Chicago and Alton Equipment Association - Mentions E. H. Harriman - Unissued Railroad Stock Certificate - Beautiful Design
Inv# RS1035 Stock
Unissued Stock. Text includes agreement between famous financier E.H. Harriman & others, noted at front. Female figure in upper left corner. Rare!! Available in Orange or Brown. Please specify color.
Edward Henry Harriman (February 20, 1848 – September 9, 1909) was an American financier and railroad executive. Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._H._Harriman
The Alton Railroad (reporting mark A) was the final name of a railroad linking Chicago to Alton, Illinois; St. Louis, Missouri; and Kansas City, Missouri. Its predecessor, the Chicago and Alton Railroad (reporting mark C&A), was purchased by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in 1931 and was controlled until 1942 when the Alton was released to the courts. On May 31, 1947, the Alton Railroad was merged into the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad. Jacob Bunn had been one of the founding reorganizers of the Chicago & Alton Railroad Company during the 1860s. Main lines included Chicago to St. Louis and a branch to Kansas City. The former is now part of Union Pacific, with Metra Heritage Corridor commuter rail service north of Joliet (owned by the Canadian National Railway but used by UP). Today, the Kansas City line is part of the CPKC system. Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alton_Railroad
A stock certificate is issued by businesses, usually companies. A stock is part of the permanent finance of a business. Normally, they are never repaid, and the investor can recover his/her money only by selling to another investor. Most stocks, or also called shares, earn dividends, at the business's discretion, depending on how well it has traded. A stockholder or shareholder is a part-owner of the business that issued the stock certificates.
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