The Directors of the Corp. were required by law to own
at least one share, so they had some of the publicly
held stock.
John D. Mitchell, Jr.
--- cy svobodny <ctsvobodny@y...> wrote:
> Wish I had known back when, that I could actually
> buy
> CB&Q stock. Every time and everyone I asked about
> it
> always refered to Burlington Industries of textile
> fame. Twin City brokers either didn't know or
> wanted
> it kept a inside traders secret. The "Q" suposidly
> paid good dividends, with most of them going to the
> GN
> & NP. Whose dividends were only so-so.
> --- Bill Uffelman <ufffam@c...> wrote:
> > West Publishing Company is a long time law book
> > publisher that was
> > headquartered in Minneapolis/St Paul MN. Probably
> > got in via GN stock
> > holdings.
> >
> > Bill Uffelman
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@a...>
> > To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2002 1:20 PM
> > Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Pop Quiz
> >
> >
> > > Okay, who is/was West Publishing and what is the
> > significance of their
> > > holdings? First National I assume was a holder
> > either through their
> > > Equipment Trust business or for individual
> > investor trust accounts....
> > > Charlie
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: <bradslaney@w...>
> > > To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
> > > Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2002 10:19 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Pop Quiz
> > >
> > >
> > > > I rode the SP&S 700 trip in October and had
> the
> > opportunity to talk with
> > > Bob
> > > > Downing about the corporate entities forming
> > BN. One of the benefits
> > was
> > > > learning the ownership of the CB&Q stock not
> > owned by GN and NP. This
> > is
> > > > the breakdown:
> > > >
> > > > 1/3 First National Bank of Chicago
> > > >
> > > > 1/3 West Publishing
> > > >
> > > > 1/3 Publicly held (Small 5, 10 and 20 share
> lots
> > for the most part).
> > > >
> > > > The West Publishing holding was surprising to
> > me. There might be a
> > story
> > > > there.
> > > >
> > > > I also learned from Bob that it was relatively
> > easy to obtain CB&Q stock
> > > > even though it was not listed on any exchange.
>
> > The brokers in Chicago
> > > made
> > > > a small market among themselves, so if you
> > wanted 5 or 10 shares, it was
> > > not
> > > > too difficult obtain.
> > > >
> > > > BRAD
> >
> >
>
>
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