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Sandercock Transfer Co.

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Our Rich Past, Bountiful Present and Bright Future!

From Horses to Horsepower

By 1926, mule teams had given way to motor trucks and Norman, William's son, changed Sandercock Transfer Company with the times, reluctantly adding the new vehicles to the business. Norman's own son, Warren, then 24, was also entering the business following graduation from the Heald Business College in San Francisco, retracing his grandfather's footsteps. Warren as with youth of any era, readily embraced emerging technology and was the real proponent of trucks. He would be the successor that built on this new technology from the industrial age.

Motor trucks were the future in Warren's eyes, and by 1948,  Sandercock Transfer Company was running 10 diesel powered rigs, 4 smaller trucks and had built a 7,000 foot warehouse.

This growth was fueled by important contracts of the times.  One such, in the 1930's, was that of the late William Randolph Hearst, millionaire publisher and eccentric, whose famous Castle is located just 45 miles from here at San Simeon.  Hearst called it La Cuesta Encantada, the Enchanted Hill.  Construction on the castle began in 1919 and continued on the castle for over 27 years. It is still not, and never will be completed. Sandercock Transfer was called upon for much of the drayage work throughout the construction.

Deliveries to the castle included construction materials, artworks and wild animals from Africa.  An entire herd of wild buffalo were transported as were two crated giraffes arriving from the African Veldt.  Transporting these exotic animals to the Hearst ranch was no mean feat.  Sandercock had to place two linemen on top of the truck to remove wires and power lines all along the way.  The 45 mile trip up California's Highway 1 took over a day and a half

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Sandercock Transfer has continued to be called upon by the Hearst family over the years. Many art treasures were moved for Hearst's widow in 1962 and Sandercock was called upon again as recently as 1990 in the photo at left, illustrating the trust placed in the company when it comes to moving true treasures of immeasurable value.
 
 
 
 
 

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