The 1980’s: Fast Growth Leading To Shudown When deregulation of the trucking industry took effect it meant monumental changes for established carriers like Briggs Transportation. Immediately the amounts on the books from operating authority had to be written off as worthless. This was due to the easing of entry given to new entrants in the… Continue reading History Of Briggs Transportation-Part Five
Times were good for Briggs Transportation during the 1970″s with more acquisitions, additional territory to serve, more equipment purchases and one important financial milestone. The company went public and offered shares of common stock! At the beginning of the decade Clarence Briggs, a driver with 37 years of service, retired. A year later Andrew Amble… Continue reading History Of Briggs Transportation-Part Four
Remember that list of early drivers that worked for Briggs in the early days? Many of those same men were awarded Safe Driving Awards in 1960! They were Ivan Stendahl, Oscar Lovilien, Norval Sesvold, Omer Stendahl, Clarence Briggs, Paul Lovilien, William Ball, Oilman Haug, Eugene Smith, Hensel Jacobson, Edward Bautch and Edward Halverson. Briggs announced… Continue reading History Of Briggs Transportation-Part Three
1945 to 1959-Steady Growth Temporary authority to manage Mueller Transportation Company came from the Interstate Commerce Commission in May 1945. Included were operating rights into Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin and service to the points of Bloomer, Sheldon, Holcombe, Cornell, Cadott, Jim Falls, Colfax, Boyd, Durrand, Nelson, Pepin, Alma, Cochrane, Fountain City, West Salem, Sparta, New Auburn,… Continue reading History Of Briggs Transportation-Part Two
Herman D. Briggs was born June 7, 1890 near Holman, wisconsin. He lived in several places during his early years, including ten years on three different farms. At age nineteen on January 31, 1910 he married Mary Olson of Bruce Valley, Wisconsin and a year later they moved to Whitehall, Wisconsin. He worked for a… Continue reading History Of Briggs Transportation-Part One
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