I addressed this issue last October. The CB&Q stock not owned by The GN and
NP was broken up as follows:
1/3 First National Bank of Chicago
1/3 West Publishing
1/3 Individual shareholders in small amounts.
My source for this information was Bob Downing who was a CB&Q director.
BRAD
----- Original Message -----
From: "William Barber" <clipperw@E...>
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 4:20 PM
Subject: [BRHSlist] Re: Burlington Merger Talks
> IIRC, most if not all of the remaining 2% was owned by a Denver family
> who had originally owned C&S stock that was exchanged for Q stock when
> they took over the C&S. Because of that small ownership, Q was required
> to maintain the C&S identification well into the BN era. Eventually, I
> believe, the remaining small amount of stock was purchased by the BN
> and the C&S disappeared forever. In later years, I think it was down to
> one lady who controlled the stock.
>
> Bill Barber
>
> On Tuesday, April 15, 2003, at 09:42 AM, BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com
> wrote:
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> > Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 22:18:55 EDT
> > From: cttnghmrl@a...
> > Subject: Re: Burlington merger talks
> >
> > NP owned 49%, and GN owned 49%, making a total of 98% of CB&Q stock
> > owned by
> > "the Hill roads." The remaining 2% was owned by others.
> > Ray C.
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