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
Looking around at an antique mall I came upon a booth with several Spector Freight System calendars from the late 1970s.
soon after the Motor Carrier Act of 1935 was implemented there were two ways for a trucking company to obtain operating authority. If you were an established company and could show proof that you were operating between two or more areas, then the so called “grandfather clause” would enable a certificate to be issued by… Continue reading Victor Lynn Lines Protests And Wins Time After Many Times
During the next several months the majority of posts to my blog will be early history of common carriers in the period from 1935 to 1940. I recently discovered an online source of information that many of you may not have known how to find. There is a source of 126 volumes of Interstate Commerce… Continue reading You do not want to miss this!
By 1950 Adkins was operating 100 vehicles with terminals in Nashville, Indianapolis, Louisville, and Chicago. A turn-around point was located in Evansville, Indiana and a garage was located there. Company was issued a certificate by the Interstate Commerce Commission on March 11, 1938 to transport general commodities between Nashville, Tennessee and Chicago, Illinois via the… Continue reading History of Adkins Transfer Co. Inc.
This blog has been ongoing for ten months now and it is time to thank my readers. Since my first post there have been over 800 visitors to the site. My hope is that the time the first anniversary arrives that there would be over a thousand visitors. Are you enjoying the posts? Are the… Continue reading Be-Mac Transport 1946 Route Map
From a 1945 copy online of Statistics of Class 1 Motor Carriers from The Interstate Commerce Commission. This list represents the largest trucking companies based in the mid-western region of the United States based on annual revenues which are listed beside the name of the carrier. 1-Watson Bros. Transportation Co. Inc. $3,856,179 2-Denver-Chicago Trucking Co.… Continue reading The 18 Mid-Western Region Class 1 Motor Carriers In 1945
When you see an Old Dominion Freight Lines tractor it shows the company being based in Thomasville, North Carolina. Located at the interchange of Business Interstate 85 and Nc Hwy 68, the building originally was home to Bassett Furniture Industries. Like Thomasville Furniture Industries, Bassett left the area and the former furniture manufacturing city lost… Continue reading Old Dominion Corporate Offces in Thomasville, NC
Located at 3333 South Iron Street in Chicago, there is still-standing, a large truck terminal building that was known at one time to have many trucking companies as tenants. Many of the trucking companies that rented space in this terminal were smaller operations that would have used only a few dock doors. For example, Central… Continue reading Major Terminal in Chicago in 1946
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