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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1895-05 | Canada Atlantic Baggage, Mail, Express Car 10 | Listed in ORER | ORER 1895-05 |
| 1895-05 | Canada Atlantic Baggage, Mail, Express Car 11 | Listed in ORER | ORER 1895-05 |
| 1895-05 | Canada Atlantic Second Class / Baggage Car 20 | Listed in ORER as OA&PS 20 | ORER 1895-05 |
| 1895-05 | Canada Atlantic Second Class / Baggage Car 21 | Listed in ORER as OA&PS 21 | ORER 1895-05 |
| 1895-05 | Canada Atlantic Second Class Coach 31 | Listed in ORER | ORER 1895-05 |
| 1895-05 | Canada Atlantic Second Class Coach 32 | Listed in ORER | ORER 1895-05 |
| 1895-05 | Canada Atlantic First Class Coach 33 | Listed in ORER | ORER 1895-05 |
| 1895-05 | Canada Atlantic Second Class Coach 34 | Listed in ORER | ORER 1895-05 |
| 1895-05 | Canada Atlantic First Class Coach 37 | Built by Crossen | Lepkey p301 |
| 1895-05 | Canada Atlantic First Class Coach 37 | Listed as official car in ORER | ORER 1895-05 |
| 1895-05 | Canada Atlantic First Class Coach 38 | Built by Crossen | Lepkey p301 |
| 1895-05 | Canada Atlantic First Class Coach 39 | Built by Crossen | Lepkey p301 |
| 1895-05 | Canada Atlantic First Class Coach 40 | Built by Crossen | Lepkey p301 |
| 1895-05 | Canada Atlantic First Class Coach 50 | Listed in ORER | ORER 1895-05 |
| 1895-05 | Canada Atlantic Car First Class Car 51 | Listed in ORER as OA&PS 51 | ORER 1895-05 |
| 1895-05 | Canada Atlantic First Class Coach 52 | Listed in ORER as OA&PS 52 | ORER 1895-05 |
| 1895-05-01≤ | Whitney | Grading has begun at several places on the O.A. & P.S. Ry. near Whitney. By the end of this week there will be nearly one thousand men at work on the line. | Ottawa Journal 1895-05-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-05-03 | Barrys Bay | Mr. J. R. Booth passed west on the OA & PS on Wednesday, 17th, accompanied by Mr. Chamberlain, the manager of the road. Part of their business going west was reportedly to settle the Barry's Bay dispute, either by arranging with Mr. Stafford or by moving the station onto the land of Mr. James Drohan, who has made a most liberal offer. While at Eganville station they were interviewed as to furnishing material to gravel the travelled road from the station to the village, which at present is almost impassable; they promised that as soon as the gravel pits were opened, several car loads of gravel would be dumped at the station, if the villagers would draw and spread it, which the hotel keepers and other owners of teams have promised to do. | Eganville Enterprise 1895-05-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-05-08 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | There is a rumor abroad today which appears to be well founded that negotiations are pending between the principals of the Parry Sound Railway, and the Ottawa East council for the erection of the workshops in that village. | Ottawa Free Press 1895-05-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-05-10 | Middle Subdivision | Track laying will likely begin on the O.A. & P.S. Ry. by the end of next week. The grading is going along rapidly and two gravel pits are being worked. | Ottawa Journal 1895-05-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-05-10 | Ottawa Central Station | The order-in-council, the first official document in the case, was passed on May 10, 1895. It sets forth that Mr. Booth (that is, the O., A. and P.S. road) was pressing for a lease of the canal reserve ... 'That it is expressly to be understood that all railway companies, now or hereafter desiring to avail themselves of the said property, and of the Central station to which it is to be the approach, shall be entitled to the use of the same on fair and reasonable terms and conditions to be determined, if necessary, by the railway committee of the Privy Council.' | Ottawa Journal 1898-11-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1895-05-16 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | The railway committee passed the bill this morning to extend the time for completion of the O.A. & P.S. Ry. by five years. [Separately reported:] Petition from South Renfrew over the closing of a station owing to some difficulty with local landowners. | Ottawa Journal 1895-05-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-05-17 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | A daily train is now running between Eganville and Whitney. | Almonte Gazette 1895-05-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-05-22 | Ottawa Central Station | THE CENTRAL STATION. It was learned last night from a reliable source that Mr. Booth had completed all arrangements for the central station project as well as for the construction of the workshops for the C.A.R. and the O.A. & P.S. railways. A station would be erected on the east side of Dey's rink near Theodore street. To reach it