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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