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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1896-06-26 | Arnprior | The railway company has filled with gravel the frog pond at the signal tower. | Almonte Gazette 1896-06-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-06-26 | Ottawa Central Station | Within a few days the Canada Atlantic and O.A. & P.S. trains will be running to the north side of the canal basin. An arrangement has been effected with the Militia Department whereby a portion of the stores building will be placed at the disposal of the railway people. For the present the southern half of the lower flat will be occupied for station purposes, the removal of the contents of that portion of the building being now under way. | Ottawa Citizen 1896-06-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-06-30 | Ottawa Central Station | All the material has been removed from that portion of the militia stores which it is proposed to be given over to the railway people at present. | Ottawa Free Press 1896-06-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-07-05 | Wilno Depot | A new railway station, similar to the Eganville one, is being erected by the O.A. & P.S. Ry. at Wilno. An Ottawa contractor has the work in hand. | Mercury 1896-07-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-07-07 | Ottawa Central Station | The lower portion of the militia stores building is expected to be ready for occupancy as a temporary railway depot by the 25th of this month. Carpenters are at present making the necessary improvements. The indications are that the new Central Depot will not be begun until next summer, and will not be completed before Christmas 1897. | Ottawa Journal 1896-07-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-07-09 | Ottawa Central Station | Workmen commenced making the changes at the military store house at the canal basin this morning with the objective of converting it into a temporary station. | Ottawa Free Press 1896-07-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-07-09 | Ottawa Central Station | The tracks of the C.A.R. at the canal basin were today continued to right beside the military stores building. | Ottawa Journal 1896-07-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-07-16 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | Colporteurs will be sent up to the construction of the O.A. & P.S. Ry. by the Ottawa Bible Society. | Ottawa Journal 1896-07-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-07-16 | Ottawa Central Station | Men are at work today in front of the militia stores building, laying the foundation timbers for the covered platform to extend about fifty feet beyond the end of the building. This platform will be erected immediately. The tracks into what will be the new temporary station are now being ballasted and almost ready for trains to enter. Trains may be running into the militia stores by Monday. | Ottawa Journal 1896-07-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-07-17≥ | Renfrew Depot | The O.A. & P.S. westbound train on Wednesday morning was delayed a few minutes at Renfrew for rather a strange cause. A swarm of bees was hovering over the track, directly in front of the station. Before reaching the station the train was stopped for a few minutes in order that the car doors and windows might be closed to prevent the bees entering and causing inconvenience to the passengers. (As reported by 17 July 1896; the source dates the event only relatively.) | Mercury 1896-07-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-07-18 | Ottawa Central Station | The improvements to be made at the militia stores building preparatory to the partial conversion of that building into a temporary Central Depot will be quite extensive. There will be covered platforms extending all round the building also one long platform, also covered, extending from Sappers Bridge to the north side of the old basin, a distance of fully three hundred feet, and another running from the south side of the basin southward to the piling over the old basin. Trains will enter the station on four tracks. Two of the tracks will be along the west side of the building and extend to beneath Sappers Bridge. These tracks will be used for the Montreal trains. The other tracks will run in to the south end of the station, and from these tracks the O.A. & P.S. trains will enter and depart. The work will not be completed for three weeks. | Ottawa Journal 1896-07-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-07-21 | Golden Lake Depot | Mr. E.F. Fauquier, contractor of Ottawa, is shipping part of the plant which has been lying at the depot here for some time to Mr. Whitney, Long Lake. | Ottawa Journal 1896-07-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-07-21 | Maria Street Depot | Since the opening of the Central depot the incoming trains of the Canada Atlantic and Parry Sound lines are greeted every evening by hundreds of persons who stroll around to the station. Especially is this the case on Sunday evening when the Maria street bridge is lined with young and old who watch for the first