the line of the C.A.R., beginning at the west side of the bridge over the Rideau river, would be changed so that it would run directly to the head of Deep Cut and thence by way of the canal bank; the line of the Parry Sound railway would be extended on the east of the canal so that it would connect with the C.A.R. line at the head of Deep Cut; and the site of the proposed workshops would be the government property near the Deep Cut. There would not be a level crossing on Theodore street, for a subway was to be built. The pile driving necessary along the canal bank was to be commenced in a few days; two scows used by Messrs. Bronson and Weston in towing lumber had been taken up through the locks for the work, and another small scow was under construction at the C.A.R. workshops for the same purpose. Mr. Booth had concluded it was best to construct a temporary station on the site indicated pending a settlement on the ownership of the property along the canal basin, in dispute between the Government and the Sparks' estate; the property for the station had been purchased from Mr. Thomas Kirby, and it was likely Mr. Booth would have the station and railways completed by October. | Ottawa Citizen 1895-05-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-05-24 | Killaloe | The sawmill at Killaloe was completely destroyed by fire. The origin of the fire is supposed to be a spark from a passing OA & PS locomotive. Damages were about $2,500, and there was no insurance. | Mercury 1895-05-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-05-25 | Ottawa Central Station | C.A.R. Extension. The impression having got abroad that the Canada Atlantic railway was about to take vigorous action to prevent the tracklaying of the electric railway at the south end of Nicholas street, the point to be crossed by the C.A.R. extension down the canal bank to the Central station, the Journal called on Mr. Booth for information. Asked whether there was any ground for the report, Mr. Booth said: 'None whatever. I prefer to do things in an honorable and businesslike way.' Asked whether the Electric Railway's track would interfere with his line, he said 'Oh no,' and explained that he intended to make an undercrossing at that point, having discussed it with Mr. Ahearn and the city engineer; Mr. Ahearn agreed, and asked how long the undercrossing would take — about a month, Mr. Booth answered — whereupon Mr. Ahearn said he would stop the work there. Booth was surprised to learn a few yards of track had been put down at that point anyway, and that police protection had been obtained in anticipation of a difficulty. Asked what his company would do now, Booth said: 'Oh nothing, only to give them the level crossing that they appear to want.' Mr. Ahearn, asked separately, said the relations between the companies were most cordial, and that he had agreed to stop construction for a few weeks but was charged with not intending to go on with the road; to secure the right of way for the Electric road's extension to Ottawa East, he had decided to proceed with construction at the south end of the street instead. | Ottawa Journal 1895-05-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-05-30 | Ottawa Central Station | A young man by the name of Wm. Ogilvie in the employ of the C.A.R on the work of the pile driving on the east bank of the canal had his fore and second fingers badly jammed yesterday. | Ottawa Journal 1895-05-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-06-05 | Car Shops | Arrangements being made for locating work shops in Archville. | Ottawa Free Press 1895-06-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-06-05 | Ottawa Central Station | Mr. A.W. Fleck, secretary treasurer to the O.A. & P.S. and C.A. Ry., was walking along the canal bank viewing the pile driving that is now being done there by Mr. Booth, when a Journal reporter met him. He states that Mr. Booth will be obliged to run night and day gangs, as they have only a limited time to complete the work. | Ottawa Journal 1895-06-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-06-06 | Ottawa Central Station | The first lease to Mr. Booth followed on June 6. It was for the canal reserve from the head of the deep cut to the Maria street bridge, at $200 rental. ... They lease the land to Mr. Booth for 21 years, with option of renewal by him for 21 years further, and then, for 99 years. But he is placed clearly in the position of a trustee. If he fail to observe any condition of the lease, he loses it. ... the government can expropriate him at any time at 18 months' notice. | Ottawa Journal 1898-11-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1895-06-07 | Unidentified Freight Cars | Of the one hundred flat cars to be built for the O.A. & P.S. railway, twenty five are now finished. Each car has a capacity of 60,000 pounds. | Ottawa Citizen 1895-06-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-06-07 | Middle Subdivision | There are 1,800 men at work on the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound railway. | Almonte Gazette 1895-06-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-06-07 | Whitney | James Perrigo, of Eganville, at Whitney, on the O.A. & P.S. construction, had several fingers smashed, necessitating amputation. | Almonte Gazette 1895-06-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-06-10 | Ottawa Central Station | An engineering party from the Canada Atlantic railway are surveying a route for a temporary track from the main line back of Ottawa East to the Deep Cut. A level crossing has also been laid over the roadway fronting the canal in the village just outside the city limits. The object of the track about to be laid is to secure a means of carting away the material that will be taken out of the canal, in connection with the pile driving, and also to draw material to fill in the flat below the Deep Cut through which it is proposed to run the canal bank line. There is also the likelihood that the line for which the survey is now being made will also be used as a permanent line, if the road goes on. Canada Atlantic officials said the idea that they were trying to secure possession of the street crossing was mistaken, as all crossings depended upon the approval of the railway committee of the Privy Council. | Ottawa Journal 1895-06-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-06-11 | Ottawa Central Station | Trestle work begun. A definite move towards the canal bank line. The first definite move in the direction of building a line into the Central depot was begun this morning, when a gang of men were set to work to build the trestle work of the line from the C.A.R. main line to the head of Deep Cut. The timber is being laid today on Mr. Alex. Stewart's property, the low flat of land lying back of Ottawa East. An official of the C.A.R. stated the trestle work will go on at once. It will take some time to build the trestle, as it will be nearly a quarter of a mile in length. After the trestle is all built the company will begin filling it in with gravel. This work will keep a gang of men employed almost all summer. | Ottawa Journal 1895-06-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-06-14 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | The Dominion Bridge company have had a writ issued against Mr. J. O'Brien of Renfrew, a contractor on the O.A. & P.S. Railway, for $1,375, the price of a turntable supplied the contractor on the construction work on the line. | Ottawa Journal 1895-06-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-06-14 | Middle Subdivision | O.A. & P.S. NOTES. About 150 men are at work between Opeongo Forks and Whitney on 'the lift' and on ballast trains. Messrs. D. McDonald's and McMartin, sub-contractors for the first ten miles above Whitney, have about 400 men employed grading, rock-cutting, etc. Messrs. Breuder & McNaughton have two miles of trestle work on the first ten miles; there will thus be about 500 men employed. Large numbers of men are coming in every week looking for work, many returning without finding it. The railway is being constructed on the north shore of Long and Rock lakes, then crosses the Madawaska at the foot of Whitefish lake to the south side. Messrs. O'Neill & Ferguson have the contract for the second ten miles and have about 300 men at work, 100 of whom are Italians. The contract for the third ten has not been let, as the government have not given a bonus for construction past Whitefish lake. Whitney is one hundred and forty three miles from Ottawa, the present terminus of the O.A.& P.S., situated on the eastern end of Long lake in the southern portion of the District of Nipissing, named for Mr. Whitney, manager of the St. Anthony Lumber Co., who is erecting a large sawmill there. Construction work is being pushed and already the steel has been laid for a short distance up the newly graded roadway. | Almonte Gazette 1895-06-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-06-14 | Whitney Depot | WHITNEY NOTES. A station house is being erected a short way below the railway bridge. Mr. Cunnyworth, agent, intends to bring his family up from Killaloe as soon as it is completed. By September: The OA & PS Ry. Station at Whitney is about completed. It is the handsomest on the line. The respected agent, Mr. Cunnyworth will take possession on Thursday. His family from Killaloe will arrive here on that day. | Almonte Gazette 1895-06-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...),Almonte Gazette 1895-09-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-06-18 | Ottawa Central Station | "There will be no delay in the work of building the line into the Central depot," said Mr. A.W. Fleck, secretary-treasurer of the C.A.R., "now that the trestle work has been begun. We are