[milwaukee-electric] Re: National City Lines.

[Don L. Leistikow]

William Sell and list:  National City Lines was an organization that was
incorporated in 1936, for the expressed purpose of of acquiring and
operating local transit companies                                                

A complete history..."Revisiting the      American Streetcar Scandal"
was written by Al Mankoff and.... can be viewed on the internet.  See
the rul, below;                

http://njtpa.org/public_affairs/intrans//scandal.html                                                    

The indicted companies were:  National City lines, Inc., American City
Lines, Inc., Pacific City Lines, Inc., the Standard Oil Company of
California, the Federal Engineering Corporation, the Phillips Petroleum
Company, the General Motors Corporation, the Firestone Tire & Rubber
Company and the Mack Manufacturing Corporation.                                             

The individuals indicted were; E.  Roy Fitzgerald and Foster G. Beamsley
of NCL;  H.C. Grossman, GM;  Henry C. Judd, Standard Oil of California;
L.R. Jackson, Firestone Tire & Rubber Company;  Frank B Stradley, and
A.M. Hughes, Phillips Petroleum.                      

In March 13, 1949, they were all convicted on one count of conspiring to
monopolize a part of the trade and cmmerce of the United States.                                           

At that time, NCL owned or controlled, 47 local transportation systems
in California, Missouri, Washington, Utah, Maryland, Alabama, Florida,
Illinois, Oklahoma, Indiana, Iowa, Mississippi, Nebraska, Michigan,
Texas and Ohio.                        

But then, read it for yourself.......               

Don L. Leistikow