Costs included are for purchase (including land), operation, maintenance, and debt service. 2 Collection includes pick up, transfer, and transport to final disposal site for residential and non-residential waste. 3 Composting excludes sale of finished compost (which ranges from $0 to $100/ton).
Struck a cruel blow shortly before his eightieth birthday by the death of his only son, Edsel Ford, on May 26, 1943, Mr. Ford unfalteringly returned to the presidency of the Ford Motor Company, which he had yielded to his son twenty-four years previously.
The real reason the Edsel failed was marketing, and the fact Ford launched it as an entire new division, complete with a brand new dealer network, like Mercury and Lincoln, instead of making it part of one of the three already existing divisions, with established dealers.