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Elevators


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John Matheson Elevator under Construction
prior to 1917 per picture below
it later became Matheson Lindsey Elevator
Sold to Weyburn Flour Mills,
later became the Pioneer Elevator

 


OLD ELEVATORS     CA-1917
My Grandfather Gus Gesell
Operated the Elevator on The Left in 1917

(MATHESON AND LINDSEY ELEVATOR CO)
Note- the flour mill is above the word
 Sask on the picture caption
Closest elevator on right not identified yet.
There was a McCabe Elevator here somewhere?

The picture of old elevators ca 1917 above
does not include the Pool Elevator
which was built later, all along the tracks


Matheson Grain Co Elevator
ca:1930

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Estevan Pool Elevator #146


This picture shows the Ogilvie Flour Elevator,
Weyburn Flour Mills Elevator
and then the Estevan Pool Elevator #146


Estevan's Flour Mill


 

 Grain Tester used in the Matheson Elevator in Estevan ca 1917
by my Grandfather Gutav (Gus) August Gesell
Made of 2 tubes of brass, both hollow, one inside the other.
Inserted into a wagon of grain in the closed position
then turned 1/2 turn to let the grain enter the inside tube
via 7 elongated slots in the side of each tube.
then turned another 1/2 turn to close it, for removal
When laid flat and opened by turning 1/2 a turn
the quality of the grain at different levels could be checked
to ensure the elevator operator, the farmer wasn't cheating him
by loading better quality grain at the top of the wagon load.

Western Canada Flour Mills letter Sept 28, 1922, Matheson Lindsay Elevator, Gus Gesell operator Western Canada Flour Mills letter sept 29, 1922, Matheson Lindsay Elevator Estevan, Gus Gesell operator
Two letters written to my Grandfather Gus Gesell,
Elevator operator of the Matheson-Lindsay Elevator
from Western Canada Flour Mills Co. Ltd. in Winnipeg MB,
re: price of product, and agent procedures.
in 1922
Note- spelling of his name is wrong on these letters.

He operated the Elevators in Grayson, and then Breeze before Estevan.
and later in the 30's in Bienfait.


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