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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1895-08-24 | Ottawa Central Station | It seems that no formal plans for the Central depot have been submitted by Mr. Booth to the railway department. The plans sent to the department were only informal ones intended to give the minister a general idea of the work proposed. | Ottawa Journal 1895-08-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-08-29 | The Central Counties Railway Company | Indenture by Canada Atlantic Ry. to lease the Rockland section for 99 years. | CNRHist |
| 1895-08-29 | Ottawa East | The new trestle within the "y" west of Archville, where the new car shops are to be located, is now half built. | Ottawa Journal 1895-08-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-08-31 | Rockland Branch | The delegation of strikers from the Rockland branch of the Central Counties railroad, who visited the city yesterday afternoon, met with very little success in their quest for satisfaction. They were after the manager of the new road, Mr. Hibbard, but were unable to locate him, and started in to secure a guarantee from other quarters for their arrears in pay. Today the men are reported to have taken full possession of the line, spiking the switches to effectually prevent the running of trains. They have also taken legal advice as to the best way of securing a settlement of their claims. A consignment of cattle from W.C. Edwards' farm at Rockland was to have been shipped yesterday for the Industrial fair in Toronto, but the employees would not allow it to proceed to South Indian where the cars would take the Canada Atlantic railway line; the cattle were taken out of the cars and brought up to the city on board the Empress instead. A special train having on board Mr. E.J. Chamberlain, general manager on the C.A.R., left the city this morning, for the purpose, it is said, of arranging matters with the dissatisfied employees. | Ottawa Free Press 1895-08-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...),The Equity, Shawville 1895-09-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-09-01 | The Central Counties Railway Company | On September 1st last year the Canada Atlantic secured control of the Central Counties railway. | Ottawa Journal 1896-01-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1895-09-03 | Western Subdivision | Mr. Wm. Heald, contractor on the western section of the O.A. & P.S. railway, is in the city at the Russell. On his contract on the western division about 200 hands are employed and the construction of the railway is progressing satisfactorily. It is expected that the gap will be closed on the 15th of November. | Ottawa Citizen 1895-09-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-09-04 | Ottawa Central Station | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway have applied to the department of Public Works for permission to extend their tracks under Maria street bridge; the secretary sent the chief engineer's reply, which was to the effect that Maria street bridge was the property of the city and that the department is simply under obligation to keep the bridge in repair. | Ottawa Citizen 1895-09-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-09-05 | Rockland Branch | The strike on the Central Counties Railway is now over. The one hundred and forty men who struck last week for their arrears in wages went back to work on Monday morning. The difficulty has been settled by the C.A.R. agreeing to complete the line, taking it altogether out of the hands of the contractors and reengaging the men. The company however does not assume any of the contractors' indebtedness, but will merely finish the line as rapidly as possible and pay the men once a fortnight. Mr. Jno. Graham, C.A.R. roadmaster, now has charge of the work. Two trains are busy ballasting the remainder of the road, and it is expected to open passenger service over the line from Rockland to South Indian, where the road taps the C.A.R. main line, in time to bring people into Ottawa for the exhibition. | Ottawa Journal 1895-09-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-09-06 | Goshen | The people of Goshen, Renfrew Co., want a station on the O.A. & P.S. line, and the company is willing to build a station if the people interested will provide a site. | Almonte Gazette 1895-09-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-09-06 | Cedar Street Bridge | The construction of the Cedar street bridge is progressing rapidly. The piers are of concrete, and between them there is sufficient room for five railway tracks, three for the C.A.R. and two for the C.P.R. A subway will be made on the city side of the bridge to allow of an entrance into J.R. Booth's lumber yard. | Ottawa Citizen 1895-09-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-09-06 | Whitney | The St. Anthony Lumber Co's. mill at Whitney is cutting 150,000 feet of lumber per day. | Almonte Gazette 1895-09-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-09-11 | Ottawa Central Station | The steam shovel has started on a third round at the canal bank excavation; it will keep on working night and day. There was a rumor yesterday that during exhibition the C.A.R would run its passengers down the canal bank to the Maria street bridge; Mr. Fleck said there was no ground for the story. | Ottawa Journal 1895-09-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-09-12 | The Central Counties Railway Company | Morris Shaver, engineer, is suing the Central Counties Railway Company for $709 wages. | Ottawa Citizen 1895-09-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-09-13 | Renfrew | The O.A. & P.S. Railway recently donated four car loads of gravel to the Creamery Company for the fixing up of the yard around the Creamery building. | Mercury 1895-09-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-09-15 | Clarence Creek | On September 1st last year the Canada Atlantic secured control of the Central Counties railway 'and on the 15th of that month a rail was removed at the first culvert west of Clarence Creek. Investigation revealed nothing.' Several times during the closing months of last year fish plates were removed and obstructions placed on the track of that line. | Ottawa Journal 1896-01-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1895-09-16 | Ottawa Central Station | The C.A.R. is now running a fence across the canal reserve at Maria street bridge. As the steam shovel is now on its third round down, there will be no more further walking up the canal bank. | Ottawa Journal 1895-09-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-09-20 | Rockland Branch | The completion of the Rockland branch is being pushed forward rapidly, but the intention to have the line ready to run passenger trains over it for exhibition week can not be carried out. The line will not be ready for passenger service before the middle of next month. | Ottawa Journal 1895-09-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-09-20 | Ottawa Central Station | Nothing new can be written about the location of the Central depot. No move has yet been made to extend the line north of Maria street, although the line must be across this street by December 1st according to the by-law, or the company will risk losing its $50,000 bonus from the city. The steam shovel will complete the excavation of the canal bank this fall; the third strip of earth will be finished in a couple of weeks, and another strip will excavate the required width. The fourth strip will be finished by the first of November. | Ottawa Journal 1895-09-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-09-20 | Ottawa East | The building of the O.A. & P.S. workshops in the "Y" beyond Archville are to begin without delay. Within a few weeks the foundations of the massive buildings will be laid; the plans have been ready for months. There will be two large workshops and a roundhouse, entirely of stone with steel roofing supported by immense steel stringers now being manufactured in Germany, making the shops almost fireproof. The workshops will each be about 60 feet wide and 130 feet long, and will give employment to about 150 men. The roundhouse will be located near the intersection of the two branches of the "Y" and will be large enough to house about thirty locomotives. The site for the workshops and roundhouse is already picketed out. | Ottawa Journal 1895-09-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-09-20 | Western Subdivision | Next week all the construction camps along the O.A. & P.S. Ry. will be closed as the season's work will then be about ended. Chief Engineer Mountain went up the line today to inspect the last of the work. Nearly all of the men employed on the line have been discharged; there is now only one mile more of the road to be built on McNeil [sic] and Ferguson's contract, which will complete the season's work. | Ottawa Journal 1895-09-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-09-21 | Frank Turner | On 21 September 1895 Frank Turner's eastbound train of seven cars plus the pay car derailed between Renfrew and Douglas. Turner was badly shaken and his shoulder bruised, but he and the rest of the crew otherwise escaped unharmed. | Ottawa Citizen 1895-09-23(https://sites.google.com/site/canadaatlanticry/peo...) |
| 1895-09-21 | Robert Wilson | Robert Wilson, paymaster on the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway, was aboard his eastbound train when it derailed between Renfrew and Douglas on 21 September 1895. He was thrown the length of his car and received a bad knock on the head, but was otherwise unhurt. | Ottawa Citizen 1895-09-23(https://sites.google.com/site/canadaatlanticry/peo...) |
| 1895-09-21 | Douglas | An east bound freight train on the O.A. & P.S. railway, consisting of seven cars and the paymaster's van, ran off the track Saturday afternoon about half way between Douglas station and Renfrew. Fortunately the accident was not attended by loss of life. The train had just passed a slight curve when the engine, from some unknown source, jumped the track, pulling the cars and van along with it; for a couple of hundred yards the train went thumping along on the ties but remained on the roadbed. Driver Turner and his assistants stuck to their posts until the train was stopped. A couple of cars were toppled over, one loaded with horses and railroad construction tools; a man in this car was taken out from under a piece of machinery without a scratch. Paymaster Wilson, counting money in his van when the accident happened, was almost unconscious from the effects of a blow he received while being jostled about, his money scattered over the floor; Driver Turner had one shoulder badly bruised. A wrecking train left immediately from Renfrew under Roadmaster Hogan and the track was cleared in five or six hours. Two of the horses had to be shot, their legs broken; they belonged to Mr. Simmers, sub-contractor on the railway. | Ottawa Citizen 1895-09-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...),Almonte Gazette 1895-09-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-09-21 | Whitney | The first shipment of lumber from Whitney mills was made on Saturday, when seven cars were loaded and shipped. A large number of empty cars were brought to Whitney the same day to be loaded with lumber, and the shipment of it will now continue regularly. | Ottawa Citizen 1895-09-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-09-25 | Rockland Branch | Passenger trains are to commence running on the Rockland branch of the Central Counties Railway on October 1. Freight trains are now being run on the line. A gentleman who had considerable to do with the construction of the branch states that it is going to prove a greater benefit than ever was expected. | Ottawa Citizen 1895-09-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...),Ottawa Free Press 1895-09-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-09-27 | Egan Estate | The O.A. & P.S. Railway Company are building a station at Egan's estate on the Madawaska. | Ottawa Citizen 1895-09-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-09-27 | Middle Subdivision | Inspection of a ten mile section of the Parry Sound line one mile west of Whitney took place last week. This makes the completed portion of the railway 154 miles. | Mercury 1895-10-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-09-28 | Elgin Street | An electric car full of people going home from the fair narrowly escaped missing the afternoon train on the C.A.R. Saturday. The train was half way out of the station when the car ran into the platform. The conductor had to pull his bell rope. | Ottawa Journal 1895-09-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-09-28≤ | Ottawa Central Station | WILL CLOSE THE STREET. In a Couple of Weeks Theodore St. Will be Shut by the C.A.R. Theodore street will be closed for traffic to permit the excavation of the street for the C.A.R. lines into Central depot. Three or four tracks will be built across the street and these will be covered with temporary trestles. After the street is crossed the location and construction of the Central depot will be attended to. | Ottawa Journal 1895-09-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-09-30 | Ottawa Central Station | THEODORE STREET AND C.A.R. A Protest Against the Closing of the Street to Traffic. [Letter to the editor, signed 'CIVIS':] A short paragraph in your issue of Saturday states that 'Theodore street will be closed for traffic to permit the excavation of the street for the C.A.R lines into the Central depot,' and that the tracks will be covered with temporary trestles. By what authority will the street be closed? Not a shovel full of earth should be allowed to be removed until the railway company has given good security that it will build and maintain permanent bridges over its tracks, or our already depleted civic treasury may be called upon to provide such bridges. | Ottawa Journal 1895-10-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-10 | Ottawa & Boston Lumber Line Stock 02012-02685 | First listed in ORER | ORER 1895-09, ORER 1895-10 |
