[milwaukee-electric] Re: St. Louis Car Company & St. Louis Malleable

[Scott Greig]

John I. Beggs is the main corporate connection I can think of between TMER&L and St. Louis Car.  Remember, after he was ousted from TMER&L in 1911(?), Beggs worked his way into St. Louis Car and managed to turn it around from a period of major financial troubles.

--- On Mon, 10/5/09, Ken and Tracie <ktjosephson at embarqmail.com> wrote:

> From: Ken and Tracie <ktjosephson at embarqmail.com>
> Subject: [milwaukee-electric] St. Louis Car Company & St. Louis Malleable
> To: milwaukee-electric at lists.dementia.org
> Date: Monday, October 5, 2009, 3:18 PM
> Hi All,
> 
> I know that TMER&L and St. Louis Public Service Company
> were both holdings 
> of North American Company. I also know that TM bought a lot
> of traction 
> equipment from St. Louis Car and a lot of power line
> hardware from St. Louis 
> Malleable.
> 
> St. Louis Car Company and St. Louis Malleable were located
> near each other 
> in what was once Baden, an area which was annexed by the
> City of St. Louis.
> 
> My question is...........were there any corporate ties
> between TMER&L or 
> North American with either of these St. Louis based
> companies?
> 
> Thanks for any replies.
> 
> K. 
> 
> 
>