Goodrich Transportation Company
- Goodrich Transportation Company
Goodrich Transit Line or Goodrich Steamship Line or Goodrich Transportation Company or Goodrich Transit Company was a passenger steamship line operating in the Great Lakes region, principally in Lake Michigan in the 19th and early 20th century.
History
The line was founded in 1868 by A. E. Goodrich (born 1825, Buffalo NY)[ cite web|url=http://www.hhpl.on.ca/GreatLakes/Documents/HGL2/default.asp?ID=s443|work=History of the Great Lakes|title=Biography of A. E. Goodrich|accessdate=2008-02-06] ]The line leased the SS Christopher Columbus in 1899.
Goodrich was involved in controversy. More than one Goodrich vessel was lost due to shipwreck. The SS Alpena was lost in October 1880 en route from Grand Haven to Chicago and a subsequent investigation took the company to task for poor equipment condition and poorly trained crew. [ citation|url=http://www.hhpl.on.ca/GreatLakes/Scripts/News/Article.asp?ID=4622 |title=Sailing In A Rotten Steamer |newspaper=Oswego Palladium, |date=January 5, 1881 |author= |accessdate=2008-02-07 ]
The line was involved in a case versus the Interstate Commerce Commission in 1912, which went all the way to the US Supreme Court[ cite web|url=http://supreme.justia.com/us/224/194/case.html |title=Vol 224: ICC V. GOODRICH TRANSIT CO., 224 U. S. 194 (1912)|work=Justia.com - US Supreme Court Center - US Supreme Court Cases & Opinions |author= [http://www.justia.com justia.com] |accessdate=2008-02-07] . ]Goodrich eventually went bankrupt in 1933. [cite book |title=A Chronological Directory Of Industries, Businesses, And Other Organizations In Northwest Ottawa County 1808-1975 |last=Ewing |first=Walter K. |year=1999 |publisher=Tri-Cities Historical Museum|location=Grand Haven, Michigan|isbn=0-9652300-2-3|url=http://www.loutitlibrary.org/ewing_businesses.pdf|accessdate=2008-02-07 ]
References
Further reading
"Red stacks over the horizon; story of the Goodrich Steamship Line". by James L. Elliott. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1967.
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