Keeping in mind that they were rather small compared to American Railway Express/REA until fairly late 1950's/eraly 1960's
REA claimed the largest truck fleet in the world in the late 1940's IIRC. Pieter --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Rollain mercier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > and he nites - > > You are correct. It started in Seattle in 1907 as the American Messenger > Service and became UPS in 1919. There is a web site with a chronological > history at: > > http://www.ups.com/content/corp/about/history/ > > Raleigh > > > At 06:37 AM 12/9/2004, Jamie Bothwell wrote: > > > >On Wednesday, December 8, 2004, at 09:11 PM, David Engle wrote: > > > > > > > > When did UPS begin operations? > > > > > > > > > >Dave, > > I worked for them one Christmas, and if I remember from my brief > >lesson in corporate history it was in the 1920's or maybe in the late > >teens. I think it started in the Pacific Northwest. I'm sure someone > >else will clarify these statements. > >Jamie Bothwell > > > > > > > >Change your membership, change your message settings, use our CALENDAR, > >view shared files or photos, view the list archives, GO TO > >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > Change your membership, change your message settings, use our CALENDAR, view shared files or photos, view the list archives, GO TO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