| 1895-10-01 | Whitney | The St. Anthony Lumber Company which has recently constructed large steam mills at Whitney on the line of the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound, have started work. The mill proper is 207 feet long by 80 feet wide, with shingle and lath mill attached 48x50 feet and storing shed 32x270 feet. The capacity is 250,000 feet a day, supplied by three band saws and one gang saw. Motive power is a Corliss engine of 700 horse power. Sawdust belts carry a continuous supply of sawdust to the furnace. | Canada Lumberman 1895-10-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-10-03 | Ottawa Central Station | NOTICE TO QUIT. A Definite Move Towards the New Central Depot. The owners of the property on the east side of the basin have received notice of expropriation of their property for railway purposes, with instructions to vacate; leaseholders from the government have been notified their leases will not be renewed after May 1 next. Orders have gone forth to clear the canal docks of wood and timber; on Monday morning Butterworth's large coal shed, between Dey's and the canal basin, will be torn down, the O.A. & P.S. having concluded its purchase for a moderate sum. A temporary station will be erected at the east end of where that building stood, for the winter, so the company can claim the $150,000 bonus from the city. The site of the Central depot has been settled: it will be on the site of the militia stores building; next spring will see the depot begun. The whole of the canal basin is to be filled in, and buildings within the expropriated area torn down, including Richard Woodland's leather shop and dwelling, the brick row on Besserer street, the Nicholet House, Wm. H. Easton's wood and coal office, Ransoms hotel, and Cardinal's livery stables. The Central depot will be six stories high, built close to Sappers' bridge so passengers can step from the bridge into the waiting rooms; three flats for station purposes, three for railway offices; trains will enter beneath an arched covering as at Toronto and Montreal's Windsor depot. It will be built of sandstone brought from near Jones Falls, the same as used in part of the Printing Bureau; a local forwarder has been awarded the contract to bring down twenty thousand tons of it next summer. There will be four tracks entering the Central depot, two passenger and two freight, with an extensive freight depot probably sited between the dry dock and Little Sussex street. Men were put to work on the north side of Theodore street this morning clearing away things. | Ottawa Journal 1895-10-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-10-03 | Canada Atlantic 2-6-0 #652 | Engine No. 81 of the C.A.R. ran off the track near the trestle at Archbridge last night but after considerable trouble was got on again without any damage being done. | Ottawa Journal 1895-10-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-10-03≤ | Ottawa East | Work on the round house at Ottawa East is to be started at once. It will be built on the "Y" nearest the village. | Ottawa Free Press 1895-10-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-10-03≥ | Ottawa Central Station | CLOSING OF MARIA ST. BOARD OF WORKS AND MR. BOOTH DISCUSS THE MATTER. The crossing of Theodore street by the O.A.P.S. and the consequent blocking of that thoroughfare to traffic was discussed before a special meeting of the board of works, attended by Mayor Borthwick and aldermen, City Engineer Surtees, City Solicitor McTavish, and, for the railway, Mr. J.R. Booth, A.W. Fleck and G.H. Mountain. Mr. Booth said his company would be ready to begin excavations through the street by October 14, to be completed in five days; the company would build a durable wooden bridge from the east end of Maria st. to beyond the limit of excavation, two hundred feet from the canal piling. City Engineer Surtees thought the bridge should have iron post supports rather than being entirely wooden. Ald. McGuire asked whether a gangway for foot passengers, including the hundreds of schoolchildren who cross Theodore street daily, could be provided during excavation; Mr. Mountain, chief engineer, said it would be impossible, as a gangway could not be stretched across the excavation and would put children in danger from shunting trains. The committee, concerned that agreeing to Booth's request might give the government an opportunity to refuse to maintain Maria street bridge, decided that the chairman and several aldermen would wait upon the government with Mr. Booth to ascertain its views. | Ottawa Journal 1895-10-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-10-04 | Rockland Branch | Unpaid laborers on the C.C. Ry. want redress. Petition by 140 employees to Ontario government. The employees are said to be six and seven months in arrears of wages and their united claims will exceed $15,000. Since the line has been taken over for completion by the Canada Atlantic Ry. the men have been paid regularly on the 14th of each month. If the work progresses as quickly as it has done since the change the road will be ready for passenger traffic between Rockland and South Indian within three weeks. This line will be an important feeder of the C.A.R. Mr. George A. Mountain, chief engineer of the C.A.R., went down to the Rockland branch today. | Ottawa Journal 1895-10-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-10-04 | Western Subdivision | AT THE DOOR OF PARRY SOUND: Contractor Plouf, of the OA & PS Ry., who has the contract for the construction of the last ten miles at the western end of the line, is in the city today. The line is now built to within a mile of the town of Parry Sound, and within a few weeks it will be completed. The terminus of the line will be on an island in the Georgian Bay in front of the town, forming a breakwater with an excellent land locked harbour where the great shipping vessels of the lake could lie at anchor; the water is at least thirty feet deep all around the point of the railway terminus, so vessels can be loaded and unloaded to and from railway cars without inconvenience. Trains are now running over forty miles of the western end of the line. About six hundred men were employed on the construction this summer. | Ottawa Journal 1895-10-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...),Almonte Gazette 1895-10-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-10-05 | Ottawa Central Station | NEW CENTRAL STATION. Another Imposing Structure to go up in Ottawa. The plan referred to [in the Citizen's 1895-08-23 report] was the elevation designed for Mr. Booth by the late G. Stalker, his last work, from which, by permission of Hon. Mr. Haggart, Minister of Railways and Canals, a drawing is presented. The depot is to stand on the site now occupied by the Militia Stores and the little 'Place d'Arms' in front, about 14 feet back from the present sidewalk. The basement or ground floor is to be the railway car station proper, trains running in on the level of the present canal basin embankment; a driveway from Little Sussex street will let carriages reach the train platform. A main entrance is planned through a covered portico level with the eastern approach of Sappers' Bridge. The first floor at street level will have waiting rooms and ticket office, with a broad double stairway and a passenger elevator down to the train platform; the upper flats will be railway (and probably other) offices. The building is to be of stone with iron girders. The approach will be along the present cutting and under Maria street bridge, across the eastern basin of the canal, necessitating equivalent dock accommodation on the western side by lengthening the present basin. Hon. Mr. Haggart has taken a deep interest in the scheme from its inception and has encouraged Mr. Booth, while ensuring the terms on which other railways may access the new union depot will be fixed by the Railway Committee of the Privy Council; the city's $50,000 bonus to Mr. Booth's railway becomes due upon the station's completion. | Ottawa Citizen 1895-10-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-10-07 | Ottawa Central Station | This morning workmen began operations