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Manitoba Business: Wiley Low and Company

Presidents

Period

President

1920-?

John Moses Wiley (1874-1961)

Country Elevators (Manitoba)

Location

Rail

Opened

Closed

Capacity
(bushels)

Comments

Altamont

CNR

1926

1932

30,000

Sold to Federal Grain (1932)

Argyle

CNR

1923

1932

15,000

Bought from Arthur Lobb (1922), sold to Federal Grain (1932)

Berton/Helston

CNR

1918

1932

25,000

Sold to Federal Grain (1932)

Carroll

CPR

1927

1932

30,000

Sold to Federal Grain (1932)

Clearwater

CPR

1927

1932

30,000

Sold to Federal Grain (1932)

Darlingford

CPR

1919

1932

25,000

Sold to Federal Grain (1932)

Elphinstone

CNR

1928

1928

30,000

Fallison

CPR

1924

1932

30,000

Sold to Federal Grain (1932)

Gladstone

CPR

1918

1929

6,000

Golden Stream

CNR

1918

1932

12,000

Sold to Federal Grain (1932)

Grosse Isle

CNR

1920

1932

30,000

Sold to Federal Grain (1932)

Holmfield

CPR

1927

1932

30,000

Sold to Federal Grain (1932)

Kaleida

CPR

1919

1925

25,000

La Riviere

CPR

1924

1932

30,000

Sold to Federal Grain (1932)

Langruth

CNR

1918

1932

8,000

Sold to Federal Grain (1932)

Lauder

CPR

1927

1932

50,000

Sold to Federal Grain (1932)

Linklater

CPR

1927

1932

32,000

Sold to Federal Grain (1932)

Mayfield

CNR

1918

1924

6,000

Miami

CNR

1921

1932

25,000

Sold to Federal Grain (1932)

Mowbray

CPR

1923

1932

25,000

Sold to Federal Grain (1932)

Myrtle

CNR

1926

1932

25,000

Sold to Federal Grain (1932)

Napinka

CPR

1926

1932

30,000

Sold to Federal Grain (1932)

Ninga

CPR

1926

1932

30,000

Sold to Federal Grain (1932)

Rea

CNR

1926

1930

30,000

Rivers

CNR

1926

1926

25,000

Shoal Lake

CPR

1918

1932

30,000

Sold to Federal Grain (1932)

Silver Plains

CNR

1919

1927

14,000

Snowflake

CPR

1924

1932

21,000

Sold to Federal Grain (1932)

Somerset

CNR

1920

1932

28,000

Stephenfield

CNR

1927

1932

30,000

Sold to Federal Grain (1932)

Stockton

CPR

1927

1932

30,000

Sold to Federal Grain (1932)

Swan Lake

CNR

1919

1932

25,000

Sold to Federal Grain (1932)

Warren

CNR

1923

1932

40,000

Sold to Federal Grain (1932)

Windygates

CPR

1923

1932

30,000

Sold to Federal Grain (1932)

Winnipeg

CPR

1935

1937

20,000

Sources:

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 22 February 2019

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