EARLY BUS AND AUTO STAGE LINES

NEW YORK


BUS COMPANIES EXISTING IN THE 1920'S

Long Island.


Name                             Original Route               Start Date    End Date

Alert Line                       Freeport-Bellmore            Jul.  1, 1927
Babylon-Deer Park Busses         Deer Park-Babylon            Oct. 10, 1925-Dec. 31, 1929
Albert Bahr                      Nassau-Seaford               Jan.  1, 1923-1923
Baldwin & Baldwin Harbor Bus     Baldwin-Baldwin Harbor       Jan.  1, 1927
Baukney & Bickmeyer              Hempstead-Lynbrook/Baldwin   Jun.     1925-Mar. 30, 1926
Bay Park-East Rockaway Bus       East Rockaway-Bay Park       May   7, 1928
Bee Line                         Rosedale-Freeport            Dec. 29, 1925
Harry Bickmeyer                  Hempstead                    Jan.  1, 1923-Mar. 31, 1928
August Bilzi & Sons              Huntington-Melville                   1928
Blue & White Bus Co.             Islip-Patchogue/Ronkonkoma   Jan.  1. 1922
Raymond & Anthony Burr           Baldwin-Kings Parkway                 1928
Collins Bus Co.                  Port Jefferson-Riverhead     Jan.  1, 1925-Sep.  4, 1929
Ellsworth H. Combes              Rockville C.-Long Beach      Apr.  2, 1926
William A. Eaton                 Port Washington-Hicksville   Jan.  1, 1923-Dec.  5, 1927
Ferlazzo's Bus Line              Sayville-Patchogue           Mar.  7, 1921-1923
Freeport Bus Corp.               Freeport                     Jan.  1, 1924-1927
Louis A. Fuoco                   Bellport-Patchogue           Jul.  1, 1927
Glen Cove & New York Coach Co.   Glen Cove-Little Neck                 1928-1928
Hempstead Bus Corp.              Lynbrook-Garden City         Mar. 21, 1926
Irwin S. Hendrickson             Glen Cove-Oyster Bay         Apr.  1, 1929
Huntington Coach Corp.           Halesite-Huntington          Aug. 15, 1927
Jerusalem Avenue Bus Line        Hempstead-North Bellmore     Jan.  1, 1924
Walter Jones Bus Line            Patchogue-Port Jefferson     Jan.  1, 1923
Long Beach Bus Co.               Long Beach                   Jul.  3, 1926
George V. Lyons                  Bayville-Seaford             Sep.  1, 1926-May  12, 1927
Mathewson's Bus Line             Patchogue-Medford            Jan.  1, 1923
Ernest Naber                     Riverhead-Port Jefferson     Sep.  5, 1929
Nassau Bus Lines                 Lynbrook-New York City       Jan.  1, 1923
Northport Transportation Co.     Cold Spring-Northport        Jan.  1, 1926
North Shore Bus Co.              Little Neck-Roslyn           Jul.  1, 1921
North Shore Coach Service        Bayville-New York City       May  12, 1927
Charles G. Offerman              Merrick-North Bellmore       Mar.     1925
Regan Bus Line                   Bellmore                     Jan.  1, 1923-Mar. 31, 1928
Ritchie & Gordon                 Brookhaven-Sayville          May. 21, 1921-1921
Robinson & O'Neil                Patchogue-Yaphank            Jan.  1, 1923-1924
Rockville Centre Bus Corp.       Rockville Centre                      1928
Schenck Transportation Co.       Mineola                      Apr. 16, 1926
Semke Bus Line                   Hempstead-Rockville Center   Jan. 12, 1924
Louis J. Steiner                 Bellmore-East Meadow         Jan.  1, 1923-Jun. 30, 1926
Alanson S. Still                 Patchogue-West Sayville      Jul.  1, 1921-1925
Swezey's Bus Line                Babylon-Central Islip        Jun. 22, 1920
Universal Auto Bus Service       Great Neck                   Jul.  1, 1921
Utility Lines                    Patchogue-Sayville           Dec. 24, 1929
Elmer L. Way                     Roosevelt-Freeport           Jun.  1, 1923-Jun. 30, 1927
William S. Wells                 Stony Brook-Port Jefferson   Jan.  1, 1923-Aug. 20, 1928
             Sold to Huntington Coach Corp.
Charles H. Woop                  Amityville-Huntington        Jan.  1, 1924

Name                             Original Route               Start Date    End Date


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