on the north side of Theodore street in the construction of the tracks for the Central Station. A gang of men have since laid the tracks along the wharf, in front of the Butterworth coal sheds, while others have been engaged in preparing the way by excavation for the steam shovel to begin its work near Dey's boat house. It is intended that the shovel shall finish the cutting as far as the roadway on the south side, and then cut away all the embankment on the north side before the street section is interfered with, so as not to cause any obstruction to the traffic until the last moment. | Ottawa Free Press 1895-10-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-10-07 | Ottawa Central Station | The first serious accident in connection with the steam shovel working along the canal occurred yesterday afternoon when Mr. John Dodd of Nepean street, who was standing on the bank watching operations, fell over the embankment. He went very close to the edge to better see the work; the sod on which he was standing had been almost entirely undermined, and when it fell he fell with it, coming very close to being caught by the ascending shovel. His shoulder was badly injured and he carries several bruises. | Ottawa Free Press 1895-10-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-10-07 | Rockland Depot | Rockland - work has commenced on the C.A. Railway station here and will be rapidly pushed. When the station is completed the company intends to build freight sheds and have everything in readiness for the running of regular trains as soon as possible. | Ottawa Journal 1895-10-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...),Eastern Ontario Review 1895-10-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-10-07 | Canada Atlantic 2-6-0 #652 | On Saturday evening engine 81 of the C.A.R. broke her cylinder. The piston rod broke and was forced right through the end of the cylinder. The engine is in the shop for repairs. | Ottawa Journal 1895-10-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-10-09 | Ottawa Central Station | The steam shovel on the Parry Sound Railway tracks was moved under the Maria street bridge this morning, and at noon started work in excavating the land immediately in front of Dey's boat house. The whole of the embankment on the north side of Theodore street will be cut away before the roadway is disturbed for the building of the railway bridge. | Ottawa Free Press 1895-10-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-10-09 | Ottawa East | The work of filling up the land where the proposed car sheds of the C.A.R. are to be built in Ottawa East is proceeding rapidly. In a few days the site of the round house will be finished and the building itself commenced. | Ottawa Journal 1895-10-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-10-11 | Ottawa Central Station | The steam shovel has again been moved, this time to the head of Nicholas street, in order to make another cut along the canal bank. Excavations north of the bridge have not as yet been completed. | Ottawa Free Press 1895-10-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-10-12 | Western Subdivision | There are still about seven miles of rails to be laid on the eastern end, but after this is done the season's work will be finished. | Ottawa Journal 1895-10-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-10-18 | Rockland Branch | C.A.R. to Rockland [Churcher: printed as 'Rockcliffe' in the issue, evidently an error]. The Rockland branch of the C.A.R. is almost complete. The last touch on the work of construction is expected to be put on this week and the company propose running regular passenger trains over the branch next week. | Ottawa Citizen 1895-10-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-10-18 | Western Subdivision | Work on the railway is being pushed along as fast as circumstances will warrant. The rock cutting is almost completed, and teams are now busy lowering the swamp near the Rose Point Hotel, which has to be taken down some thirteen feet. Filling up Willet's lake has been abandoned and workmen are now engaged in driving piles for a bridge across the lake. At the other end of the section the gravel train is busy ballasting and this part of the work will be pushed forward as rapidly as possible. Several times lately the sound of the locomotive whistle has been heard in town, giving Parry Sound notice that the long looked for railway is almost at its door. Last week Post Office Inspector Jones arranged for the dispatch of daily mails over the Parry Sound Railway between Parry Sound and Emsdale, Sprucedale and Seguin. | Huntsville Forester 1895-10-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-10-25 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | A moose bull attacked two members of the Parry Sound Rail Road a week or so ago. One man was successful in reaching the branches of a tree, but the other was less fortunate and was thrown by the bull some twenty feet; the moose made a second charge, but the bruised and sore man managed to make it to a tree. The next day, they secured a rifle, started in pursuit, and found the moose not far from the previous day's attack; as soon as the moose saw them it charged, but was brought down by the first shot. | Huntsville Forester 1895-11-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-10-25 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | A private train of engine and five coaches went up last week to the Madawaska Forks, on the Ottawa and Parry Sound Railway, with Mr. Baldwin, a wealthy car builder of Philadelphia, Pa., and a party of American tourists. The party are enjoying themselves hunting and fishing in the neighborhood. | Almonte Gazette 1895-11-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-10-26 | Ottawa Central Station | THE SCOOP HARD AT WORK. The Excavation on Theodore Street Well Under Way - Taking Down a Pier. At seven o'clock this morning, men were put at work to remove the remaining timbers of the eastern approach to Maria street bridge; forty minutes later everything was cleared and the steam shovel was brought across Theodore street and set to work to excavate the bank from Dey's rink up to the pier of the bridge. The men then began removing the stone that filled the pier, occupying the whole forenoon. The excavation of the street is expected to be finished by Tuesday night. It was reported today that Mr. Booth had concluded a deal with Dey Bros. for their boat house and rink, but this was found to be incorrect; Mr. Booth made Dey Bros. an offer on Thursday, but they will not accept it, considering the figure too low. A second line of track is now being extended past Dey down to the Butterworth coal sheds at the canal basin; this shed will be torn down next week as it is on the site for the temporary depot. | Ottawa Journal 1895-10-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-10-26 | Arnprior | ARNPRIOR NEWS. At the intersection of the railway lines a new diamond is to be put in on Sunday. The O.A. & P.S. Ry. Co. wish to purchase McNab's grove on Chats Lake from McLachlin Bros. for the purpose of converting it into a picnic ground to be used by excursionists brought here by the railway. | Almonte Gazette 1895-11-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...),Mercury 1895-11-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-10-30 | Ottawa Central Station | The timber for the extension of the Maria Street Bridge over