Urban J. Haas and Cyril Wissel founded H & W Motor Express in September 1927. The company was a one-truck operation running between Dubuque and Chicago.
In 1961, the company was a $3 million business with 280 employees operating in Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, and with connections from coast-to-coast and Canada.
Subject ID: 93122
MoreUrban J. Haas and Cyril Wissel founded H & W Motor Express in September 1927. The company was a one-truck operation running between Dubuque and Chicago.
In 1961, the company was a $3 million business with 280 employees operating in Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, and with connections from coast-to-coast and Canada.
With the leadership of Wissel and later Urban "Skip" Haas, the company grew through the 1970s and 1980s. At one time, the company had 545 employees and 900 trucks. H & W regularly ran freight to Chicago, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Omaha, Kansas City, and St. Louis with stops all over Iowa.
The company closed in 2002 after its owner and CEO Roger Waldner filed for bankruptcy protection. In 2006 he was charged with twelve counts of bankruptcy fraud in connection with H & W's liquidation. He later plead guilty to two of the twelve charges.
Subject ID: 93122
Subject ID: 93122