Chronology
Every dated history fact across the site, in date order. Precision varies — some dates are just a year — so ordering within a year is approximate. Showing structures.
| Date | Subject | Statement | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1895-07-04≤ | Ottawa Central Station | First Engine Tomorrow. Tomorrow the first O.A. & P.S. Ry. locomotive will cross Nicholas street on the line into Central Depot. The rails were today almost all laid on the long trestle east of Archville, and all that was required to be done was to finish the north end of the trestle. In the beginning of next week a steam shovel will begin cutting out the canal bank from the head of Deep Cut to Theodore street, and the earth will be used in filling in the low ground beyond Archville on which the workshops are to be built. | Ottawa Journal 1895-07-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-07-09 | Ottawa Central Station | The Canada Atlantic Railway has purchased from the Sparks estate the right of way down the canal bank from the Maria street bridge north to the Canal basin, enabling the company to run straight down the canal bank to the basin between Dey's rink and the water, and around the basin in front of the Ottawa Granite Works, to the desired point for the station on the site of the old drill shed on Nicholas st. — a change from the original idea of running across Theodore street at the back of Dey's rink. The O.A. & P.S. Ry. now have 1,200 feet of side track laid along the canal bank piling in preparation for excavation; three hundred thousand cubic yards of earth are to be excavated. Tomorrow the steam shovel will be at work, having been brought down the line a few days ago for repairs. The trestle leading from the west end of the C.A.R. line into the Central depot is now one third built, sills laid half the distance; it will be 1,500 feet long. Mr. J.R. Booth, seventy years of age, has taken personal charge of the work, on the scene from six in the morning until dusk, frequently handling the pick and shovel himself. | Ottawa Journal 1895-07-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-07-09≤ | Ottawa Central Station | The Canal Bank Work. The pile driving along the east side of the canal is now completed. The work extends from Maria street bridge to the head of Deep Cut, a distance of 2,700 feet. Mr. Booth had the work pushed on rapidly. The work of excavating along the canal bank for the O.A. & P.S. entrance to the Central Depot will be begun not later than tomorrow afternoon. | Ottawa Journal 1895-07-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-07-11 | Ottawa Central Station | Practical work is running on the central depot line. The steam shovel arrived over the trestle work in the swamp on Monday and at once prepared for action; today steam was raised and the 'nigger' placed in position at the head of Hurdman road near the bed of the Deep Cut. It is proposed to keep the machinery at work night and day till Maria street bridge is reached. If, by that time, an arrangement has not been reached between the Government and the Sparks estate agents, the preparations for the temporary station will be begun at once. | Ottawa Free Press 1895-07-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-07-16≤ | Ottawa Central Station | Watching a Hustler. About 200 people watched the C.A.R. steam shovel at work on the canal bank last night; in a little over two hours the shovel had scooped out earth, clay and sticky, to load two trains of flat cars at twelve cars each. When a train is loaded it is run onto one of the trestles where the earth is unloaded by means of a stationary iron plough let down in front of the first car; the train goes ahead, and the plough, catching the earth, hurls it off to the ground at the foot of the trestle. It is expected the whole bank, down to the Maria street bridge, will be scooped out within a month. | Ottawa Journal 1895-07-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-07-26 | Ottawa Central Station | The "weighing" pieces have been put down for the construction of the railway track along the east bank of the canal as far as Maria street bridge. | Ottawa Journal 1895-07-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-07-26 | Alexandria Freight Shed | Thieves have broken into the C.A.R. freight shed at Alexandria on two occasions during the past few weeks and appropriated to their own use goods found there. No clue to the perpetrators. | Eastern Ontario Review 1895-07-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-07-27 | Ottawa Central Station | Twenty-eight minutes to load a train of 12 cars is the average time with the steam shovel at the canal bank excavation. At the trestle work those cars are unloaded in periods averaging one and a half minutes. | Ottawa Free Press 1895-07-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-07-31 | Ottawa Central Station | Good progress is being made on the approaches through Ottawa East and along the canal bank for the Central station. The building of the bridge over Hurdman road at the head of the Deep Cut, where the O.A. & P.S. line crosses, is to go on at once; the bridge is to be of solid masonry with four steel girders over the roadway, about fifty feet wide with three tracks crossing it, the roadway beneath 32 feet 6 inches wide. In building the O.A. & P.S. line along the canal bank a house belonging to Michael Kielly, on the Ordnance Lands at the head of the Deep Cut, had to be torn down as it was directly on the right of way; the company have decided to build a new house for Mr. Kielly nearby, superior to his former dwelling. The work of excavating the canal bank by the steam shovel is being interfered with by rain, the wet clay sticking to the shovel. The eastern trestle beyond Archville is now almost filled in; the filling in of the western trestle will begin at once, and grading has begun at the connection of the western approach with the main line of the C.A.R. | Ottawa Journal 1895-07-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-07-31 | Ottawa Central Station | The second lease was signed on July 31, giving the canal reserve from Maria street bridge on to the old canal basin, at $400 per year. | Ottawa Journal 1898-11-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1895-07-31≥ | Ottawa Central Station | Now that the work of cutting away the canal bank at the south side of Maria street, to afford an entrance to the proposed Central Station, has made excellent progress, the question of the location of the station itself has become one of immediate importance; work on the approach at the north side of Maria Street Bridge will likely be commenced next week. The site most likely to be chosen is that upon which the Militia Store now stands, a substantial stone building; it is probable some compromise may be effected between the Railway Company and the department whereby the structure could be handed over for use as part of a railway station, with the remainder extended over little Place d'Armes between Sapper's Bridge and the Militia Stores. Should this site be chosen, the approach would have to cross the eastern canal basin, meaning either a swing-bridge over the basin or its being filled and used exclusively for the railway, in which case the company would likely be required to furnish equivalent dock accommodation on the west side of the canal. | Ottawa Citizen 1895-08-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-08-01 | Ottawa Central Station | NOT FAR OFF NOW: FIRST STEPS TOWARDS A NEW MARIA STREET BRIDGE. The first important step towards the new bridge over the canal at Maria street took place this morning, when Chief Engineer Louis Coste of the public works department had an interview with Mayor Borthwick and Mr. J.R. Booth. Various questions in connection with the erection of a new bridge and the removal of the old one were discussed, but no definite decision was arrived at. It is understood an iron bridge with stone piers was the structure most favorably considered. Nothing can be done towards extending the central station line beyond Theodore street until the bridge matter is settled. Mayor Borthwick was asked by Mr. Coste to have the present bridge closed at once, but objected, holding it should not be done until the Sparks street pavement is completed; Mr. Coste agreed to make a recommendation on those lines. All indications are that the new bridge will be built this season. | Ottawa Journal 1895-08-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-08-01 | Ottawa Central Station | Whatever may be the site of the Central Depot, the C.A.R. and O.A. & P.S. companies have decided not to build new freight sheds in the central part of the city, but to make the freight buildings at the present depot on Elgin Street suit the purpose for some time to come. | Ottawa Journal 1895-08-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-08-03 | Ottawa Central Station | A pile driver has again been placed on the east side of the canal to continue the fortification of the banks. It stands near Maria street bridge. | Ottawa Journal 1895-08-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-08-03 | Ottawa Central Station | The first pile was driven on the north side of the Maria street bridge on Saturday in connection with the approach to the Central station. | Ottawa Citizen 1895-08-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-08-04 | Ottawa Central Station | The new trestle-work on the O.A. & P.S. Railway at Ottawa East is a great resort for venturesome urchins on Sundays, when the cars are still; the trestle-work is elevated some twenty feet above the ground. A half dozen lads were running along some flatcars lying idle on the trestle when one, a youth of eight or ten, tripped on a bolt and shot headlong to the ground; he fell on some soft clay and was found unhurt, howling lustily. | Ottawa Citizen 1895-08-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-08-06 | Ottawa Central Station | A plan has been filed in the city registry office showing the route of the O.A. & P.S. Ry. north of Maria street. The line as shown passes directly in front of Dey's rink and strikes from there in a direct line across the canal basin over a swing bridge to the rear of Easton's office at the foot of Little Sussex street; it is shown no further, as no agreement has yet been made with the Sparks estate. The company do not wish to buy the militia stores building, as it will be unsuitable for a railway depot and not as large as the one contemplated; it is now unlikely that the site for the central depot will be on the other side of Dufferin bridge. In a very few days the C.A.R. steam shovel will be at work right at the Maria street bridge; the engine attached to the flat cars was there yesterday. | Ottawa Journal 1895-08-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-08-08 | Rideau Canal Bridge | A freight car ran off the siding running down to the canal east of the C.A.R. swing bridge this morning. The car ran against the bridge, broke a truck and almost canted into the canal. | Ottawa Journal 1895-08-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-08-08≥ | Ottawa Central Station | Hundreds of people watched the steam shovel from Maria street bridge last night; it is almost up to the bridge now. The Canada Atlantic have built a ten foot wooden fence between their track and Nicholas street at the Deep Cut. | Ottawa Journal 1895-08-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-08-09 | Ottawa Central Station | The steam shovel working on the canal bank reached the Maria street bridge about eleven o'clock last night, and was then removed to commence another cut of 30 feet beginning at the Deep Cut. | Ottawa Free Press 1895-08-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-08-10 | Ottawa Central Station | The first accident on the extension of the Canada Atlantic tracks along the canal occurred on Saturday night when a valuable cow belonging to Mr. Redmond of Nicholas street was caught between two flat cars and killed. Where the claim rests is a matter of dispute between the owner of the cow and the flagman at the crossing. | Ottawa Free Press 1895-08-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-08-12 | Ottawa Central Station | The C.A.R. steam shovel has begun operations on a second row of the canal bank, beginning, as before, at the Deep Cut. | Ottawa Journal 1895-08-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-08-22 | Ottawa Central Station | The steam shovel is making rapid progress in the second line of cutting; the canal bank from the Deep Cut to Maria street looks quite business like now, with two lines of track and a couple of switches down. A farmer who was evidently not as sober as he might have been tried, the night before last, to drive his horses through the 10 foot board fence that the C.A.R. put up to cut off Nicholas street and enclose the railway tracks; he had forgotten the way he came in the morning by the new route. | Ottawa Journal 1895-08-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-08-22≥ | Ottawa Central Station | Mr. Booth yesterday filed his plans with the department of railways and canals for the new central station. The site selected is that now occupied by the militia stores and the grass plot whereon now stands the cannon, immediately below the approach to Sappers Bridge. The entrance will be directly off the bridge, a broad stairway to the interior of the building leading down to the platforms. The lines into the station will run directly across the canal basin. | Ottawa Free Press 1895-08-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-08-23≤ | Ottawa Central Station | NEW CENTRAL STATION. As announced several weeks since, Mr. John R. Booth will shortly proceed with the erection of a new central station on the site of the stone building at present used as a military storehouse on the canal reserve south of Rideau street. The station, intended for the use of all roads running into Ottawa, will be a handsome and commodious structure. Already the work done south of Maria street has given an air of business activity to the neighbourhood very different from its former countrified look. | Ottawa Citizen 1895-08-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-08-24 | Ottawa Central Station | It seems that no formal plans for the Central depot have been submitted by Mr. Booth to the railway department. The plans sent to the department were only informal ones intended to give the minister a general idea of the work proposed. | Ottawa Journal 1895-08-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-09-04 | Ottawa Central Station | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway have applied to the department of Public Works for permission to extend their tracks under Maria street bridge; the secretary sent the chief engineer's reply, which was to the effect that Maria street bridge was the property of the city and that the department is simply under obligation to keep the bridge in repair. | Ottawa Citizen 1895-09-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-09-06 | Cedar Street Bridge | The construction of the Cedar street bridge is progressing rapidly. The piers are of concrete, and between them there is sufficient room for five railway tracks, three for the C.A.R. and two for the C.P.R. A subway will be made on the city side of the bridge to allow of an entrance into J.R. Booth's lumber yard. | Ottawa Citizen 1895-09-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-09-11 | Ottawa Central Station | The steam shovel has started on a third round at the canal bank excavation; it will keep on working night and day. There was a rumor yesterday that during exhibition the C.A.R would run its passengers down the canal bank to the Maria street bridge; Mr. Fleck said there was no ground for the story. | Ottawa Journal 1895-09-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-09-16 | Ottawa Central Station | The C.A.R. is now running a fence across the canal reserve at Maria street bridge. As the steam shovel is now on its third round down, there will be no more further walking up the canal bank. | Ottawa Journal 1895-09-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-09-20 | Ottawa Central Station | Nothing new can be written about the location of the Central depot. No move has yet been made to extend the line north of Maria street, although the line must be across this street by December 1st according to the by-law, or the company will risk losing its $50,000 bonus from the city. The steam shovel will complete the excavation of the canal bank this fall; the third strip of earth will be finished in a couple of weeks, and another strip will excavate the required width. The fourth strip will be finished by the first of November. | Ottawa Journal 1895-09-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-09-28≤ | Ottawa Central Station | WILL CLOSE THE STREET. In a Couple of Weeks Theodore St. Will be Shut by the C.A.R. Theodore street will be closed for traffic to permit the excavation of the street for the C.A.R. lines into Central depot. Three or four tracks will be built across the street and these will be covered with temporary trestles. After the street is crossed the location and construction of the Central depot will be attended to. | Ottawa Journal 1895-09-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-09-30 | Ottawa Central Station | THEODORE STREET AND C.A.R. A Protest Against the Closing of the Street to Traffic. [Letter to the editor, signed 'CIVIS':] A short paragraph in your issue of Saturday states that 'Theodore street will be closed for traffic to permit the excavation of the street for the C.A.R lines into the Central depot,' and that the tracks will be covered with temporary trestles. By what authority will the street be closed? Not a shovel full of earth should be allowed to be removed until the railway company has given good security that it will build and maintain permanent bridges over its tracks, or our already depleted civic treasury may be called upon to provide such bridges. | Ottawa Journal 1895-10-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-10-03 | Ottawa Central Station | NOTICE TO QUIT. A Definite Move Towards the New Central Depot. The owners of the property on the east side of the basin have received notice of expropriation of their property for railway purposes, with instructions to vacate; leaseholders from the government have been notified their leases will not be renewed after May 1 next. Orders have gone forth to clear the canal docks of wood and timber; on Monday morning Butterworth's large coal shed, between Dey's and the canal basin, will be torn down, the O.A. & P.S. having concluded its purchase for a moderate sum. A temporary station will be erected at the east end of where that building stood, for the winter, so the company can claim the $150,000 bonus from the city. The site of the Central depot has been settled: it will be on the site of the militia stores building; next spring will see the depot begun. The whole of the canal basin is to be filled in, and buildings within the expropriated area torn down, including Richard Woodland's leather shop and dwelling, the brick row on Besserer street, the Nicholet House, Wm. H. Easton's wood and coal office, Ransoms hotel, and Cardinal's livery stables. The Central depot will be six stories high, built close to Sappers' bridge so passengers can step from the bridge into the waiting rooms; three flats for station purposes, three for railway offices; trains will enter beneath an arched covering as at Toronto and Montreal's Windsor depot. It will be built of sandstone brought from near Jones Falls, the same as used in part of the Printing Bureau; a local forwarder has been awarded the contract to bring down twenty thousand tons of it next summer. There will be four tracks entering the Central depot, two passenger and two freight, with an extensive freight depot probably sited between the dry dock and Little Sussex street. Men were put to work on the north side of Theodore street this morning clearing away things. | Ottawa Journal 1895-10-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-10-03≥ | Ottawa Central Station | CLOSING OF MARIA ST. BOARD OF WORKS AND MR. BOOTH DISCUSS THE MATTER. The crossing of Theodore street by the O.A.P.S. and the consequent blocking of that thoroughfare to traffic was discussed before a special meeting of the board of works, attended by Mayor Borthwick and aldermen, City Engineer Surtees, City Solicitor McTavish, and, for the railway, Mr. J.R. Booth, A.W. Fleck and G.H. Mountain. Mr. Booth said his company would be ready to begin excavations through the street by October 14, to be completed in five days; the company would build a durable wooden bridge from the east end of Maria st. to beyond the limit of excavation, two hundred feet from the canal piling. City Engineer Surtees thought the bridge should have iron post supports rather than being entirely wooden. Ald. McGuire asked whether a gangway for foot passengers, including the hundreds of schoolchildren who cross Theodore street daily, could be provided during excavation; Mr. Mountain, chief engineer, said it would be impossible, as a gangway could not be stretched across the excavation and would put children in danger from shunting trains. The committee, concerned that agreeing to Booth's request might give the government an opportunity to refuse to maintain Maria street bridge, decided that the chairman and several aldermen would wait upon the government with Mr. Booth to ascertain its views. | Ottawa Journal 1895-10-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-10-05 | Ottawa Central Station | NEW CENTRAL STATION. Another Imposing Structure to go up in Ottawa. The plan referred to [in the Citizen's 1895-08-23 report] was the elevation designed for Mr. Booth by the late G. Stalker, his last work, from which, by permission of Hon. Mr. Haggart, Minister of Railways and Canals, a drawing is presented. The depot is to stand on the site now occupied by the Militia Stores and the little 'Place d'Arms' in front, about 14 feet back from the present sidewalk. The basement or ground floor is to be the railway car station proper, trains running in on the level of the present canal basin embankment; a driveway from Little Sussex street will let carriages reach the train platform. A main entrance is planned through a covered portico level with the eastern approach of Sappers' Bridge. The first floor at street level will have waiting rooms and ticket office, with a broad double stairway and a passenger elevator down to the train platform; the upper flats will be railway (and probably other) offices. The building is to be of stone with iron girders. The approach will be along the present cutting and under Maria street bridge, across the eastern basin of the canal, necessitating equivalent dock accommodation on the western side by lengthening the present basin. Hon. Mr. Haggart has taken a deep interest in the scheme from its inception and has encouraged Mr. Booth, while ensuring the terms on which other railways may access the new union depot will be fixed by the Railway Committee of the Privy Council; the city's $50,000 bonus to Mr. Booth's railway becomes due upon the station's completion. | Ottawa Citizen 1895-10-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-10-07 | Ottawa Central Station | This morning workmen began operations on the north side of Theodore street in the construction of the tracks for the Central Station. A gang of men have since laid the tracks along the wharf, in front of the Butterworth coal sheds, while others have been engaged in preparing the way by excavation for the steam shovel to begin its work near Dey's boat house. It is intended that the shovel shall finish the cutting as far as the roadway on the south side, and then cut away all the embankment on the north side before the street section is interfered with, so as not to cause any obstruction to the traffic until the last moment. | Ottawa Free Press 1895-10-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-10-07 | Ottawa Central Station | The first serious accident in connection with the steam shovel working along the canal occurred yesterday afternoon when Mr. John Dodd of Nepean street, who was standing on the bank watching operations, fell over the embankment. He went very close to the edge to better see the work; the sod on which he was standing had been almost entirely undermined, and when it fell he fell with it, coming very close to being caught by the ascending shovel. His shoulder was badly injured and he carries several bruises. | Ottawa Free Press 1895-10-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-10-07 | Rockland Depot | Rockland - work has commenced on the C.A. Railway station here and will be rapidly pushed. When the station is completed the company intends to build freight sheds and have everything in readiness for the running of regular trains as soon as possible. | Ottawa Journal 1895-10-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...),Eastern Ontario Review 1895-10-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-10-09 | Ottawa Central Station | The steam shovel on the Parry Sound Railway tracks was moved under the Maria street bridge this morning, and at noon started work in excavating the land immediately in front of Dey's boat house. The whole of the embankment on the north side of Theodore street will be cut away before the roadway is disturbed for the building of the railway bridge. | Ottawa Free Press 1895-10-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-10-11 | Ottawa Central Station | The steam shovel has again been moved, this time to the head of Nicholas street, in order to make another cut along the canal bank. Excavations north of the bridge have not as yet been completed. | Ottawa Free Press 1895-10-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-10-26 | Ottawa Central Station | THE SCOOP HARD AT WORK. The Excavation on Theodore Street Well Under Way - Taking Down a Pier. At seven o'clock this morning, men were put at work to remove the remaining timbers of the eastern approach to Maria street bridge; forty minutes later everything was cleared and the steam shovel was brought across Theodore street and set to work to excavate the bank from Dey's rink up to the pier of the bridge. The men then began removing the stone that filled the pier, occupying the whole forenoon. The excavation of the street is expected to be finished by Tuesday night. It was reported today that Mr. Booth had concluded a deal with Dey Bros. for their boat house and rink, but this was found to be incorrect; Mr. Booth made Dey Bros. an offer on Thursday, but they will not accept it, considering the figure too low. A second line of track is now being extended past Dey down to the Butterworth coal sheds at the canal basin; this shed will be torn down next week as it is on the site for the temporary depot. | Ottawa Journal 1895-10-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-10-30 | Ottawa Central Station | The timber for the extension of the Maria Street Bridge over the railway cutting is on the ground, and work will likely be commenced on the extension today. The cutting of the street will likely be finished tomorrow as the steam shovel has been doing exceptionally good work. | Ottawa Citizen 1895-10-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-11-02 | Ottawa Central Station | Work on the construction of the Theodore street bridge across the railway tracks commenced this morning and at noon three sets of uprights with the necessary connecting posts were in position adjoining the Maria street bridge. The steam shovel is now cutting on Theodore street itself, the canal bank having been removed. It will apparently be another week before the work is connected sufficiently to allow the resumption of traffic. | Ottawa Free Press 1895-11-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-11-04 | Ottawa Central Station | Dey Boathouse will remain undisturbed this year; it will not be torn down to permit the construction of the O.A. & P.S. Railway line until next spring. The owners have received notice to vacate the building on the first of next May, and will build another boathouse, 200 x 100 feet, in a central location. TERMS OF THE LEASE. The lease of the ordnance lands from the Deep Cut to the canal basin by the government to the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway, as filed in the city registry office, covers ten pages of foolscap. It runs 21 years from 1 May 1895, at a yearly rental of $400. The company may not assign, transfer or sublet without the minister's consent. The approaches to the Central depot from the main line are to be completed on or before 1 July 1896 and thereafter maintained; the rail level of the approach is to be four feet above the canal's navigation height; if the full width of the lands is needed near the adjacent property, a masonry retaining wall and fence are to be built. No engine houses, blacksmith or repairing shops, or coal oil store houses are to be built on the ordnance lands. The railway may deal with trespassers as it wishes; the government retains free access to the canal for its workmen. The company must permit any other railway wishing to use the lands as an approach to the Central station to do so on reasonable terms, fixed if necessary by the railway committee of the Privy Council. The government may resume the lands for a public purpose after eighteen months' notice; at the end of the 21-year term the railway may remove its buildings, or renew the lease for another 21 years. | Ottawa Journal 1895-11-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-11-06 | Ottawa Central Station | At the Theodore street bridge today the work of erecting the 200 feet of abutments is rapidly proceeding. In front of Dey's boat house about 20 men are engaged making a cutting from Theodore street to run between the building and the three small houses lying to the south east of it; there is just enough room for a truck to pass through this opening, and as the cutting will be fully 12 feet deep it will leave the Dey property standing on an eminence entirely surrounded by the tracks. | Ottawa Free Press 1895-11-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-11-06≥ | Ottawa Central Station | Messrs. Dey of the boat house called at the city hall complaining that their water supply had been cut off by the action of the steam shovel. They wanted the engineer to have another pipe run into the building, but as this would necessitate excavating under the railway tracks now being laid, and the building is on the canal reserve, the city engineer would not listen to the proposal. | Ottawa Free Press 1895-11-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-11-07 | Ottawa Central Station | Mr. Frank Dey says he is experiencing a great deal of inconvenience on account of the water supply having been cut off. His application was for a service to his own private house and property, not the rink, which is on the canal reserve. It matters not, he says, how the water is furnished so long as he gets it. | Ottawa Free Press 1895-11-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-11-08 | Ottawa Central Station | O.A. & P.S. Station Site Located. The site for the temporary depot of the O., A. & P. S. Ry. has been laid out by the engineering staff of the line. The building will be located close up to Butterworth's coal shed and between the coal shed and Dey's boathouse. The coal shed will probably be used as a temporary freight depot. | Ottawa Journal 1895-11-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-11-12 | Ottawa Central Station | Passenger trains will be running into the temporary depot by the 15th of next month, said E.J. Chamberlain, general manager of the O.A. & P.S. Ry. Work on the temporary depot will be begun tomorrow; the Maria street bridge is expected to be completed by tomorrow afternoon, after which the men there will be put to work on the temporary depot. Upon its completion by December 15th the Elgin street depot will be disused for the passenger service of the O.A. & P.S. and C.A.R. lines; all passenger lines will run into the centre of the city. The temporary depot will be 25 feet wide, 75 feet long, built on precisely the same plan as the present Elgin street depot, with ladies' and gent's waiting rooms, a restaurant and ticket offices; express and baggage rooms will be built adjoining. It will be a substantial structure, needed to meet the public's requirements for a year or more until the Central depot is built on the Militia stores site. The main entrance for carriages will be by Wilbrod street; people from Upper town may cross Maria street bridge, at the end of which a sidewalk will lead into the depot. The railway officials are as yet undecided whether they will run freight into the centre of the city this fall, depending on whether frost makes the new road hard enough for heavy freights. The Butterworth coal shed may be torn down any day, its lease having expired last spring and not been renewed. Dey Bros. will remove their rink and have forty days in which to do this. | Ottawa Journal 1895-11-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-11-12≥ | Ottawa Central Station | The Theodore street bridge was completed sufficiently last night to allow of one side to be opened for foot travellers, to the great joy of the many who have been in the habit of crossing Maria street bridge back and forth to business and school. The whole structure will be thrown open tonight. | Ottawa Free Press 1895-11-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-11-14 | Ottawa Central Station | Maria street bridge as extended has been reopened for traffic. | Ottawa Citizen 1895-11-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-11-22 | Ottawa Central Station | Track laying along the canal bank is being pushed very rapidly, a gang of men putting in a number of hours work yesterday. The frost is necessitating more rapid completion of the line. | Ottawa Free Press 1895-11-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-11-30≤ | Ottawa Central Station | Dey's rink is now almost levelled to the ground. The steam shovel will be put to work on Monday afternoon to cut away the bank on which the rink stood. Two strips will be cut out from Theodore Street to the site of the temporary depot. As far as is known trains will be running into the temporary depot two weeks from Monday. | Ottawa Journal 1895-11-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-11-30≤ | Ottawa Central Station | Mr. Booth stated this morning that it was altogether improbable that the work of levelling off the land where Dey's rink stood would be proceeded with this fall, the frost working in so rapidly. The two iron bridges over the Hurdman's road near the deep cut will be finished tonight, as will the track laying. "Of course," said Mr. Booth, "we could commence on Monday or Tuesday running our passenger cars into the temporary station, but as this would interfere with the work in progress we will wait for some time, but by the 15th of next month the traffic will certainly be commenced." | Ottawa Free Press 1895-11-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-12-02 | Ottawa Central Station | The iron girders for the O.A. & P.S. bridge over Hurdman road at the head of Deep Cut were laid yesterday. | Ottawa Journal 1895-12-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-12-03 | Ottawa Central Station | Opening of the New Depot. The opening of the new temporary depot at the canal basin will be made the occasion of a formal recognition on the part of the city of the services rendered by Mr. J.R. Booth and the immense advantages being derived by the city as the terminus of the Ottawa and Parry Sound Railway. The mayor, aldermen and city officials will attend in a body and present Mr. J.R. Booth with a congratulatory illuminated address. This action was decided on by the council last night, originating with Ald. McGuire's motion, which carried unanimously. | Ottawa Journal 1895-12-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-12-04 | Ottawa Central Station | The O.A. & P.S. Ry. are discharging the men that have been employed within the city limits on the construction of the entrance to the Central Depot. About sixty men were discharged yesterday. The steam shovel is busily engaged tearing away the embankment which until a few days ago was the site of Dey's skating rink, to get a level entrance into the temporary depot. | Ottawa Journal 1895-12-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-12-05 | Ottawa Central Station | The steam shovel started to work on the Dey's rink site this morning. The ground is frozen hard from the surface for some distance down and the chunks of soil dislodged are frequently enormous; considerable trouble and delay are experienced from the lumps holding securely in the scoop. | Ottawa Free Press 1895-12-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-12-09 | Ottawa Central Station | Mrs. Augustus Keefer's stone quarry in Nepean township has been sold to Mr. J.R. Booth for $5,000. It is said Mr. Booth desired to procure the stone in the quarry for the construction of the temporary central station. | Ottawa Citizen 1895-12-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...),Almonte Gazette 1895-12-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-12-11 | Ottawa Central Station | As yet no date has been fixed for the formal opening of the new tracks along the banks of the canal, but that it will take place early next week is now assured, per Mr. Booth this morning. A third track has been laid, permitting an entrance to the eastern side of the temporary station, for freight taken directly from the cars, as no storage accommodation is to be provided for the present. A ten foot plank walk is today being constructed on Wilbrod street from Nicholas to the new depot. The mayor, city engineer and some aldermen, with a deputation from the Ottawa East town council, will inspect the new iron bridges over the Hurdman's road at the deep cut this week, possibly tomorrow. As the frost increases the difficulty of excavating grows; the shovel went off its tracks this morning, causing a serious delay. | Ottawa Free Press 1895-12-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-12-16 | Ottawa Central Station | John Glennie, aged 23, a fireman employed on the locomotive attached to the 'tank car' that carried coal and water supplies from the station yards to the steam shovel excavating close to the site of the temporary depot at Maria street, was found dead in the yard near the round house about eight o'clock in the evening, his head completely crushed. No one witnessed the accident. He had left the engine to couple the tank car to a box car, not noticing that one of the coal boxes projected a foot or more past the end of the tank car; stepping between the cars to couple them, his head was jammed between the cars as they came together. He died a minute or two afterward. The body was taken to Moodie's morgue; Coroner Mark impanelled a jury, which viewed the body before adjourning. Glennie had been in the company's employ about four years, rising from cleaner; a Scotchman who had come to Ottawa about six years before, he left a wife (married nearly three years) and two children. | Ottawa Citizen 1895-12-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...),Ottawa Journal 1895-12-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-12-17 | Ottawa Central Station | Central Depot Sir? On Thursday passenger trains will be running into the new temporary depot at the canal basin. A few weeks ago a few pieces of timber lay strewn on the ground; today a commodious station, not the poor 'temporary' affair some people thought it would be, is erected — Mr. Booth on the spot every day from early morning, though 70 years of age, often handling the pick and shovel himself. The building is 75 feet long and 25 feet wide, with 'lean tos' 16 feet wide on all sides; a covered platform 400 feet long extends south, to within 200 feet of Maria street bridge, with a wide platform from there to the bridge and a stairway down from the bridge, the main foot entrance. Carriage entrance will be from Nicholas by Wilbrod street or by Mosgrove street and the canal dock frontage from Rideau. The depot is covered with iron sheeting, divided into ladies' and gent's waiting rooms, a restaurant and a ticket office, with a baggage room at the north end. Canada Atlantic trains will use the west side track of the covered platform, Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound trains the east side; the station and surroundings will be lit by electricity. Mr. Booth said the depot would cost $4,000 and was not expected to be used a whole year before the new central depot was ready and this building torn down. | Ottawa Journal 1895-12-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-12-18 | Ottawa Central Station | THE CAR KILLED HIM. Jury Returns a Verdict of Accident in the Glennie Case. Night foreman Wm. Rogers, in charge of engine No. 81, testified he was moving the engine backwards to couple to the tank car, having received the signal from Glennie; he did not feel the usual shock, called out to Glennie, and receiving no answer, alighted and found Glennie lying across the track between the engine and tank car, bleeding at the ear. He explained the tank car's coal boxes: one had moved and protruded about six inches over the end of the car, and he had noticed this two weeks before the accident without reporting it. It seemed to him Glennie had been crushed between the protruding box and the engine while coupling. Locomotive Superintendent Ogilvie testified that exhaust steam from the engine had thawed the snow at the spot, making it slippery, and believed Glennie had slipped while going in front of the engine and had his head crushed by a lower part of the engine — evidence which dispelled the idea his head had been jammed between the draw-bars. A verdict of accidental death was returned after midnight. | Ottawa Journal 1895-12-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...),Ottawa Citizen 1895-12-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-12-18 | Ottawa Central Station | The delay in the Supreme Court in settling the Sparks estate dispute is not going to deter Mr. J.R. Booth. Mr. Easton has been requested to vacate the premises at the Basin before the second week in January; the company intend stringing a trestle work structure across the canal basin next week and will commence filling in at once, with two tracks laid right up to the militia stores. The first train into the temporary station will not be run until Monday next, it now being found impossible to put things into shape before then; a fence is being constructed around the canal to protect passengers alighting on that side. The side walk on the north side of Wilbrod street had its width reduced by the city engineer's order, to avoid taking in a hydrant. Workmen are opening up track near the Theodore street curve so the mail car can wait at the Nicholas/Theodore junction until the incoming train passes under Maria street bridge, then run down to Wilbrod street in time for the mail bags — a temporary arrangement. | Ottawa Free Press 1895-12-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-12-18 | Ottawa Central Station | The steam shovel, that has been so busy chiselling away the canal bank all summer, ceases work today. The shovel will early next spring begin to excavate another slice down the bank from the head of Deep Cut. | Ottawa Journal 1895-12-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-12-19 | Ottawa Central Station | An empty coach was run into the new central depot yesterday, when it was found that the canopy extending out over the platform had been built too wide. As a result the track running close to the canal had to be shifted in order to permit the easy and safe entrance of the trains. The work was done most expeditiously. | Ottawa Free Press 1895-12-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-12-20≥ | Ottawa Central Station | Workmen were putting the final touches on the station, which is situated at the north end of the old Dey's rink site, yesterday. A covered stairway leads to the landing from the Maria street bridge. The approaches to the station from Rideau street are via Musgrove street, and Wilbrod and Stewart streets, west of Nicholas, also lead to the station; a new sidewalk on Wilbrod street extends to the door. | Ottawa Citizen 1895-12-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-12-21 | Ottawa Central Station | City looks it over. Mayor and Aldermen at New Central Depot. The railway lines forming an entrance to the Central depot passed under civic inspection today; the temporary depot at the canal basin was also formally opened. At Mr. J.R. Booth's invitation, the civic finance committee, mayor and other councillors boarded a special train (a locomotive and two coaches, one Mr. Booth's official car) and went over the lines, taking a quarter hour to run into the temporary depot. Arriving, a large number of citizens were waiting on the platforms, including Claude McLachlan of Arnprior (vice-president of the O.A. & P.S. Ry.), Fred Booth (president of the C.A. Ry.), and others. Mr. J.R. Booth handed Mayor Borthwick the key of the building, and the temporary depot was formally opened by the mayor. Mayor Borthwick complimented Mr. Booth on his enterprise; Booth replied that the citizens had given him valuable help, but that favorable weather this fall had also helped him succeed. Ald. Cook proposed three cheers and a tiger for Mr. Booth. The finance committee met afterward and considered that the by-law granting the bonus had been fulfilled in every particular and that the remaining $50,000 bonus, payable on completion of the Central depot, had been earned, subject to the city solicitor's review of the by-law's details. | Ottawa Journal 1895-12-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...),Ottawa Free Press 1895-12-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...),Ottawa Citizen 1895-12-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-12-23 | Ottawa Central Station | The first regular passenger trains left the new temporary depot at the canal basin this morning. The first was the C.A.R. express for Montreal, leaving sharp at 8 o'clock; the O.A. & P.S. train left five minutes later. Both trains ran up the bank to the head of the Deep Cut at a brisk clip. Many people were at the depot to watch, among them Messrs. J.R. Booth, E.J. Chamberlain (general manager, O.A. & P.S. Ry.), C.J. Smith (general passenger agent) and S. Ebbs (city ticket agent). The starting bell was rung by Mr. Booth. | Ottawa Journal 1895-12-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-12-23 | Ottawa Central Station | The city treasurer yesterday paid the Parry Sound Railway the amount due them by way of bonus. | Ottawa Journal 1895-12-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-12-30 | Ottawa Central Station | The new central depot has been opened now for more than a week, but that period of time has not destroyed the novelty of watching engines steaming into such a central portion of the city. The new station agent is Mr. John Savage, who was taken from General Clare's staff to fill that position. Close to the bridge on the north side a small building is being erected to be used as a wash house for the passenger cars. | Ottawa Free Press 1895-12-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1896-01-03 | Elgin Street Depot | The old C.A.R. depot on Elgin street is being converted into a company store house. | Ottawa Journal 1896-01-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-01-09 | Elgin Street Depot | The old "C.A.R." signs at the Elgin street depot are all being removed and "O.A. & P.S." just up in their places. It is the intention to use that place for O.A. & P.S. freight. | Ottawa Free Press 1896-01-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-02-15 | Car Shops | Mr. J.R. Booth is drawing a large quantity of stone to the site of the proposed car shops and round house in Ottawa East. The work of constructing the shops will commence in the spring. | Ottawa Citizen 1896-02-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-03-02 | Ottawa Central Station | The third and final lease was on March 2, 1896. It surrendered to Mr. Booth the old canal basin, and the rest of the reserve down to Sappers' bridge, at $500 a year. Thus for a total of $1,100 a year, Mr. Booth got the full half mile of ordnance lands from the heart of Ottawa out to the head of the deep cut. | Ottawa Journal 1898-11-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-03-05≥ | Ottawa Central Station | Mr. J.R. Booth started a gang of men to work yesterday at excavating and enlarging the western side of the canal basin. The earth excavated will be used in filling in the eastern portion of the basin, over which trains will run when coming into the permanent central depot near Sappers bridge. (As reported by 5 March 1896; the source dates the event only relatively.) | Ottawa Citizen 1896-03-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-04-15 | Ottawa Central Station | Although it is evidently Mr. Booth's intention to go on with the new Central Depot this summer, it is doubtful if it will be completed before next year. | Ottawa Journal 1896-04-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-04-15 | Ottawa Central Station | After the first of June the militia stores building at Sappers Bridge will be the temporary depot of the O.A. & P.S. and C.A. Railways. This information was given today for publication by a prominent official of the lines. From that date the trestle structure over the canal basin will have been completed and made passable for trains. The militia stores building, which will be vacated during May, will be divided into waiting rooms, ticket office and restaurant. A baggage room will be located at the southern end. Trains will enter between the building and the canal. Three tracks will likely be run in and these tracks will extend past the temporary depot to beneath Sappers Bridge. A canopy will be built out from the building to extend over the trains, thus providing shelter from the weather. It is understood that the militia stored building may be the depot for some time. | Ottawa Journal 1896-04-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-04-17 | Ottawa Central Station | The trestle work in the east wing of the canal basin is almost completed and the thing that now remains to be done is to fill it in with earth and bowlder, in order to prevent its rising when the water is let in, about the first of May. | Ottawa Free Press 1896-04-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-04-17 | Ottawa Central Station | Mr. Booth said further that the commencement of work upon the structure, which it is proposed to erect near Sappers bridge would depend upon the government's decision in reference to the disposal of the present militia stores building. He had not been appraised as to when the authorities intended to accept a cash sum for the property, or request him to build another upon some site selected. | Ottawa Free Press 1896-04-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-04-28 | Ottawa Central Station | The steam shovel is on the last cut down the canal bank. It is at a point opposite Lisgar street. | Ottawa Journal 1896-04-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-04-29 | Ottawa Central Station | The men working on the construction in the canal basin are now kept at work at night. | Ottawa Journal 1896-04-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-05-06 | Ottawa Central Station | The ties of the C.A.R. tracks over the canal basin have been laid to within 200 feet of the militia stores building. | Ottawa Journal 1896-05-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-05-08 | Ottawa Central Station | The C.A.R. tracks over the canal basin have now been laid as far as the Militia Stores building. This morning several car loads of lumber for the wharf were taken that far. | Ottawa Journal 1896-05-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-05-12 | Ottawa Central Station | The steam shovel working on the canal bank has now reached a point about 100 yards from the Maria street bridge. | Ottawa Journal 1896-05-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-05-13 | Ottawa Central Station | The men working on the steam shovel which is cutting away the canal bank beside the C.A.R. tracks had considerable trouble with it last evening. While trying to remove it to the Deep Cut it ran off the tracks and it was several hours before a large gang of workmen were able to get it on again. | Ottawa Journal 1896-05-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-05-20 | Ottawa Central Station | The steam plough is still tearing down the canal bank near the Deep Cut. Several more sheds will soon have to be moved further back in consequence. | Ottawa Journal 1896-05-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-06-02 | Ottawa Central Station | The steam shovel is still eating into the canal bank. It is now about half way between the Maria street bridge and the Deep Cut. The new signal and tool house on the C.A.R. tracks at the Deep Cut has now been completed and painted. It is quite a neat looking building. | Ottawa Journal 1896-06-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-06-03 | Ottawa Central Station | Workman's and Erratt's old store houses at the canal basin have now been taken down. The C.A.R. tracks will be laid up to the militia stores building as soon as possible. | Ottawa Journal 1896-06-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-06-06 | Ottawa Central Station | The building owned by Mr. W.H. Easton at the foot of Little Sussex Street has been bought by Mr. Booth and is now torn down to make way for the O.A. & P.S. Ry entrance to the site of the new Central Depot at Sappers Bridge. It is understood Mr. Easton was paid $125 for his building. | Ottawa Journal 1896-06-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-06-06 | Ottawa Central Station | The Ottawa Electric Street Railway will not build the Little Sussex Street spur line across the canal embankment to the present depot but will run the tracks down to the militia stores building instead. It is stated that Mr. Booth informed the company yesterday that it would be unnecessary to cross over the canal embankment. | Ottawa Journal 1896-06-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-06-06 | Ottawa Central Station | The militia stores will be partially converted into a railway depot by the end of this month. The west side of the building is to be used as a depot and the militia stores will remain in the other half of the building until a new building can be erected for storing the supplies. It is expected to have the west side of the militia building fitted up for a depot before the first of the large farmers' excursions on the C.A.R. and the O.A. & P.S. Ry. run into the city. | Ottawa Journal 1896-06-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-06-08≥ | Alexandria Depot | Coming up from Montreal Saturday night on the Canada Atlantic lacrosse excursion special ... There will be a stop at Alexandria for refreshments ... When the half-way house, as the Alexandria station is called, was reached, the candidates for initiation followed Mr. Donaldson from the car to the engine. ... The wait only lasted about 5 minutes. (As reported by 8 June 1896; the source dates the event only relatively.) | Ottawa Journal 1896-06-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-06-11 | Ottawa Central Station | Lumber is being shipped by the O.A. & P.S. Ry. from the militia stores building. It is drawn from Edwards mill to the siding beside the militia stores and then piled upon flat cars and conveyed to the Shepherd and Morse's lumber yards beyond Ottawa East and there unloaded. | Ottawa Journal 1896-06-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-06-25 | Car Shops | The building of the new shops and round houses of the O.A. & P.S. Ry. at the 'Y' beyond Ottawa East will begin early next month. The ground between the C.A.R and O.A. & P.S. Ry. tracks at the 'Y' comprising nearly ten acres is filled in and all is almost in readiness to begin the building of the shops. The men who were employed on the steam shovel in the excavation of the canal bank were relieved from work yesterday. They numbered about thirty in all. | Ottawa Journal 1896-06-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1896-06-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-06-25 | Ottawa Central Station | The stores branch of the Militia Department is having the stuff removed from the first flat of the old militia stores building just as fast as can be handled. It is the intention of the railway people to occupy the south half of the ground floor for a waiting room, etc. The track outside which butts against the building will be in the centre between two covered platforms. This arrangement is only temporary, but will likely have to last for some time, as the militia department is not expected to be in a position to look after a new building until provision is made for it in the form of money. | Ottawa Free Press 1896-06-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-06-26 | Ottawa Central Station | Within a few days the Canada Atlantic and O.A. & P.S. trains will be running to the north side of the canal basin. An arrangement has been effected with the Militia Department whereby a portion of the stores building will be placed at the disposal of the railway people. For the present the southern half of the lower flat will be occupied for station purposes, the removal of the contents of that portion of the building being now under way. | Ottawa Citizen 1896-06-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-06-30 | Ottawa Central Station | All the material has been removed from that portion of the militia stores which it is proposed to be given over to the railway people at present. | Ottawa Free Press 1896-06-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-07-05 | Wilno Depot | A new railway station, similar to the Eganville one, is being erected by the O.A. & P.S. Ry. at Wilno. An Ottawa contractor has the work in hand. | Mercury 1896-07-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |