By purchase, last week, of 130,000 shares of Pere Marquette R. R. stock, the Van Sweringen brothers increased their holdings in this road to 280,000 shares. This is 40% of the stock and gives them control of directors' meetings. More important, it obviates sharp bargaining between the Pere Marquette and the Nickel Plate System that they still propose.
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