Manitoba Business: N. Bawlf Grain Company

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This firm was established by Winnipeg-based grain merchant Nicholas Bawlf and it acquired elevators from A. S. Arnold (1913).

Upon Bawlf's death in 1914, control of the company was turned over to a join stock company in which members of the Bawlf family were the chief shareholders. Reorganized in 1928, assets of the company, including its network of country elevators, were sold for $1,000,000 to the Alberta Pacific Grain Company in early 1941.

Presidents

Period

President

1909-1914

Nicholas Bawlf (1849-1914)

?-?

Edward John Bawlf (1878-1952)

General Managers

Period

General Manager

1931-?

Alexander Thomson (1878-1950)

Country Elevators

Location

Rail

Capacity
(bushels)

Built

Closed

Comments

Basswood

CPR

30,000

c1909

-

Bought from Pearson Grain (1917), sold to Alberta Pacific Grain Company (1941)

Bethany

CNR

30,000

?

1920

 

Cardale

CNR

45,600

1908

1941

Sold to Alberta Pacific Grain Company (1941)

Decker

CNR

35,000

c1912

1941

Sold to Alberta Pacific Grain Company (1941), sold to Manitoba Pool (1943)

Deepdale

CNR

50,000

c1914

1941

Sold to Alberta Pacific Grain Company (1941), sold to UGG (1943)

Foxwarren

CPR

30,000

?

1941

Sold to Alberta Pacific Grain Company (1941)

Largs

CPR

30,000

1921

1941

Sold to Alberta Pacific Grain Company (1941)

Makaroff

CNR

30,000

1919

1927

Sold to Manitoba Pool (1927)

McConnell

CNR

30,000

1915

1941

Bought from A. S. Arnold (?), sold to Alberta Pacific Grain Company (1941)

Minnedosa

CPR

40,000

?

1940

 

Minto

CNR

30,000

?

1918

 

Moline

CNR

30,000

?

1936

 

Notre Dame

CNR

40,000

?

1941

Sold to Alberta Pacific Grain Company (1941)

Rapid City

CPR

50,000

?

1919

 

Roblin

CNR

50,000

?

1941

Sold to Alberta Pacific Grain Company (1941)

Sandy Lake

CNR

35,000

?

1941

Sold to Alberta Pacific Grain Company (1941)

Silverton

CNR

26,000

?

1941

Sold to Alberta Pacific Grain Company (1941)

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Nicholas Bawlf (1849-1914)

Sources:

“New directors are named for N. Bawlf Grain,” Winnipeg Tribune, 24 November 1931, page 5.

“Alberta Pacific offers millions for Bawlf Grain,” Winnipeg Tribune, 18 April 1940, page 13.

“Holders favor sale of assets,” Winnipeg Tribune, 8 November 1940, page 19.

“Bawlf investors get $1,000,000,” Winnipeg Tribune, 15 January 1941, page 19.

“N. Bawlf Grain Co. gives up charter,” Winnipeg Tribune, 6 February 1941, page 19.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 14 February 2024