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Southern Pacific - Helping Ho Chi-Minh plus the Bennett v. Southern Pacific (1989) Witness Murder

Southern Pacific - Helping Ho Chi-Minh but also killing witnesses in Bennett v. Southern Pacific 

As Bennett approach the trial date in the Matter of Bennett v. Southern Pacific, Attorney Rob Galler asked where are your witness.  Dude I've been busy I just lost part of my hand, my cabinet shop, a few million while recovering from a TBI.
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Helping Ho ChiMinh 
During 2019, Bennett former plaintiff in Bennett v Southern he was attacked nearly killed in the Walnut Creek Public Library, prior to that he was attacked again by a security guard, left with badly crunched ribs, unable to work and thankfully the City of Walnut Creek left him to die out in temperatures below freezing.
   
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Connecting Pete Bennett to Senator Dianne Feinstein to the Strack Murders

Connecting Pete Bennett to Senator Dianne Feinstein

The Dubious Phone Call and Time Wasting Project
The folks at TPG will have to answer to my Whistleblower Complaints on the truly odd collection of RFPs emanating from companies connected to Richard Blum, William McGlashan, CBRE, Regency Centers, Trammel Crow, Lennar, Catellus.

My story is about witness murders, private equity, mergers and acquisitions linked back to the Matter of Bennett v. Southern Pacific lost in 1989.  It was a winnable case as long the witnesses testified.  
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EX-10.9 a2119764zex-10_9.htm EXHIBIT 10.9 
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Exhibit 10.9

JOINDER AND AMENDMENT AGREEMENT 
        This Joinder and Amendment Agreement is dated as of June 25, 2003 among (i) Fremont Partners, L.P., (ii) Blum Capital Partners, L.P., (iii) Kinetic Concepts, Inc. ("KCI"), (iv) The Common Fund for Non-Profit Organizations, for the account of its Multi-Strategy Equity Fund (the "Common Fund"), (v) Stinson Capital Partners II, L.P., (vi) RCBA-KCI Capital Partners, L.P., (vii) Fremont Partners Side-by-Side, L.P., (viii) Fremont-KCI Co-Investment Company, L.L.C., (ix) Fremont Purchaser II, Inc., (x) Fremont Acquisition Company II, L.L.C. (xi) Fremont Acquisition Company IIA, L.L.C., (xii) Fremont Offshore Partners, L.P., (xiii) James R. Leininger, M.D., (xiv) Blum Strategic Partners II, L.P. ("Strategic II") and (xv) Blum Strategic Partners II GmbH & Co. KG ("Strategic II Germany").
        WHEREAS, the Shareholders are parties to an Agreement among Shareholders, dated as of November 5, 1997 (the "Shareholders Agreement");
        WHEREAS, the Common Fund wishes to transfer to Strategic II and Strategic II Germany, and Strategic II and Strategic II Germany wish to purchase from The Common Fund all of its shares of Common Stock;
        WHEREAS, each of Strategic II and Strategic II Germany are Affiliates of Blum Capital Partners, L.P.; and
        WHEREAS, each of the parties hereto wishes to permit such transfer, have Strategic II and Strategic II Germany become a party to, and be governed by, the provisions of the Shareholders Agreement, and include Strategic II and Strategic II Germany in Schedules 1.11 and 1.12 of the Shareholders Agreement and as members of the RCBA/KCI Group;
        NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree to modify and amend the Shareholders Agreement as follows:
        1.     Joinder. As of the date hereof, each of Strategic II and Strategic II Germany shall become a party to, and be bound by, the terms of the Shareholders Agreement as a Shareholder with the same effect as if they each had been an original party thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of the parties hereto agrees that the Shareholders Agreement will be amended to (i) amend and restate Schedules 1.11 and 1.12 in their entirety such that they are in the forms attached as Exhibits A and B hereto, respectively and (ii) include each of Strategic II and Strategic II Germany in the definition of "RCBA/KCI Group."
        2.     Waiver and Withdrawal. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Shareholders Agreement, each of the parties hereto expressly consents to the Transfer of the shares of Common Stock held by the Common Fund to Strategic II and Strategic II Germany, waives any rights it may have with respect to such Transfer. The Common Fund expressly withdraws from the Shareholders Agreement as of the date hereof and agrees that it shall have no rights or obligations as a Shareholder thereunder as of the date hereof.
        3.     Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become effective as to each party upon its execution by the parties on the date set forth above. Except as specifically modified herein, the Shareholders Agreement shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with the provisions thereof.
        4.     Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Shareholders Agreement.
        5.     Headings. The titles of the Sections of this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not be interpreted to limit or amplify the provisions of this Agreement.
        6.     Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed as an original and all of which, taken together, shall constitute one and the same instrument, which may be sufficiently evidenced by one counterpart.


        7.     Severability. Each provision of this Agreement shall be considered separable and if for any reason any provision or provisions hereof are determined to be invalid and contrary to any existing or future law, such invalidity shall not impair the operation of or affect those portions of this Agreement that are valid.
        8.     Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware without giving effect to the conflicts of law principles thereof.
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        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this agreement as of the date first written above.
  FREMONT PARTNERS, L.P.

 

 

By:

 

FP Advisors, L.L.C. its managing member

 

 

 

 

By:

 

Fremont Group, L.L.C., its managing member

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

Fremont Investors, Inc., its manager

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/  
JAMES FARRELL      
Name:
Title:

 

 

BLUM CAPITAL PARTNERS, L.P.

 

 

By:

 

Richard C. Blum & Associates, Inc., its General Partner

 

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/  
N. COLIN LIND      
Name: N. Colin Lind
Title: Managing Partner

 

 

KINETIC CONCEPTS, INC.

 

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/  
DENNIS E. NOLL      
Name: Dennis E. Noll
Title: Sr. Vice President
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FREMONT OFFSHORE PARTNERS, L.P.