the railway cutting is on the ground, and work will likely be commenced on the extension today. The cutting of the street will likely be finished tomorrow as the steam shovel has been doing exceptionally good work. | Ottawa Citizen 1895-10-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-10-31 | Ottawa East | The work of filling in the "Y" beyond Ottawa East is taking more time than was at first expected and it is doubtful if the construction of the O.A. & P.S. Ry roundhouse will be begun this fall. | Ottawa Journal 1895-10-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-11-01 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | J. R. Booth is employing 3,389 men as follows: on the OA & PS railway 325; OA & PS construction 575; lumber yards and mills 1,159 men. None of these work for less than $1.25 a day. 1,330 men work in the woods at the same rate. | Mercury 1895-11-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-11-01 | Western Subdivision | The season's operations on the OA & PS Ry. are at an end. The force of men employed on the construction all summer have been laid off. All the camps are empty with the exception of a few straggling ones that house a small party of men that remain to finish the ballasting. | Huntsville Forester 1895-11-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-11-01 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | O.,A. & P.S. Notes. Snow has been lying almost all week. As the deer hunting season opens today, the country is flooded with hunters; it is estimated that several hundred have come up the O.A. & P.S. A party of hunters at MacAulay Lake (from Almonte) began the sport too early and were brought before the local magistrate and fined $10. American hunters carried off deer before the season opened, but escaped the deputy game wardens. The work in the shanties is booming all along the line; there will be over 1,000 men on the upper part of the Madawaska. The St. Anthony Lumber Company has over 300 men employed at the sawmill. 'Nipissing City' has been founded a short way east of Whitney, somewhat resembling the western city. | Almonte Gazette 1895-11-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-11-02 | Ottawa Central Station | Work on the construction of the Theodore street bridge across the railway tracks commenced this morning and at noon three sets of uprights with the necessary connecting posts were in position adjoining the Maria street bridge. The steam shovel is now cutting on Theodore street itself, the canal bank having been removed. It will apparently be another week before the work is connected sufficiently to allow the resumption of traffic. | Ottawa Free Press 1895-11-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-11-04 | Ottawa Central Station | Dey Boathouse will remain undisturbed this year; it will not be torn down to permit the construction of the O.A. & P.S. Railway line until next spring. The owners have received notice to vacate the building on the first of next May, and will build another boathouse, 200 x 100 feet, in a central location. TERMS OF THE LEASE. The lease of the ordnance lands from the Deep Cut to the canal basin by the government to the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway, as filed in the city registry office, covers ten pages of foolscap. It runs 21 years from 1 May 1895, at a yearly rental of $400. The company may not assign, transfer or sublet without the minister's consent. The approaches to the Central depot from the main line are to be completed on or before 1 July 1896 and thereafter maintained; the rail level of the approach is to be four feet above the canal's navigation height; if the full width of the lands is needed near the adjacent property, a masonry retaining wall and fence are to be built. No engine houses, blacksmith or repairing shops, or coal oil store houses are to be built on the ordnance lands. The railway may deal with trespassers as it wishes; the government retains free access to the canal for its workmen. The company must permit any other railway wishing to use the lands as an approach to the Central station to do so on reasonable terms, fixed if necessary by the railway committee of the Privy Council. The government may resume the lands for a public purpose after eighteen months' notice; at the end of the 21-year term the railway may remove its buildings, or renew the lease for another 21 years. | Ottawa Journal 1895-11-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-11-05 | Rockland Branch | One of the construction engines on the Central Counties railway ran off the track on Saturday by the spreading of the rails and fell over into the ditch on its side. A gang of men were employed raising it on Sunday. | Ottawa Journal 1895-11-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-11-05 | Canada Atlantic #50 | Engine No. 50, one of the shunting engines on the dump beyond Archville, was badly smashed last evening. The locomotive had switched a number of cars upon one of the switches and then swung on to another switch. The cars were not braked and when the locomotive was detached ran back down the grade striking the locomotive where it was standing on the tracks. | Ottawa Journal 1895-11-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-11-05≥ | Pembroke | Another year and the railway to Parry Sound will have been completed, and the greatest port on the Georgian Bay will be closer to Ottawa than Toronto is to the Capital. Today only fifty miles of the entire distance between Ottawa and Parry Sound — two hundred and fifty-nine miles — remains uncovered by the rails, and Engineer Mountain says it is more than probable that this gap will be covered before October of next year. Another year or two and the branch to Golden Lake connecting Pembroke with the Parry Sound railway will also have been completed. On Monday, Mayor F. E. Fortin, Thomas Mackie, J. A. Thibodeau and J. R. Moffat went out to Wilberforce to look out the line through Wilberforce. | Pembroke Observer 1895-11-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-11-06 | Ottawa Central Station | At the Theodore street bridge today the work of erecting the 200 feet of abutments is rapidly proceeding. In front of Dey's boat house about 20 men are engaged making a cutting from Theodore street to run between the building and the three small houses lying to the south east of it; there is just enough room for a truck to pass through this opening, and as the cutting will be fully 12 feet deep it will leave the Dey property standing on an eminence entirely surrounded by the tracks. | Ottawa Free Press 1895-11-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-11-06≥ | Ottawa Central Station | Messrs. Dey of the boat house called at the city hall complaining that their water supply had been cut off by the action of the steam shovel. They wanted the engineer to have another pipe run into the building, but as this would necessitate excavating under the railway tracks now being laid, and the building is on the canal reserve, the city engineer would not listen to the proposal. | Ottawa Free Press 1895-11-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-11-07 | Ottawa Central Station | Mr. Frank Dey says he is experiencing a great deal of inconvenience on account of the water supply having been cut off. His application was for a service to his own private house and property, not the rink, which is on the canal reserve. It matters not, he says, how the water is furnished so long as he gets it. | Ottawa Free Press 1895-11-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-11-08 | Ottawa Central Station | O.A. & P.S. Station Site Located. The site for the temporary depot of the O., A. & P. S. Ry. has been laid out by the engineering staff of the line. The building will be located close up to Butterworth's coal shed and between the coal shed and Dey's boathouse. The coal shed will probably be used as a temporary freight depot. | Ottawa Journal 1895-11-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-11-1 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Fourth cut complete. | Correspondence with David Jeanes, |
