Manitoba Business: Bready, Love and Tryon / Winnipeg Elevator Company / Canadian Elevator Company
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This Winnipeg-based company was established in 1897 as Bready, Love and Tryon by partners Thomas Turnnel Wadsworth Bready, John Love, and Charles Robert Tryon. In early 1899, it was incorporated as the Winnipeg Elevator Company with Bready, Love, and Tryon as shareholders, along with James Carruthers and James Walter Band of Toronto. In September 1907, Love and Tryon sold their interests in the company to the principals of the Canadian Elevator Company, which had been formed in 1902: E. C. Warner, George Frank Piper, Frederick Eugene Kenaston, Walter D. Douglas, and William Henry McWilliams, most of whom were based at Minneapolis, Minnesota. McWilliams was installed as President of the firm and henceforth its country elevators were identified as belonging to the Canadian Elevator Company.
In 1928, it merged with several other companies to form the Canadian Consolidated Grain Company.
Presidents (Winnipeg Elevator)
Vice-Presidents (Winnipeg Elevator)
Period |
Vice-President |
1899-1903 |
John Love (1856-1939) |
1903-1907 |
? |
Secretary-Treasurers (Winnipeg Elevator)
Presidents (Canadian Elevator)
Vice-Presidents (Canadian Elevator)
Secretary-Treasurers (Canadian Elevator)
Period |
Secretary-Treasurer |
1902-? |
George Frank Piper (1856-1917) |
?-1907 |
? |
1907-1910 |
Robert James Howden (1868-1943) |
Country Elevators (Manitoba)
Location |
No. |
Rail |
Opened |
Closed |
Capacity
(bushels) |
Comments |
Argue |
|
CNR |
c1901 |
1919 |
18,000 |
|
Ashdown |
|
CNR |
1898 |
1919 |
25,000 |
|
Baldur |
|
CNR |
1898 |
- |
30,000 |
Merged into Canadian Consolidated Grain (1928) |
Beaver |
|
CNR |
c1901 |
- |
25,000 |
|
Beresford |
|
CPR |
1897 |
c1913 |
25,000 |
|
Brumlie |
|
CNR |
Bef 1909 |
- |
35,000 |
Moved from Oak River (1909), merged into Canadian Consolidated Grain (1928) |
Carberry |
|
CPR |
1897 |
c1913 |
25,000 |
|
Carman |
|
CPR |
1898 |
- |
25,000 |
|
Clearwater |
|
CPR |
1897 |
c1901 |
25,000 |
|
Crandall |
|
CPR |
1899 |
c1913 |
30,000 |
|
Elgin |
|
CNR |
1899 |
- |
20,000 |
Merged into Canadian Consolidated Grain (1928) |
Fairfax |
|
CNR |
1899 |
- |
20,000 |
Merged into Canadian Consolidated Grain (1928) |
Fannystelle |
53 |
CPR |
c1901 |
- |
25,000 |
Merged into Canadian Consolidated Grain (1928) |
Hilton |
|
CNR |
1898 |
c1901 |
25,000 |
|
Holmfield |
|
CPR |
c1901 |
c1901 |
25,000 |
|
Killarney |
|
CPR |
1898 |
1912 |
25,000 |
|
Kirkella |
|
CPR |
1898 |
1919 |
25,000 |
|
Letellier |
|
CNR |
1898 |
c1901 |
25,000 |
|
Lowe Farm |
|
CNR |
1898 |
- |
16,000 |
Merged into Canadian Consolidated Grain (1928) |
Macdonald |
|
CPR |
c1901 |
c1901 |
35,000 |
|
Margaret |
|
CNR |
1899 |
c1901 |
20,000 |
|
Miami |
|
CNR |
1898 |
c1901 |
30,000 |
|
Miniota |
47 |
CPR |
1899 |
c1901 |
28,000 |
|
Morden |
|
CPR |
1898 |
1899 |
50,000 |
|
Myrtle |
|
CNR |
1898 |
c1901 |
16,000 |
|
Ninette |
|
CNR |
1899 |
1923 |
20,000 |
|
Ninga |
76 |
? |
? |
? |
? |
|
Oak Lake |
20 |
CPR |
1897 |
c1913 |
25,000 |
|
Oak River |
|
CPR |
1897 |
c1913 |
25,000 |
|
Oakland |
|
CNR |
1899 |
c1913 |
20,000 |
|
Oakville |
25 |
CNR |
1898 |
c1901 |
16,000 |
|
Pierson |
82 |
|
c1904 |
? |
30,000 |
|
Plum Coulee |
|
CPR |
1897 |
c1901 |
25,000 |
|
Purves |
|
CPR |
1899 |
- |
25,000 |
Merged into Canadian Consolidated Grain (1928) |
Ridgeville |
|
? |
1901 |
? |
25,000 |
Bought from George Pocock (?), sold to Manitoba Government (?), sold to Paterson Grain (1919) |
Roland |
|
CNR |
1898 |
c1901 |
25,000 |
|
Rosebank |
|
CNR |
1898 |
- |
30,000 |
Merged into Canadian Consolidated Grain (1928) |
Ste. Agathe |
|
CNR |
1898 |
c1913 |
16,000 |
|
Sinclair |
27 |
|
|
|
|
|
Swan Lake |
|
CNR |
c1901 |
c1901 |
25,000 |
|
Wellwood |
|
CPR |
c1901 |
c1901 |
25,000 |
|
Winkler |
|
CPR |
1898 |
c1899 |
25,000 |
|
Winnipeg |
1 |
? |
? |
? |
? |
|
Sources:
“The Winnipeg Elevator Co.,” Winnipeg Tribune, 7 January 1899, page 1.
“Notice,” Winnipeg Tribune, 7 April 1899, page 2.
“Important change in elevator co.,” Manitoba Free Press, 30 September 1907, page 11.
“Robert J. Howden, grain broker, dies in hospital,” Winnipeg Tribune, 12 August 1943, page 13.
We thank John C. Everitt, Butch Pearson, and Vic Mollot for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 27 February 2021
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