PRINTER'S NO. 1150
No. 160 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY MAJOR, PICKETT, ALLEN, BAKER, BARRAR, BASTIAN,
BEBKO-JONES, BELFANTI, BROWNE, BUNT, CAPPELLI, CAUSER,
CAWLEY, CIVERA, CLYMER, CORRIGAN, COSTA, COY, CREIGHTON,
CRUZ, DALEY, DeWEESE, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, J. EVANS,
FABRIZIO, FAIRCHILD, FEESE, FICHTER, FLEAGLE, FORCIER, GABIG,
GEIST, GEORGE, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HARHAI, HASAY, HENNESSEY,
HERMAN, HERSHEY, HESS, HORSEY, KELLER, KIRKLAND, LAUGHLIN,
LEDERER, LEWIS, MANDERINO, MARSICO, McGILL, McILHATTAN,
NAILOR, PALLONE, PAYNE, PIPPY, READSHAW, REICHLEY, ROBERTS,
ROHRER, ROSS, RUBLEY, SATHER, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, SCHRODER,
SHANER, B. SMITH, S. H. SMITH, SOLOBAY, R. STEVENSON, THOMAS,
TIGUE, TRUE, WANSACZ, WASHINGTON, YOUNGBLOOD, ZUG AND JAMES,
MARCH 26, 2003
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MARCH 26, 2003
A RESOLUTION
1 Honoring Susquehanna Depot Borough on the 150th anniversary of
2 its incorporation as a borough.
3 WHEREAS, The Susquehanna County town of Pleasant Valley
4 changed its name to Susquehanna Depot and was incorporated as
5 the Borough of Susquehanna Depot in 1853; and
6 WHEREAS, Susquehanna Depot Borough was at that time an Erie
7 Railroad town whose shops and railroad buildings provided
8 mechanical repairs to the railroad's trains; and
9 WHEREAS, By 1862 the Susquehanna Depot Borough covered some
10 eight acres and employed about 700 men in the shops, with many
11 more working on the tracks; and
12 WHEREAS, By 1882 the population had grown to 4,500, and by
1 1887 Susquehanna Depot Borough boasted nine hotels, six dry good
2 stores, two tailors, six millinery stores, a ladies bazaar, 14
3 grocery stores, three drugstores, three hardware stores, three
4 boot and shoe stores, three jewelry stores, two flour and feed
5 stores, two furniture stores, a music store, a bakery, two stove
6 and tin stores, two wagon shops, four meat markets, two marble
7 shops, a steam mill, three banks, two insurance and real estate
8 offices, two coal offices, six barbershops, two newspapers, five
9 churches, four school buildings, a brewery and a blacksmith
10 shop; therefore be it
11 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor Susquehanna
12 Depot Borough on the 150th anniversary of its incorporation as a
13 borough.
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