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FW: Help needed



> ----------
> From:         Kurilecz, Peter[SMTP:peter.kurilecz@woodsidesummitgroup.com]
> Sent:         Wednesday, June 06, 2001 1:15 PM
> To:   Bunker, Kevin
> Subject:      RE: Help needed
>
>
> The SEC may also have information if REA was a publicly traded company and
> I
> wonder if the ICC would have information since they were the ratemaking
> body.
>
> Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA
> Manager, Records Management Group
> Woodside Summit Group Inc
> Midlothian, Virginia
> Office: 804-744-1247 x23
> Fax: 804-744-4947
> mailto:peter.kurilecz@woodsidesummitgroup.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bunker, Kevin [mailto:kbunker@ss.ca.gov]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 3:22 PM
> To: 'Kurilecz, Peter'
> Cc: 'listserv@listserv.muohio.edu'
> Subject: RE: Help needed
>
>
> Yeah, that UPS absorption thing has been mentioned, but I've never seen it
> substantiated.
>
> REA tried in vain to develop an Air Express adjunct (sensing accurately
> the
> winds of change) but were forced by anti-trust legislation to so continue.
> Same thing happened to the trunk railroads (like the Santa Fe) which
> attempted air express startups for highly perishable or extra-time
> sensitive
> express. Congress and the Justice Dept simply invoked the Panama Canal era
> (Sherman Act, yes?) laws and said loudly, "NO WAY!"
>
> I'll bet there still is a paper trail out there somewhere. UPS is a very
> old
> company -- just ran across a circa 1920 photo in our CA P.U.C. files
> showing
> a lineup of early model delivery hacks just purchased by UPS for L.A. area
> deliveries. I wouldn't be surprised if UPS bought REA and REA-Air Express
> assets at foreclosure prices.
>
> Perhaps the researcher in need might do well to consult Moody's stock
> directories circa 1965 - 1968 to see how the company reported its last
> years. The Wall Street Journal must also have reported on the company's
> demise.
>
> Kevin V. Bunker
> Student Assistant
> CA State Archives
>
>
>
> > ----------
> > From:       Kurilecz, Peter[SMTP:peter.kurilecz@woodsidesummitgroup.com]
> > Sent:       Wednesday, June 06, 2001 4:42 AM
> > To:         Bunker, Kevin
> > Subject:    RE: Help needed
> >
> > Wouldn't have expected much depth with "overview" in the title. I well
> > remember the REA trucks as a ute and have always wondered what happened
> to
> > it. For some reason I recall hearing/reading somewhere that it may have
> > been
> > absorbed by UPS but then again I may be wrong.
> >
> > Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA
> > Manager, Records Management Group
> > Woodside Summit Group Inc
> > Midlothian, Virginia
> > Office: 804-744-1247 x23
> > Fax: 804-744-4947
> > mailto:peter.kurilecz@woodsidesummitgroup.com
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bunker, Kevin [mailto:kbunker@ss.ca.gov]
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 6:55 PM
> > To: 'Kurilecz, Peter'; 'archives@listserv.mu.ohio.edu'
> > Cc: tberry@HCEA.NET
> > Subject: RE: Help needed
> >
> >
> > To the author's credit, this is a nice softcover coffee table book, with
> > pretty good pictures and basics. But it lacks real substance. Sadly,
> it's
> > all that has (so far) been published, probably due to a dearth of
> original
> > source material!
> >
> > Thanks for the reference, however.
> >
> > Kevin V. Bunker
> > Student Assistant
> > California State Archives
> >
> > > ----------
> > > From:     Kurilecz, Peter[SMTP:peter.kurilecz@woodsidesummitgroup.com]
> > > Sent:     Tuesday, June 05, 2001 1:13 PM
> > > To:       Bunker, Kevin
> > > Cc:       tberry@HCEA.NET
> > > Subject:  RE: Help needed
> > >
> > > found the following you may be able to track down the author
> > >
> > > "RAILWAY EXPRESS an Overview"
> > > by V.S. Roseman,
> > > Rocky Mountain Publishing,
> > > Denver Colorado, 1992.
> > >
> > > Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA
> > > Manager, Records Management Group
> > > Woodside Summit Group Inc
> > > Midlothian, Virginia
> > > Office: 804-744-1247 x23
> > > Fax: 804-744-4947
> > > mailto:peter.kurilecz@woodsidesummitgroup.com
> > >
> >
>

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