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Haulers, drivers, express, movers, storage, junk dealers
What's on this page:
- 20th-century hauling, truckers, coal delivery
- Haulers, teamsters, truckmen, movers, storage, junk dealers
listed in directories 1895-1940
- Transportation in the automotive age
- Transportation
companies
- Transportation by horse
- Railroads that served the Freeland area, by Charlie Gallagher
The photo at top left came from John Zubach and shows a good view of what delivery of goods by horse and wagon/sleigh in winter would have been like. It looks like the one at left is being used for snow removal from in front of the Central Hotel. The one at right is probably delivering beer. And there's another horse and wagon/sleigh just behind the one full of snow at left, and maybe another one behind that. For those not familiar with Freeland's streets, the photographer was standing in the middle of the 600 block of Center Street, looking north.
20th-century hauling, truckers, coal delivery
Thanks to Ed Merrick and Jim DiSpirito for additions. The 1940 census notes come from Ed Merrick.
See also the page on Stores on Wheels for more drivers. Please send corrections and additions!
Peter Barna - Coal
hauling or general teaming work (from Ed Merrick, 1925 ad)J. T. Breznitsky General Hauling and Coal - 1010 Carbon St. (Jack Breznitsky, proprietor), "37 Years Dependable Prompt Service" (from Ed Merrick, 1986 St. Casimir's booklet)
Patrick Carr - 975 Walnut St., trucking (age 41 in 1940 Census)
Stanley Deitrick - 934 Ridge St. - Teaming and hauling; coal orders taken (1924 ad)
Andrew Duda - 630 Cedar St., trucking (age 42 in 1940 Census) - Some will remember the ad slogan, "You Duda calling, we Duda hauling")
Gordon Feissner - rear 521 Main St., truck driver, general hauling (age 23 in 1940 Census)
Charles
Fisher - 525 Washington St., truck driver, general
hauling (age 52 in 1940 Census)Francis Gallagher - 315 Washington St., truck driver, general hauling (age 31 in 1940 Census)
Patrick J. Gallagher - 215 Alvin St., trucking and coal hauling, own place (age 39 in 1940 Census) - Patrick J. Gallagher - hauling of all kinds, including coal - headquarters at Martin's Hardware Store (from Ed Merrick, 1922 ad)
(From Jim DiSpirito: Just for your info, my other Grandfather, Pat Gallagher, had a coal hauling business in Freeland and your family (Tancins) did all our tire work.)
Gordy's Coal Delivery
(from Ed Merrick, 1947 ad)
J.
Herbener - Coal delivery, general hauling. (ad from Ed Merrick)Howard Kay - 731 Ingham St., trucker, employer (age 34 in 1940 Census)
Lechman Bros. - George
Lechman - Teaming and hauling of all kinds - (1924 ad shown here)James Lutz - 922 Walnut St., truck driver, trailer (age 24 in 1940 Census)
Masley's Wreckers / Masley's Junkyard - Butler Terrace Road, across from St. Michael's Cemetery (Pete Masley, proprietor) - Salvage business founded in the late 1940s (from Charlie Stumpf, 1998 obituary)
(From Mary Ann Rosetta Schaeffer: My cousin, Pete Masley use to own and operate a junk yard, started about l949-l950, which was across from the St. Michael's cemetary, I believe. He had it when I was a little girl, until he got sick some years ago and had to sell it to his nephew Thomas Masley about l986-l988, and later he sold it to a person from Blakesly, Pa. around l998-l999)
Harry Shanno and Emory
Shanno - 925 Washington St.,
truckers, partnership (ages 48 and 44 in 1940 Census) Photos at left
from Karen Kreitzberger Pollett; her newspaper photo is dated 1932. In
the
older photo, Harry Shanno is in the center. 
Andrew
Soltis and Andrew Soltis, Jr. - 615 South St.,
general hauling, moving van (ages 66 and 30 in 1940 Census) - Soltis
Local and Long Distance Moving - 615 South St. - Andrew Soltis (from Ed
Merrick, 1931 ad; also listed in 1928-1929 directory) - 1940 directory
lists George Soltis - Charlie Gallagher reports that Soltis also stored
cars. Another building was erected at 615 South St. for Soltis's nephew
Andrew Hasara to have a small grocery and meats store. Andy's kielbasa
was legendary among area residents.Haulers, teamsters, truckmen, movers, storage, junk dealers listed in directories 1895-1940
Teaming price list at right is from John Zubach.
1895 South Heberton city
directoryIn individual listings:
Krommes, Edward, driver, Birkbeck St. near Walnut St., h
Krose, Henry, driver, Birkbeck St., h
Krouse, Julius, driver, Birkbeck St., h
McMurtrie, William, teamster, Birkbeck St., h
Moyer, Richard, driver, Birkbeck St., h
Volknand, John, driver, Birkbeck St., h
1897 city directory
In individual listings:
Johnson, William, teamster, 93 E Front, h
1900-1901 city directory
In business listings:
McHugh, James, expressman, Freeland
1921-1922 city directory
In business listings:
American Railway Express Co., Centre & L V R R
Diamond, Herman L., junk dealer, 825 Centre
1928-1929 city directory
In business listings:
DiTolvo, Michael, junk dealer, 1133 Birkbeck
Duda, Andrew, [under heading Express, Drayage and Moving], 630 Cedar
Kay, Edward, [under heading Express, Drayage and Moving], 613 Center
Soltis, Andrew, [under heading Express, Drayage and Moving], 615 South
1940 city directory
In business listings:
Deiterich, Stanley, truckman, 832 Main
Feissner, Jacob, truckman, 450 South
Gallagher, Patk. J., truckman, 215 Alvin
Griffith, J. E. & J. H., storage, 544 Carbon
Railway Express Agency, 206 Centre
Shanno Bros., truckman, 925 Washington
Soltis, Geo., truckman, 615 South
And, from the 1940 Federal census, contributed by Ed Merrick:
Patrick Carr, 41, 975 Walnut Street, trucking
Andrew Duda, 48, 640 Cedar Street, trucking
Francis Gallagher, 31, 315 Washington Street, truckdriver, general hauling
Patrick Gallagher, 39, 215 Alvin Street, trucking, own place
James Lutz, 24, 922 Walnut Street, truck driver, trailer