No, but I do have two copies of the "Menk the Fink" buttons.....a treasured
keepsake.
In retrospect, his biggest sin was allowing a corporate culture that would
foster the NP guys loading up baggage cars of drawings from 14th Street and
the CB&Q Headquarters, trudging them all the way up to the Twin Cities just
to make sure they got destroyed. Even with that act history still records
that the cash cow Q was owned by two marginal carriers.
Charlie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Russell Strodtz" <vlbg@e...>
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 10:11 AM
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Burlington respect
> Do you have your copy of "Quotations from Chairman Menk"
> right next to "Quotations from Chairman Mao" on your
> bookshelf?
>
> Russ
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <PSHedgpeth@a...>
> To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, 04 September, 2002 09:57
> Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Burlington respect
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> > John: RE Louis Menk
> >
> > I think that you are right re Menk. I remember seeing an article in the
> > Chicago Tribune after Menk had been president for a while. One of his
> > comments in an interview was "we're getting rid of that creaky old
> railroad
> > look"....I couldn't help but think at the time I saw the
> article...probably
> > in the early 1970's of the "outer offices" in the general office
building
> at
> > 547 W. Jackson. These offices all had the "fences" around them and a
gate
> > where the chief clerk stood guard allowing no one to enter except by his
> > bidding.
> >
> > I used to go to Chicago with my grandfather, Pete Hedgpeth in the
1940''s
> and
> > early 50's. He knew all of the Q officers from Murphy right on down.
He
> > would burst right through the "gate" and go into the "inner
> sanctum"..Murphy,
> > Fee, Sperry, Capron, Battey..whoever followed by the Chief Clerk yelling
> "you
> > can't go in there".
> >
> > When we got in the "big guy" would say..."Hey Pete come on in here"....
> >
> > It was an exciting experience for an 8-12 year old boy.
> >
> > J. Pete Hedgpeth
> >
> >
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