Thanks, Steve. I checked - you are right. I was running on memory,
sending e-mail from work, while my reference material is at home.
Gary McCormick
San Jose, CA
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Steve Harvey wrote:
>
> Check your dates. I think they did that after 1945.
> Steve Harvey
>
> Gary McCormick wrote:
>
> > Back in the '30s there was a consortium of companies which included GM
> > and some of the tire and petroleum products companies which went around
> > buying up rail and trolley lines in a number of major cities all around
> > the country, and then closing them down. This increased people's
> > relinace on autos and bus lines, which (you guessed it) lots of
> > petroleum and tires and were of course built by GM. Taken in to court
> > for anti-trust and lots of other violaions, they were found guilty and
> > fined... $5,000. I think GM's president at the time probably wrote a
> > personal check to cover it.
> >
> > So, there are a lot of things which can be blamed on "...the idiots in
> > government..." but not this one (at least not /totally/).
> >
> > Gary McCormick
> > San Jose, CA
> > -------------------------------------
> >
> > Fred_Katz@ci.sf.ca.us wrote:
> > >
> > >[snip]
> > > That's not what bothers me. It's the idiots in government that dismantled
>our
> > > rail systems and hobbled our transit agencies, so we're dependent on gas.
>Watch
> > > the price of foodstuffs and other necessities go way up in cost as gas
>goes up.
> > > Now that does hurt! Ever try to travel to another state to pick up
>roadster
> > > parts? Expensive, right? Shipping is gonna go up.
> > >
> > > As for me, I try not to worry about it. What can ya do? I'm enjoying the
>great
> > > gas mileage of my roadster (about 25 mpg) versus my van (16 mpg).
> > >
> > > Fred - So.SF
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