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)

Vice-Presidents

Period	Vice-President
?-?	Geoffrey Cameron Griffin (?-?)

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: 7 January 2025