After the Morgan Trucking Company acquisition just about all future mergers for Branch were westward into the Great Lakes and Midwest areas. With each company that Branch purchased, their system map of routes and terminals expanded into new states, gradually making Branch one of the top twenty-five common carriers in the country. In May… Continue reading History of Branch Motor Express- Part 3
In Part One of the history of the company much of the historical research centered around the Pennsylvania-based Branch Storage Company. The company in the 1920’s and 1930’s had become a trucking business specializing the in movement of fabric and related goods for the clothing industry in southeast Pennsylvania and New York City. The advertisement… Continue reading History of Branch Motor Express-Part 2
For the earliest documented history of the company we must first look at an obituary from the New York Times on April 29, 1975 which follows on the next three paragraphs; Meyer J. Butensky, chairman of Branch Industries Inc, a major carrier and terminal operator here, died yesterday in Mount Sinai Hospital in Miami,… Continue reading History of Branch Motor Express Company- Part 1
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