| 1895-11-10≥ | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | Pushing Work on the O.A & P.S. railway. Mr. G. E. Mountain, C.E. of the Ottawa & Parry Sound Railway, went up the line yesterday on a tour of inspection from Ottawa to the terminus at Arnprior. The grading from Ottawa to Arnprior is almost completed, with the exception of a few little gaps here and there where culverts, of cedar, will be put in. The timber for the trestle crossing in the township of Nepean is all ready and work will go on at once. It is expected that in ten days or two weeks the work of laying the iron will begin. The company have opened a ballast pit about halfway between Ottawa and Arnprior and ballasting will be done both ways at the same time. The trestle work across the track of the old St. Lawrence and Ottawa Railway is being pushed vigorously along. | Ottawa Journal 1895-11-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-11-12 | Ottawa Central Station | Passenger trains will be running into the temporary depot by the 15th of next month, said E.J. Chamberlain, general manager of the O.A. & P.S. Ry. Work on the temporary depot will be begun tomorrow; the Maria street bridge is expected to be completed by tomorrow afternoon, after which the men there will be put to work on the temporary depot. Upon its completion by December 15th the Elgin street depot will be disused for the passenger service of the O.A. & P.S. and C.A.R. lines; all passenger lines will run into the centre of the city. The temporary depot will be 25 feet wide, 75 feet long, built on precisely the same plan as the present Elgin street depot, with ladies' and gent's waiting rooms, a restaurant and ticket offices; express and baggage rooms will be built adjoining. It will be a substantial structure, needed to meet the public's requirements for a year or more until the Central depot is built on the Militia stores site. The main entrance for carriages will be by Wilbrod street; people from Upper town may cross Maria street bridge, at the end of which a sidewalk will lead into the depot. The railway officials are as yet undecided whether they will run freight into the centre of the city this fall, depending on whether frost makes the new road hard enough for heavy freights. The Butterworth coal shed may be torn down any day, its lease having expired last spring and not been renewed. Dey Bros. will remove their rink and have forty days in which to do this. | Ottawa Journal 1895-11-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-11-12≥ | Ottawa Central Station | The Theodore street bridge was completed sufficiently last night to allow of one side to be opened for foot travellers, to the great joy of the many who have been in the habit of crossing Maria street bridge back and forth to business and school. The whole structure will be thrown open tonight. | Ottawa Free Press 1895-11-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-11-14 | Ottawa Central Station | Maria street bridge as extended has been reopened for traffic. | Ottawa Citizen 1895-11-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-11-15 | Clarence Creek | On November 15th notices written in French were posted in Rockland and Clarence Creek stations to the effect that unless certain debts which were owed by the Central Counties Railway were paid at once, all trains would be liable to be wrecked without further notice. | Ottawa Journal 1896-01-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Montreal Gazette 1896-02-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1895-11-22 | Ottawa Central Station | Track laying along the canal bank is being pushed very rapidly, a gang of men putting in a number of hours work yesterday. The frost is necessitating more rapid completion of the line. | Ottawa Free Press 1895-11-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-11-25≥ | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | WHERE DEER ABOUND. The Toronto Globe said: 'Provincial Engineer McCallum, who left Wednesday to inspect a ten mile section of the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railroad, has returned home. The portion of the road which he inspected lies in the townships of Nightingale in Haliburton, and Canisby and Airy, in the Nipissing district, three quarters of a mile running through the Algonquin Park. He found it to be in good condition. Nine miles of construction work beyond the point where he was is being pushed forward, and will be completed and ready for inspection shortly. He reports that there is about three inches of snow there, and that the region is full of deer.' | Ottawa Journal 1895-11-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-11-30 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Shovel levelling site of the former Dey's skating rink. | Correspondence with David Jeanes, |
| 1895-11-30≤ | Ottawa Central Station | Dey's rink is now almost levelled to the ground. The steam shovel will be put to work on Monday afternoon to cut away the bank on which the rink stood. Two strips will be cut out from Theodore Street to the site of the temporary depot. As far as is known trains will be running into the temporary depot two weeks from Monday. | Ottawa Journal 1895-11-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-11-30≤ | Ottawa Central Station | Mr. Booth stated this morning that it was altogether improbable that the work of levelling off the land where Dey's rink stood would be proceeded with this fall, the frost working in so rapidly. The two iron bridges over the Hurdman's road near the deep cut will be finished tonight, as will the track laying. "Of course," said Mr. Booth, "we could commence on Monday or Tuesday running our passenger cars into the temporary station, but as this would interfere with the work in progress we will wait for some time, but by the 15th of next month the traffic will certainly be commenced." | Ottawa Free Press 1895-11-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-12-02 | Ottawa Central Station | The iron girders for the O.A. & P.S. bridge over Hurdman road at the head of Deep Cut were laid yesterday. | Ottawa Journal 1895-12-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-12-03 | The Central Counties Railway Company | Late employees of the Central Counties railway who had some difficulty with the railroad people over the wages earned last spring and summer, are now receiving ten cents on the dollar of their accounts. They do not know when they are to get the balance but are hoping for the best. | Ottawa Free Press 1895-12-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-12-03 | Ottawa Central Station | Opening of the New Depot. The opening of the new temporary depot at the canal basin will be made the occasion of a formal recognition