annual production capacity of 7,000 wagons. In 1906, the company exhibited a rear end dumper. The manufacturer reports a demand for wagons of this design for work where the drop bottom cannot be used, accordingly they make a very heavy wagon strongly ironed for hard usage (coachbuilt.com). The certificate is VF. Uncanceled.Date: Country (if not USA): State: PennsylvaniaCity: ColumbiaProvenance: