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| PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1805 | PRINTER'S NO. 2258 |
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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY STOUT, WARD AND KASUNIC, MARCH 24, 2010 |
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| AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, OCTOBER 5, 2010 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Designating the replacement bridge that carries for the bridge | <-- |
2 | carrying State Route 2018 over the Monongahela River from the |
3 | Borough of North Charleroi, Washington County, to the City of |
4 | Monessen, Westmoreland County, as the Governor John K. Tener |
5 | Memorial Bridge. |
6 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
7 | hereby enacts as follows: |
8 | Section 1. Governor John K. Tener Memorial Bridge. |
9 | (a) Declaration of policy.--The General Assembly finds and |
10 | declares as follows: |
11 | (1) John K. Tener moved to Charleroi on April 20, 1891 | <-- |
12 | and became the President of the First National Bank of |
13 | Charleroi by 1898. He organized the Charleroi Savings & Trust |
14 | company being its Secretary/Treasurer as well as being |
15 | President of the Mercantile Bridge Company and was the |
16 | Director of the Webster-Monessen, Belle Vernon, Fayette City |
17 | Street Railway Co. (Trolleys) and of the Westside Street |
18 | Railway Company. |
19 | (1) John Kinley Tener, 1863-1946, a former congressman, | <-- |
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1 | was the second of three governors elected from Washington |
2 | County. He has the distinction of being the only foreign-born |
3 | governor since the office was formed in 1790. He was born in |
4 | County Tyrone, Ireland, on July 25, 1863. He moved to |
5 | Charleroi, Washington County, on April 20, 1891, and became |
6 | the president of the First National Bank of Charleroi by |
7 | 1898. He organized the Charleroi Savings & Trust Company and |
8 | served as its secretary/treasurer, was president of the |
9 | Mercantile Bridge Company and director of the Webster- |
10 | Monessen, Belle Vernon, Fayette City Street Railway Company |
11 | (Trolleys) and of the Westside Street Railway Company. |
12 | (2) John K. Tener served as Governor of Pennsylvania | <-- |
13 | from 1911 to 1915 and was considered a highway czar signing |
14 | into law the "Sproul Road Bill." This law facilitated the |
15 | improvement of State roads across this Commonwealth. He was | <-- |
16 | also instrumental in having the Charleroi-Monessen Bridge |
17 | built. |
18 | (3) Among his other accomplishments, Tener, who stood 6 | <-- |
19 | feet 4 inches, was a former major league baseball player. He |
20 | started out briefly as an outfielder with the Baltimore |
21 | Orioles in 1885. He later played for the Chicago White |
22 | Stockings, now the Cubs, as a pitcher and outfielder. He had |
23 | a 7-5 record with a 2.74 ERA in 1888 and went 15-15 with a |
24 | 3.64 ERA in 1889. Tener maintained his interest in baseball |
25 | after retiring as a player. In 1912, Governor Tener spoke out |
26 | against gambling in baseball and informed district attorneys |
27 | around the State that he believed existing laws could be used |
28 | against illegal betting. In 1913, Philadelphia Phillies owner |
29 | William Baker proposed that Governor Tener become National |
30 | League president. Tener accepted the offer at a contract of |
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1 | $25,000 per year but was not paid until April 1915, when his |
2 | term as Governor expired. |
3 | (4) The Charleroi-Monessen Bridge was constructed by |
4 | Tener's Mercantile Bridge Company as an early example of a |
5 | public-private partnership. The bridge was purchased by the |
6 | Commonwealth in 1949, but tolls were continued until it |
7 | became free to the public in 1956. |
8 | (5) The Charleroi-Monessen Bridge was rehabilitated |
9 | shortly after World War II and again in 1986. The bridge was |
10 | closed in mid-February 2009 after a routine inspection |
11 | revealed deterioration of a vertical panel that supports the |
12 | middle of the bridge. A new bridge will replace the current |
13 | structure. The 24-month project will include replacing the |
14 | three truss spans and rehabilitating the approach spans at a |
15 | cost of $25,000,000 to $35,000,000. |
16 | (b) Designation.--The bridge that carries will replace the | <-- |
17 | bridge carrying State Route 2018 over the Monongahela River from |
18 | the Borough of North Charleroi, Washington County, to the City |
19 | of Monessen, Westmoreland County, shall be designated as the |
20 | Governor John K. Tener Memorial Bridge. |
21 | (c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall place and |
22 | maintain appropriate signs at both ends of the bridge designated |
23 | in subsection (b). |
24 | Section 2. Effective date. |
25 | This act shall take effect in 60 days immediately. | <-- |
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