On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 11:09 PM, Fred Schneider <fwschneider at comcast.net> wrote: > This source claims Laclede was merged into St. Louis Car in 1903. I misread. They 1) were founded in 1902 and 2) at that point ordered from Laclede. http://books.google.com/books?id=wYhMAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA724&lpg=PA724