on the part of the city of the services rendered by Mr. J.R. Booth and the immense advantages being derived by the city as the terminus of the Ottawa and Parry Sound Railway. The mayor, aldermen and city officials will attend in a body and present Mr. J.R. Booth with a congratulatory illuminated address. This action was decided on by the council last night, originating with Ald. McGuire's motion, which carried unanimously. | Ottawa Journal 1895-12-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-12-04 | Ottawa Central Station | The O.A. & P.S. Ry. are discharging the men that have been employed within the city limits on the construction of the entrance to the Central Depot. About sixty men were discharged yesterday. The steam shovel is busily engaged tearing away the embankment which until a few days ago was the site of Dey's skating rink, to get a level entrance into the temporary depot. | Ottawa Journal 1895-12-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-12-05 | Rockland Branch | New Branch of the C.A.R. will be opened Monday. The government inspection of the Rockland branch of the C.A.R. will take place tomorrow or Saturday and the line will be formally opened on Monday next. The Rockland branch is seventeen miles in length and extends from South Indian on the main line of the C.A.R. to Rockland. There are four stations on the line: The Brook, Cheneys, Clarence Creek and Telephone Road. About a mile and a half from Rockland a branch diverges off to Edwards lumber yards through which several sidings have been laid; almost the entire cut of Edwards mill will be shipped out over this line and the C.A.R. to the American markets. The construction of the road was begun about a year ago by the Central Counties Railway, who carried on the work until a few months ago when, being financially embarrassed, the completion of the line was given over to the C.A.R. | Ottawa Journal 1895-12-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-12-05 | Ottawa Central Station | The steam shovel started to work on the Dey's rink site this morning. The ground is frozen hard from the surface for some distance down and the chunks of soil dislodged are frequently enormous; considerable trouble and delay are experienced from the lumps holding securely in the scoop. | Ottawa Free Press 1895-12-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-12-06 | Elgin Street | KILLED BY THE CARS. Andrew Easton (also reported as Eastman), a young brakesman employed in the C.A.R. yards adjoining the Elgin street depot, was almost instantly killed a few minutes after half past six o'clock in the evening. At half past six he was seen alive by yardmaster Patrick Brennan; five minutes later his body was found lying between two tracks by car inspector P. Driscoll and car repairer W. Crooks, with signs of life still present. Dr. Cormack arrived and pronounced the case hopeless; Easton expired within a few minutes, his back broken in the lumbar region, with otherwise only a swelling and bruise on the lower back. No one witnessed the accident, but O.A. and P.S. railway freight cars were being shunted down a siding at the time, and it was concluded he had been jammed between cars coming together. The body was taken to Moodie's morgue on Bank St.; Coroner Mark opened an inquest, adjourned until the following Monday evening. Easton, about thirty, lived at the corner of Percy and Somerset streets and left a widow and two small children. | Ottawa Citizen 1895-12-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...),Ottawa Journal 1895-12-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...),Almonte Gazette 1895-12-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-12-06≥ | Goshen | Our flag station on the OA & PS is now up and completed, and is a credit to the Company, as it is made very comfortable for the winter months. We have not heard yet what it is to be called, but we hope and expect it will be called after the wonderful place itself "Goshen." | Mercury 1895-12-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-12-08 | The Central Counties Railway Company | Line opened from South Indian to Rockland, 16 miles. | CNRHist |
| 1895-12-09 | Rockland Branch | Rockland Branch Now Open for Traffic. The Rockland branch of the C.A.R. was opened for freight and passenger traffic this morning and agents appointed at Clarence Creek and Rockland. The government inspection of the railway tracks from the C.A.R. at South Indian to Rockland took place on Saturday and proved satisfactory, the result being that passenger traffic was commenced this morning. The line is 17 miles in length. | Ottawa Journal 1895-12-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...),Ottawa Free Press 1895-12-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...),Mercury 1895-12-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-12-09 | Elgin Street | NO ONE TO BLAME. JURY FINDS ANDREW EASTMAN'S DEATH WAS ACCIDENTAL. The adjourned inquest, conducted by Coroner Mark, lasted from half past seven until after eleven, examining a dozen witnesses. Engineer Thomas F. Kane testified he had been instructed to couple his line of 22 cars to a separate freight car; when the cars joined, the shock was no greater than usual, and he did not know at the time that the coupling had failed or anything about the accident. Yardmaster Paul Brennan, who gave the coupling signals, said he had noticed Eastman on the steps of the van preparatory to coupling, and that Eastman had partially succeeded, having put the coupling ring into the drawbar; the train, about 120,000 lbs, was thought to have passed over him, and the car was afterwards found off the track. Superintendent M. Donaldson stated a car has been known to be put off the track by running over a man's leg. Dr. Cormack, who performed the post mortem, found a compound fracture of the left leg and broken organs around the hip, death caused by internal hemorrhage, and thought Eastman had been killed by the car passing over him rather than being crushed between the cars. The jury's verdict: 'the deceased, Andrew Eastman, met his death by accident while attempting to couple cars in the C.A.R. yards of Ottawa, but the exact cause of such fatal accident does not appear clear to us,' and exonerated the railway company and employees from all blame. | Ottawa Journal 1895-12-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-12-09 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | A CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS. Seven Men Injured While Working Around C.A.R. Trains. Paul Goolah, brakesman of the C.A.R., had the two first fingers of his left hand jammed so badly while coupling cars yesterday morning that they had to be amputated; he was the seventh C.A.R. man injured within the past four or five weeks. The list: D. Wilson, lost two fingers; R. Cole, four ribs broken; A. Maloney, lost parts of two fingers; W. Young, hand jammed; Andrew Easton, fatal injuries; Paul Goolah, two fingers badly jammed. In the majority of the cases, if not all, the accidents were the result of carelessness. | Ottawa Citizen 1895-12-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-12-09 | Ottawa Central Station | Mrs. Augustus Keefer's stone quarry in Nepean township has been sold to Mr. J.R. Booth for $5,000. It is said Mr. Booth desired to procure the stone in the quarry for the construction of the temporary central station. | Ottawa Citizen 