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[d.marra]

HI Bob K & Mr. Linsky;

Thanks for your replys, between us old veterans, we will try to get this Schenck history together. Before I go on, I started with Schenck Transportation Co in Feb 1957, as a driver. I stayed with Schenck until June 1973, the MSBA Takeover. On my off time, and days off, from MSBA, I continued to drive for Schenck through the summer of 1975.
Prior to Schenck, I drove for Star Bus Lines, Bellmore (6 months) from Aug 1956 till Feb 57.
The "nickname Mr. Schenck" was bestowed on me by the famous Guy Lombardo who lived in Freeport where I frequently drove charters to his East Point House Restaurant and Jones Beach Theatre.
Every time he saw me, he would yell out Hi Mr. Schenck. The name stuck with me all these years.

I stand corrected, as I did get my H's mixed up, naming Huntington, instead of Hendrickson as the operator of Glen Cove-Bayville and Oyster Bay-to Syosset. I first knew of Hendrickson in 1956, when I rode one of their buses from Hempstead to Glen Cove and back.
Howard E. Schenck owned a few bus companies besides the one that had his name. He had ties to more than half the buses in Nassau County. When we took delivery of our first GMC Fishbowl's in 1960, we found out that Schenck bought fishbowls for other local operators to get the buses at a cheaper "Fleet" price.
As for the Bee Line/ North Shore history, that was way before my time, and I only knew of the NYCTA taking over the North Shore routes in Queens. My only interest at the time was in Schencks history.
During my years at Schenck, I learned of the old North Shore routes they aquirred from Flushing to Glen Cove, and Jamaica to Mineola & Hicksville.

Jamaica-Hicksville route consisted of three segments, two of which were an old Trolley Line that came out of Flushing, along Northern Blvd, down a trestle to the Roslyn Clock Tower, to Mineola, and east to Hicksville via Westbury Ave.
That's it for tonight. Any additional info or corrections are Welcome..
G'night

Mr. Schenck aka Daniel M.

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I know that this topic is old but i have just recently learned that Utility Lines also operated a route from Patchouge to Ronkonkoma Via Selden. My guess that route is today the 7A.

I also heard that Suffolk and MSBA had a money disagreement and thats why the N19 was broken up.

And also all three routes (if the one i mentioned above was run by them) all ended up being given to Suffolk Bus Corp

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According to a brief text from an 1970 New York Times article about $480000.00 that was giving to 19 LI Bus companies for Maintenance.

One of the companies is said to be Utility Lines of Suffolk Bus Corporation at Bay Shore

[andy47]

Bee Line also owned Stage Coach Lines after about 1965, taking it over from prior operator Checker Bus Corp. (based in Hempstead). The most important Stage route was today's N72 along Hempstead Turnpike between Hempstead Terminal and Farmingdale. So it's interesting that the two biggest Nassau County private operators - Bee and Schenck - also expanded to control smaller operators. Bee owned Utility and Stage; Schenck owned Nassau Bus and briefly (after 1969) Universal Bus in Great Neck.

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