waiting for an answer from the Ottawa East council to our request for an exemption from taxes if we build our workshops adjoining the village. If it is in the affirmative we will then go on after the trestle work has been built to fill in the low property between the eastern and western lines preparatory to building our work shops there. If this is done a large force of men will be employed all summer." | Ottawa Journal 1895-06-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-06-18 | Ottawa Central Station | Building of the Trestle Work at the Deep Cut begun. Fifty men were at work this morning to build the trestle work of the line into the Central Depot. The survey of the line as far as Theodore Street has been completed, and yesterday Mr. Geo. Root and a party of the engineering staff of the O.A. & P.S. Ry. finished taking levels for the trestle work so that it could be immediately commenced. The timbers are all on the spot so there will be no delay on that score; framers and other workers are on hand framing the trestle timber, and today many of the heavy upright timbers had been placed in position. The trestle, which gives an inlet from the C.A.R. line to the Central depot, extends from the point where the line crosses the Rideau river bridge across the low flat of land owned by Mr. Arch. Stewart to the point where the Hurdman road connects with the Canal road above the head of the Deep Cut. | Ottawa Journal 1895-06-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...),Ottawa Journal 1895-06-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-06-20 | Car Shops | On at the same time: so will go the 'V' and the filling of the C.A.R. car shops. It is learned that the filling in of the main and switch track of the C.A.R. back of the Deep Cut and the workshops that are to occupy the 'V' space that is to be filled in, will go on at the same time. Ordinarily the earth in the space that is to be filled in would be too soft to permit foundations to be laid this summer, but Mr. Booth has decided to pile drive the foundations, and as the space is filled in piles will be driven and the workshops constructed concurrently. There are some fifteen acres to be filled in, to a depth of from 12 to 16 feet; the job will likely take all summer. A large part of the filling will be taken from the canal bank, which has to be cut down to the tops of the piles, a distance of about 12 feet; the material will be carried away on flat cars and dumped in the 'hole' back of the Deep Cut. Nothing is yet definitely known about the size or details of the workshops, but it is certain there will be, instead of one large shop, a number of small ones, used for the manufacture of cars of all kinds and for repairing; the company's roundhouse will also be situated inside the 'V'. The timber for one of the car shops is now lying out on Mr. Booth's property near Concession Street, where it was held in readiness to build if Mr. Booth had secured the Hickey property. | Ottawa Journal 1895-06-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-06-22 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | A daily train will likely be put on the O.A. & P.S. Railway west of Eganville next week. | Ottawa Journal 1895-06-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-06-24 | Ottawa Central Station | Mr. A.W. Fleck was seen this morning with reference to the statement in the evening paper that a temporary Central depot will be built at Theodore street. Mr. Fleck said, "It's nothing but a mere conjecture. I know nothing about it and I am sure the paper that made the statement cannot know anything either about such move." | Ottawa Journal 1895-06-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-06-24 | Ottawa Central Station | An erroneous item appeared yesterday in an evening contemporary to the effect that the western end of the railway trestle at Archville is still unfinished owing to the company being unable to close a deal for the Daly property over which the trestle is to pass. The fact is that the property in question was sold to the company on Tuesday last by Mr. Charles Murphy, solicitor for Mr. Daly. On the same date Mr. Murphy also sold the Biggar lot which adjoins the Daly property, and the company have thus had a clear right of way for some days. | Ottawa Free Press 1895-06-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-06-24 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | Perhaps the largest excursion that has ever been run over any railway line in eastern Ontario was that of the employees of the Canada Atlantic to Golden Lake on the O.A. & P.S. Ry. this morning. The excursion was from all points on the C.A.R. from Coteau to Ottawa and along the line of the O.A. & P.S. Ry. from all stations west of Ottawa. Three solid excursion trains of ten coaches each, thirty coaches in all, carried 1,500 excursionists from the city alone; another excursion train from down the C.A.R. carried five hundred more, and up to 700 more were expected from points along the O.A. & P.S. Ry., making in all an excursion of 2,700 people. The first excursion train left Ottawa at 7 a.m., the second at 7.30, the third at 8.05; the train from down the C.A.R. passed at 8 o'clock. The excursionists arrived at Golden Lake around 11 o'clock. Nearly all the employees of the railway were granted a holiday. Two carloads of boats were attached to the first excursion train at Renfrew for the use of the excursionists at their destination. | Ottawa Journal 1895-06-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-06-24 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | The work on the construction of the O.A. & P.S. Ry. goes merrily along. Messrs. D.R. McDonald and McMartin are pushing the work on the first ten miles above Whitney; nearly all the rock cutting is done and grading is going on rapidly, the roadbed reflecting great credit on the contractors. The contract for the third ten miles has not been given out, as the government has not granted a bonus for construction further than three miles above White Fish Lake. Messrs. Breuder and McNaughton have two miles of the trestle work on the first ten miles above Whitney completed; at Mud creek the pile driving is completed, and at Breeder's Bay pile driving is going on so satisfactorily that in a few days both ends of the construction across the bay will be connected. Messrs. O'Neil and Ferguson, contractors for the second ten miles, have very little rock cutting left to do, to be completed in a few weeks; grading and levelling is going on rapidly, with large numbers of Italians on the right of way — six weeks ago a swampy forest, now a well constructed railroad bed. | Ottawa Journal 1895-06-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-06-28 | Ottawa Central Station | The C.A.R. Trestle work. The western end of railway trestle at Archville is still unfinished as the company have not yet closed a deal for the Daly property over which the trestle is to pass. It is understood that the real difficulty exists in the owner of the property wanting to sell the whole of his claim to the company while the company only want to buy a right of way through it. If the deal cannot be made very soon the work of completing the trestle will go on and the value of the property left to arbitration. It is learned that early next week the houses of squatters on Ordnance Land will be removed. The pile driving along the east bank of the canal is being rushed along quite rapidly; it has now been done to within 150 yards of Maria street bridge, which will be completed next month. | Ottawa Journal 1895-06-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-07-02 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | The Ottawa East council last evening passed a motion for the preparing of a by-law to exempt the O.A. & P.S. Ry. from taxation for ten years on the condition that the workshops are built adjoining the village. | Ottawa Journal 1895-07-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-07-04 | Rockland Branch | Messrs. E.J. Chamberlain, M. Donaldson and J. Graham of the C.A.R. Company have inspected the new railway line from South Indian to Rockland. It is probable the C.A.R. Company will take over the line. New stations have been erected at Cheney's and Clarence Creek, and another is to be put up at Rockland. Mr. Geo. Tomlinson was the contractor for the stations, and has received many compliments for his work. | Ottawa Citizen 1895-07-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 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...) |
| 1895-07-08 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | A grand excursion of the railway employees came to Golden Lake last Monday, where a crowd of several thousands assembled for a picnic. By the new time-table there are two daily trains from Ottawa to Barry's Bay, and from Barry's Bay to Whitney every day, and a passenger going up Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and returning Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays; the train service is thus much improved. | Almonte Gazette 1895-07-12(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 | Whitney | O'Neil and Ferguson were the OA & PS contractors in the Whitney area; the subcontractor for stonework (from Eganville) was Mr. Keating. Mr. Force, contractor on the OA & PS near the terminus of the twenty-mile contract above Whitney, discovered a few days ago the skeleton of an Indian, with tomahawk and other curiosities at his side, while excavating for the rail bed. | Ottawa Journal 1895-07-12(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...) |
| 1895-07-10 | Elgin Street | The C.A.R. are shortly to begin building a siding into the new porcelain works near the depot. The siding will be about five hundred feet long. | Ottawa Journal 1895-07-10(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...) |
| 1895-07-11 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | James and Alex. Avery, employed on the O.A. & P.S. railway, were injured by the premature explosion of a charge of dynamite while blasting on Thursday last; their faces and eyes were covered with sand and small stones. They will recover. | Almonte Gazette 1895-07-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-07-12 | Barrys Bay | Barrys Bay is again booming since the station has been opened and it has become a temporary divisional point between Ottawa and Whitney. | Almonte Gazette 1895-07-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-07-14 | Middle Subdivision | Mr. Geo. Mountain has returned from a trip over the line. The ten mile sections of Mr. Fauquier and O'Neil and Ferguson are well under way. The Mud Creek bridge on the Fauquier contract is now finished; at first it was thought a pile structure 1,500 feet long would be needed, but the creek has been crossed with a bridge 230 feet long, with the long trestle work on the approaches being filled in. The trestle work on MacDonald and Brodeur Bays is well under way. The Fauquier contract will be finished by August 1, and O'Neil and Ferguson's by September; it is expected that trains will be running to 164 miles distant from Ottawa by the 1st of October. Two thousand men are now on the work, and the contractors are beginning to reduce their staff. | Ottawa Journal 1895-07-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-07-14 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | Fired at Three Times. As Daniel Galligan, construction foreman for Mr. McDonald at the Parry Sound, was walking on the right of way between Maguire's camp and Camp No. 4 on Sunday of last week, a man walked out of the bush close to him and deliberately fired three shots: the first split the handle of the axe he was carrying, the second pierced a hole through the leg of his trousers, and the third missed him. | Almonte Gazette 1895-07-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-07-15 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | Heroics for Lawbreakers. Mr. Josh Conolly, license inspector, has an exciting time up along the line of the O.A. & P.S. Ry. watching and punishing violators of the License Act; he had three cases at Whitney to be heard that week. His plan is to take the magistrate and constable up the string of lakes by land and water until they locate a whiskey camp, then seize the lawbreakers and hold court on the nearest smooth rock. At Whitney he noticed a barrel marked 'vinegar' at the station and resolved to get a search warrant, but the barrel disappeared overnight; he was told the 'vinegar' was highwines. | Ottawa Journal 1895-07-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-07-15 | Whitney | THE WHITNEY SAWMILL. The large saw mill that has been built by the St. Anthony Lumber Company at Whitney on the O.,A. & P.S. Ry. is thus described by the Eganville Star: The mill proper is a three-story gable roof building, 207 feet long by 80 feet wide, with a shingle and lath mill attachment 48 feet by 50 feet, and sorting shed 270 by 32 feet. The capacity for sawing will be about 250,000 feet per day, supplied by three band saws and one gang saw. The engine and boiler house, built separately, is 72 feet by 81 feet, and is fire proof, of stone, brick and iron. Motive power is a Corliss engine of 700 horse power furnished by E. P. Allis & Co. of Milwaukee; steam is obtained from eight Wickes' boilers. The burner is 85 feet in height and 30 feet in diameter. | Ottawa Journal 1895-07-15(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...) |
| 1895-07-19 | Western Subdivision | The O.A & P.S. R.R. is now graded from end to end. 2000 men have been at work on it. It is expected that trains will be running 164 miles distant from Ottawa by Oct. 1st. | Almonte Gazette 1895-07-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-07-23≤ | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | The Hubbell Primary Battery Company have already begun manufacturing their batteries. The company expect by the 15th of August to have a passenger coach on the C.A.R. and C.P.R. lighted by their battery, and if this test proves successful several other coaches will be similarly lighted on the same lines. | Ottawa Journal 1895-07-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-07-24 | Rockland Branch | A correspondent from the rising village at Cheeney's station where a post office has just been opened, writes as to signs of progress along the line of the new branch of railway running from South Indian to Rockland. Freight is now carried through to the lumber town on the Ottawa, but passenger traffic has not been begun owing to the fact that ballasting is in progress; this work is expected to be completed in five or six weeks and then regular passenger service will be begun. Two stations have been completed, one at Cheeney's and the other at Clarence Creek. The buildings were examined yesterday by Reeve Landry and Deputy Reeve Touchette on behalf of the township of Clarence which voted $1,000 towards their construction; the work was pronounced first class and contractor Tomlinson complimented. At Cheeney's there is a regular hum of business: in addition to the post office there is a carding mill, a saw mill and a general store, and a survey of the proposed village has just been completed. | Ottawa Journal 1895-07-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-07-25 | Renfrew | About 300 people left the city this morning on the O.A. & P.S. Ry. regular to attend the opening of the Renfrew Creamery by Lord Aberdeen today. Lord and Lady Aberdeen went up on their special car. His excellency the Governor General passed up this morning at 1 a.m. on his special car attached to No. 7 train for the west and will remain over at Renfrew until the hour of formally opening the creamery. | Ottawa Journal 1895-07-25(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 | Western Subdivision | O.A. & P.S. Construction Notes. Messrs. D.R. McDonald and McMaster will finish the grading on the first ten miles shortly. Already the steel is laid across Mud Bay although the steam shovel is still working at a cut below that point; a second shovel has begun work on a good pit on the shore of the bay. Messrs. O'Neill & Ferguson had over 400 men on the second ten miles and are pushing the work to completion. A young Frenchman who had been away from friends for almost five years was drowned at camp No. 4 on Saturday — the second drowning accident at the same place. | Almonte Gazette 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...) |
| 1895-07-26 | Whitney | WHITNEY NEWS. The big Sawmill of the St. Anthony Lumber Co., at Whitney, has cut its first log. The main building is 207 feet long by 88 feet wide, three flats, and can cut about 250,000 feet of lumber a day. The engine is of 700 horsepower, with eight boilers, and a power-house for electric lights is being erected. Mr. Whitney, president of the St. Anthony Lumber Co., superintended the work in person; nearly 200 men, with 25 spans of horses, were employed. Mr. Anderson has taken charge of the mill. The undertaking is said to have cost upwards of $200,000, $150,000 for mill. Some 30 million feet of logs have been gathered in for the first season's cut, all of which has already been ordered. | Almonte Gazette 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...) |
| 1895-07-27 | Middle Subdivision | FAR END OF THE O.A. & P.S. How the 20 Mile Contract is Being Put Through. The twenty miles of construction work west of Whitney was let in two ten-mile contracts, to be ready for steel laying by 1 August and 1 September respectively. The first ten miles was secured by Mr. E.J. Fauquier of Toronto, who sub-let the grading and rockcutting to Messrs. McDonald & McMartin and the trestle building and pile driving to Messrs. Breauder & McNaughton. O'Neil & Ferguson were awarded the second ten miles and are superintending it personally. The railway's interests are looked after by Chief Engineer Geo. E. Mountain, assisted by Arthur Bruce, C.E., on the first ten miles, and W.C. Cranston, C.E., on the second. McDonald & McMartin have already discharged a number of their men, putting finishing touches on a few rock cuts and fills — the largest amount of rock cutting yet done on the O.A. & P.S. within the same distance. O'Neil & Ferguson have the first five miles almost ready for the steel, ahead of their specified time; an alteration to the survey by Mr. Cranston removed a quarter-mile of heavy rock cutting through a hill, saving the railway company about $10,000 but leaving the contractors with blasting material on their hands, and bush fires have also cost them time and men fighting them for a couple of weeks. | Ottawa Journal 1895-07-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-07-27 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | DYNAMITE ACCIDENT: An accident took place on Saturday afternoon at Camp No. 4 on the OA & PS construction, about seven miles west of Whitney, by which one man was killed and two others were very seriously injured. The men were engaged in blasting rock and some of the drilled holes were being charged when the men left for dinner; on their return they commenced drilling at one hole in which some dynamite had been placed of which they were not aware. The explosion, from the first blow of the hammer, killed one man, a young Swede; shattered the leg of another and blew out the eyes of a third, both also otherwise injured. The wounded were taken down by train on Monday to the Ottawa Hospital, and the man killed was buried in the English Church cemetery at Eganville. This camp is rather unfortunate, as two drowning accidents recently took place at it. The two hospitalized men were named Matt. Sohr and Matt. Mattson, both about 25; the name of the Swede who was killed was not known at the hospital. | Ottawa Journal 1895-07-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...),Eganville Enterprise 1895-08-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...),Almonte Gazette 1895-08-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-07-29 | Rockland Branch | Rockland July 29 - about 175 of our citizens took in the picnic at South Indian on Thursday last and report a very good time. An excursion train left here at 9.30 with the Rockland contingent and the Cumberland Football Club and their admirers. At Clarence creek and Cheney's station their number was increased considerably. At 7 o'clock the train left for home where a pleasant surprise awaited the passengers: the band and a large number of citizens were at the station and gave the boys a rousing reception. | Ottawa Journal 1895-07-30(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 | The Central Counties Railway Company | On the 5th instant an excursion is to be run from Rockland on the Central Counties Railway, joining the C.A.R. and thence to St. Anne de Beaupre. | 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...) |
| 1895-08-01 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | Messrs. J.R. Booth, E.J. Chamberlain and G.A. Mountain, chief engineer, returned yesterday from a tour of general inspection over the line of the O.A. & P.S. railway. They left on Monday and went over the road to a distance of about twenty miles beyond Whitney station on Long Lake. | Ottawa Citizen 1895-08-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-08-01 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | A young man named Eugene Debault, who came from St. John, Que., and was engaged on Messrs. McDonald & Martin's work at camp No. 4 on the O.A. & P.S. Ry., while in bathing was drowned in four feet of water. Debault was anticipating a pleasant time on his return home this week when death stepped in and claimed him. The body was shipped to St. John for interment. Three weeks ago Mazzo Antoine was drowned in almost the same spot. | Almonte Gazette 1895-08-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-08-02 | Wilno | There is dissatisfaction amongst the residents around Wilno at the place where the OA & PS Ry. Co. have placed the Wilno station. There are no public roads leading to it, and the settlers through whose land it is reached are threatening to close the road, as travellers will leave gates open. The station house is an old car placed on a siding where a gravel pit was. The difficulty of placing it in a more convenient place for the public is the steep grade throughout the whole length of the pass. | Mercury 1895-08-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...),Mercury 1895-08-16(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...) |
| 1895-08-06 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | At a meeting of the Council of the village of Ottawa East, a by-law was passed by which the O.A. & P.S. railway, in consideration of the advantages accruing to the village from the construction of that road, was granted an exemption from taxes for a period of ten years, extendable another ten years if deemed necessary. A resolution was also passed providing for the construction of a macadamized road by the Parry Sound Railway Company in lieu of one appropriated for the company's use, the new road to be built to the council's approval. | Ottawa Citizen 1895-08-07(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 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | Provincial Detective Grier is in jail at Parry Sound, for having shot at and dangerously wounded a man who was peddling whiskey to the navvies on the construction of the OA & PS road. The peddler ran away to escape arrest, and was fired at three times, the third shot striking him in the shoulder. | Mercury 1895-08-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-08-22 | Ottawa East | Workmen of the C.A.R. and O.A. & P.S. railway companies were engaged yesterday in staking out the site of the proposed new round house in connection with the car shops in Ottawa East. It will be erected on the former site of Mr. W.S. Odell's brickyard. The companies have also diverted the junction of Second street and Hurdman's Road. | Ottawa Citizen 1895-08-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-08-22≥ | Ottawa East | Yesterday the employees of the Canada Atlantic and Parry Sound lines were at work placing stakes for the new round house which will be erected near the new car shops. The site is on the ground formerly used as Odell's brick yard. | Ottawa Free Press 1895-08-23(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...) |