gleam of the headlight around the Deep Cut. | Ottawa Free Press 1896-07-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-07-23 | Madawaska | The O.A. & P.S. company are preparing to remove the divisional point from Barry's Bay to the Madawaska crossing. A round house is being built, side tracks being laid down and preparations being made for the necessary buildings. Track laying will commence on the western end of the line on August 15th, 2,000 men are on the construction. (The Ottawa Journal of the same date says the company has 2,000 men at work at Madawaska Crossing 'preparatory for the removal of the divisional point from Barry's Bay to that station.') | Ottawa Free Press 1896-07-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1896-07-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-07-23 | Madawaska Roundhouse | A round house is being built, side tracks being laid down and preparations being made for the necessary buildings. (The Ottawa Journal of the same date: the company are 'erecting a round house laying tracks and preparing generally for the removal of the divisional point from Barry's Bay to that station.') | Ottawa Free Press 1896-07-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1896-07-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-07-24 | Car Shops | Mr. J.R. Booth will commence building a round house and car shops at Ottawa East in the course of a couple of weeks. | Almonte Gazette 1896-07-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-07-29 | Madawaska | Seven hundred acres of land have been purchased by the Ottawa, Arnprior & Parry Sound Railway at Madawaska, which place the company have chosen as the divisional point of the line between Ottawa and Parry Sound. The land was purchased from the Ontario Government, and is to be largely utilized for workshops, round houses, offices, station buildings and sidings, and what is not used for this purpose will be divided into village lots. Madawaska is 133 miles distant from Ottawa, and exactly half way between Ottawa and Parry Sound. | Montreal Gazette 1896-07-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-07-29 | Madawaska Roundhouse | A new station and a large round house will be among the first things to be constructed. (Almonte Gazette, 31 July: 'A new station and a large roundhouse are to be erected there immediately.') | Ottawa Journal 1896-07-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Almonte Gazette 1896-07-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-07-29 | Madawaska Depot | A new station and a large round house will be among the first things to be constructed. (Almonte Gazette, 31 July: 'A new station and a large roundhouse are to be erected there immediately.') | Ottawa Journal 1896-07-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Almonte Gazette 1896-07-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-07-30 | Ottawa Central Station | The platform in front of the new station at the militia stores building was completed this afternoon. | Ottawa Journal 1896-07-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-07-31 | Madawaska | It has been selected as the divisional station between the eastern and western sections of the railway. ... Yesterday morning Mr. Tomlinson, contractor for the railway, left with a staff of men to commence the work of construction. ... It has excellent natural advantages for a divisional point, inasmuch as the district thereabout is a level plain, well adapted for branch lines and sidings. On this account the place was selected in preference to Barry's Bay or Whitney. | Almonte Gazette 1896-07-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1896-07-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-08-01 | Ottawa Central Station | Work on the changes of the interior of the militia stores building is progressing rapidly and it will probably be ready for use as a temporary Central station for early next week. | Ottawa Free Press 1896-08-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-08-03 | Ottawa Central Station | This morning workmen removed the guns and shells in front of the stone building which is to be used as a temporary central depot. They have been set out so as to allow of a sidewalk passing between them and the building. | Ottawa Free Press 1896-08-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-08-03 | Ottawa Central Station | The half of the militia building to be used for the temporary depot is being rapidly fitted up for that purpose. It will contain a very large general waiting room, a ladies waiting room and a restaurant. The sides of the interior of the building will be sheeted and the ceiling whitewashed. The four tracks entering the station are now almost ballasted, and the new station will be ready for occupancy in about ten days. | Ottawa Journal 1896-08-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-08-04 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | A large number of men were dismissed on the Parry Sound railway yesterday, as nearly all the masonry work is now completed. Mr. Thompson is engaging a gang of bricklayers to go up next week. | Ottawa Free Press 1896-08-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-08-04 | Unidentified Passenger Cars | The new private car for Mr. J.R. Booth has been so far completed that it has been run outside the shops. When completed it will be a handsome equippage. | Ottawa Free Press 1896-08-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-08-07 | Madawaska Depot | Mr. C. Tomlinson of this city has the contract for erecting the new station and other buildings at the new divisional headquarters of the O.A. & P.S. Ry. at Madawaska. | Ottawa Journal 1896-08-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-08-07≥ | Algonquin Park | On Saturday, the bodies of two men were brought down to Renfrew by the OA & PS express ... One, whose name was James Ryan, was buried in the Renfrew cemetery. The other, Louis St. Pierre, was interred in the R. C. cemetery. Another body, of a man named McLeod, was taken to Cornwall: while a fourth victim, alive, was taken down to the Ottawa Hospital. So far as can be learned, the three deaths and the injury were due to a blasting accident. ... Foreman McLeod was badly mangled - his hands blown off and legs badly torn. Ryan was picked up dead in the bush, more than 100 feet away. The coroner's inquest as to the death of the three men killed in the dynamite explosion up the Parry Sound Railway resulted in a verdict of accidental death. Two boxes of dynamite had been placed in the hole drilled in the rock and the men were packing earth over it when the explosion occurred. (As reported by 7 August 1896; the source dates the event only relatively.) | Ottawa Citizen 1896-08-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Almonte Gazette 1896-09-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-08-08 | Ottawa Central Station | The new temporal [sic] Central depot will likely be ready for occupancy on Monday August 17th. Trains, it is expected, will arrive and leave regularly after that date. | Ottawa Journal 1896-08-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-08-11≥ | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | The camp of the engineering staff of the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway, at Burit Lake, at upper end of the road, was destroyed by fire a few days ago. The men went out to their work as usual in the morning, and returning found their camp in ashes. All their clothing, as well as a considerable amount of money they had laid by, was burned. (As reported by 11 August 1896; the source dates the event only relatively.) | Montreal Gazette 1896-08-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-08-14 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | The road is open for traffic from Ottawa to a point about forty miles east of the northern extension of the Grand Trunk Railway at Emsdale, and it is open from Emsdale to Parry Sound. The last link of forty miles between the two is under construction, and the whole line will be ready for the opening of navigation in 1897. | Almonte Gazette 1896-08-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-08-18 | Ottawa Central Station | It will not be long before trains are running into the new temporary Central Depot below Sappers Bridge. The stairs have been built up to the bridge and all that remains to complete this part of the job is to break a ten foot opening in the railing of the bridge for the entrance. Today will begin the construction at the head of the stairway, a resting room, which will be about ten feet square. It is expected that by next Monday the new station will be used for regular train service. (Ottawa Journal, same date: 'It is expected that the new Central Depot below Sappers Bridge will be used for regular train services by next Monday.') | Ottawa Citizen 1896-08-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1896-08-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-08-19≥ | Chaudiere | A horse owned by Mr. H.F.G. Brading ran away at the Chaudiere Monday night. It crashed into the C.A. Ry. drop gates on Queen street which were down for a train. One gate had about 6 feet smashed off. Half an hour later two drunken men ran into the other gate, smashing it. They narrowly escaped being hit by a train. (As reported by 19 August 1896; the source dates the event only relatively.) | Ottawa Journal 1896-08-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-08-22 | Ottawa Central Station | The little waiting room that has been erected at the head of the stairway leading down to the Central Depot from Sappers Bridge is the object of a good deal of unfavorable comment. Many claim that it is an unsightly structure for so central a locality and question the legality of the construction within the fire area. | Ottawa Citizen 1896-08-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-08-24 | Ottawa Central Station | Work has been stopped on the entrance to the central station from Sappers Bridge pending a decision by the building inspector as to whether its erection is an infringement of the fire by-law. (Ottawa Free Press, same date: the work 'was also forbidden by the department of public works as proper authority for interfering with the construction of the bridge had not been obtained'; Mr. Booth said he would take the waiting room down at once if requested.) | Ottawa Citizen 1896-08-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Free Press 1896-08-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-08-25 | Ottawa Central Station | The Building Inspector has decided that the cabin entrance to the Central Station on Sappers Bridge is an infringement of the by-law, and it now remains with the Council as to whether they will request Mr. Booth to pull down the structure or not. | Ottawa Citizen 1896-08-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-08-29 | Ottawa Central Station | Part of the covering of the new platform stairway connecting the militia stores building, the new temporary depot, with Sappers Bridge is being torn down today and a new covering put on. The baggage room building will be removed from the present depot to the militia stores next week. | Ottawa Journal 1896-08-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-09-04 | Steam Shovels | The steam shovel which is at work on the O.A. & P.S. R construction, moved from Brennan's gravel pit to Montgomery pit, about thirty miles further west. | Mercury 1896-09-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Mercury 1896-09-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-09-04≥ | Killaloe | At the crossing near Killaloe station on Monday evening last a man named Lamontagne, (from Quebec), who had strayed on to the track in an intoxicated condition, was run over and killed by the train. His head was severed from the trunk, and the body was fearfully mutilated. An inquest was held, and a verdict in accord with the above facts returned. (As reported by 4 September 1896; the source dates the event only relatively.) | Almonte Gazette 1896-09-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-09-04≥ | Renfrew | The second accident occurred on Tuesday. When about a mile this side of Renfrew a man was noticed walking on the track, and on whistling he left the rails, but returned. The train was brought to a standstill, but not before the man had received a tremendous blow, which lifted him into the ditch. It was found that his arm and a rib were broken, and he was brought to the Ottawa Protestant hospital. His name is Alexander Matthews, a stonemason by trade, having been at work in Renfrew for some weeks. He appeared to be under the influence of liquor when the accident occurred. He will recover. (As reported by 4 September 1896; the source dates the event only relatively.) | Almonte Gazette 1896-09-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-09-09 | Western Subdivision | The OA & PS are now extending their telegraph line west of Cache Lake. ... The grading is now completed for one hundred and fifty miles west of Ottawa. | Mercury 1896-09-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-09-12 | Ottawa Central Station | The baggage house at the Central depot is being removed to the south end of the old militia stores building. It has been removed about 150 yards in three days. | Ottawa Journal 1896-09-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-09-12 | Ottawa Central Station | A large gang of men were engaged at the Central Depot yesterday morning in removing the freight department from the old station up to the new stone building. | Ottawa Free Press 1896-09-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-09-17 | Ottawa Central Station | The militia stores building became the Central Depot of the C.A. and O.A. & P.S. railways today. All trains on both lines leaving and arriving, started or arrived at the new depot at Sappers Bridge. Last evening all the depot furnishings were removed from the temporary structure at Maria street bridge to the new quarters. The new depot was ready to receive passengers before the first train, the Montreal Express, left at 8 o'clock this morning. The first train to arrive was the Parry Sound Express due at 9.30 a.m. The new depot is quite commodious. The waiting rooms are capable of seating about 150 people. There is also a splendid restaurant. The C.A.R. trains enter on the west tracks as usual and the O.A. & P.S. on the eastern tracks. (Ottawa Citizen, same date: the work of transforming the old militia stores building into a railway station was completed last evening, and trains 'will in future, commencing today, leave and arrive at that structure.') | Ottawa Journal 1896-09-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1896-09-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1896-09-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-09-18 | Western Subdivision | The steel is all laid on the OA & PS R. R. to within twenty-three miles of joining the ends on which work is proceeding, westward, and eastward, to and from Parry Sound. Some delay will be caused by extensive rock cutting yet to be done, but all is expected to be completed by the 1st of November. | Mercury 1896-09-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-09-18 | Western Subdivision | End of the steel, Sept. 1 - Track laying began at this