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Manitoba Business: Inter-Ocean Grain Company
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The grain firm was founded in 1918 by Edward James and Robert A. Purves. It operated country grain elevators across the prairies but the number had decreased to 25 when, in 1972, it withdrew from the grain-handling business and sold its elevators to the Pioneer Grain Company. The company continued to operate for a time as a commodities trader.
Presidents
Period
President
1918-1927
Edward James (1866-1940)
1927-1962
Robert Alexander Purves (1887-1962)
1962-1988
Robert Peter “Bob” Purves (1927-1997)
Country Elevators (Manitoba)
Location
Rail
Opened
Closed
Capacity
(bushels)Comments
Clanwilliam 1
1928
1972
53,000
Sold to Pioneer Grain (1972)
Clanwilliam 2
1968
1972
82,000
Sold to Pioneer Grain (1972)
1942
1972
71,000
New elevator (1956), sold to Pioneer Grain and moved to Glossop (1972)
1950
1964
100,000
Sold to United Grain Growers (1965)
Morden
1962
1972
76,000
Sold to Pioneer Grain (1972)
Waskada
1918
1919
30,000
1963
1972
123,000
Sold to Pioneer Grain (1972)
Sources:
“Tax omission unintentional, Purves say,” Winnipeg Free Press, 10 May 1978, page 11.
Grain: The Entrepreneurs by Charles W. Anderson, Winnipeg: Watson & Dwyer, 1991.
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Page revised: 29 September 2019
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