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Hill bought the CB&Q in the early 20th century before 1910. Harriman somewhat coveted the CB&Q because he needed a way for his UP to have access to Chicago. Harriman waited for Hill to be out West in his private car then started buying NP stock to pressure the Q out of Hill. Hill owned less thean 50% of the NP. Hill and Harriman got in a bidding war over the NP and caused the price to rise to $1000 a share. Needless to say this was very disruptive to the stock market esecially to those that had sold NP stock short. The government finally stepped in and brought abot a resolution. One of the conditions was that the CB&Q would never build to the West coast. I believe Overton tells the story better than I in his book the History of the CB&Q.
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