1895-12-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...),Almonte Gazette 1895-12-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-12-11 | Ottawa Central Station | As yet no date has been fixed for the formal opening of the new tracks along the banks of the canal, but that it will take place early next week is now assured, per Mr. Booth this morning. A third track has been laid, permitting an entrance to the eastern side of the temporary station, for freight taken directly from the cars, as no storage accommodation is to be provided for the present. A ten foot plank walk is today being constructed on Wilbrod street from Nicholas to the new depot. The mayor, city engineer and some aldermen, with a deputation from the Ottawa East town council, will inspect the new iron bridges over the Hurdman's road at the deep cut this week, possibly tomorrow. As the frost increases the difficulty of excavating grows; the shovel went off its tracks this morning, causing a serious delay. | Ottawa Free Press 1895-12-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-12-13 | Western Subdivision | Mr. Cuddy, Dominion Inspector of Railways, and Mr. McCallum, Ontario Inspector of Railways, with a number of leading officials of the OA & PS R., recently inspected the last ten miles of the road between White Fish Lake and Cache Lake. They found everything satisfactory. The road is now completed to 168 miles from Ottawa. | Eganville Enterprise 1895-12-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-12-14 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | Parry Sound railway trains are running over the bridge constructed over the electric railway tracks at Hintonburg by the Electric Railway Company. The work, which is most substantial, was carried out under the supervision of Mr. F.A. Hibbard. | Ottawa Citizen 1895-12-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-12-16 | Ottawa Central Station | John Glennie, aged 23, a fireman employed on the locomotive attached to the 'tank car' that carried coal and water supplies from the station yards to the steam shovel excavating close to the site of the temporary depot at Maria street, was found dead in the yard near the round house about eight o'clock in the evening, his head completely crushed. No one witnessed the accident. He had left the engine to couple the tank car to a box car, not noticing that one of the coal boxes projected a foot or more past the end of the tank car; stepping between the cars to couple them, his head was jammed between the cars as they came together. He died a minute or two afterward. The body was taken to Moodie's morgue; Coroner Mark impanelled a jury, which viewed the body before adjourning. Glennie had been in the company's employ about four years, rising from cleaner; a Scotchman who had come to Ottawa about six years before, he left a wife (married nearly three years) and two children. | Ottawa Citizen 1895-12-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...),Ottawa Journal 1895-12-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-12-17 | Ottawa Central Station | Central Depot Sir? On Thursday passenger trains will be running into the new temporary depot at the canal basin. A few weeks ago a few pieces of timber lay strewn on the ground; today a commodious station, not the poor 'temporary' affair some people thought it would be, is erected — Mr. Booth on the spot every day from early morning, though 70 years of age, often handling the pick and shovel himself. The building is 75 feet long and 25 feet wide, with 'lean tos' 16 feet wide on all sides; a covered platform 400 feet long extends south, to within 200 feet of Maria street bridge, with a wide platform from there to the bridge and a stairway down from the bridge, the main foot entrance. Carriage entrance will be from Nicholas by Wilbrod street or by Mosgrove street and the canal dock frontage from Rideau. The depot is covered with iron sheeting, divided into ladies' and gent's waiting rooms, a restaurant and a ticket office, with a baggage room at the north end. Canada Atlantic trains will use the west side track of the covered platform, Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound trains the east side; the station and surroundings will be lit by electricity. Mr. Booth said the depot would cost $4,000 and was not expected to be used a whole year before the new central depot was ready and this building torn down. | Ottawa Journal 1895-12-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-12-17 | Elgin Street | Officials in the C.A.R. station on Elgin street are making preparations for the removal of the offices into the new temporary station. | Ottawa Citizen 1895-12-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-12-18 | Ottawa Central Station | THE CAR KILLED HIM. Jury Returns a Verdict of Accident in the Glennie Case. Night foreman Wm. Rogers, in charge of engine No. 81, testified he was moving the engine backwards to couple to the tank car, having received the signal from Glennie; he did not feel the usual shock, called out to Glennie, and receiving no answer, alighted and found Glennie lying across the track between the engine and tank car, bleeding at the ear. He explained the tank car's coal boxes: one had moved and protruded about six inches over the end of the car, and he had noticed this two weeks before the accident without reporting it. It seemed to him Glennie had been crushed between the protruding box and the engine while coupling. Locomotive Superintendent Ogilvie testified that exhaust steam from the engine had thawed the snow at the spot, making it slippery, and believed Glennie had slipped while going in front of the engine and had his head crushed by a lower part of the engine — evidence which dispelled the idea his head had been jammed between the draw-bars. A verdict of accidental death was returned after midnight. | Ottawa Journal 1895-12-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...),Ottawa Citizen 1895-12-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-12-18 | Ottawa Central Station | The delay in the Supreme Court in settling the Sparks estate dispute is not going to deter Mr. J.R. Booth. Mr. Easton has been requested to vacate the premises at the Basin before the second week in January; the company intend stringing a trestle work structure across the canal basin next week and will commence filling in at once, with two tracks laid right up to the militia stores. The first train into the temporary station will not be run until Monday next, it now being found impossible to put things into shape before then; a fence is being constructed around the canal to protect passengers alighting on that side. The side walk on the north side of Wilbrod street had its width reduced by the city engineer's order, to avoid taking in a hydrant. Workmen are opening up track near the Theodore street curve so the mail car can wait at the Nicholas/Theodore junction until the incoming train passes under Maria street bridge, then run down to Wilbrod street in time for the mail bags — a temporary arrangement. | Ottawa Free Press 1895-12-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-12-18 | Ottawa Central Station | The steam shovel, that has been so busy chiselling away the canal bank all summer, ceases work today. The shovel will early next spring begin to excavate another slice down the bank from the head of Deep Cut. | Ottawa Journal 1895-12-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |