[milwaukee-electric] Re: National City Lines.

[Ken and Tracie]

Don, an interesting red. Thanks. I have a friend in Florida who wants to 
believe National City Lines dismantled the Milwaukee rail transit system. 
But we know the company decided to divest itself of the interurban lines and 
switch its urban operations to rubber tires during the 1930s.

If KMCL or Greyhound had any ties to NCL, the point was moot by the 1940s. 
TMER&L started abandoning interurban line segments in 1938 and TMER&T 
continued the policy until they wound up having to sell the interurban lines 
to get rid of them after Pearl Harbor.

K.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don L. Leistikow" <DLeistikow at webtv.net>
To: <milwaukee-electric at lists.dementia.org>
Cc: <emory1522 at wi.rr.com>
Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 8:03 PM
Subject: [milwaukee-electric] Re: National City Lines.


> 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
>
>