 

 

By:

 

FP Advisors, L.L.C., its non-member manager

 

 

 

 

By:

 

Fremont Group, L.L.C., its managing member

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

Fremont Investors, Inc., its manager

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/  
JAMES FARRELL      
Name:
Title:

 

 

/s/  
JAMES R. LEININGER, M.D.      
James R. Leininger, M.D.

 

 

BLUM STRATEGIC PARTNERS II, L.P.

 

 

By:

 

Blum Strategic GP II, L.L.C., its managing member

 

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/  
N. COLIN LIND      
Name: N. Colin Lind
Title: Managing Member

 

 

BLUM STRATEGIC PARTNERS II GMBH & CO. KG

 

 

By:

 

Blum Strategic GP II, L.L.C., its managing limited partner

 

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/  
N. COLIN LIND      
Name: N. Colin Lind
Title: Managing Member
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THE COMMON FUND FOR NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS,
for the account of its Multi-Strategy Equity Fund

 

 

By:

 

Blum Capital Partners, L.P., its attorney-in-fact

 

 

 

 

By:

 

Richard C. Blum & Associates, Inc., its General Partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/  
ROBERT L. BOVINETTE      
Name: Robert L. Bovinette
Title: President

 

 

STINSON CAPITAL PARTNERS II, L.P.

 

 

By:

 

Blum Capital Partners, L.P., its General Partner

 

 

 

 

By:

 

Richard C. Blum & Associates, Inc., its General Partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/  
N. COLIN LIND      
Name: N. Colin Lind
Title: Managing Member

 

 

RCBA-KCI CAPITAL PARTNERS, L.P.

 

 

By:

 

Blum Capital Partners, L.P., its General Partner

 

 

 

 

By:

 

Richard C. Blum & Associates, Inc., its General Partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/  
N. COLIN LIND      
Name: N. Colin Lind
Title: Managing Member

 

 

FREMONT PARTNERS SIDE-BY-SIDE, L.P.

 

 

By:

 

Fremont Group, L.L.C., its General Partner

 

 

 

 

By:

 

Fremont Investors, Inc., its manager

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/  
JAMES FARRELL      
Name:
Title:

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FREMONT-KCI CO-INVESTMENT COMPANY, LLC.

 

 

By:

 

FP Advisors, L.L.C., its member-manager

 

 

 

 

By:

 

Fremont Group, L.L.C., its managing member

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

Fremont Investors, Inc., its manager

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/  
JAMES FARRELL      
Name:
Title:

 

 

FREMONT PURCHASER II, INC.

 

 

By:

 

/s/  
JAMES FARRELL      
Name:
Title:

 

 

FREMONT ACQUISITION COMPANY II, L.L.C.

 

 

By:

 

Fremont Partners, L.P., its member

 

 

 

 

By:

 

FP Advisors, L.L.C., its General Partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

Fremont Group, L.L.C., its managing member

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

Fremont Investors, Inc., its manager

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/  
JAMES FARRELL      
Name:
Title:

 

 

FREMONT ACQUISITION COMPANY IIA, L.L.C.

 

 

By:

 

FP Advisors, L.L.C., its non-member manager

 

 

 

 

By:

 

Fremont Group, L.L.C., its managing member

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

Fremont Investors, Inc., its manager

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/  
JAMES FARRELL      
Name:
Title:
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Exhibit A
Amended & Restated Schedule 1.11 
List of Affiliates of Richard C. Blum & Associates, L.P.:
Stinson Capital Partners, L.P.
Stinson Capital Partners II, L.P.
BK Capital Partners IV, L.P.
The Carpenters Pension Trust for Southern California
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America Local Unions and Councils Pension Fund
Insurance Company Supported Organizations Pension Plan
Richard C. Blum & Associates, Inc.
Richard C. Blum
Prism Partners I, LP.
Weintraub Capital Management
Jerald M. Weintraub
RCBA-KCI Capital Partners, L.P.
RCBA Purchaser I, L.P.
Blum Strategic Partners II, L.P.
Blum Strategic Partners II GmbH & Co. KG

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Exhibit B
Amended & Restated Schedule 1.12 
Members of the RCBA/KCI Group:
RCBA-KCI Capital Partners, L.P.
Stinson Capital Partners II, L.P.
RCBA Purchaser I, L.P.
Blum Strategic Partners II, L.P.
Blum Strategic Partners II GmbH & Co. KG

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Exhibit A Amended & Restated Schedule 1.11
Exhibit B Amended & Restated Schedule 1.12
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Silver Lake Partners buys out Blackhawk Networks while ComputerLand Employee lose their retirement?

Connecting Silver Lake Partners, William Tauscher to 500 La Gonda Way, Developer Sid Corrie, Attorney Daniel Horowitz defending Attorney William McCann then several years later the murder of Pamela Vitale wife of

Horowitz to ComputerLand corporate.   

Pete Bennett former ComputerLand programmer uncovered a spate of dubious RMAs.    

When $250,000 or more of Apple IIe came back in November 1995 by then my reports were proving something was wrong.  That was arround they disassembled the server room put it on my cubicle line where electicsal sparks began  

Bennett developed the Reports friends of former Safeway CEO Steve Burd flipped Bennett's trailer after they blew up his truck and to think I actually know CEO Steve Burd.
Oh Yeah, I forget Mainframe Designs Cabinets & Fixtures built hundreds of their End Caps, Displays, Racks and Stands plus hundreds of Coffee Displays. 




The folks at TPG will have to answer to my Whistleblower Complaints on the truly odd collection of RFPs emanating from companies connected to Richard Blum, William McGlashan, CBRE, Regency Centers, Trammel Crow, Lennar, Catellus.

