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 all entity types.
| Date | Subject | Statement | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1894-03-23 | Wilno | Mr. J. O'Brien, contractor, has the Wilno pass cleared, and is commencing the rock cut in it, which is very heavy. The materials will be used in a long dump at the foot of the pass. This dump will, in some places, be forty-one feet high. | Mercury 1894-03-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-03-24 | Middle Subdivision | The contract for next summer's work on the O.A. & P.S.R. construction was let this morning. It went to E.F. Fauquier. He will construct thirty-five miles of road from Barry's Bay, the present terminus of the line, one hundred and seven miles distant from Ottawa, to Long Lake, 142 miles from this city. This is considered the heaviest part of the construction between here and Parry Sound. | Ottawa Journal 1894-03-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Free Press 1894-03-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Mercury 1894-03-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-03-26 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | Including the 35 miles of road the contract for which was given out Saturday to E.F. Fauquier, the O.A. & P.S. will construct 77 miles of road this summer. Besides the 35 miles contract given to Mr. Fauquier today, twenty miles have been given to Wm. Heald; twelve miles to J. O'Brien, through the Haggarty Pass, and ten miles to Poelan and Fitzpatrick at the furthest end of the proposed line extending towards the terminus of the old colonization railway. This will leave about seventy miles of the road left to be completed next year. | Ottawa Journal 1894-03-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-03-26 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | The construction of a large number of new cars for the Parry Sound railway has started in the mechanical shops of the Elgin street depot. The work will likely be continued for a large part of the summer as many cars will be required to keep up with the increased trade over the line. One of the two steam shovels owned by the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway went up the line yesterday morning to commence work in the gravel pit at Eganville. Until the frost has disappeared from the ground the gravel will only be used to fill up spots that were not completed last year. Two gravel trains are expected to go up the line tomorrow. | Ottawa Free Press 1894-03-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-03-30 | Middle Subdivision | Work on the construction of the O.A. & P.S. Railway above Golden Lake is being pushed ahead, and much progress has been made during the past few weeks. Should the weather continue fine Mr. Heald expects to have his contract completed a month ahead of the time allotted to him. Mr. Booth has decided to immediately let the contract for another 35 mile section, which will bring the road to the Eganville Estate. This portion will be built this summer, and next year the remainder of the line through to Elmsdale (the point where the O.A. & P.S. will make connection with the Parry Sound Colonization Railway) will be finished. Then through traffic will be commenced from Georgian Bay to the seaboard. | Mercury 1894-03-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-04 | Canada Atlantic Stock 1000-1018 | Twenty single-deck stock cars, numbered 1000-1018, were built in the Canada Atlantic Railway workshops in April 1894. The number series 1000-1018 covers only nineteen numbers, and the whereabouts of the twentieth car is undocumented. | Mercury 1894-05-01 |
| 1894-04-05 | Middle Subdivision | Owing to the spring floods having damaged the roadway of the O.A. & P.S. line in several places between Eganville and Golden Lake, the carriage of freight west of Eganville has been stopped. They are now busily repairing damages. Mr. J.R. Booth passed over the line last week as far as Golden Lake and inspected some of the new work. He was accompanied by Mr. Chamberlain, manager of the company. The construction of the line from Barry's Bay to Long Lake, a distance of thirty-five miles, will be pushed through rapidly. It is said the contractors are bound to have it completed by the first of November so as to be ready to ship lumber from the mills being erected by the American company which purchased the Perley and Pattee limits. It is said by some who think they ought to know that the division station between Ottawa and Parry Sound will be at Long Lake. | Ottawa Journal 1894-04-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Eastern Ontario Review 1894-04-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Mercury 1894-04-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-04-06 | Vars | COUPLED HIS LAST CAR. J. CROTEAU CRUSHED TO DEATH ON THE C.A.R. AT BEARBROOK. J. Croteau, a brakeman on the Canada Atlantic Ry., while coupling cars early this morning at Bearbrook, was fatally crushed and died of his injuries on reaching the city shortly after 8 o'clock. After the accident the injured man was promptly brought to the city where at the station doctor R.W. Bell was waiting. It was seen, however, that medical aid was of no avail and the victim had hardly made a statement to Dr. Bell when he passed away. The Remains were taken to his home at Archville and Coroner Mark notified. At the request of General Manager Chamberlain he decided to hold an inquest. | Ottawa Journal 1894-04-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Free Press 1894-04-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-04-06 | Arnprior Freight Depot | A gang of men are now engaged erecting a freight shed in connection with the O.A. & P.S. Railway station here [Arnprior]. | Almonte Gazette 1894-04-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-04-09 | Unidentified Locomotives 0 | The engine which went through the swing bridge of the canal last fall is repaired and turned out of the