Re: First Train Arrives in Santa Monica Since 1953
Author: Bob
Date: 07-30-2015 - 08:41
Ba-Woosh! Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Jesse "Jackass" Haugh
> A real piece of work!
> Hope he is rotting in hell!
Jesse L Haugh
California Death Index
Name:Jesse L Haugh
Event Type:Death
Event Date:08 Feb 1965
Event Place:San Diego, California, United States
Birth Date:17 Oct 1887
Birthplace:Michigan
Current location:Hell
- - - - -
The selling of the San Diego streetcar system in 1948 (when GM was under indictment), with 104 streetcars, was "to J. L. Haugh, Oakland, for an undisclosed amount" [Moody's Public Utilities Manuals].
Who was this person?
The Key System president installed by GM! Previous to that, he was an executive at Pacific City Lines. San Diego's streetcars, which were the new PCC type - still being used to this day in San Francisco - were scrapped in 1949.
That's not all for J. L. Haugh. In 1953, Jesse L. Haugh "acquired" the Pacific Electric. The real financiers of the takeover were again hidden from the public at the time, but became known later by congressional investigation.