Re: (erielack) Water bottles...

["Paul Brezicki" <doctorpb_@_bellsouth.net>]

Paul,

I'll be interested to see your list. Solvay was listed as Allied Chemical, the #3 customer in 1974 in terms of units. This ranking basis can be deceiving, since much of the traffic was short-haul: Drew's wastewater, Allied's minerals, and steel co. ore from the Cleveland dock to the Mahoning Valley. In contrast, the minimum haul for UPS trailers (#2 customer in terms of "units" in 1974) was 600 miles, and the average haul at least 900 miles.

Paul B 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: paultup_@_comcast.net 
  To: Paul Brezicki ; EL Mailing List 
  Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2007 9:09 AM
  Subject: RE: (erielack) Water bottles...


  > Paul, was it owned by someone else during the 1970's? Neither Drew nor PVO 
  > Int'l appears in my list of top 100 EL customers in 1973-1974. International 
  > multifoods, perhaps? (#17 in 1974). It was an important EL customer but was 
  > not in the top ten, which was comprised of UPS, GM, Ford and steel cos. for 
  > the most part. 

  It was known as PVO International in the 1970s. (PVO = "Pacific Vegetable Oil") I have to find where the list I'm referencing is from, it might have been in an article in an older Diamond?

  It was definitely NOT Int'l Multifoods, however. From my foggy memory, I remember the top 10 list showed Ford, a lot of steel companies, and Drew/PVO was on there as well. The list didn't show intermodal customers. I seem to remember Solvay was also in the top 10.

  Will have to dig around once I return from my business trip this week.

        - Paul


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