Session 2000
Effective: April 28, 2000
� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � SENATE RESOLUTION No. 1857 � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � A Resolution congratulating and commending Yellow Freight System.
� � � WHEREAS,� Fortune magazine released its prestigious list of America's
Most Admired Companies in its February 2000 issue; and

� � � WHEREAS,� Five excellent corporate citizens of the State of Kansas were
included among these most elite companies; and

� � � WHEREAS,� The Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce will formally
recognize the five Kansas companies given special recognition with a reception
on May 1, 2000; and

� � � WHEREAS,� The members of the Kansas Senate have long recognized and
valued the presence of these excellent corporations and the products and serv-
ices they provide not only to this state, but to the nation and the world; and

� � � WHEREAS,� Yellow Freight System had its genesis in Kansas, founded in
1924 as Yellow Transit Company. It became Yellow Transit Freight Lines, sur-
vived a bankruptcy to expand nationally into Yellow Freight System in 1968
and when the Yellow Corporation holding company was formed in 1993, Yellow
Freight was still its largest component; and

� � � WHEREAS,� Yellow Freight System, offers comprehensive shipping serv-
ices, encompassing ground, air, rail and ocean transportation capabilities; and

� � � WHEREAS,� Yellow Freight System, operates from a system of more than
380 terminals and distribution centers located in all 50 states, throughout Can-
ada and Mexico; runs a fleet of some 8,500 tractors and 35,000 trailers; and has
amassed the expertise and resources to provide shipping service to the Pacific,
Asia, Europe, Latin America and throughout North America: Now, therefore,

� � � Be it resolved by the Senate of the State of Kansas:�That we, the members
of the Kansas Senate of the Year 2000, join together to commend the officers,
management and employees of Yellow Freight System for the standard of
excellence set here and abroad, and congratulate them on receiving the well-
deserved honor by Fortune magazine as one of America's Most Admired Com-
panies.

Senate Resolution No. 1857 was sponsored by Senators Vratil and Langworthy.