shops in splendid shape and will again be put on the line this week. | Ottawa Journal 1894-04-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-04-13 | South March | The O.A. & P.S. Railway Company has decided not to build a station between Carp and Ottawa. The people of March, who were pretty confident of having one built in their township, are somewhat disappointed. In consequence of this decision, the veteran mail carrier, Mr. Phillip Orchard, will continue his rounds as usual. | Mercury 1894-04-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-04-14 | Canada Atlantic Caboose | The van of No. 11 train over the Canada Atlantic railway will remain draped for four weeks as a token of respect for the late Joseph Croteau who was killed at Bearbrook station last week. | Ottawa Free Press 1894-04-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-04-21 | Madawaska River Bridge at Arnprior | The lengthy trestle at the approach to the O.A. & P.S. bridge over the Madawaska river at Arnprior is being filled in with clay and gravel. | Ottawa Journal 1894-04-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-04-21 | Golden Lake Depot | The O.A. & P.S. Ry. have begun construction of station houses at Golden Lake and other places along the line. Mr. C. Tomlinson of this city is building the station at Golden Lake. | Ottawa Journal 1894-04-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Mercury 1894-04-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-04-23 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | Almost every day men are leaving by the morning train to secure employment on the construction of the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway. This morning there was a large gang of Italians going up to work on one of the contracts above Golden Lake. So far there has been no steel laid this year, but it is expected that men will shortly commence on the department of the construction. The steam shovel is now working at Eganville and a large part of the ballast is taken to fill up the trestle work at Arnprior. | Ottawa Free Press 1894-04-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Mercury 1894-04-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-05-01 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | QUEEN'S PARK: A cash subsidy is granted of $3,000 per mile to OA & PS contractor Fauquier, to build thirty-five miles west of Barry's Bay, conditional on regulations for the protection from fire of timber. The Toronto Board of Trade opposed this grant on the ground that it was practically a private line and as such, not entitled to a subsidy. A government official had expressed concern about the railway's locomotives causing forest fire damage to the pine. Booth's officials reported that the line as surveyed followed the swamps and lowlands, and that very little pine is passed through, for where it is not swamp, and along the lake shores it is through hardwood; there is therefore no danger to be apprehended from fire. | Mercury 1894-05-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-05-01 | Bonnechere River Bridge | A NEW BRIDGE OVER THE BONNECHERE: J. W. Monroe, Pembroke, F. Hilliard, Renfrew, were the competing contractors, but R. Weddel got the contract. | Mercury 1894-05-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-05-03 | Unidentified Locomotives 0 | Two new passenger locomotives weighing 95,000 pounds each with tender and two freight locomotives each weighing 105,000 pounds have arrived at the C.A.R depot from the Baldwin Locomotives Works in Philadelphia to be used on the C.A.R and O.A. & P.S. Ry. The cost of each locomotive was $8,000. | Ottawa Journal 1894-05-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-05-04 | Arnprior | The O.,A. & P.S. R'y. has made a settlement with Mr. O'Keefe. Mr. O'Keefe got $100 damages. | Almonte Gazette 1894-05-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-05-14 | Middle Subdivision | Mr. G.A. Mountain, chief engineer of the Canada Atlantic and Ottawa and Parry Sound railway, returned from the far end of the latter line this morning. In conversation with the Free Press he said that the construction of the Parry Sound road is advancing rapidly. The contract to Killaloe is winding up and the track from Eganville to Golden Lake has been thoroughly ballasted. This part of the road will be ready for government inspection in a few days and when this is over the O.A. & P.S. will be in operation for 84 miles from Ottawa. The work is well advanced to Haggerty pass, 109 miles from here. And from that point to the 129th mile the ground has been broken. From the latter point up to the 142nd mile the right of way is being cleared. Frost is still to be found in many of the swamps. The company expects to have track laid this year from Ottawa 250 miles westward. Mr. Mountain leaves in a day or two for the Parry Sound Colonization railway, which is now within ten miles of its destination, Parry Sound. When the year's construction is completed there will be a gap of 65 miles between the work which started from Ottawa and the Colonization road which is working in the opposite direction. | Ottawa Free Press 1894-05-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Free Press 1894-05-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-05-15 | Eastern Subdivision | The work of reballasting the main line of the Canada Atlantic railway from Moose Creek to this city is advancing steadily and a couple of trains are working on the section of road this side of Eastman's Springs. The roadway below Eastman's however, has not been gone over and trains are working there also. | Ottawa Free Press 1894-05-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-05-15 | Unidentified Freight Cars | Twenty new cattle cars for the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway, each 34 feet in length, have just been built in the mechanical shops of the Elgin street depot. A few cattle are coming down the line at present and the cars will be used for