New York Transportation Company
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The New York Transportation Company (originally New York Electrical Vehicle Transportation Company) was a company incorporated in New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...

 in 1899 as the 'New York Electrical Vehicle Transportation Company' which changed its name to the 'New York Transportation Company' in 1902 and was wound up in 1936. From 1922 it was controlled by the 'Fifth Avenue Bus Securities Corporation' which was incorporated in Delaware in 1922 which was controlled by The Omnibus Corporation
The Omnibus Corporation
The Omnibus Corporation was formed in 1925 and acquired control of Fifth Avenue Coach Company and the Chicago Motor Coach Company with John D. Hertz as chairman. In 1953 it purchased Yellow Drive-It-Yourself from General Motors and sold its interests in public transport...

 also incorporated in Delaware.

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The New York Electrical Vehicle Transportation Company was a company incorporated in New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...

 in 1899.

In 1902 it changed its name to 'New York Electrical Vehicle Transportation Company'.

From 1922 it was controlled by the 'Fifth Avenue Bus Securities Corporation' (incorporated in Delaware in 1922; controlled by The Omnibus Corporation
The Omnibus Corporation
The Omnibus Corporation was formed in 1925 and acquired control of Fifth Avenue Coach Company and the Chicago Motor Coach Company with John D. Hertz as chairman. In 1953 it purchased Yellow Drive-It-Yourself from General Motors and sold its interests in public transport...

, also incorporated in Delaware).

It was wound up in 1936.
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