PRINTER'S NO. 2505
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1685
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY FEE, BENNINGHOFF, BIZZARRO, BRADFORD, CALTAGIRONE,
CAUSER, COHEN, D. COSTA, COX, DiGIROLAMO, DRISCOLL, DUSH,
FARINA, GREINER, GROVE, HAHN, HARHART, HEFFLEY, HENNESSEY,
KNOWLES, MAHONEY, MAJOR, MARSICO, MENTZER, MILLARD, NEILSON,
O'NEILL, OBERLANDER, PAYNE, PEIFER, PICKETT, RAPP, READSHAW,
REGAN, SCHEMEL, SONNEY, THOMAS, VEREB, WARD, WHEELAND AND
YOUNGBLOOD, NOVEMBER 9, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, NOVEMBER 9, 2015
AN ACT
Designating a bridge on that portion of State Route 1026,
Section 004 over the Cocalico Creek, Denver Borough, and West
Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, as the Samuel L. Snyder
Memorial Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Samuel L. Snyder Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Samuel L. Snyder was born on February 12, 1882, in
East Cocalico Township, Lancaster County. Mr. Snyder was a
building contractor, developer and realtor in Denver,
Pennsylvania, for nearly six decades. It is estimated that he
built approximately 200 homes in the Denver area alone.
(2) Mr. Snyder served as the Fire Chief for the Denver
Fire Company for 33 years and held the title of honorary
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chief at the time of his death in 1965.
(3) Mr. Snyder donated the land on which the new fire
house was built and served as a trustee of the Lancaster
County Firemen's Association. He was also a member of the
Firemen's Association of Pennsylvania, the Keystone State
Fire Chiefs Association and the International Association of
Fire Chiefs.
(4) He was a leader in Masonic organizations, a charter
member of the Denver Lions Club since 1926, as well as a past
president and a vice president of the Lancaster Automobile
Club. He served on the council of the St. John's Lutheran
Church in Denver Borough and contributed funding to assist
the St. John's Evangelical and Reformed Church and the
Trinity Evangelical United Brethren Church in Denver.
(5) Following World War II, there was a movement in
Denver Borough for a community park. Mr. Snyder donated 15
acres of land for what is now the Denver Memorial Park and
Playground, as well as leading efforts to develop the park.
(6) Mr. Snyder died on February 19, 1965, at the age of
83.
(b) Designation.--The bridge located on that portion of
State Route 1026, Section 004 over the Cocalico Creek, Denver
Borough, and West Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, is
designated as the Samuel L. Snyder Memorial Bridge.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to
traffic in both directions on the bridge.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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