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Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 12:48 am Post subject: 'The Prewar Macks of the Newark Independents" |
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The 'Newark Independents' story along with Mack's participation can best be told in the May-June 1992 'Motor Coach Age' devoted almost exclusively to Newark by Murray S. Kramer.
However, to make a very long story as short as possible the Newark Independents started out in the mid teens as jitneys (wildcat operators) in Newark, New Jersey and on one particular route in neighboring Elizabeth (very much in the same fashion as the original Green Line drivers did in Manhattan).
These owner operators survived against attempts by the then Public Service Railway Company to take over all independent routes, and continued 'Parallel' or simultaneous services for more than sixty years until the then Public Service Coordinated sold out to the State of New Jersey which brought about the ultimate 'ratiionalization' of the Newark lines.
There was one basic difference between the stockholders of Green Line and those of Newark and that was the fact that the Newark buses were bought and owned by the individual drivers.
The listing below will include from left to right the permit number, fleet number (which, in some cases, will be the permit number), model number, serial number, owners name and year purchased (any additional remarks will be placed after the entry).
The Prewar Macks of the Newark Independents;
40-18, #40, AB, 592385, James Masi, 1925
40-18, #40, BK, 841444, James Masi Bus, Corporation, 1929
201-23, unk, AB, unk, Seidler Bus, Inc. 1920
201-23, unk, AB, 591919, Seidler, Bus, Inc., 1925
312-26, unk, AB, unk, Jacob Safiano, 1921
312-26, unk, AB, 592118, Jacob Safiano, 1925
222, unk, AB, 591312, John A. Pollcastro & Co., 1925
222, 222, AB, 59486, John A. Pollcastro & Co., 1925
222, 222, AB, 594126, John A. Pollcastro & Co., 1928
222, 222, BK, 841328, John A. Pollcastro & Co., 1929
222, 222, 6CW3S, 1250, John A. Pollcastro & Co., 1936
222, 222, 6CT3S, 1166, John A. Pollcastro & Co., 1936
316, 316, 6CT3S, 1167, Ryan Bus Service, 1937
392, unk, AB, 594877, Irving Transit Company, 1929
413, 413, 6CT3S, 1211, Van Buren Bus Company, 1937
6, 6, AB, 591408, Martucci Bus Company, 1926
6, 6, 6CT3S, 1352, Martucci Bus Company, 1937
6, 6, 6CT3S, 1224, Martucci Bus Co., 1937 (to City Service Transit 1943)
6, 6-3, 6CT3S, 1223 Martucci Bus Co., 1937 (" ")
115, 115-34, CO-3G, 1009, E. Vanderhoof & Sons, 1940 (to Browell Bus 1942 as # 463).
20, 20, AB, unk, William L. Elliot, 1922
20, 20, AB, 591304, William L. Elliot, 1925
20, 20, 6CQ3S, 1160, William L. Elliot, 1936
140, 140, AB, 594276, Lincoln Bus Company, 1928
140, 140, 6CX3S, 1047, Lincoln Bus Company, 1938
463, 463, AB, 594291, Browell Bus Company, 1928
463, 463, 6CL3S, 1269, Browell Bus Company, 1934
463, 463, CO-3G, 1009, Browell Bus Company, 1939 (from Vanderhoof).
484, 484, 6BK3S, 1006, Samuel D. Lines, 1930
68, 68, AB, unk, George Novello, unk.
25, 25, 6CT3S, 1305, Vailsburg Bus Company, 1937
348, 348, 6CT3S, 1302, Cisko Bus Company, 1937
467, 467, 6CQ3S, 1200, J & J Bus Company, 1936
471, 471, 6CT3S, 1304, Superior Bus Company, 1937
439, 439, 6CT3S, 1364, Elizabeth Bus Company, 1938
514, 514, 6CT3S, 1303, J & L Bus Company, 1937
590, 590, 6CQ3S, 1331, Italiana-La Spada Company, 1936
590, 590, 6CT3S, 1321, Itlaiana-La Spada Company, 1938
Ironbound Transportation Company (1925 - 1949)
372, 412, 570, 572, AB's, 59633,34,35,36, 1925
409, 410, AB's, 59155, 593039, 1926
411, AB, 591421, 1925 (to W & J Landsburg, 1927
1, AB, 522856, 1927
158, 159, 160, AB's, 594195,96,97, 1928
157, 373, AB's, 594403, 594492, 1929
388, AB, 59520, 1924 (to Villani Bus Company, 1932)
155,156, 374, 387, 389, AB's, 591885,86,87,89,90, 1925 (to Somerset Bus Company, 1936.
372, 412, 570, 578, 6CW3S's, 1645, 46, 47, 48, 1937
374, 387, 409, 410, 572, CY-3G's, 1198 to 1202, 1940
Trackless Transit Company of New Jersey (1922-1955)
22, 23, 6CW3S, 1341, 1342, 1936
29, 32, 6CQ3S, 1291, 1294, 1936
Information courtesy of The Motor Bus Society.
Mr. Linsky
"The Green Hornet"
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