My story is about witness murders, private equity, mergers and acquisitions linked back to the Matter of Bennett v. Southern Pacific lost in 1989.  It was a winnable wherese as long the witnesses testified.  
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The Tracy Rail Yards Safeway Land Grab - Burn em' then screw em'



For more than 100 years, Tracy, Calif., served as one of the major centers of rail transportation in the western United States. Beginning in the 1860s, transcontinental passenger and freight trains heading to and from the San Francisco Bay Area passed through the sprawling Tracy rail yard.
According to Southern Pacific records, Tracy's freight yard set records for traffic handled through its connections with Oakland, San Jose and San Francisco (via Niles Canyon), Martinez (via the Mococo Line that parallels the Byron Highway), Los Banos (via the Westside Branch) and Stockton, Fresno and Sacramento (via the Lathrop branch), and on to Los Angeles, Portland, Ogden and points east.
Into the 1970s, passenger trains, including the San Joaquin Daylight and the overnight Owl, made daily stops at the busy Tracy depot. Sugar beets, tomatoes, asparagus, dry beans and other produce were loaded on trains in Tracy, and the city once boasted one of the largest petroleum storage facilities on the West Coast, which also served as a fueling station for oil-fired steam locomotives.
In essence, Tracy grew up around the railroad, with train crews and maintenance workers settling in homes that bordered on the rail yard, which in turn led to the establishment of local banks, restaurants, grocers and other supporting businesses.
Railroading continues to be a key element of Tracy's present - witness the busy Altamont Corridor Express trains that pick up and drop off passengers here every morning and afternoon, and the city could once again be an important hub for the future high-speed rail project in California.
The Train Town USA designation and development of the "Bowtie" area as the Downtown Tracy Railroad Historical District, along with the creation of the San Joaquin Valley Railroad Museum, affords the opportunity to attract countless railroad enthusiasts of all ages to the city for a variety of activities throughout the year, and would serve as a vital component in the revitalization of the downtown area.



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ComputerLand - Merisel - Synnex

From late 1995 to March 1996 I was subcontracted to ComputerLand Corporate but in another life my former Cabinet Shop built cabinets and casework for Computerland Stores, Safeway and Contra Costa College District.

There is distinctly unique about Steve Burd's connection to Hillside Covenant Church where their youth director breached my laptop in 2011 and several weeks my car was deliberately totaled in Lafayette CA but Chief Christanson  refused to investigate.  Several months later I handed documents to Chief Bryden about Gary Vinson Collins who is now dead. 

In 1995 I revealed my reports to ComputerLand Management where it was clear as day they we're losing or had lost millions.  The losses were the classic "Rocks in the Box" where returns were arriving after being stalled at VanStar distribution. 

Long after Merisel bought the rights to distribution the losses tallied up to millions.  I remember arguing with one long term employee who later was in tears.  When Merisel's stock tanked she lost everything that she invested in the closed ended investment model. 

More later. 

 
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ACCESSION NUMBER:  0000724941-97-000005
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:  2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 19970328
ITEM INFORMATION:  Acquisition or disposition of assets
FILED AS OF DATE:  19970415
SROS:   NASD

FILER:

 COMPANY DATA: 
  COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:   MERISEL INC /DE/
  CENTRAL INDEX KEY:   0000724941
  STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: WHOLESALE-COMPUTER & PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT & SOFTWARE [5045]
  IRS NUMBER:    954172359
  STATE OF INCORPORATION:   DE
  FISCAL YEAR END:   1231

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  FORM TYPE:  8-K
  SEC ACT:  1934 Act
  SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-17156
  FILM NUMBER:  97580987

 BUSINESS ADDRESS: 
  STREET 1:  200 CONTINENTAL BLVD
  CITY:   EL SEGUNDO
  STATE:   CA
  ZIP:   90245-0984
  BUSINESS PHONE:  3106153080

 MAIL ADDRESS: 
  STREET 1:  200 CONTINENTAL BLVD
  CITY:   EL SEGUNDO
  STATE:   CA
  ZIP:   90245-0984

 FORMER COMPANY: 
  FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SOFTSEL COMPUTER PRODUCTS INC
  DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19910509


8-K
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               SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                     Washington, D.C. 20549
                                
                                
                                
                            FORM 8-K
                                
                         CURRENT REPORT
               Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
               the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                                
                 Date of Report: April 14, 1997


                                
                                
                          MERISEL, INC.
     (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
                                
                                
                                
Delaware                           0-17156               95-4172359
(State or other jurisdiction     (Commission File      (I.R.S. Employer
 of incorporation or              Number)               Identification Number)
 organization)                                       




                    200 Continental Boulevard
                   El Segundo, CA  90245-0984
            (Address of principal executive offices)
                           (Zip code)
                                
                                
                                
                         (310)  615-3080
      (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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Item 2.  Acquisition or Disposition of Assets

On March 31, 1997, Merisel, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
("Company") completed the sale of substantially all of the assets
of its wholly-owned subsidiary Merisel FAB, Inc., a Delaware
corporation ("Merisel FAB"),to ComputerLand Corporation
(ComputerLand), a wholly-owned subsidiary of SYNNEX Information
Technologies, Inc., a California corporation  ("Synnex"). Merisel
FAB operates the Company's Franchise and Aggregation
Business ("FAB").  The sale was effective as of March 28, 1997,
pursuant to a Purchase Agreement (the"Purchase Agreement") dated
January 15, 1997, as amended, among the Company, Merisel FAB, 
Computerland and Synnex.

The sale price, computed based upon the February 21,
1997 balance sheet of Merisel FAB was approximately $31,992,000
consisting of ComputerLand assuming $11,992,000 of trade
payables and accrued liabilities and a $20,000,000 extended
payable due to a third party.  As part the sale, the Company
agreed to extend rebates to Synnex on future purchases at a
defined rate per dollar of purchases, not to exceed $2,000,000.
The purchase price is subject to adjustments based upon Merisel
FAB's March 28, 1997 balance sheet.  In the quarter ended
December 31, 1996, the Company recorded an impairment charge of
$2,033,000 to adjust Merisel FAB's Assets to their fair value.

For additional information see the  March 31, 1997 press release 
of Merisel, Inc.,a copy of which is attached hereto as an exhibit.

Item 7.   Financial Statements and Exhibits

(a)  Financial Statements of Business Acquired.
     Not Applicable
(b)  Pro Forma Financial Information

The Following unaudited pro forma financial statements are filed
with this report:
    Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Balance 
     Sheet as of December 31, 1996................................. Page 4
    Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings:
     Year Ended December 31,1996................................... Page 5
     Year Ended December 31,1995................................... Page 6
    Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated
     Financial Statements....................................... Pages 7-8
               
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     The unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet
of the Company as of December 31, 1996 reflects the financial
position of  the Company after giving effect to the disposition
of substantially all of FAB as discussed in Item 2 and assumes
the disposition took place on December 31, 1996.  The Pro Forma
Condensed Consolidated Statements of operations for the years
ended December 31, 1995 and December 31, 1996 assume that the
disposition occurred on January 1, 1995 and January 1, 1996, respectively
and are based on the operations of the Company for the years
ended December 31, 1995 and December 31, 1996.
     The unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial
statements presented herein are shown for illustrative purposes
only and are not necessarily indicative of the future financial
position or future results of operations of the Company, or of
the financial position or results of operations of the Company
that would have actually occurred had the transaction occurred as
of the date or for the periods presented.
     The unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial
statements should be read in conjunction with the historical
financial statements and related notes of the Company.

 (c) Exhibits

           2.1 Purchase Agreement dated as of  January 15, 1997
               by and among Merisel, Inc., Merisel FAB., Inc., Syn
               Fab, Inc., and Synnex Information Technologies, Inc.(1)

           2.2 Amendment No. 1 to Asset Purchase Agreement dated
               as of March 6, 1997. (1)

          99.1 Press release of Merisel, Inc. Dated
               March 31, 1997.
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     (1)  Incorporated herein by reference to the Annual Report
          on Form 10-K of the Company for the annual period ended
          December 28, 1996.

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                     PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION
                      MERISEL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
           UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
                            (In thousands)
                                                              
Pro Forma Adjustments Historical 12/31/96 FAB Other Pro Forma Current Assets: Cash & Cash Equivalents $ 44,678 $44,678 Accounts Receivable (net of allowances) 168,295 $6,850(a) 161,445 Inventories 392,557 392,557 Prepaid Expenses 16,925 16,925 Income Taxes Receivable 2,183 2,183 Deferred Income Tax Benefit 482 482 -------- ------- -------- ------- Total current assets 625,120 6,850 618,270 Property and Equipment, Net 61,430 542(a) 60,888 Cost in Excess of Net Assets Acquired 41,724 15,374(b) 26,350 Other Assets 2,765 2,765 -------- -------- -------- ------- Total Assets 731,039 22,766 708,273 -------- -------- -------- ------- -------- -------- -------- ------- Current Liabilities: Accounts Payable $383,548 $25,711(a) $357,837 Accrued Liabilities 37,543 952(a) 4,085(c) 40,676 Short-Term Debt Long-Term Debt-Current 9,084 9,084 Subordinated Debt-Current 4,400 4,400 -------- -------- -------- ------- Total Current Liabilities 434,575 26,663 4,085 411,997 Long-Term Debt 268,079 268,079 Subordinated Debt 13,200 13,200 other Long-term Debt 188 188(a) --------- -------- -------- -------- Total Liabilities 716,042 26,851 4,085 693,276 --------- -------- -------- -------- Total Stockholders' Equity 14,997 (4,085) (4,085) 14,997 Total Liabilities and Stockholders Equity $731,039 $22,766 $708,273 -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- --------- --------
See accompanying notes to unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial statements. -4- PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION MERISEL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1996 (In Thousands, Except Per Share Data)
Pro Forma Adjustments Historical 12/31/96 FAB (a) Other Pro Forma Net Sales $5,522,824 $1,021,310 $4,501,514 Cost of Sales 5,233,570 984,515 4,249,055 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Gross Profit 289,254 36,795 252,459 Selling, General & Administrative Expenses 295,021 33,689 261,332 Impairment Loss 42,033 42,033 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Operating Loss (47,800) (38,927) (8,873) Loss on Sale of European, Mexican and Latin American Operations 33,455 33,455 Interest Expense 37,431 255 37,176 Other Expense 20,150 58 20,092 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Loss Before Income Taxes (138,836) (39,240) (99,596) Income Tax Provision (1,539) (60) (1,479) ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Net Loss $(140,375) $(39,300) $(101,075) ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------- Net Loss Per Share $ (4.68) $ (3.37) ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------- Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding 30,001 30,001 ----------- ---------- ----------- ----------
See accompanying notes to unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial statements. -6- PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION MERISEL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995 (In Thousands, Except Per Share Data)
Pro Forma Adjustments Historical 12/31/96 FAB (a) Other ProForma Net Sales $5,956,967 $1,141,094 $ $4,815,873 Cost of Sales 5,633,278 1,097,673 4,535,605 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Gross Profit 323,689 43,421 280,268 Selling, General & Administrative Expenses 317,195 41,468 2,986(b) 278,713 Impairment Losses 51,383 30,000 21,383 Restructuring Charge 9,333 9,333 ---------- ---------- ----------- ---------- Operating Loss (54,222) (28,047) (2,986) (29,161) Interest Expense 37,583 4,210 33,373 Other Expense 13,885 137 13,748 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Loss Before Income Taxes (105,690) (32,394) (2,986) (76,282) Income Tax Benefit 21,779 903 20,876 ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------- Net Loss $ (83,911) $ (31,491) $ (2,986) $ (55,406) ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Net Loss Per Share $ (2.82) $ (1.86) ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding 29,806 29,806 ----------- ---------- ----------- ----------
See accompanying notes to unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial statements. -7- Notes to the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements 1. General The foregoing unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial statements illustrate the effect of the sale by the Company of substantially all the assets of Merisel FAB, Inc. to ComputerLand Corporation ("ComputerLand"), a wholly owned subsidiary of SYNNEX Information Technologies, Inc. ("Synnex") pursuant to a Purchase Agreement (the "Purchase Agreement") among the Company, Merisel FAB, Inc., ComputerLand, and Synnex. Merisel FAB operates the Company's Franchise and Aggregation Business ("FAB"). The sales price, if computed at December, 31 1996, would have been $26,850,000 consisting of $6,850,000 of trade payable and accrued liabilites and a $20,000,000 extended payable due to Vanstar Corporation. As part of the sale, the Company agreed to extend rebates to Synnex on future purchases at a defined rate per dollar of purchases, not to exceed $2,000,000. The sales price is subject to adjustments based upon the March 28, 1997 balance sheet. Because the Company recorded an impairment charge of $2,033,000 in the quarter ended December 31, 1996 to adjust Merisel FAB's assets to their fair value, the recognition of this sale as of December 31, 1996 would not result in a loss as follows: Purchase price 26,850,000 Book value of FAB Assets purchased (7,392,000) Value of rebates to be paid to buyer (2,000,000) Intangible assets associated with FAB to be written off (15,374,000) Estimated direct and other costs associated with the transaction (2,084,000) ------------ Loss on Sale of FAB 0 ------------ ------------ 2. Pro Forma Balance Sheet Adjustments a)FAB - Represents the historical unaudited December 31, 1996 balances for Merisel FAB for those assets transferred to, and liabilities assumed by ComputerLand. b) Cost in excess of net asset acquired - Amounts relate to Merisel FAB which will be written off as a result of the sale. c) Accrued Liabilities - Represents adjustments to accrue $2,000,000 of rebates extended to Synnex as part of the purchase agreement, and $2,085,000 of direct costs associated with the sale of FAB. 3. Pro Forma Income Statement Adjustments for the Year Ended December 31, 1996 a)FAB - Represents the historical unaudited December 31, 1996 balances for Merisel FAB which are eliminated to reflect the sale of Merisel FAB. 4. Pro Forma Income Statement Adjustments for the Year Ended December 31, 1995 a)FAB - Represents the historical unaudited December 31, 1995 balances for Merisel FAB which are eliminated to reflect the sale of Merisel FAB. b)Selling, General and Administrative Expenses. In 1995 certain corporate costs were allocated by Merisel to Merisel FAB (corporate overhead, administrative expenses, etc.). It is likely that such costs would not have been eliminated due to the sale of FAB, and are therefore added back for the purposes of this pro forma presentation. -7- SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereto duly authorized. MERISEL, INC. Date: April 14, 1997 /S/ JAMES E. ILLSON ---------------------------- James E. Illson, Senior Vice President Finance, and Chief Financial Officer (Duly authorized officer and principal financial officer)
EX-99 2 For Immediate Release Financial Media/Investor Relations: Rivian Bell (310) 615-6812 (310) 615-6868 (800) 686-1910 (24-hour pager) Richard Bernhardt Sr. Manager, Marketing Communications ComputerLand Corporation (510) 467-6097 richard.bernhardt@merisel.com Merisel Completes Sale of FAB Subsidiary El Segundo, Calif. (March 31, 1997) -- Merisel, Inc. (NASDAQ:MSEL) announced today that, as of March 28, 1997, the company has completed the sale of substantially all of the assets of its wholly owned subsidiary, Merisel FAB, Inc., to ComputerLand Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Synnex Information Technologies, Inc., a Fremont, Calif.-based distributor of microcomputers and communication, networking, peripheral, and storage products. Merisel FAB, Inc. operated the company's ComputerLand Franchise and Datago businesses. Terms of the sale called for the buyer to acquire substantially all of the assets and assume substantially all of the liabilities of Merisel FAB, Inc. The liabilities assumed by the buyer include an extended payable of $20,000,000 due to Vanstar Corporation. In the quarter ended Dec. 31, 1996, Merisel, Inc. recorded an impairment charge of $2,033,000 to adjust Merisel FAB's assets to fair market value. Merisel, Inc. (NASDAQ:MSEL) is a leader in the distribution of computer hardware, software and networking products. Merisel distributes a full line of 25,000 products to more than 45,000 resellers throughout the U.S. and Canada. Additional information can be obtained through the company's World Wide Web site (http://www.merisel.com) or by requesting information by fax at (310) 615-6811. # # #
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The Key System (or Key Route) was a privately owned company that provided mass transit in the cities of Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda,[1] Emeryville, Piedmont, San Leandro, Richmond, Albany and El Cerrito in the eastern San Francisco Bay Area from 1903 until 1960, when it was sold to a newly formed public agency, AC Transit.
The Key System consisted of local streetcar and bus lines in the East Bay, and commuter rail and bus lines connecting the East Bay to San Francisco by a ferry pier on San Francisco Bay, later via the lower deck of the Bay Bridge. At its height during the 1940s, the Key System had over 66 miles (106 km) of track.
The local streetcars were discontinued in 1948 and the commuter trains to San Francisco were discontinued in 1958. The Key System's territory is today served by BART and AC Transit bus service.

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History

Early years

The system was a consolidation of several streetcar lines assembled in the late 1890s and early 1900s by Francis Marion "Borax" Smith, an entrepreneur who made a fortune in his namesake mineral, and then turned to real estate and electric traction. The Key System began as the San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose Railway (SFOSJR), incorporated in 1902. Service began on October 26, 1903 with a 4-car train carrying 250 passengers, departing downtown Berkeley for the ferry pier. Before the end of 1903, the general manager of the SFOSJR devised the idea of using a stylized map on which the system's routes resembled an old-fashioned key, with three "handle loops" that covered the cities of Berkeley, Piedmont (initially, "Claremont" shared the Piedmont loop) and Oakland, and a "shaft" in the form of the Key pier, the "teeth" representing the ferry berths at the end of the pier. The company touted its 'key route', which led to the adoption of the name "Key System".
In 1908, the SFOSJR changed its name to the San Francisco, Oakland & San Jose Consolidated Railway, changed to the San Francisco-Oakland Terminal Railway in 1912. This went bankrupt in December 1923 and was re-organized as the Key System Transit Co., transforming a marketing buzzword into the name of the company.
Following the Great Crash of 1929, a holding company called the Railway Equipment & Realty Co. was created, with the subsidiary Key System Ltd running the commuter trains. In 1938, the name became the Key System.
During World War II, the Key System built and operated the Shipyard Railway between a transfer station in Emeryville and the Kaiser Shipyards in Richmond.

National City Lines era

National City Lines acquired 64% of the stock in the system in 1946.[2]
The same year E. Jay Quinby hand published a document exposing the ownership of National City Lines (General Motors, Firestone Tire, and Phillips Petroleum). He addressed the publication to The Mayors; The City Manager; The City Transit Engineer; The members of The Committee on Mass-Transportation and The Tax-Payers and The Riding Citizens of Your Community. In it he wrote This is an urgent warning to each and every one of you that there is a careful, deliberately planned campaign to swindle you out of your most important and valuable public utilities–your Electric Railway System.[3]
The new owners made a number of rapid changes. In 1946 they cut back the A-1 train route and then the express trains in 1947. The company increased fares in 1946 and then in both January and November 1947. During the period there were many complaints of overcrowding.[4]
On April 9, 1947, nine corporations and seven individuals (constituting officers and directors of certain of the corporate defendants) were indicted in the Federal District Court of Southern California on two counts: 'conspiring to acquire control of a number of transit companies, forming a transportation monopoly' and 'Conspiring to monopolize sales of buses and supplies to companies owned by National City Lines'.[5] They were convicted of conspiring to monopolize sales of buses and supplies. They were acquitted of conspiring to monopolize the ownership of these companies.
In 1948 they proposed a plan to convert all the streetcars to buses.[6] They placed an advertisement in the local papers explaining their plan to 'modernize' and 'motorize' Line 14.[7] Oakland city council opposed the plan by 5–3.[2] The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) supported the plan which included large fare increases.[6] In October 1948, 700 people signed a petition with the PUC "against the Key System, seeking restoration of the bus service on the #70 Chabot Bus line".[4] The councils of Oakland, Berkeley and San Leandro opposed the removal of street cars. The traffic planners supported removal of the streetcar lines to facilitate movement of automobiles.[2] Local governments in the East Bay attempted to purchase the Key System, but were unsuccessful.
Streetcars were converted to buses during November/December 1948.[6]
In 1949 National City Lines, General Motors and others were convicted of conspiring to monopolize the sale of buses and related products to their subsidiary transit companies throughout the U.S.[8]
Between 1946 and 1954 transbay fares increased from 20¢ to 50¢. Fares in this period were used to operate and for 'motorisation' which included streetcar track removal, repaving, purchase of new buses and the construction of bus maintenance facilities. Transbay ridership fell from 22.2 million in 1946 to 9.8 million in 1952.[4]
The Key System's famed commuter train system was dismantled in 1958 after many years of declining ridership as well by the corrupt monopolistic efforts of National City Lines. The last run was on April 20, 1958. In 1960, the newly formed publicly owned AC Transit took over the Key System's facilities.
Most of the rolling stock was scrapped, with some sold to Buenos Aires, Argentina. Several streetcars, interurbans and bridge units were salvaged for collections in the United States. Of the large bridge units, three are at the Western Railway Museum near Rio Vista, California[9] while another is at the Orange Empire Railway Museum in southern California.

System details

The initial connection across the Bay to San Francisco was by ferryboat via a causeway and pier ("mole"), extending from the end of Yerba Buena Avenue in Oakland, California westward 16,000 feet (4,900 m) to a ferry terminal near Yerba Buena Island. Filling for the causeway had been started by a short-lived narrow-gauge railroad company in the late 19th century, the California and Nevada Railroad. "Borax" Smith acquired the causeway from the California and Nevada upon its bankruptcy. The Key System operated a fleet of ferries between the Key Route Pier[10] and the San Francisco Ferry Building until 1939 when a new dual track opened on the south side of the lower deck of the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge, bringing Key System trains to the then-new Transbay Terminal in San Francisco's downtown. The bridge railway and Transbay Terminal were shared with the Southern Pacific's Interurban Electric and the Sacramento Northern railroads.
The Key System's first trains were composed of standard wooden railroad passenger cars, complete with clerestory roofs. Atop each of these, a pair of pantographs, invented and manufactured by the Key System's own shops, were installed to collect current from overhead wires to power a pair of electric motors on each car, one on each truck (bogie).
The design of rolling stock changed over the years. Wood gave way to steel, and, instead of doors at each end, center doors were adopted.
The later rolling stock consisted of specially designed "bridge units" for use on the new bridge, articulated cars sharing a common central truck and including central passenger entries in each car, a forerunner of the design of most light rail vehicles today. Several of these pairs were connected to make up a train. Power pickup was via pantograph from overhead catenary wires, except on the Bay Bridge where a third rail pickup was used. The Key's trains ran on 600 volt direct current, compared to the 1200 volts used by the SP commuter trains. The cars had an enclosed operator's cab in the right front, with passenger seats extending to the very front of the vehicle, a favorite seat for many children, with dramatic views of the tracks ahead.
The exterior color of the cars was orange and cream white with a pale green stripe at the window level. Interior upholstery was woven reed seat covers in one of the articulated sections, and leather in the other, the smoking section. The flooring was linoleum. During WWII, the roofs were painted gray for aerial camouflage. After acquisition by National City Lines, all Key vehicles including the bridge units were re-painted in that company's standard colors, yellow and green.

Transbay rail lines

Until the Bay Bridge railway began operation, Key commuter trains had no letter designation. They were named for the principal street or district they served.
  • A – Downtown Oakland (was extended far into East Oakland to near the San Leandro border on the competing Southern Pacific interurban (see East Bay Electric Lines) tracks when they shut down their operations in 1941)
  • B – Lakeshore and Trestle Glen (originally ran through a Key hotel, the Key Route Inn at Grand and Broadway in Oakland; the Inn burned down in the 1930s)
  • C – Piedmont (Via 40th Street and Piedmont Avenue; alongside Pleasant Valley and Arroyo avenues; and between York Drive and Ricardo Avenue to terminus at Oakland Avenue)
  • E – Claremont (ran directly to the Claremont Hotel, terminating on a track between the two tennis courts; the tennis courts survive to this day)
  • F – Berkeley / Adeline Street (was also extended on former Southern Pacific interurban tracks on Shattuck Avenue beyond Dwight Way and through the SP's Northbrae Tunnel, terminating at Solano Avenue and The Alameda)
  • G – Westbrae Shuttle (actually, a streetcar shuttle providing a connection at University Avenue with the H transbay train)
  • H – Monterey Avenue (originally, the Sacramento Street Line; the original line ran up Hopkins, but was switched to the SP's old tracks up Monterey after 1933)
  • K – College Avenue (also a streetcar shuttle providing a connection at Alcatraz Avenue and Adeline Street with the F transbay train); this line ran extra cars and was heavily used on football game days as its terminus was only a few blocks away from UC's Memorial Stadium
  • D was reserved for a proposed line into Montclair alongside the Sacramento Northern interurban railway
The A, B, C, E and F lines were the last Key System rail lines. Train service ended on April 20, 1958, replaced by buses using the same letter designations. AC Transit preserved the letter-designated routes when it took over the Key System two years later, and are still in use; AC Transit's B, C, E, F, G and H lines follow roughly the corresponding Key routes and neighborhoods.

East Bay Street railways

The Key System's streetcars operated as a separate division under the name "Oakland Traction Company", later changed to "East Bay Street Railways. Ltd" and finally "East Bay Transit Co.," reflecting the increasing use of buses. The numbering of the streetcar lines changed several times over the years. The Key System's streetcars operated out of several carbarns. The Central Carhouse was on the east side of Lake Merritt on Third Avenue. The Western Carhouse was located at 51st and Telegraph Avenue in the Temescal District of Oakland. The Elmhurst Carhouse was in the east Oakland district of Elmhurst. The Northern Carhouse was in Richmond. In the early years of operation, these were supplemented by a number of smaller carbarns scattered throughout the East Bay area, many of them inherited from the pre-Key companies acquired by "Borax" Smith. The Key streetcars were painted dark green and cream white until they were re-painted in the green and yellow scheme of National City Lines after NCL acquired the Key System.[11]
The Key System had ordered 40 trolley coaches from ACF-Brill in 1945 to convert the East Bay trolley lines. The new NCL management canceled the Key's trackless program in 1946 before wire changes were made, and diverted the order (some units of which were already painted for the Key and delivered to Oakland) to its own Los Angeles Transit Lines where they ran until 1963.[12] The last Key streetcars ran in 1948, replaced by buses.

Related rail systems

  • The Key System organized its freight business in 1929 as the Key Terminal Railway, Ltd. In 1938, the name was changed to the Oakland Terminal Railroad, Ltd. In 1943 the Oakland Terminal Railroad was jointly purchased by the Western Pacific Railroad and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and is now known as the Oakland Terminal Railway.
  • See also the East Bay Electric Lines; another transbay commuter rail system operated by the Southern Pacific in the East Bay until 1941.
  • See also the Sacramento Northern Railroad, an interurban system running from Chico through Sacramento to Oakland which also used some of the Key System's trackage as well as the Key System's ferry pier, and later ran to the Transbay Terminal until 1941.

Other properties

From the beginning, the Key System had been conceived as a dual real estate and transportation system. "Borax" Smith and his partner Frank C. Havens first established a company called the "Realty Syndicate" which acquired large tracts of undeveloped land throughout the East Bay. The Realty Syndicate also built two large hotels, each served by a San Francisco-bound train, the Claremont and the Key Route Inn, and a popular amusement park in Oakland called Idora Park. Streetcar lines were also routed to serve all these properties, thereby enhancing their value. In its early years, the Key System was actually a subsidiary of the Realty Syndicate. Berkeley's numerous paths, lanes, walks and steps, were put in place in many of the newly developed neighborhoods, often in the middle of a city block, so that commuters could walk more directly to the new train system. Berkeley's pathways are still maintained by local groups.

Legacy


Key System car #187 preserved at Western Railway Museum
Signs of the system still remain.
  • The elevated loop at San Francisco's Transbay Transit Terminal, with some modifications to the original design, was used until the terminal's closure on August 6, 2010 by AC Transit buses to drop off passengers and return to the East Bay as the Key System once did. The loop was completely demolished in 2010-11 as part of the project to replace the old Transbay Terminal with a new structure scheduled for completion in 2017.
  • The south wall[13] of the lower level (today's eastbound lanes) of the Yerba Buena Tunnel, connecting the two spans of the Bay Bridge, still contains the as-built "deadman holes", regularly spaced nooks into which railway workers could duck whenever a train came along.
  • The eastern end of the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge sits on landfill which was added to the northern edge of the causeway which carried the Key System railbed to the ferry piers.
  • The underpass tunnel used by transbay trains on their way to the Oakland ferry pier (and later to the Bay Bridge) to cross under the Southern Pacific (now Union Pacific and AMTRAK) mainline tracks, is today still in use for an access road leading to the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) sewage treatment plant. The road is gated, but visible at the far southwest corner of the parking lot of the Orchard Supply and Hardware outlet in Emeryville, and also from the new Bay Bridge bikeway.
  • A stretch of road in Albany that was built with a wide median for a planned extension (never constructed) of the "G" Westbrae line is named Key Route Boulevard.
  • The Claremont Hotel, built by a Key System affiliate company, The Realty Syndicate, survives as the Claremont Resort. It was the terminus of the "E" transbay line.
  • The Realty Syndicate Building at 1440 Broadway was built in 1912 and housed "Borax" Smith and Frank C. Havens's Realty Syndicate that created the Key System.[14] It is listed on the National Historic Register.[15]
  • The Key System's subsequent administrative headquarters building, built as the Security Bank and Trust Company Building in 1914, still exists at 1100 Broadway in downtown Oakland and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[16] The building suffered some damage in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake and is currently unoccupied.
  • A building which today houses a restaurant at 41st Street and Piedmont Avenue in Oakland is the partial remnant of what was formerly a covered stop for trains on the C-line. (The tracks followed 40th Street, crossed Howe Street and curved through the parking lot behind Piedmont Avenue shops, then merged onto Piedmont Avenue at 41st Street and headed toward Pleasant Valley Avenue.) There are old photos of the Key System on the walls of the restaurant as well as a mural of Key System images on one of its outside walls. In December 2014, the mural was destroyed during renovation of the building. This act, apparently done swiftly and without public notice, has stirred considerable controversy [17]
  • The old Key System Piedmont shops building at Bay Place and Harrison is now a Whole Foods Market retail store. This building was originally built in 1890 as the powerhouse and car barn of the Piedmont Cable Car Co. In the 1920s it was substantially remodeled and used as a Cadillac showroom which closed in the mid-1990s. The building sat vacant until 2003 when Whole Foods initiated a radical interior redesign while retaining and restoring much of the facade.
  • The bus yards of today's AC Transit in Emeryville and Richmond were originally the bus yards of the Key System. The Richmond yard was also previously the site of the Northern Carhouse of the Key streetcar system.
  • Several streetcars and bridge trains from the Key System are preserved at the Western Railway Museum at Rio Vista Junction in Solano County, as well as a Bridge Unit at the Orange Empire Railroad Museum in Perris, California and a streetcar at Seashore Trolley Museum in Kennebunk, Maine.[18]
  • One of the 0-4-0 Steam locomotives used to push the trains during power outages is on display at the Redwood Valley Railroad. It had a brief stint on the currently re-constructing Virginia and Truckee Railroad in Virginia City, Nevada. Here, the mountain grades proved too taxing for the little locomotive. It was later replaced by 2–8–0 Steam locomotive No. 29.[19]
  • Though built by the Southern Pacific Railroad, the Key System inherited the Northbrae Tunnel alignment, which it operated from 1942 through 1958. It was converted to street use in 1963.

See also

References








  • Old Alameda's transit system was less confusing













  • "Traffic Engineers vs. Transit Patrons". Archived from the original on 2012-02-04.













  • "Paving the Way for Buses – The Great GM Streetcar Conspiracy Part II – The Plot Clots". Bay Crossings. May 2003. E. Jay Quinby, a mercurial rail fan, former electric traction employee, retired Lieutenant Commander in the Navy (World War II), and home builder of a battery-powered electric Volkswagen. His contribution to this story was to hand publish and expose the owners of National City Lines (GM, Firestone, and Phillips Petroleum) and he addressed it to "The Mayors; The City Manager; The City Transit Engineer; The members of The Committee on Mass-Transportation and The Tax-Payers and The Riding Citizens of Your Community." In 1946, he sent his 36-page analysis, which began: "This is an urgent warning to each and every one of you that there is a careful, deliberately planned campaign to swindle you out of your most important and valuable public utilities–your Electric Railway System."













  • "The Desired Result: Drive People to Drive". Archived from the original on 2012-02-04.













  • "United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit". 1951. Archived from the original on 2008-06-08. On April 9, 1947, nine corporations and seven individuals, constituting officers and directors of certain of the corporate defendants, were indicted on two counts, the second of which charged them with conspiring to monopolize certain portions of interstate commerce, in violation of Section 2 of the Anti-trust Act, 15 U.S.C.A. § 2.













  • "The Fight to Save the Streetcars and Electric Trains". Archived from the original on 2012-02-04.













  • "Newspaper ad (reduced from actual size) from Oakland Tribune, 1/23/48:". Archived from the original on 2012-03-14.













  • See appeals court ruling: Altlaw.org













  • WRM equipment roster.













  • Exhibit Name: Trains of Oakland, Oakland Museum of California













  • Key System Streetcars, by Vernon Sappers, Signature Press, 2007













  • The Yellow Cars of Los Angeles, by Jim Walker. Interurbans Press, 1977.













  • San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Lower Deck Eastbound Drive http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9Eo5-PpPVU (visible at 4:15 to 4:35)













  • "Oakland" by Annalee Allen, Edmund Clausen. p. 32













  • Downtown Historic Oakland - National Historic Register #98000813













  • "Oakland California Landmarks". Retrieved 2010-04-02. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Alameda County, California.













  • [url = https://localwiki.org/oakland/Key_Route_Plaza_mural "Oakland wiki: Key Route Plaza mural"]. Retrieved on 2015-04-18.













  • "Key System in Preserved North American Electric Cars Roster". Retrieved on 2009-08-18.









    1. Virginia & Truckee. Virginiaandtruckee.com (1902-07-14). Retrieved on 2013-07-15.

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