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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1895-12-19 | Ottawa Central Station | An empty coach was run into the new central depot yesterday, when it was found that the canopy extending out over the platform had been built too wide. As a result the track running close to the canal had to be shifted in order to permit the easy and safe entrance of the trains. The work was done most expeditiously. | Ottawa Free Press 1895-12-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-12-20 | Goshen | A new station is to be opened on the line of the O.A. & P.S. railway on Monday, at a point five miles east of Renfrew. It will be known as Goshen station. | Ottawa Citizen 1895-12-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...),Ottawa Journal 1895-12-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-12-20≥ | Ottawa Central Station | Workmen were putting the final touches on the station, which is situated at the north end of the old Dey's rink site, yesterday. A covered stairway leads to the landing from the Maria street bridge. The approaches to the station from Rideau street are via Musgrove street, and Wilbrod and Stewart streets, west of Nicholas, also lead to the station; a new sidewalk on Wilbrod street extends to the door. | Ottawa Citizen 1895-12-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-12-21 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | First passenger car (combine) built in CAR shops has Westinghouse brakes. | Ottawa Journal, 1895-12-21. Thanks to David Jeanes |
| 1895-12-21 | Ottawa Central Station | City looks it over. Mayor and Aldermen at New Central Depot. The railway lines forming an entrance to the Central depot passed under civic inspection today; the temporary depot at the canal basin was also formally opened. At Mr. J.R. Booth's invitation, the civic finance committee, mayor and other councillors boarded a special train (a locomotive and two coaches, one Mr. Booth's official car) and went over the lines, taking a quarter hour to run into the temporary depot. Arriving, a large number of citizens were waiting on the platforms, including Claude McLachlan of Arnprior (vice-president of the O.A. & P.S. Ry.), Fred Booth (president of the C.A. Ry.), and others. Mr. J.R. Booth handed Mayor Borthwick the key of the building, and the temporary depot was formally opened by the mayor. Mayor Borthwick complimented Mr. Booth on his enterprise; Booth replied that the citizens had given him valuable help, but that favorable weather this fall had also helped him succeed. Ald. Cook proposed three cheers and a tiger for Mr. Booth. The finance committee met afterward and considered that the by-law granting the bonus had been fulfilled in every particular and that the remaining $50,000 bonus, payable on completion of the Central depot, had been earned, subject to the city solicitor's review of the by-law's details. | Ottawa Journal 1895-12-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...),Ottawa Free Press 1895-12-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...),Ottawa Citizen 1895-12-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-12-21 | Unidentified Passenger Cars | C.A. Ry. turn out the first coach from their workshops. The first passenger coach is a combination car 62½ feet long over drawbars, or 55 feet from door to door; 9 ft 6 in from floor to ceiling, or 14 feet from rail level; 10 feet wide. It is a standard car with Westinghouse brakes, Miller couplers, and steam heating apparatus; externally finished plainly in Sherman's tuscan red, pointed in black, lettering in gold. A first class passenger coach is now being built and will be turned out in a few weeks. Two snow ploughs have also been built, one already in use, 11 ft. 6 in. high and 32 feet long, costing $1,400, with a raising and lowering front and wings of the most improved pattern. When the company erect their new shops beyond Archville next spring the work of manufacturing cars will go on in earnest, but several coaches will be turned out this winter. The cars are constructed under the supervision of James Ogilvie, foreman of the car shops, and Wm. Holtby, car foreman. | Ottawa Journal 1895-12-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-12-23 | Ottawa Central Station | The first regular passenger trains left the new temporary depot at the canal basin this morning. The first was the C.A.R. express for Montreal, leaving sharp at 8 o'clock; the O.A. & P.S. train left five minutes later. Both trains ran up the bank to the head of the Deep Cut at a brisk clip. Many people were at the depot to watch, among them Messrs. J.R. Booth, E.J. Chamberlain (general manager, O.A. & P.S. Ry.), C.J. Smith (general passenger agent) and S. Ebbs (city ticket agent). The starting bell was rung by Mr. Booth. | Ottawa Journal 1895-12-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-12-23 | Ottawa Central Station | The city treasurer yesterday paid the Parry Sound Railway the amount due them by way of bonus. | Ottawa Journal 1895-12-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-12-24 | Elgin Street | The platform around the old Elgin street depot is being torn up in order to permit the laying of another freight track. | Ottawa Journal 1895-12-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-12-27 | Unidentified Passenger Cars | The Canada Atlantic Railway is commencing to build cars at its shops in Ottawa. The first one - worth $4,000 - was turned out for the Rockland Branch. It was a combination first and second class and baggage car. | Mercury 1895-12-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-12-27 | Elgin Street | The Canada Atlantic depot is disappearing owing to the onward march of Ottawa's progress. People coming in from the west feel it strange to be whirled past the old depot and round the bend to the temporary Central depot. It is close upon fifteen years since these buildings were erected. | Ottawa Free Press 1895-12-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-12-30 | Ottawa Central Station | The new central depot has been opened now for more than a week, but that period of time has not destroyed the novelty of watching engines steaming into such a central portion of the city. The new station agent is Mr. John Savage, who was taken from General Clare's staff to fill that position. Close to the bridge on the north side a small building is being erected to be used as a wash house for the passenger cars. | Ottawa Free Press 1895-12-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-4 | Canada Atlantic 4-4-0 #625 | Built by Baldwin as V&PL 30 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1895-4 | Canada Atlantic 2-6-0 #667 | Built by baldwin as V&PL 167 C/N 14310 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1895-4 | Canada Atlantic 2-6-0 #668 | Built by baldwin as V&PL 168 C/N 14311 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1895-4 | Canada Atlantic 2-6-0 #669 | Built by baldwin as V&PL 169 C/N 14313 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1895-5 | Canada Atlantic 2-6-0s #667-669 | Built by Baldwin as V&PL 167-169 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1895-7-10 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | The excavation of Deep Cut started. The fill was being dumped on flat cars, to be plowed off on the trestle a few hundred yards away. | Correspondence with David Jeanes |
| 1895-7-15 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | 200 people were spectators on the evening of 15 July 1895 to watch the excavations in Deep Cut. | Correspondence with David Jeanes |
| 1895-7-20 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | The average depth being excavated at Deep Cut was 12 feet for 300,000 cubic yards of earth which turned out to be sticky clay. | Correspondence with David Jeanes |
| 1895-7-31 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Rain interfered with the shovelling at Deep Cut, making the wet clay stick to the shovel. | Correspondence with David Jeanes, |
| 1895-7-9 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | The length of siding along the Deep Cut excavation was 1200 feet but the total length to be excavated to Maria Street was 2700 feet. The width excavated on each pass was about 30 feet. | Correspondence with David Jeanes |
| 1895-8-31 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Much of the fill was deposited on the new 1500 foot trestle between Deep Cut and Riverside. On 18 June this trestle was 2100 feet long and 20 to 40 feet high. | Correspondence with David Jeanes, |
| 1895-8-9 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | 10 foot board fence constructed to keep people off tracks. | Correspondence with David Jeanes, |
| 1895≤ | Alexander Millar | Millar was manager of the Pembroke Milling Company from 1895, and still held the post in 1915. | PembrokeCNC 1915-06-01(cited as [PembrokeCNC] on https://sites.google.com...) |
| 1896 | Scotia Junction | Oil and coal house built | GTR B&B-12 |
| 1896 | Algonquin Park | A.W.Fleck buys 5000 acres from St Anthony Lumber Co. on Rock Lake for summer home. | Fleming quoting Adelison, O. Early Days of Algonquin Park |
| 1896 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | Line opened Whitney to Cache Lake, 20 miles | CNRHist |
| 1896 | The Parry Sound Colonization Railway Company | Line opened Rankins to Rose Point, 7.75 miles | CNRHist |
| 1896 to 1911 | Herbert Alonzo Pangborn | "From 1896 until 1911 Mr. Pangborn was conductor on the short line running from Rockland to South Indian." | Ottawa Citizen 1932-05-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-01 | Canada Atlantic Combination Car 2 | Built by CA | Lepkey p301 |
| 1896-01-03 | Elgin Street Depot | The old C.A.R. depot on Elgin street is being converted into a company store house. | Ottawa Journal 1896-01-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-01-09 | Elgin Street Depot | The old "C.A.R." signs at the Elgin street depot are all being removed and "O.A. & P.S." just up in their places. It is the intention to use that place for O.A. & P.S. freight. | Ottawa Free Press 1896-01-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-01-10 | Bank Street | At the Bank street level crossing the O.A. & P.S. company has improved the protecting arms which swing across the roadway when a train is coming by putting on a similar attachment to stop the approach of pedestrians on the sidewalks. | Ottawa Free Press 1896-01-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-01-15≥ | John Rudolphus Booth | On Tuesday night, the Ottawa Board of Trade presented Mr. John R. Booth with an address expressing their appreciation of the inestimable benefit which must accrue to that city and the Dominion from Mr. Booth's energy in building the OA & PS. One gentleman pointed out that of the six and three-quarter millions expended in the construction of the Parry Sound over five millions of Mr. Booth's capital had gone into the scheme. (As reported by 15 January 1896; the source dates the event only relatively.) | Mercury 1896-01-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-01-24 | Western Subdivision | Mr. E. Fauquier, of Toronto, has been given the contract of constructing the incompleted 47 miles of the Parry Sound Railway. The uncompleted portion lies between Lake of the Two Rivers of the eastern line and Scotia station of the western line. Work will be commenced early, as Mr. Booth is anxious to have the line completed by the fall. (The Huntsville Forester of 26 February adds that the contract 'was let to E. F. Fauquier of Toronto, at a figure close to half a million dollars.') | Ottawa Citizen 1896-01-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Huntsville Forester 1896-02-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-01-30 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | The Canada Atlantic Railway have decided to run Sunday passenger trains over their line. A new time table goes into effect on Sunday next at 8 p.m. by which Sunday trains to and from Ottawa are provided. The trains will run on the same time on Sunday as other days of the week; The trains for Montreal leave here at 8 a. m. and 6.15 p.m. ... This move is taken to keep in competition with other lines. There will be no Sunday trains over the O., A. & P.S. Ry. | Ottawa Journal 1896-01-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-01-30≥ | Rockland | Rockland - A C.A.R. engine became embedded in a snow bank in the deep cut, on the mill siding, Saturday night. It took some time to extricate it. (As reported by 30 January 1896; the source dates the event only relatively.) | Ottawa Journal 1896-01-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-01-31 | Western Subdivision | Tomorrow Mr. J. R. Booth will send a gang of men to his Egan limits on the Madawaska ... The men will take out a quantity of dimension timber, which will be shipped to Ottawa by the Parry Sound road, and run right to Mr. Booth's yards at the Chaudiere. The Parry Sound railway runs through the Egan limits. | Ottawa Journal 1896-01-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-01-31≥ | Clarence Creek | Three men were arrested near Clarence Creek on the Canada Atlantic Railway, charged with systematically attempting to wreck Canada Atlantic trains: 'detective Carter has been working on the case and yesterday arrested Fabien Lavictrie and two brothers who live on a farm near the scene of the attempted wrecks.' They were held at L'Orignal awaiting trial. (As reported by 31 January 1896; the source dates the event only relatively.) | 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...),Ottawa Free Press 1896-02-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-02-07 | Clarence Creek | L'Orignal. Fabien Lavictoire, Louis Dusireau and Joseph Dusireau, held for attempting train wrecking on the Canada Atlantic were remanded for a week. Two more warrants were issued on the following day for the arrest of two other men, named Dubreuil and Lavictoire charged with committing a similar offence, and on being brought before Mr. Fraser Friday last, they were admitted to bail on their own recognizance, as the evidence against them is of no material importance. | Ottawa Free Press 1896-02-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-02-07 | Western Subdivision | Mr. Fauquier has to put in for his works on the O.A. & P.S. Ry. construction, 600 tons of provisions and hay. A road has to be cut for a distance of 27 miles and all the material has to be in before the winter roads break up. Men are now busy cutting out the road. D.D. McDonald & Co. contractors for the first ten miles have also put in 200 tons of material. Over one hundred men are already at work and more are daily going up. Mr. C. Campbell of Eganville, has one large camp at the end of iron and will soon have two more in running order further west. | Ottawa Journal 1896-02-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Mercury 1896-02-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-02-07 | George Alonzo Mountain | Chief Engineer Mountain will leave soon for a snowshoe inspection of the un-built central portion of the Railway. | Mercury 1896-02-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-02-08 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Commencing tomorrow there will be a Sunday train for Montreal on the C.A. Railway. | Ottawa Citizen 1896-02-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-02-12 | The Pembroke Southern Railway Company | Mayor Fortin to go to Toronto. Lobbying Hon P.White to get meeting with Minister of Rys and Canals. | PSMinutes |
| 1896-02-14 | Western Subdivision | Of the 47 miles, D.D. MacDonald and Murdoch have the first ten miles; O'Neill & Ferguson the next twelve miles; five remain unlet, and Poulin and Fitzpatrick have twenty miles on the other end of the work. Already the engineers have gone in with their staffs, and supplies for building camps are coming up the line. | Almonte Gazette 1896-02-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-02-14 | Western Subdivision | Supplies are taken to the American camps on the Upper Lakes by the last twenty miles of railway above Whitney. Even some of McLaughlin's camps on the Petewawa received their supplies by the railway. | Almonte Gazette 1896-02-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-02-14 | Western Subdivision | The commencement of work on the OA & PS construction will greatly benefit this section. A larger number of men than was ever known before have been unable to get employment in the shanties, and many of these will now get employment in cutting out the right-of-way and in the rock cuts. | Mercury 1896-02-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-02-14 | Western Subdivision | Trains will be run in a few days from Emsdale into Parry Sound, a distance of over sixty miles. Mr. J. E. Switzer has gone up in charge of an engineering party, who will survey the line from Emsdale eastward until they meet the other party that is surveying westward. | Mercury 1896-02-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-02-14≥ | Western Subdivision | Mr. A. W. Fleck, secretary-treasurer, and Mr. Geo. A. Mountain, chief engineer of the OA & PS Ry., returned last week from Parry Sound where they were representing the company at the inspection of the last part of the western end of the line by the Ontario and Dominion government engineers, which took place on Wednesday. Eight miles of line, which completes the line into the waters of the Georgian Bay at Parry Sound were inspected. Mr. Thomas Ridout was the engineer for the Dominion government, and Mr. McCallum represented the Ontario government. (As reported by 14 February 1896; the source dates the event only relatively.) | Mercury 1896-02-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-02-15 | Car Shops | Mr. J.R. Booth is drawing a large quantity of stone to the site of the proposed car shops and round house in Ottawa East. The work of constructing the shops will commence in the spring. | Ottawa Citizen 1896-02-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-02-17 | Whitney | The OA & PS RR is now transporting passengers to and from Whitney. | Eganville Leader 1896-02-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-02-17 | Whitney | The owners of the new sawmill in Whitney are American, and it is now a one-company town with houses, stores, etc. all run by the company's representative, Mr. John Ferguson. It has been described as 'a remarkable hamlet.' | Eganville Leader 1896-02-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-02-18 | Unidentified Passenger Cars | A new private car is being built at the C.A.R. workshops for Mr. J.R. Booth. It will be 80 feet in length. | Ottawa Journal 1896-02-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-02-18 | Unidentified Passenger Cars | A first of the first class passenger coaches turned out from the C.A.R. workshops will be finished in a few days. | Ottawa Journal 1896-02-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-02-27≥ | Arnprior | Fred Rollin of the Chaudiere, Ottawa, had his ear bitten off in a fight on the Parry Sound railway train near Arnprior a few days ago. John Cyr, of Ironsides, was arrested for the assault. (As reported by 27 February 1896; the source dates the event only relatively.) | The Equity, Shawville 1896-02-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-03-02 | Ottawa Central Station | The third and final lease was on March 2, 1896. It surrendered to Mr. Booth the old canal basin, and the rest of the reserve down to Sappers' bridge, at $500 a year. Thus for a total of $1,100 a year, Mr. Booth got the full half mile of ordnance lands from the heart of Ottawa out to the head of the deep cut. | Ottawa Journal 1898-11-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-03-03≥ | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | The first shipment of plumbago from the mines at Calabogie, came into the city by the Parry Sound line yesterday, there being four car loads. It will be prepared for market in a factory to be arranged in the old Pierce mill on Victoria Island, which will be in operation within two months. (As reported by 3 March 1896; the source dates the event only relatively.) | Ottawa Free Press 1896-03-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-03-04 | Western Subdivision | One hundred and fifty tons of dynamite will be used during the coming summer in the construction of the O.A. & P.S. Railway ... brought to Ottawa by C.P.R. and then carried over the O.A. & P.S. line by special train. From the present terminus at Cache Lake it will be drawn to the different magazines erected along the survey from that place to Elmsdale, an intervening distance of 47 miles. The magazines are to be built wherever possible on islands in the lakes some distance from the scene of operations. | Ottawa Journal 1896-03-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-03-04 | Western Subdivision | Chief Engineer Mountain, who came down the line this morning, states that ten teams began distributing dynamite along the line from Cache Lake to Elmsdale today. He states that 150 teams and almost 600 men are now busy on the construction ... All the work is now under way. Rock cutting, pile driving, sand cuttings and clearing have commenced. Three pile drivers are at work. The camps along the line, about thirty in number, are now all completed and ready for occupancy. They will accommodate about 2,000 men. | Ottawa Journal 1896-03-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-03-05≥ | Ottawa Central Station | Mr. J.R. Booth started a gang of men to work yesterday at excavating and enlarging the western side of the canal basin. The earth excavated will be used in filling in the eastern portion of the basin, over which trains will run when coming into the permanent central depot near Sappers bridge. (As reported by 5 March 1896; the source dates the event only relatively.) | Ottawa Citizen 1896-03-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-03-07 | Western Subdivision | Mr. Geo. Ferguson, of O'Neill & Ferguson, contractors on the OA & PS expansion, was in town this week. He informed The Mercury that actual construction work was being rapidly pushed to the last mile to Cache Lake, which the Company wish to be able to run to by the end of June. The piling of two bays of the lake is also being pushed along, while the ice lasts. | Mercury 1896-03-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-03-20 | Douglas | Douglas, March 17: Mr. Cook, a sub-contractor on the OA & PS construction, spent Monday here, purchasing a large order of supplies from J. & S. McEachen, who, by the way, have contracted to supply groceries and provisions to nearly all Fauquier's contractors during the coming summer and fall. | Mercury 1896-03-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-03-20 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | Contractor J. J. Jollife has been awarded the contract for filling and scraping for 1896. | Mercury 1896-03-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-03-20 | Western Subdivision | A large number of men are ging up the line to work on the railway, there being already some 400 at work. | Almonte Gazette 1896-03-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-03-27 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound R.R. will carry free all patients from this district going to or from the consumption sanitorium in Muskoka. | Eastern Ontario Review 1896-03-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-04-15 | Ottawa Central Station | Although it is evidently Mr. Booth's intention to go on with the new Central Depot this summer, it is doubtful if it will be completed before next year. | Ottawa Journal 1896-04-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-04-15 | Ottawa Central Station | After the first of June the militia stores building at Sappers Bridge will be the temporary depot of the O.A. & P.S. and C.A. Railways. This information was given today for publication by a prominent official of the lines. From that date the trestle structure over the canal basin will have been completed and made passable for trains. The militia stores building, which will be vacated during May, will be divided into waiting rooms, ticket office and restaurant. A baggage room will be located at the southern end. Trains will enter between the building and the canal. Three tracks will likely be run in and these tracks will extend past the temporary depot to beneath Sappers Bridge. A canopy will be built out from the building to extend over the trains, thus providing shelter from the weather. It is understood that the militia stored building may be the depot for some time. | Ottawa Journal 1896-04-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-04-17 | Ottawa Central Station | The trestle work in the east wing of the canal basin is almost completed and the thing that now remains to be done is to fill it in with earth and bowlder, in order to prevent its rising when the water is let in, about the first of May. | Ottawa Free Press 1896-04-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-04-17 | Ottawa Central Station | Mr. Booth said further that the commencement of work upon the structure, which it is proposed to erect near Sappers bridge would depend upon the government's decision in reference to the disposal of the present militia stores building. He had not been appraised as to when the authorities intended to accept a cash sum for the property, or request him to build another upon some site selected. | Ottawa Free Press 1896-04-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-04-17 | Western Subdivision | It is expected that the grading will be finished across Cache Lake ready for the steel by the end of May. | Almonte Gazette 1896-04-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-04-17 | Western Subdivision | Trains run from Whitney to the end of track Tuesdays and Fridays after the arrival of the mixed from Barry's Bay. | Almonte Gazette 1896-04-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-04-17 | Western Subdivision | Chambers and Richardson, of Whitney, have the contract for the last section let by Mr. Fauqier, about 6 miles. Some 500 men are at work on the first 20 miles, and more are expected as soon as snow goes. ... Clearing the right of way and driving on the first 20 miles about finished. | Almonte Gazette 1896-04-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-04-17 | Canoe Lake | The Gilmore Lumber Co. have also been rushing in machinery and supplies for the new mill on Canoe Lake. The foundation of the mill is being laid, and it is expected that one band saw will be running by August. The main building is 180 ft. by 65 ft. - not as large as the Whitney mill. It is estimated that it will cut 50,000,000 feet in the season. Two hundred acres of land has been leased from the local government at Park headquarters for the mill and yards, exactly ten miles from the end of track by the right of way, and 30 miles west of Whitney. About 150 men are employed at present, and a portable saw-mill is cutting lumber for the building. | Almonte Gazette 1896-04-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-04-17≥ | Whitney | A deaf and dumb man named Hoover, of Pembroke, had his foot taken off at the ankle by an O.,A. & P.S. Railway train on Saturday last. He was walking along the track above Whitney station when the train came up behind him; the engineer blew the whistle and expected to see the man step off the track, but he did not do so. The railway company sent a special train to Ottawa with him, where he was placed in the hospital. (As reported by 17 April 1896; the source dates the event only relatively.) | Almonte Gazette 1896-04-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-04-28 | Ottawa Central Station | The steam shovel is on the last cut down the canal bank. It is at a point opposite Lisgar street. | Ottawa Journal 1896-04-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-04-28 | Western Subdivision | The O.A. & P.S. Ry. is now accepting freight to a distance of twenty miles above Whitney. | Ottawa Journal 1896-04-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-04-28 | Renfrew | There will be an excursion to Renfrew on May 25 from Ottawa in connection with a fireman's demonstration in that town. | Ottawa Journal 1896-04-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-04-29 | Ottawa Central Station | The men working on the construction in the canal basin are now kept at work at night. | Ottawa Journal 1896-04-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-05-01 | Western Subdivision | The construction of the OA & PS Ry. goes rapidly on. The work of pile driving and clearing right of way is about finished. The track will be ready for the steel across Cache Lake by the middle of next month. The contractors have all their supplies in for the first twenty miles of this season's construction. | Ottawa Journal 1896-05-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-05-05 | The Pembroke Southern Railway Company | Discuss advisability of route to Golden Lake. J.L.Morris engaged at $6 per day to make preliminary survey. | PSMinutes |
| 1896-05-06 | Ottawa Central Station | The ties of the C.A.R. tracks over the canal basin have been laid to within 200 feet of the militia stores building. | Ottawa Journal 1896-05-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-05-08 | Ottawa Central Station | The C.A.R. tracks over the canal basin have now been laid as far as the Militia Stores building. This morning several car loads of lumber for the wharf were taken that far. | Ottawa Journal 1896-05-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-05-12 | Ottawa Central Station | The steam shovel working on the canal bank has now reached a point about 100 yards from the Maria street bridge. | Ottawa Journal 1896-05-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-05-13 | Ottawa Central Station | The men working on the steam shovel which is cutting away the canal bank beside the C.A.R. tracks had considerable trouble with it last evening. While trying to remove it to the Deep Cut it ran off the tracks and it was several hours before a large gang of workmen were able to get it on again. | Ottawa Journal 1896-05-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-05-17 | Western Subdivision | A daily train is now running between Eganville and Whitney. | Almonte Gazette 1896-05-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-05-20 | Ottawa Central Station | The steam plough is still tearing down the canal bank near the Deep Cut. Several more sheds will soon have to be moved further back in consequence. | Ottawa Journal 1896-05-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-06 | Canada Atlantic First Class Coach 37 | Not listed in ORER | ORER 1896-06 |
| 1896-06-02 | Ottawa Central Station | The steam shovel is still eating into the canal bank. It is now about half way between the Maria street bridge and the Deep Cut. The new signal and tool house on the C.A.R. tracks at the Deep Cut has now been completed and painted. It is quite a neat looking building. | Ottawa Journal 1896-06-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-06-03 | Ottawa Central Station | Workman's and Erratt's old store houses at the canal basin have now been taken down. The C.A.R. tracks will be laid up to the militia stores building as soon as possible. | Ottawa Journal 1896-06-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-06-06 | Ottawa Central Station | The building owned by Mr. W.H. Easton at the foot of Little Sussex Street has been bought by Mr. Booth and is now torn down to make way for the O.A. & P.S. Ry entrance to the site of the new Central Depot at Sappers Bridge. It is understood Mr. Easton was paid $125 for his building. | Ottawa Journal 1896-06-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-06-06 | Ottawa Central Station | The Ottawa Electric Street Railway will not build the Little Sussex Street spur line across the canal embankment to the present depot but will run the tracks down to the militia stores building instead. It is stated that Mr. Booth informed the company yesterday that it would be unnecessary to cross over the canal embankment. | Ottawa Journal 1896-06-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-06-06 | Ottawa Central Station | The militia stores will be partially converted into a railway depot by the end of this month. The west side of the building is to be used as a depot and the militia stores will remain in the other half of the building until a new building can be erected for storing the supplies. It is expected to have the west side of the militia building fitted up for a depot before the first of the large farmers' excursions on the C.A.R. and the O.A. & P.S. Ry. run into the city. | Ottawa Journal 1896-06-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-06-08≥ | Alexandria Depot | Coming up from Montreal Saturday night on the Canada Atlantic lacrosse excursion special ... There will be a stop at Alexandria for refreshments ... When the half-way house, as the Alexandria station is called, was reached, the candidates for initiation followed Mr. Donaldson from the car to the engine. ... The wait only lasted about 5 minutes. (As reported by 8 June 1896; the source dates the event only relatively.) | Ottawa Journal 1896-06-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-06-11 | Ottawa Central Station | Lumber is being shipped by the O.A. & P.S. Ry. from the militia stores building. It is drawn from Edwards mill to the siding beside the militia stores and then piled upon flat cars and conveyed to the Shepherd and Morse's lumber yards beyond Ottawa East and there unloaded. | Ottawa Journal 1896-06-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-06-19 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | On the O.A. & P.S. Ry. there are two sets of mail clerks. One set runs from Ottawa to Eganville and the other has charge of the distribution of the mail from Eganville westwards to the terminus of the line. | Ottawa Journal 1896-06-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Eastern Ontario Review 1896-07-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-06-19≥ | Whitney | On Tuesday last Mail Clerks Reeve and McLatchie in sorting the mail from west of Eganville came across a parcel which did not meet the requirements of the postal regulations. ... Upon examination it was found to be a boy who was attempting to steal a ride from Whitney to Ottawa. It appears that when examining the train at Barry's Bay where he would be safe from the lynx eyed conductor, the urchin passed through the mail car and discovered some empty mail bags hung on hooks. Thinking one of these would fill the bill he popped in and remained until discovered by the mail clerks. ... The boy had made a sudden disappearance upon the arrival of the train at Eganville. (As reported by 19 June 1896; the source dates the event only relatively.) | Ottawa Journal 1896-06-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Eastern Ontario Review 1896-07-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-06-25 | Renfrew | A big farmers' excursion will be run into the city tomorrow from points over the O.A. & P.S. Ry. between Renfrew and Ottawa. | Ottawa Journal 1896-06-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-06-25 | Car Shops | The building of the new shops and round houses of the O.A. & P.S. Ry. at the 'Y' beyond Ottawa East will begin early next month. The ground between the C.A.R and O.A. & P.S. Ry. tracks at the 'Y' comprising nearly ten acres is filled in and all is almost in readiness to begin the building of the shops. The men who were employed on the steam shovel in the excavation of the canal bank were relieved from work yesterday. They numbered about thirty in all. | Ottawa Journal 1896-06-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1896-06-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-06-25 | Ottawa Central Station | The stores branch of the Militia Department is having the stuff removed from the first flat of the old militia stores building just as fast as can be handled. It is the intention of the railway people to occupy the south half of the ground floor for a waiting room, etc. The track outside which butts against the building will be in the centre between two covered platforms. This arrangement is only temporary, but will likely have to last for some time, as the militia department is not expected to be in a position to look after a new building until provision is made for it in the form of money. | Ottawa Free Press 1896-06-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |