Manitoba Business: McCabe Elevator Company / McCabe Brothers Grain Company / McCabe Grain Company
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This company was founded in 1889 by brothers W. J. McCabe and George McCabe, operating a grain and lumber business at Glasston, Dakota Territory (now North Dakota). They acquired a line of country elevators and, in 1896, moved to Duluth, Minnesota. In the early 20th century, when James J. Hill began to build an extension of the Great Northern Railroad into Canada, the McCabes built grain elevator along its right-of-way in Canada and formed the McCabe Elevator Company to operate them. By 1912, the firm had 24 elevators in Canada and it organized the Victoria Elevator Company in 1916 and the Crescent Elevator Company in 1922. All companies were merged to form the McCabe Brothers Grain Company in 1928. It became the publicly-traded McCabe Grain Company in 1946. Its feed and seed assets were sold to National Grain in 1967 and 68 of its country elevators were sold to United Grain Growers in 1968. The remaining McCabe assets were merged to form National Grain Limited in 1971.
Chairmen
Period |
Chairman |
1946-1952 |
Ben C. McCabe |
1952-1954 |
Carl Eugene Austin (c1882-1954) |
1954-1967 |
? |
Presidents
Vice-Presidents
Period |
Vice-President |
1928-? |
George McCabe |
?-1946 |
? |
1946-1952 |
Charles Kroft (1906-1984) |
General Managers
Country Elevators
Location |
Rail |
Opened |
Closed |
Capacity
(bushels) |
Annex
(bushels)
|
Comments |
Alcester |
GNR |
1908 |
1935 |
25,000 |
|
|
Bannerman |
GNR |
1908 |
1936 |
30,000 |
|
|
Bergman |
GNR |
1908 |
1926 |
25,000 |
|
|
Boissevain |
GNR |
1908 |
1967 |
28,000 |
40,000 |
Sold to UGG (1968) |
Bradburn |
GNR |
1908 |
1926 |
25,000 |
|
|
Brandon |
CPR |
1937 |
1970 |
40,000 |
|
|
Bunclody |
GNR |
1908 |
1936 |
30,000 |
|
|
Carman |
GNR |
1908 |
1956 |
30,000 |
|
|
Carroll |
CPR |
1936 |
1967 |
20,000 |
30,000 |
Agent: George Bartley (?) |
Desford |
GNR |
1908 |
1936 |
30,000 |
|
|
Dunn |
GNR |
1908 |
1925 |
30,000 |
|
|
Ebor |
CPR |
1929 |
1929 |
25,000 |
|
|
Fairburn |
GNR |
1908 |
1936 |
25,000 |
|
|
Fairfax |
CNR |
1935 |
1967 |
35,000 |
50,000 |
Sold to UGG (1968) |
Fort Whyte |
CPR |
1957 |
1968 |
75,000 |
|
Manager: Bert Lytle (?), sold to UGG (1968) |
Foxwarren |
CPR |
1929 |
1937 |
30,000 |
|
|
Glencross |
GNR |
1908 |
1937 |
23,000 |
|
|
Graham |
CPR |
1908 |
1935 |
23,000 |
|
|
Gretna |
GNR |
1908 |
1966 |
25,000 |
|
|
Griffin |
GNR |
1908 |
1935 |
23,000 |
|
|
Haskett |
GNR |
1908 |
1938 |
23,000 |
|
|
Hayfield |
GNR |
1908 |
1936 |
23,000 |
|
|
Heaslip |
GNR |
1908 |
1936 |
35,000 |
|
|
Holland |
CPR |
1929 |
1947 |
35,000 |
|
|
Kronsgart |
CPR |
1908 |
1946 |
25,000 |
|
|
Magnus |
GNR |
1908 |
1926 |
25,000 |
|
|
Manitou |
CPR |
1929 |
1967 |
52,000 |
|
|
McKelvie |
GNR |
1908 |
1935 |
26,000 |
|
Moved to Newstead Siding (1936) |
Minmar |
CNR |
1929 |
1946 |
32,000 |
|
|
Minto |
CNR |
1908 |
1968 |
83,000 |
30,000 |
Sold to UGG (1968) |
Morden |
CPR |
1908 |
1968 |
70,000 |
30,000 |
Agent: Jake Hoeppner (?), sold to UGG (1968) |
Newstead |
CPR |
1936 |
1968 |
54,000 |
25,000 |
Agent: Jake Unrau (?), sold to UGG (1968) |
Orthez |
CPR |
1936 |
1964 |
28,000 |
|
|
Plum Coulee |
CPR |
1908 |
1968 |
100,100 |
30,000 |
Sold to UGG (1968) |
Portage la Prairie |
CNR |
1938 |
1968 |
158,800 |
30,000 |
Sold to UGG (1968) |
Reston |
CPR |
1929 |
1942 |
30,000 |
|
|
Roland |
GNR |
1908 |
1936 |
26,000 |
|
|
Roseland |
GNR |
1908 |
1936 |
26,000 |
|
|
Ste. Anne |
CNR |
1937 |
1968 |
55,000 |
|
Sold to UGG (1968) |
St. Boniface (542 Plinquet) |
CPR |
1930 |
? |
30,000 |
|
Elevator and feed plant |
St. Boniface (627 Plinquet) |
CNR |
c1950 |
? |
40,000 |
|
Elevator, seed cleaning plant, bagged seed warehouse |
St. Boniface (600 Archibald) |
? |
c1935 |
? |
40,000 |
|
Elevator and flour mill |
Souris |
CPR |
1938 |
1968 |
250,000 |
|
Agent: Doug Armour (?), sold to UGG (March 1968) |
Winnipeg Beach |
CPR |
1937 |
1968 |
55,000 |
30,000 |
Sold to UGG (1968) |
Sources:
“W. J. McCabe, leading grain man, dies at Duluth, Minn.,” Winnipeg Free Press, 16 February 1933, page 6.
“C. E. Austin is elected President of company,” Winnipeg Free Press, 10 October 1945, page 15.
“McCabe Grain directors elected at annual meet,” Winnipeg Free Press, 21 October 1950, page 28.
“Elevator sale confirmed,” Winnipeg Free Press, 29 February 1968, page 53.
Grain: The Entrepreneurs by Charles W. Anderson, Winnipeg: Watson & Dwyer Publishing, 1991.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and William J. Neal.
Page revised: 20 May 2021
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