point on the 31st of August, and will probably be pushed through to Gilmour's Mill Junction by Sept. 19th. ... This covers the first to ten miles of construction this summer, which is being built by McDonald and Murdoch. Up to the present this distance had to be traveled on foot and by boat. On this nearly 1,000 men of all classes worked during the summer months. | Almonte Gazette 1896-09-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-09-21 | Ottawa Central Station | The railing on Sappers Bridge which had barred access to and from the new Central Station was removed on Saturday evening by permission of Hon. Mr. Tarte. ... Mr. Tarte said that application to remove the barrier had not previously been made to him, but he consented to its removal for a week at any rate. Cabs will not however, be permitted to take up or deposit passengers at the bridge entrance to the depot, but will be required to go round to the Besserer street entrance. | Ottawa Citizen 1896-09-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-09-25 | Hawkesbury | The Great Northern Railway Company, we understand, has made an informal proposal to the residents of Hawkesbury to construct a railway bridge across the Ottawa and erect repair shops there, the consideration to be a bonus of $50,000. Several of the officials of the Great Northern were in Hawkesbury on Tuesday and submitted their proposal at a meeting of citizens. | Eastern Ontario Review 1896-09-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-09-25≥ | Vankleek Hill | The excursion train which left here on Thursday morning is said to have carried the largest number of passengers ever taken into Ottawa in one train, it was composed of seventeen cars and carried over seventeen-hundred excursionists. (As reported by 25 September 1896; the source dates the event only relatively.) | Eastern Ontario Review 1896-09-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-09-26 | Ottawa Central Station | The stairway leading from Maria street bridge to the old central station will likely be removed altogether. The platform at the bottom of the stairway, and leading to the building currently used as the temporary station has been taken away. | Ottawa Citizen 1896-09-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-09-28 | Canada Atlantic Business Car 333 Opeongo | Used in legislative special over the OA&PS. Called a "recent output of the workshops." | Ottawa Journal, 1896-09-28; Ottawa Citizen, 1896-09-28 - thanks to Colin Churcher and David Jeanes |
| 1896-09-28 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | It was a swell special that pulled out of the Central station Saturday morning at 8 o'clock, having on board about 100 Senators, members of Parliament, prominent citizens and press men, invited by Mr. J. R. Booth to make a trip of observation over the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway. The train was composed of six cars, in the van being the sumptuous private car 'Opeongo,' a praiseworthy product of the Canada Atlantic shops ... The end of the run of Saturday was at Potter Lake, in the very heart, almost, of Algonquin Park, and 80 miles only from Parry Sound harbor. | Ottawa Citizen 1896-09-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1896-09-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Almonte Gazette 1896-10-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1896-10-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-09-28 | Canada Atlantic Business Car 333 Opeongo | The train was composed of six cars, in the van being the sumptuous private car 'Opeongo,' a praiseworthy product of the Canada Atlantic shops, in point of elegance and convenience probably second to none in the Dominion. | Ottawa Citizen 1896-09-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-09-28 | Canada Atlantic Official Car 99, Champlain | It consisted of the magnificent C.A.R. official car 'Opeongo' a recent output of the workshops; car No. 99; two Wagner sleepers, the 'Lorne' and the 'Levis', a first class smoker and a first class dining car from the New York Central. | Ottawa Journal 1896-09-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-09-28 | Western Subdivision | Through this twenty-mile gap, however, it is expected to have the line completed by the 20th October. To accomplish this feat construction work is being pushed from both ends, operations with steam drills, blasting and hoisting equipment having been in progress day and night continually for months past on Summit Cut in question. ... at what is known as 'Summit Cut,' for instance, there is a working of 2,000 feet in the sheer face of the mountain. | Ottawa Citizen 1896-09-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-09-28 | John Rudolphus Booth | Mr. Booth said the line would be put through this fall, thus completing a short route from the Great Lakes to the sea-board. He did not expect, personally, to reap any large benefit from its success, but 'as he was going through this world only this once it was some satisfaction to contribute a little to the sum total of human achievement.' | Ottawa Citizen 1896-09-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-09-28 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | General Manager Chamberlain, speaking in acknowledgement, said there was a great work yet to accomplish, ere the enterprise would be complete. There were docks to be built at Parry Sound, grain elevators to be constructed and steamship lines to be provided. | Ottawa Citizen 1896-09-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-09-30 | Ottawa Central Station | The stairway leading from the Maria street bridge and used by people going and coming from the Central station has been torn down. If left there the stairway would be a source of danger inasmuch as some people would use it and would be continually walking along the company's tracks. | Ottawa Citizen 1896-09-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-10 | Canada Atlantic 4-4-0s #626-627 | Built by Baldwin as CA 25-26 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1896-10 | Canada Atlantic 4-4-0 #626 | Built by Baldwin as CA 25 C/N 15067 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1896-10 | Canada Atlantic 4-4-0 #627 | Built by Baldwin as CA 25 C/N 15068 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1896-10 | Canada Atlantic 2-6-0 #670 | Built by Baldwin as V&PL 70 C/N 15065 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1896-10 | Canada Atlantic 2-6-0 #671 | Built by Baldwin as V&PL 71 C/N 15066 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1896-10-05 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | OA&PS formed by amalgamation of Ottawa & Parry Sound Railway Co. and Ottawa, Arnprior & Renfrew Ry Co. Effected by deed of amalgamation dated 1891-05-18, and ratified by shareholders. | Bell p158 |
| 1896-10-05 | The Parry Sound Colonization Railway Company | Amalgamated with Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Ry. Co. under Canada Act 60, V Chap 8. | CNRHist |
| 1896-10-09 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | The first through freight train passed through Arnprior today. It had thirty-five cars from Parry Sound to Ottawa. The line needs much ballasting. | Huntsville Forester 1896-10-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-10-09 | Depot Harbor Grain Elevator | A gang has been sent up the line to build the grain elevators. Two will be built, with a million bushel capacity, to be completed by the spring of 1897. | Huntsville Forester 1896-10-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-10-09≥ | Ottawa | Thomas Costello, a car repairer at the Canada Atlantic railway works at Ottawa, was working at one of the bumpers of a car that had been jacked up. The jack slipped and the bumpers came down on his hands, crushing them into jelly from the wrist to the finger ends. (As reported by 9 October 1896; the source dates the event only relatively.) | Almonte Gazette 1896-10-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-10-13 | Maria Street Depot | The building which was used as a temporary station of the C.A.R. at Maria street will be moved back to the eastern bank in order to allow the straightening of the tracks leading into the present depot. It is understood that as soon as navigation closes and the water is let out of the canal the sharp curve at the canal basin will be straightened out. (The Ottawa Citizen of 16 October: 'The wooden structure on the canal bank used for a while as the temporary central station is about to be moved back some fifty or sixty yards in an easterly direction in order not to interfere with the laying of more tracks along the canal bank.') | Ottawa Journal 1896-10-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1896-10-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-10-14 | Madawaska | Barry's Bay will not be the divisional point of the O.A. & P.S. Ry. after 15th November. Madawaska will then be made the terminus of the first division it being exactly half way between Ottawa and Parry Sound. | Ottawa Journal 1896-10-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Almonte Gazette 1896-10-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-10-14 | Madawaska Depot | The company buildings at Madawaska, the new divisional point on the O.A. & P.S. Ry. are now built. They were constructed by contractor Tomlinson of this city. | Ottawa Journal 1896-10-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-10-15 | Barrys Bay | The cabin on an O.A. & P.S. Railway engine was badly damaged by fire at Barrys Bay early yesterday morning. The fire started from an explosion of a coal oil torch. No one was injured. The damage will be repaired here. (The Ottawa Journal says the fire broke out 'before daybreak as the cleaners were at work on the engine at Barry's Bay'; the cab was boarded up and charred when the engine pulled the train into Central depot.) | Ottawa Journal 1896-10-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1896-10-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-10-16 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | Passenger and freight service will commence about November 15, as only ten miles of track remain to be laid. This will be finished by month's end, after which the government will inspect, and then the line opened. The actual distance from Ottawa to Parry Sound will be two hundred and fifty-two miles. It is hoped that there will be an 8 hour service. Passengers leaving Ottawa at 8 a.m. will reach the lake port by 4 p.m. The divisional point will be Madawaska. | Eganville Leader 1896-10-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-10-16 | Unidentified Locomotives 0 | The company has placed an order for four new passenger and freight locomotives, to be delivered in November. | Eganville Leader 1896-10-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-10-16 | Plows | Four new snowploughs have been built at the company's workshops in Ottawa, for use on the line this winter. | Eganville Leader 1896-10-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-10-20≥ | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway and the Parry Sound Colonization Railway are now amalgamated under the name of the former line. The amalgamation was reached at a joint meeting of the board of directors of both lines in Ottawa yesterday. (As reported by 20 October 1896; the source dates the event only relatively.) | Ottawa Journal 1896-10-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-10-21 | Rose Point | A station is to be built on the O.A. & P.S. Ry. at Ross Point. | Ottawa Journal 1896-10-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-10-22 | Unidentified Locomotives 0 | Four new locomotives for the O.A. & P.S. Ry. are expected to arrive in a few days. | Ottawa Journal 1896-10-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-10-22 | Unidentified Passenger Cars | Two new baggage cars are just about ready to be turned out by the C.A.R. shops. | Ottawa Journal 1896-10-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-10-23 | Western Subdivision | The steel gang reached the summit cut at the end of O'Neill and Ferguson's section last week, and a portion of the gang is paid off. The large rock cut will probably be finished this week. Chambers and Richardson have completed their five - mile section. ... Snow fell on Saturday night and another fall came Monday morning. - the work of track-laying is almost completed. | Almonte Gazette 1896-10-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-10-23 | Whitney | The grading in the yard is almost finished. | Almonte Gazette 1896-10-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-10-23 | Gilmour's Junction Section House | A section house is being erected at Gilmore's Junction by Mr. Tomilson's Men. | Almonte Gazette 1896-10-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-10-23 | Bridge over Potter Creek | Breuder & McNaughton are building iron bridges over Potter and Joe creeks for the railway company. | Almonte Gazette 1896-10-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-10-23 | Bridge over Joe Creek Bridge | Breuder & McNaughton are building iron bridges over Potter and Joe creeks for the railway company. | Almonte Gazette 1896-10-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-10-23 | Canoe Lake | At Gilmore's mill on Canoe Lake a number of buildings are being erected - an office and store, store houses, boarding house, tenement for four families, all situated on a rising ground back of the park headquarters. Near the middle a large brick engine and boiler room is being built by Mr. Shugie, of Brighton. A frame building for electric light plant, blacksmith and carpenter shops is also under construction. There are over 200 men at work at and around the mill, and between 600 and 700 in the shanties. | Almonte Gazette 1896-10-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-10-27 | Depot Harbor Grain Elevator | A gang of thirteen men were sent up the OA & PS on Saturday to Parry Sound to build the grain elevators at the Parry Sound Harbour. The company will build two large elevators, having a storing capacity of one million bushels of grain. The elevators will be completed by next spring. | Mercury 1896-10-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-10-31 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | By Monday evening the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway will be completed from Ottawa to the waters of the Georgian Bay. The last spike will be driven Monday, completing this gigantic work. ... Since that time, 260 miles of railway have been laid as the result of four and a half season's work. | Ottawa Journal 1896-10-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Brockville Recorder 1896-11-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-10-31 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | Regular passenger trains will begin running between Madawaska and Ottawa Monday morning. The morning train leaving Ottawa at 8 a.m. will reach Madawaska at 12:40 p.m. A mixed train will connect with the passenger train at Madawaska and carry passengers to Canoe Lake, 44 miles further on. | Ottawa Journal 1896-10-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-10-31 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | The official and final inspection of the line will be held on Wednesday next. Mr. Robt. McCallum, inspector for the Ontario government, will go over the line to Scotia, where it connects with the Northern, now controlled by the Grand Trunk. Mr. McCallum will be accompanied by Mr. A. W. Fleck, secretary-treasurer; Mr. Geo. A. Mountain, chief engineer, and Engineers Bruce and Cranston. The inspection party will leave Ottawa late on Tuesday evening on a special train. | Ottawa Journal 1896-10-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1896-11-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-11-02 | Madawaska | The morning O.A. & P.S. train began running to Madawaska, the new divisional point on the line. The eight o'clock was the first train to go through to Madawaska. | Ottawa Journal 1896-11-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-11-02 | Western Subdivision | Chief Engineer Mountain explained that that statement was somewhat misleading, for although the track between Ottawa and Scotia, on the Grand Trunk Railway will be completed through, yet there remains to be constructed the bridge across the Sound and nearly four miles of track beyond, to the terminus at deep water on Georgian Bay. This track cannot be laid until the bridge is completed which will take some time yet. | Ottawa Journal 1896-11-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-11-03 | Unidentified Locomotives 0 | Four new locomotives arrived in the city yesterday from the Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, consigned to the Canada Atlantic railway. Two are mogul freights and the other two passenger locomotives. They will be used on the O.A. & P.S. railway. | Ottawa Citizen 1896-11-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-11-03 | Madawaska Roundhouse | The new roundhouse of the O.A. & P.S. Ry. built at Madawaska, the new divisional point on the line, was used for the first time yesterday. It is a frame building on stone foundations and can stall five locomotives. | Ottawa Journal 1896-11-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-11-06 | Kearney | Brakesman Villeneuve, who was run over by a construction train at Emsdale on the O.,A. & P.S. R on October 25th, died on Sunday the result of his injuries. | Almonte Gazette 1896-11-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-11-07 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | The inspection party which left last Tuesday evening by special train to inspect the O.A. & P.S. Ry. through to Scotia where the line crossed the Grand Trunk has arrived back in the city. (Churcher's summary adds: 'McCallum, Ontario Government inspector was well pleased'.) | Ottawa Journal 1896-11-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1896-11-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-11-11 | Unidentified Locomotives 0 | One of the new C.A.R. locomotives, no. 25, began running on the passenger service between Ottawa and Montreal yesterday. | Ottawa Journal 1896-11-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-11-11 | Barrys Bay | Residents of Renfrew Co. Meet To-day re OA & PS Grievances ... A still later grievance is that the company have removed their divisional point from Barry's Bay, Renfrew county, to Madawaska, the latter place being in Nipissing, which county gave no bonus whatever to the line. | Ottawa Journal 1896-11-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-11-11 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | The county bonused this line of railway to the extent of $75,000 on the understanding that the line would be built so as to serve the best interests of the residents of the county. It is claimed however that the company in constructing the line showed no due regard to the wishes of the people and built the line over another route to that proposed when the bonus was voted. | Ottawa Journal 1896-11-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-11-11 | Ottawa Central Station | Mr. Booth stated that it was his intention to build a covered trestle work over this part of the basin. The company proposed to build their freight sheds in this vicinity and all the space would be required for freight yard purposes. It is not proposed to fill in this portion of the canal basin. | Ottawa Journal 1896-11-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-11-16≥ | Ottawa Central Station | Charles Fagan, policeman at the Canada Atlantic Station here, was caught last night by Detective Flanagan in the act of robbing the till in the ticket seller's office in the station and arrested. For several months past small sums, varying from twenty-five cents to two or three dollars, have been missed from the till, the robberies always taking place in the evening after the station was closed and the policeman off duty. (Almonte Gazette, 20 Nov: he 'was caught on Monday last in the act of stealing cash from the till at the station.') (As reported by 16 November 1896.) (As reported by 16 November 1896; the source dates the event only relatively.) | Montreal Gazette 1896-11-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Almonte Gazette 1896-11-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |