Record #:

10431

Author(s):

Norris, Jeannie Faris

Abstract:

W. W. Akers, Jr. launched a small trucking business in 1933 that has grown into one of the giants in the industry--Akers Motors Lines, Inc., of Gastonia. Today, the company operates 79 terminals, has a fleet of over 1,600, operates in eleven seaboard states, and has gross revenue of over $22 million.

Source:

We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 21 Issue 5, Nov 1963, p129-130, il, por

Subject(s):

Trucking--Gastonia; Akers Motors Lines, Inc.