different kinds of freight until the autumn comes. | Ottawa Free Press 1894-05-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Mercury 1894-05-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1894-05-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Mercury 1894-05-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-05-15 | Middle Subdivision | Steel for the new Parry Sound railway is arriving in this city at the rate of about twenty-five car loads a day. The rails are taken up at once to the far end of the road where they are distributed ready for laying later in the season. | Ottawa Free Press 1894-05-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-05-16 | Middle Subdivision | The ten mile section of the O.A. & P.S. Ry. above Golden Lake has been sub-let by the contractor Mr. Fauquier to J.C. O'Neil of Kemptville. | Ottawa Journal 1894-05-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-05-18 | Middle Subdivision | Messrs. Jos. Boucher, (Almonte) James Wilson and Arthur Beggs, stone masons, have taken a contract for all the stonework required on twenty-five miles of the O.A. & P.S. R. beyond Eganville. There will be about 4,000 square yards in all, costing in the neighbourhood of $40,000, and it has to be completed in 1894. | Mercury 1894-05-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-05-18 | Middle Subdivision | For the present the railway company have abandoned the gravel pit lying between Arnprior and Galetta. The sidings having been taken up. | Mercury 1894-05-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-05-21 | Middle Subdivision | The streets at night seem deserted since the opening of the boarding cars on the O.A. & P.S. Railway. Until very recently the hotel accommodation was taxed to the utmost and many private dwellings were filled with men working on the construction. Work on this line is now in full swing and the line is completed for some miles beyond Golden Lake. It is expected that regular train service will be opened to that point in the near future. | Ottawa Journal 1894-05-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-05-22 | Arnprior | The Canada Atlantic Railway company are leaving nothing undone to ensure ample accommodation and every convenience for all who intend patronizing the excursion of the 43rd battalion to Arnprior on the 24th. Yesterday the company were fortunate in securing a number of first class coaches for the occasion. | Ottawa Citizen 1894-05-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-05-25 | Middle Subdivision | Mr. Fauquier, contractor on the O.A. & P.S. Railway, has sub-contracted ten miles of his recent contract of thirty-five miles to Mr. J.C. O'Neil, of Kemptville. Mr. George Ferguson, son of the M.P., has the lower end and Mr. Heald has ten miles at the west end. The bridge contractor on the O.A. & P.S. Ry. has purchased from Mr. Oliver Menard the right to quarry stone on his land in Grattan for five years. A switch is now being placed into the quarry. It is expected that about fifteen men will be employed and that the stone for the new Roman Catholic church in Eganville will also be taken from Mr. Menard's land. | Mercury 1894-05-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-05-25 | Arnprior | The O.A. & P.S. R.R. are pushing things along their road. Several horses and carts have been secured here lately for the construction. | Almonte Gazette 1894-05-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-05-28 | Golden Lake | The O.A. & P.S. railway have arranged to run freight through over their line to Golden Lake twice a week. Golden Lake is eight miles beyond Eganville the present terminus of the line. | Ottawa Journal 1894-05-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1894-05-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-05-29 | Arnprior | Eleven hundred and seventy people were carried into Arnprior on the Queen's birthday by the O.A. & P.S. Ry. Of this number 841 were from this city. | Ottawa Journal 1894-05-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-06-01 | Eganville | The Fitzroy Agricultural Society excursion to Ottawa on June 7 will start from Eganville on the O.A. & P.S. Ry. Rates are less than half the regular fare. | Almonte Gazette 1894-06-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-06-01 | Middle Subdivision | On Wednesday evening after the arrival of the C.P.R. train, the engine with the baggage car attached, returned to Renfrew and during the night returned with a car loaded with dynamite for use on the O.A. & P.S. Ry. construction west of Eganville. | Mercury 1894-06-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-06-01 | Goshen | A petition has been in circulation here to have a flag station erected at the town line on the O.A. & P.S. Railway (Goshen). | Mercury 1894-06-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1894-06-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-06-01 | Caldwell | The O.A. & P.S. Ry. are building a flag station at the Scotch Bush road near Eganville. A siding is also being built at the same place. | Ottawa Journal 1894-06-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Mercury 1894-06-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-06-02 | Eastern Subdivision | The work of reballasting the main line of the Canada Atlantic railway between Ottawa and Casselman is progressing rapidly and in a short time the whole road will be in a condition to stand several years' hard traffic. | Ottawa Free Press 1894-06-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-06-08 | Middle Subdivision | Laying of steel started from Golden Lake to the west. One hundred and seventy-five ballast cars are loaded every day. Work from Parry Sound to the east is going well, and now they are on the 4th ten-mile contract. George Richardson is the OA & PS contractor beyond Eganville. | Mercury 1894-06-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-06-08 | Middle Subdivision | The new Booth railway between Eganville and Golden Lake, a distance of eight miles, has passed the government inspector and passenger trains will be put on at once. | Almonte Gazette 1894-06-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-06-08 | Carp | In addition to the train leaving at 9.45 a.m. tomorrow morning for the Dominion SS picnic at Carp, arrangements have been made for a special to leave at 2 p.m. also. The 9.45 train will stop at Richmond Road crossing. | Ottawa Journal 1894-06-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-06-08 | Middle Subdivision | The work of laying steel for the new Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway from Golden Lake station westward was commenced on Tuesday. Several miles will be finished at this stretch and rails will be laid as far as the ties are ready. One hundred and seventy-five cars are loaded with ballast every day at the Eganville pit for distribution along the far end of the road. The work is also progressing well from Parry Sound towards Ottawa, where the construction gang are now engaged on the fourth ten mile contract. There were shipped from the Elgin street depot yesterday three carloads of material for the construction of a station house nineteen miles on this side of Parry Sound. There were also shipped today three carloads of material containing everything necessary for the building of a very large water tank on the far end of the Parry Sound road. The tank and station house were all purchased in this city. The tank, which will contain 60,000 gallons of water, will be put up by men who will go west for the work next week under the direction of Mr. George Tomlinson. | Mercury 1894-06-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-06-15 | Caldwell | On Monday, last week, at the gravel pit at Caldwell's Corners a wreck took place on the O.A. & P.S. Ry. As a train of twenty loaded ballast cars were going east, 8 or 10 of the flatcars passed over the switch safe, one truck took the siding and the others kept the main line and the car became crosswise in the centre of the line. Several of the cars became so badly broken up that they were set on fire and burned. The wreck trains arrived on Tuesday and cleared the track. The gravel pit on the O.A. & P.S. Ry. near Eganville has been abandoned, it becoming almost a solid bed of stone after sinking a few feet. The steam shovel, men and boarding cars were removed on Thursday to Caldwell's Corners, where the company have procured a good gravel pit. This removal will seriously affect the boarding houses at the station here, one boarding house losing 40 boarders and the other one 30. The total number of men employed in connection with the work at the pit is 115. | Mercury 1894-06-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-06-22 | Glen Robertson | A fatal accident. Yesterday morning or Wednesday night Mr McDonald and his brother-in-law Mr. John Erwin, both of this place, left Alexandria to walk to Glen Robertson on the railway track. About midnight or a little before, Mr. McDonald feeling tired wanted to sit down and rest; his companion kept on for a while, until they were about 2 miles from the Glen when Mr. McDonald sat down on the track. Erwin kept on a little further, sat down on the bank, went to sleep, and on wakening at about four o'clock in the morning started back to find McDonald, but found his brother-in-law's mangled body lying on the track cut into three pieces. An inquest was held on the body at five o'clock in the afternoon and returned a verdict of accidental death. He leaves a wife and four children. | Eastern Ontario Review 1894-06-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-06-22 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | C.A.R. EMPLOYEES. Their Annual Picnic Yesterday the Usual Success. The annual picnic of the C.A.R. employees at Clarke's Island yesterday proved the usual success in every way. There was a large attendance and all enjoyed themselves well. The picnic was attended by fully two thousand people, some 1,200 being from the city. They left the C.A.R. station at 7.20 a.m. in twenty fine cars provided by the efficient managing committee. The popular picnic ground, where the refreshing breezes from the St. Lawrence can be obtained, was reached about 10.30, and there during the day there was music by the G.G.F.G. band and dancing in the excellent pavilion, while a choice program of sports was carried out. At 6 o'clock the train was boarded for the home trip, and at 9.45 the city was reached. | Ottawa Citizen 1894-06-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1894-06-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-06-26 | Middle Subdivision | The steel of the O.A. & P.S. is now laid to Killaloe, about fifteen miles beyond Eganville, and the work of construction well advanced over that distance. The O.A. & P.S. Ry. has been surveyed by the government engineer for ten miles west of Eganville to enable the company to draw the bonus for that distance. | Ottawa Journal 1894-06-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),The Equity, Shawville 1894-06-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-06-27 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | Mr. John Fowler (brother of the Governor of New York State) President of the Kingston and Pembroke Railway, Mr. Henry Sabert, a director of the road, Mr. R.W. Folger, general manager and other officials arrived yesterday on the company's private car after a trip over the O., A.& P.S. Railway as far as constructed. They leave this morning by C.A.R. for Montreal. | Ottawa Citizen 1894-06-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-06-28 | Middle Subdivision | The boys who have been in the habit of throwing stones at passenger trains on the C.A.R. between the Chaudiere and Elgin Street station, are to be prosecuted. The police know their names. | Ottawa Journal 1894-06-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-06-29 | Caldwell | Samuel Irwin, of Carleton Place, while working in the gravel pit at Caldwell's, on the O.A. & P.S. R. near Eganville Thursday last, fell between two gravel trains going in opposite directions and had his left hand so badly mutilated that it had to be amputated. | Almonte Gazette 1894-06-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-06-30 | Steam Shovels | The company has purchased another steam shovel of the Marion build, which will probably start work in a few days at the far end of the line. The shovel has just arrived in the Ottawa yards and is to match the same style as the one purchased last year. Another gravel pit has been purchased just above Eganville and from it will be taken the ballast for that portion of the line. | Ottawa Free Press 1894-06-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-06-30 | Golden Lake Depot | The new station building at Golden Lake has just been completed. | Ottawa Free Press 1894-06-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-06-30 | Killaloe Depot | A similar structure is in the course of erection at the next station, Killaloe. The Killaloe station grounds have been laid out and masons are at work on the foundation of the station. By mid-August the station house and yard at that place were about ready for occupation. | Ottawa Free Press 1894-06-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Mercury 1894-07-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Free Press 1894-08-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1894-07 | Canada Atlantic Stock 1000-1018 | First listed in ORER | ORER 1894-06, ORER 1894-07 |
| 1894-07-03 | Eganville | The pretty little town of Eganville was taken possession of yesterday by nearly 5,000 Ottawans who took in the excursion to that place conducted by St. Patrick's literary (or library) association. The excursion from Ottawa was run over the O.A. & P.S. | Ottawa Journal 1894-07-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-07-05≤ | Killaloe | In the course of a few weeks passenger trains on the O.A. & P.S. Ry. will be running to Killaloe, a point twenty miles beyond Eganville the present terminus of the line. | Ottawa Journal 1894-07-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Almonte Gazette 1894-08-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-07-07 | Elgin Street Coal Sheds | The large coal shed that is being erected at the C.A.R. depot is on a fair way to completion. The shed is about five hundred feet in length and of considerable width and will cost some thousands of dollars before completion. | Ottawa Journal 1894-07-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-07-08 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | Plenty of whiskey peddlers on the OA & PS, and doing a good business too. There are 1,100 men working on the project now. | Mercury 1894-07-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-07-12 | Killaloe | Work on the Ottawa and Parry Sound line has been completed as far as Killaloe, 92 miles from this city. Here bridges will delay the work a little but grading westward of this point is being pushed along. | Ottawa Free Press 1894-07-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-07-13 | Vars | Vars, July 13. - A fatal accident occurred on the C.A.R. near this place last night. An old man who was walking on the track was struck by the Montreal express and instantly killed. He was unknown here, but papers found on his body show his name to be John ?ton. | Eastern Ontario Review 1894-07-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-07-13≤ | Middle Subdivision | The new railway will reach 20 miles west of Eganville by the end of the present month. | Almonte Gazette 1894-07-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-07-18 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | Mr. A.W. Fleck states that the report that Mr. Booth would build the Parry Sound Railway car shops on Sherwood street is incorrect. Mr. Booth has made no decision yet as to the place where they will be erected or the time of their erection. | Ottawa Journal 1894-07-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-07-20 | Vankleek Hill | The station is getting to be quite a lovers walk in the evening. The boys and their sweethearts take a quiet stroll down and back the past few nights particularly to enjoy the bright moonlight. | Eastern Ontario Review 1894-07-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-07-20 | Wilno | Wanted: To work on the OA & PS Ry. at Wilno. 100 Good Men and 30 Good Teams. Also, Station Men, to work by the yard. Wages $1.25 and $3.00. Apply on the works to O'BRIEN & McDONALD. | Mercury 1894-07-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-07-20 | The Parry Sound Colonization Railway Company | The Parry Sound Colonization railroad received a grant for $64,000 for twenty miles. | Mercury 1894-07-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-07-20 | Renfrew | A special excursion rate - Renfrew to Portland, return - $9.95. Moncton - $12.05. | Mercury 1894-07-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-07-21 | Middle Subdivision | Over 2000 men at work. Yesterday, Chief Engineer Mountain and some of his assistants came down from the scene of active operations between Eganville and Killaloe, and report all going on lively. There are now 35 miles under contract above Killaloe, to which point the iron horse now travels regularly, all of which it is proposed to finish this fall. That being accomplished there will then remain 70 miles to finish the road to the Soo. The scheme will be completed next season. THE CONTRACTORS: the following are the different contractors for the seven sections into which the levelling and grading, and making the road ready for the rails, is now going on: No. 1 - R.N. Slater; 2 - J. O'Brien; 3 - W. Heald; 4 - O'Neil and Ferguson; 5 - E. Fauquier; 6 - W. Heald; 7 - Burford, all being sub-contractors under Mr. Fauquier. It is proposed to put all available help on the work so that the 35 mile division now in hand may be completed early in December. | Ottawa Journal 1894-07-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-07-21 | Killaloe | The work of construction on the Parry Sound line has reached to within 2½ miles of the famous Haggarty's pass. Work is carried on, in some cases, by night and day gangs. The rails are laid as far as Killaloe, the trains crossing the bridge at that point yesterday. | Ottawa Free Press 1894-07-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-07-21 | Arnprior | The new steam shovel for work on the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound was taken up to Arnprior in the regular morning train and commenced work at once in a new gravel pit which the road has recently purchased at a point west of Arnprior. | Ottawa Free Press 1894-07-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-07-21 | Barrys Bay | THE FATAL DYNAMITE EXPLOSION. Three men who met their death were 'loading a hole' with dynamite in a rock cut at the western outlet of the Hagarty Pass, near Barry's Bay, had placed three cartridges in position and were about to place a fourth when the explosion occurred. The three men were blown many feet high in the air. George Marsten, of Carlow (son of a man who formerly kept the Basin Depot house at Barnet & Mackay's depot at the Basin, near Renfrew), was killed outright, found about thirty feet from the point of explosion, one arm and one leg broken; he died in twenty-five minutes. William Kellar (also given as Louis Kellar), of Palmer Rapids, had his clothes completely torn off and one leg and one hand blown off; he died about three hours later, leaving a wife and four children. An unknown Englishman, recently out from the Old Country and in Canada about a couple of years, died four hours afterward. The bodies were horribly mangled. Foreman Raymond Dunning, within six feet of the charge, was blown by the concussion, by one account fully 150 feet up the side of a hill (Mr. M.J. O'Brien says only about 20 feet), but fell on a brush heap and was able to get up within a few minutes. Coffins were made during the night and the remains placed in them; Marsten's remains were taken by his sister and brother-in-law, Wm. George of Barry's Bay, to Eganville and interred in Melville cemetery, Rev. Mr. Rattray officiating. Kellar's remains were taken to his home at Palmer Rapids. | Ottawa Free Press 1894-08-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Almonte Gazette 1894-08-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Mercury 1894-08-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Mercury 1894-08-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-07-26 | Arnprior | The O.A. & P.S. Ry. are running two gravel trains between here and Arnprior and will have the grading on this section completed in a few days. | Ottawa Journal 1894-07-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-07-27 | Arnprior | ARNPRIOR NEWS. The O.A. & P.S. Ry. have two trains at work now between here and Ottawa filling up the trestle work and grading. | Almonte Gazette 1894-07-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-07-27 | Middle Subdivision | A long train of steel rails for the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway arrived at the Elgin street depot last evening, and was immediately taken up to the far end of Mr. Booth's new road. A large force of men have been laying steel for a couple of months, but the supply ran out last week, and as a result the work had to be closed down for a few days. | Ottawa Free Press 1894-07-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-07-31 | Unidentified Locomotives 0 | One of the C.A.R. locomotives is in the repairing shops at the Elgin street depot today as a result of an accident which occurred on Saturday last. It is said that the C.A.R. mogul ran against one of the Central Vermont engines in the yard at Rouses Point, and had the front of her boiler pretty well bruised. | Ottawa Free Press 1894-07-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-08 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | Rumours of diphtheria outbreaks in the area, and no wonder, says the local doctor: some very small houses are accommodating twelve to eighteen men. When one gets up, another tumbles into his warm bed. Some men have died of diphtheria. | Eganville Leader 1894-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-08-01 | Middle Subdivision | Mr. Donaldson, superintendent of the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway has returned from a trip to the far end of the Parry Sound road where construction is being pushed. Five hundred and sixty men are hard at work, and steel is being laid steadily. There are something like 600 men working on the Parry Sound construction above Eganville. Steel is being laid above Killaloe. The location of the next station has not been fully decided upon yet. The contractors preparing the roadbed through the woods have now more than a thousand navvies employed and more are being taken on every week. The reported strike among these navvies seems to have been incorrect, for with the exception of a very few Frenchmen from Hull, these navvies are all steady at work. | Ottawa Free Press 1894-08-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-08-10 | Killaloe | A row occurred on the O.A. & P.S. at Killaloe on Saturday that will be remembered for some time to come by at least one party. Archie Stewart, a navvy working on the line, went into Mr. Grant's store and started to tear things up generally. He broke several articles when Grant ventured to protest. A fight ensued and Stewart bit Grant's ear clean off. | Brockville Recorder 1894-08-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-08-10 | Killaloe | The rails of the O.A. & P.S. Ry. are laid to three miles beyond Killaloe. | Ottawa Journal 1894-08-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Mercury 1894-08-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-08-14 | Middle Subdivision | Four car loads of horses and one hundred men passed up the O.A. & P.S. Ry. this morning for the St. Anthony Lumber Co.'s limits beyond Barrys Bay. It was this company that bought the old Perley limits in this locality and this is the first season that the company will work them. The company are erecting a sawmill about sixty miles beyond Killaloe where their logs will be cut and the lumber shipped over the O.A. & P.S. Ry. and C.A.R. to the States. | Canada Lumberman 1894-09-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1894-08-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-08-17 | Middle Subdivision | Government inspection of the latest section of the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway from Golden Lake to Killaloe was performed on Friday, Mr. Thomas Ridout, C.E., acting for the Dominion government and Mr. McCallum, C.E., for the provincial. There were on board the special train Mr. John R. Booth, Mr. Mountain, chief engineer, and Mr. Morley Donaldson. The latest part of the new road is getting pretty well beyond the bounds of settlement; the country is for the most part hilly and wooded, and will no doubt be used for grazing in a few years. It was ten o'clock at night when the party returned to Ottawa. Trains will be run as far as Killaloe in a short space of time, the station house and yard at that place being about ready for occupation. The next section will bring the line into the famous Haggarty Pass, on which men have been engaged blasting a rock cutting since early spring. | Ottawa Free Press 1894-08-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Almonte Gazette 1894-08-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-08-17 | Middle Subdivision | Heald, the contractor, has moved his men from Killaloe to his upper contract at Long Lake. Contractor O'Brien will be finished soon; all the rock cuts are completed. | Mercury 1894-08-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),The Equity, Shawville 1894-08-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-08-17≤ | Middle Subdivision | The Ottawa and Parry Sound R.R. will be completed to Long Lake, 120 miles from Ottawa, this fall. There are 40 miles built at the Parry Sound end of the line, which leaves only 40 miles to be built to complete the through road from the Georgian Bay to Ottawa. | Almonte Gazette 1894-08-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-08-20 | Elgin Street | Passengers who come in at the C.A.R. station complain at the way they are "mobbed" by the cabmen. One gentleman a few nights ago nearly had his satchel torn out of his hand by a driver who wanted to carry him. | Ottawa Journal 1894-08-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-08-24 | Wilno | The directors have received an application from near Wilno, on the line of the O.A. & P.S.R., for the establishment of a skimming station there. An answer has been returned that the application will be favourably entertained, if a sufficient number of cows to supply enough cream can be obtained. | Mercury 1894-08-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-08-24 | Madawaska River Bridge at Arnprior | Two gravel trains on the O.A. & P.S. railway are now engaged in cutting down the grade which is about one mile west of here and emptying the contents into the trestle at the Madawaska bridge. | Almonte Gazette 1894-08-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-08-24 | Barrys Bay Depot | A contractor with a number of men will start next week to build a railway station at Barry's Bay on the Parry Sound railway. The track is constructed as far as the bay and passenger and freight trains will soon be running to that point. | Ottawa Journal 1894-08-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-08-25 | Rockland Branch | Rockland Branch is being rushed. The building of the line of the Central Counties railway from Rockland to Casselman is booming. Six miles of the line are already graded and soon the laying of the iron from the South Indian terminus — from which point operations are being conducted — will be commenced and the construction train will be gradually pushing onward towards the Rockland lumber piles. The road will run in an almost straight line from South Indian to Rockland, touching at the Stewart quarries. On first of January the road is expected to be completed when it will be handed over, after government inspection, to the Canada Atlantic company, who have agreed to operate the line. Only two small bridges will be necessary to build, that over Bearbrook Creek being the one of any considerable account. Rockland is the only municipality granting a bonus up to the present time, $6,000 being the sum voted, conditional upon completion within the year. | Ottawa Journal 1894-08-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-08-25 | Hawkesbury | While working in the lumber yard at Hawkesbury last Saturday Mr. Laurent Harbick aged seventy-five was instantly killed. He was laying a track for the cars to run on when another man came up with a car loaded with heavy timbers. Mr. Harbick bent down to arrange some of the rails when the load of timbers accidentally fell off, three of them striking him on the head killing him instantly. When the timbers were removed the body turned over but the head was crushed into a jetty. | Eastern Ontario Review 1894-09-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1894-08-26 | Unidentified Freight Cars | Ottawa, Ontario, Aug. 26. Fire this afternoon burned 300 lumber piles, a long string of freight cars on the Canada Atlantic Railway, and late tonight, the fire was still not under control. The fire broke out in Mr. J.R. Booth's lumber piles in Rochesterville between Cedar Street bridge and the Parry Sound crossing, covering fully a quarter of a mile and destroying a thousand piles of lumber; losses were expected to reach $70,000. The Cedar St. school, a dozen railway cars, three small dwelling houses, and all the railway tracks and platforms throughout the yard were destroyed. Two railway sidings filled with cars separated the burning piles from the yard of the Export Lumber Company, and six of the cars on those sidings were destroyed; some belonged to the Delaware and Hudson railway, others to the Grand Trunk and the C.A.R. An attempt was made to haul these cars away, but the fire was too intense to admit of rescue. Some cars on another siding leading from the O.A. & P.S. into a more central part of the yard were saved by being hauled out just in time. | New York Times 1894-08-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1894-08-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1894-08-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-08-31 | Barrys Bay | An enterprising Combermere merchant has purchased a two decked steamer, 40 feet long, which will be conveyed over the O.A. & P.S. railway to Barry's Bay in September. | Ottawa Journal 1894-08-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-08-31 | Middle Subdivision | Rushing The O.P.& S. Work. General Manager E.J. Chamberlain, of the O.A. & P.S. Railway, returned to Ottawa last week after making a trip up the line of the Parry Sound railway. He says the construction is going on rapidly, over two thousand men being employed on the works. This summer ten miles of the west end of the line - that is, between the Northern Pacific Junction Railway tracks and the Sound - have been built, which leaves about eight miles more to be constructed to connect Parry Sound Town with the Northern Junction line. These eight miles will be built next summer. In the meantime the line from the east is being rushed along, and it is expected that the road between Ottawa clean through to the town of Parry Sound will be finished about the first of November of next year. | Almonte Gazette 1894-08-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-08-31 | Office and Freight Shed | The O.A. & P.S. Railway company are building an office and freight shed at the diamond crossing on the K.& P. Railway about a mile above Renfrew. | Ottawa Journal 1894-08-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-09-06 | Rideau River Bridge | The C.A.R. bridge near Hurdman's bridge has just been painted a vigorous red. | Ottawa Journal 1894-09-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-09-07 | Middle Subdivision | Last week we paid a visit to the quarry on Mr. Oliver Menard's land about five miles west of Eganville, on the O.A. & P.S. Ry. We were shown over the work by Mr. Wilson, the genial foreman. The work has been going on since the beginning of May, and for the small gang of men kept employed they have got out and dressed a large quantity of stone, over 400 cords. Mr. Wilson, with his partners, have the contract of building all the bridges on the O.A. & P.S. Ry., six in number, four of which will be built this fall and for which enough stone has already been got out. On Friday the men will stop work for about a month and then return and get out the material for the other two bridges which will be built next summer. None of the stone has been shipped out as yet, but will be next month. | Mercury 1894-09-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-09-21≤ | Middle Subdivision | The contract of Mr. M.J. O'Brien, on the O.A. & P.S. Ry. line will, it is expected, be completed by the end of this week. This will enable the rails to be laid to some distance beyond Barry's Bay. The work west of this on the Fauquier contract, on which there is a number of subcontractors, is being pushed rapidly forward to completion. | Mercury 1894-09-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-10-01 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | O.A. & P.S. timetable advertisement: train service open between Eganville, Golden Lake, Killaloe and Barry's Bay. | Ottawa Journal 1894-10-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-10-05 | Barrys Bay | The O.A. & P.S.R. have started a steamboat service between the end of their line at Barry's Bay and Combermere, a distance of over 12 miles. | Almonte Gazette 1894-10-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-10-06 | Alexandria Depot | The Canada Atlantic purposes erecting a new station at Alexandria. It will be about eighty feet long and work will be begun upon it at once. | Ottawa Journal 1894-10-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-10-09 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | A number of the C.A.R. officials and several Ottawa citizens of prominence took a run over the Parry Sound railway as far as Barry's Bay yesterday. His Worship Mayor Cox was among the number, and this morning spoke in great praise of the way in which the line has been built. He declares it to be as fine a piece of railroad as he has seen, nothing having been slighted in the least. At the far end of the line there is an inexhaustible supply of gravel of excellent quality which provides splendid ballasting material. He was delighted with the beauties of Golden Lake and speaks of it as the ideal of a sportsmen's hunting ground. | Ottawa Free Press 1894-10-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-10-12 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | From a communication in another column it appears that our hopes of a railway this fall are doomed to disappointment. Neither the C.P.R. nor the C.A.R. seem inclined to take hold of it just now, whatever the reason. The fact remains, though, that we want a road that will give us direct communication East and West. | Eastern Ontario Review 1894-10-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-10-12 | Renfrew | The engine and boiler [for the new creamery] came in from Vermont on Tuesday. The railway siding was so far completed that the car containing the machinery was run right up alongside the creamery. | Mercury 1894-10-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-10-12 | Renfrew Junction | The K. & P.R. took its first passengers from the O.A. & P.S. new station at the diamond junction on Friday morning last. | Mercury 1894-10-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |