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Merchants Despatch
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Merchants Despatch
The
Merchants Despatch Transportation Company
(
MDT
, also known as the
Merchants Despatch Refrigerator Line
) was established in 1857 or 1858 by the
American Express Company of New York
(then a freight forwarding service). The entity was reformed as a joint stock trading company on June 1, 1869, with ownership divided among the
Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railway
(CCC&I), the
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
, and the
New York Central Railroad
(NYC), all part of the
Cornelius Vanderbilt
rail empire.
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