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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1884-05-21 | Alexandria | The steam shovel which was at work on the Chaudiere track of the Canada Atlantic Railway has been taken to Alexandria. | Ottawa Free Press 1884-05-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1884-06-14 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | The yard accommodation at the Canada Atlantic is being increased. Extra traffic demands extra accommodation and the company wants to accommodate the public. | Ottawa Citizen 1884-06-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1884-07-07 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | A correspondent of the Citizen complained a few days ago that a parlour car, advertised to be connected with each train on the Canada Atlantic Railway, had been missing on several occasions. The reason was in consequence of the cars undergoing improvements. The cars will soon be running as usual. | Ottawa Citizen 1884-07-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1884-07-15 | Unidentified Passenger Cars | Parlour cars, Canada Atlantic Ry. These popular cars are now running on the trains between Ottawa and Montreal after having been renovated, re-upholstered and otherwise renewed in first class style affording to the travelling public the comforts of the drawing room. | Ottawa Citizen 1884-07-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1884-07-16 | Casselman | The little village of Casselmans, which but a short time ago was almost unknown to and had little in common with Ottawa, is now brought in close contact with it by the Canada Atlantic Railway. In one particular alone Casselmans has benefited considerably by the construction of this line: 2,500 cords of hardwood have been cut in that vicinity for use in the Ottawa market. | Ottawa Citizen 1884-07-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1884-07-26 | Chaudiere | The City Corporation in conjunction with the Canada Atlantic Railway Company, is doing good work in grading Broad Street in front of the railway stations. The work was decidedly needed. | Ottawa Citizen 1884-07-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1884-10-10 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | The wood trains on the Canada Atlantic Railway have been started again and are busily engaged in drawing wood from down the line to Ottawa. | Ottawa Free Press 1884-10-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1884-11-28 | Chaudiere | Improvements are being made at the Canada Atlantic depot, Chaudiere, to facilitate the shipment of lumber during the winter months. Two new plank walks have been constructed and rails laid, for the accommodation of five trains side by side. | Ottawa Free Press 1884-11-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1884-12-05 | Chaudiere | The Canada Atlantic Railway in order to accommodate their largely increased traffic in the shipment of lumber have laid extra tracks at their Chaudiere Depot. This will very much facilitate the movement of lumber during the winter months. | Ottawa Citizen 1884-12-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1884-12-09 | Elgin Street | Sir John Macdonald arrives at the Canada Atlantic station at noon today. No doubt there will be a large and enthusiastic number of people present to welcome him back from England. A band will be in attendance and an address will be presented by the Liberal-Conservative Association. | Ottawa Citizen 1884-12-09(The report continues that the train was 30 minutes...) |
| 1884-12-12 | Richmond Road Station | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company, with commendable enterprise, have just erected a neat passenger station at the end of the Chaudiere branch at Richmond Road. This will be a great convenience to the travelling public, and shows that the company are determined to do all in their power for the convenience of their patrons. | Ottawa Citizen 1884-12-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Free Press 1884-12-12(Same-day report of the same event, describing the ...) |
| 1885 | The Coteau and Province Line Railway and Bridge Company | Line opened Clarks Island to Lacolle - 43.5 miles | CNRHist |
| 1885 | The Parry Sound Colonization Railway Company | Major promoters from PS met with minister of Rys and canals. Minister was not encouraging as they had not mapped out business case. Promoters changed orientation of Ry to make it likely to become part of line from Ottawa. | Bell pp.45-52 |
| 1885 (?) | Casselman | Station destroyed by fire under mysterious circumstances. New station to be located on south side of river. | Casselman |
| 1885-01-01 | Chaudiere Depot | The new passenger station of the Canada Atlantic Railway at the Chaudiere was opened for the convenience of passengers on New Year's Day. It is a very neat and comfortable building and will be no doubt appreciated by passengers at the West End. | Ottawa Citizen 1885-01-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1885-01-10 | Canada Atlantic Transfer | TESTED. - the new ferry steamer of the Canada Atlantic Railway intended for the transport of passenger and freight cars between Coteau and Valleyfield was tested a few days ago, and found to be in every particular suitable to the service. The boat has two tracks, and a capacity for carrying ten box cars or seven passenger cars. As soon as the slip at Valleyfield is completed the through freight and passenger service between here and points south east and west will come into operation. | Ottawa Citizen 1885-01-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1885-02-10 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | On Monday next the Canada Atlantic will open to traffic to Rouses Point whence it will connect with the entire American railway system. | Ottawa Citizen 1885-02-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Free Press 1885-02-10(Same-day report of the same event, worded: "The Ca...) |
| 1885-03-04 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | The morning train from Ottawa to Montreal on the Canada Atlantic Railway was delayed by the breaking of a driving wheel of the locomotive about a half a mile west of Alexandria. The accident necessitated the transshipment of the passengers from the Montreal train to the Ottawa train and vice versa. The engine alone left the rails and none of the passengers were aware of the accident until informed by the railway employees. Beyond the breaking of the engine, no damage whatever was done to either cars or the roadbed. | Ottawa Citizen 1885-03-04(The item also notes that an Ottawa Free Press repo...) |
| 1885-03-23 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Renfrew Railway Company | Incorporated under Ontario Act 51 V Chap 71. | CNRHist |
| 1885-03-30 | The Parry Sound Colonization Railway Company | Incorporated under Ontario Act 48 V Chap 78 to build from a point on the GTR's Toronto and Callander line to Parry Sound. | CNRHist |
| 1885-06-05 | Vars | A station is to be built on the Canada Atlantic line at Bear Creek Crossing. This will give the booming little town more chance of development, of which it will not be slow to take advantage. | Ottawa Free Press 1885-06-05(Tagged 'Bearbrook' by Churcher. Transcribed by Col...) |
| 1885-07-14 | Casselman | Fire at Casselman lumber mill. Two GTR car loads of lumber were burned but sustained little damage. | Ottawa Citizen 1885-07-14(Churcher's index notes a follow-up appeared in the...) |
| 1885-07-17 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Dr. Mullen's Salvation Car Coupler will be tested tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Canada Atlantic Railway station Stewarton. | Ottawa Free Press 1885-07-17('Stewarton' is the operator-confirmed older name f...) |
| 1885-08-03 | Canada Atlantic Transfer | The Canada Atlantic Transfer: how the railway cars cross the St. Lawrence at Valleyfield. One of the greatest hardships the railway had to contend with was the manner in which its proposal to bridge the St. Lawrence from Coteau to Valleyfield was treated -- all sorts of objections were urged by interested parties until the Government insisted upon such measures as left no hope for building the bridge at present. The result was a splendid new ferry steamer built for the Company's service and now in full operation. She is large enough to carry a locomotive, tender and five passenger cars, is double tracked, has two engines -- one on each side -- and two distinct boilers and funnels. She is 170 feet long, forty feet beam, seventy feet over all and flat bottomed, uses four balancing rudders at each end. She is a side wheeler, with four water-tight compartments, and her wheels are twenty-eight feet in diameter, with twelve feet bucket paddles, making eighteen turns to the minute. The name of the vessel is "The Canada Atlantic Transfer," and she draws three feet of water light and four feet with ten cars on board. Her engines are 300 horse-power, built by Rees Brothers of Pittsburgh, Pa.; her boilers were built by Messrs. J. McDougall & Co. of Montreal, of steel, 22 feet 6 inches long, 5 feet diameter, fitted with 113 three-inch tubes. Her first timbers were laid in June 1884, and on January 1st steam was gotten up for the first time. She makes the round trip with her load in forty five minutes and consumes eighteen cords of wood per week. | Montreal Daily Witness 1885-08-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1885-08-22 | Rideau River Bridge | A fearful accident occurred this afternoon, on the Canada Atlantic Railway, at the bridge over the Rideau about a mile and a quarter from the Elgin Street station. A few minutes before three o'clock the freight train, No. 6, consisting of a locomotive, twenty-one cars and a van, was coming from the east and, when on the curve, just at the bridge, discovered four children on the structure. The bridge is one which is not intended for public use and warning notices are placed at each end of it. In some way two of the children got away, but the two eldest girls, of about eleven and fourteen years of age, were caught by the train and mangled to death. They are said to be the children of a man named Hogan, who resided on Theodore street. | Montreal Daily Witness 1885-08-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1885-09-03 | Elgin Street | The Canada Atlantic officials are busy at the station making preparations by clearing the station and otherwise to receive the immense Barnum and London special composed of nearly one hundred coaches. | Ottawa Free Press 1885-09-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1885-09-15 | Chaudiere Branch | The C.A.R. Extension. The special committee of the city council appointed to confer with the Canada Atlantic authorities regarding the proposed extension of that line at the Chaudiere will hold a meeting in the city hall this evening. | Ottawa Citizen 1885-09-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1885-09-21 | Chaudiere Branch | On Saturday last the joint committee of the city and the Canada Atlantic railway company went over the ground which the company wishes to acquire as a right of way to the Chaudiere pilling grounds. No decision was come to but the line to be taken is hardly to be questioned: the rails already reach Broad street and the line will run along the bank north of Wellington street, cutting over the aqueduct close to the fire station and then across Queen street into Britannia terrace. This will render the fire station of no use -- the line will not cut into the building but will come so close to it that the reels will have no fair chance of turning out. The company is aware of this and is willing to build a new station for the city in any suitable location. A portion of the test house ground at the junction of Queen street and Britannia terrace will also be cut off, for which the company has also proposed to make compensation. One trouble exists from a legal point of view: can the city give the railway any right of way over the ground dedicated for water works purposes. | Ottawa Free Press 1885-09-21(The parties present on behalf of the company were ...) |
| 1885-09-23 | Chaudiere Branch | The proposition for the Chaudiere branch of the Canada Atlantic to cross Queen street promised to meet with considerable opposition. The street is now one of the main outlets of the city and there will be a big kick against the chance of it being blocked by long freight trains. | Ottawa Free Press 1885-09-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1885-1-22 | Canada Atlantic 4-4-0 #5 Richelieu | Pulled "heavy" morning freight of 25 cars of lumber for America. | Ottawa Citizen. Thanks to Colin Churcher. |
| 1885-12-14 | Chaudiere Branch | It has been suggested by some competent engineers that, in order to avoid the crossing of Queen street by the proposed branch track of the Canada Atlantic, a lower level than at present should be taken and the trains run under Pooley's bridge. This would be a great convenience to the general public. | Ottawa Free Press 1885-12-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1885-4 | Canada Atlantic 4-4-0 #607 | Renumbered CPR 3222 | Lavallee p236 |
| 1886 | Canada Atlantic 0-6-6T #724 | Loaned by B&L to Canada Atlantic. Mr Linsley reported very favourably about the engine's performance,pulling a train of 792 tons, (tare 312 tons, load 480 tons). Ran two miles near St Polycarpe in 4.17 minutes; highest steam pressure was 140, lowest 125 lbs. | Wallace p121 |
| 1886 | Harry (Hiram) Brown | In 1886, attracted by the possibilities of the then almost-new Canada Atlantic Railway, Harry Brown came to Ottawa. There was no engine opening, so he took a job as a cleaner in the C.P.R. shops; two days later he was taken off that job and put on a freight engine as a fireman. | Ottawa Citizen 1931-01-10(https://sites.google.com/site/canadaatlanticry/peo...) |
| 1886 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | In 1886 "All engines at that time were wood burners. The freight engines carried a wood car behind the tender, to ensure a supply. The passenger engines did not carry a wood car. Instead, each tender had built up racks to increase the carrying capacity." The early passenger trains on the C.A.R. carried only two coaches. The freight engineers of 1886 were James Casey, H. Kirk, Billy Sandow and Billy Eldridge. | Ottawa Citizen 1931-01-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1886 | Elgin Street | William H. Taylor, who began as a messenger boy on the Canada Atlantic in 1886, recalled that "at that time the C.A.R. train hands offices and sheds were just beyond Catherine street, west of what is now the Elgin street subway. The train despatchers office was on the northeast corner of Elgin and McLeod streets." He carried messages between the two places and occasionally to the general office on Sparks street. | Ottawa Citizen 1937-07-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1886 | William H. Taylor | "Young Taylor's introduction to railroad life began in the year 1886 when he became a messenger boy in the service of the Old Canada Atlantic Railway - when Morley Donaldson was master mechanic, Allan Kilpatrick was chief clerk, James O'Daugherty assistant clerk and James Ogilvie locomotive foreman." He was paid forty cents a day, later a dollar when he was put to wiping and repairing engines in the shops. | Ottawa Citizen 1937-07-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1886-01-06 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | The Canada Atlantic Railway will commence today a new train service, connecting with the D. and H. and the C.V.R. via Rouse's Point, and securing a through passenger route between Ottawa, Boston and New York. Through Pullman sleepers will be run between Ottawa and Boston, and Ottawa passengers for New York will change Pullmans at St. Albans where twenty minutes is allowed for refreshments. | Ottawa Citizen 1886-01-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1886-01-09 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | In today's Canada Gazette appears an application to parliament from the Canada Atlantic railway, for power to extend their railway to the lumber districts around the city of Hull and Chaudiere; to issue further mortgage bonds and to extend the time for the completion of the railway. | Ottawa Free Press 1886-01-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1886-01-15 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | The rumor circulated throughout the city yesterday that the Canada Atlantic Railway was making an effort to reach the Hull lumber piles by bridging the Ottawa via the Chaudiere island is denied. A director this afternoon stated that the project had not been contemplated but admitted that it would likely be a matter for future consideration. | Ottawa Journal 1886-01-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1886-01-22 | Unidentified Locomotives 0 | A new Rhode Island locomotive for the Canada Atlantic railway arrived on Wednesday. She has three pair of driving wheels and will be used for freighting purposes. | Ottawa Free Press 1886-01-22(Built by the Rhode Island Locomotive Works; not id...) |
| 1886-01-22 | Plows | A winged snow plough of a new design is being used these days by the Canada Atlantic railway. It was run through Hurdman's cut yesterday at the rate of forty miles an hour. A freight was stuck in the cut. After elevating the snow about twelve feet it threw the bulk fully forty feet from the track. It was built in the C.A.R. Mechanical department, and is the invention of a leading official of the railroad. Mr. Linsley went out this morning to see the plough at work. | Ottawa Free Press 1886-01-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1886-03-06 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | The lumber office of the Canada Atlantic railway on the Richmond road, as well as the freight office on Elgin street, has been connected by telephone with all of the principal offices in the city. | Ottawa Free Press 1886-03-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1886-03-11 | Chaudiere Branch | Today some of the officials of the Canada Atlantic railway were engaged in inspecting the site for the proposed crossing of their railway at Pooley's bridge. | Ottawa Free Press 1886-03-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1886-03-20 | Chaudiere Branch | The stone for the covering of the waterworks aqueduct is now ready at Hull quarries. The CAR company will have teams employed drawing the stone next week. | Ottawa Free Press 1886-03-20(The same item goes on to mention an unrelated sche...) |
| 1886-03-20 | Chaudiere Branch | Canada Atlantic Extension: the railway to obtain right of way over the aqueduct. The civic committee to whom had been referred the application of the Canada Atlantic Railway Company for a right of way across certain streets and over the aqueduct and waterworks property for a proposed extension of their line into the lumber yards held their second meeting to complete their report to the Council. Mr. J.R. Booth represented the Canada Atlantic Railway. A report was drawn up recommending that the corporation give the railway company permission only so far as they legally have the power to do so. A single track only shall cross Broad, Lett, Lloyd and Queen streets, the approach to Queen street being between the waterworks pump house and the present No. 1 fire station, and the crossing of the street just north of Pooley's bridge. The company are to erect and maintain gates at the crossings. The width of land allowed across the aqueduct property has been restricted to about 25 feet in place of 100 asked. The aqueduct will be arched over with stone arching where the track will cross it, between Lett and Lloyd streets. In lieu of the present No. 1 fire station, which will be rendered useless by the extension, the company undertake to erect, before the 1st October 1886, a substantial brick building on Duke street, about 30 feet wide and 46 feet deep, two storeys high with mansard roof and hose tower attached. In compensation for the waterworks land, the railway company agree to purchase and hand over to the city other property of equal extent and value. The corporation gives the permission on the distinct understanding that the city shall not be liable for any expense whatever in connection with the matter. From Broad street the track will run along the side of the hill leading up to Wellington street. | Ottawa Citizen 1886-03-20(The committee members named were Mayor McDougal an...) |
| 1886-03-23 | Chaudiere Branch | Proposed Extension Sanctioned by the City. A special meeting of the city council was held to receive the committee report respecting the right of way proposed to be granted to the Canada Atlantic Railway at the Chaudiere Flats. A communication from the solicitor of the Canadian Pacific Railway asked that in making the proposed arrangements with the Canada Atlantic Railway a participation in the privileges granted be provided for; this was laid over for consideration. Ald. Cox moved that the report not be adopted and that it was inexpedient to grant the Canada Atlantic Railway permission to lay their track along the waterworks property, and protested against the crossing of Queen Street at street level; there was no seconder. The council went into committee of the whole and took up the report clause by clause. Ald. Brown pointed out the compensation the company offered; Ald. Cox objected to the Queen Street crossing, where about twelve vehicles crossed every minute, and to the line running along the waterworks aqueduct; Ald. O'Keefe pointed out that the company employed 161 men around Ottawa, whose monthly wages were $66,000, and that winter shipments gave employment to 200 men who would otherwise be idle. The clause was adopted, and the following clauses passed without material alteration. The mayor said he had taken part ten years before in having a bonus granted to this railway, and pointed out that freight rates had fallen from 17c to 10c per hundred since the Canada Atlantic was built. He hoped the company would build a passenger railway on the route of their extension. He said that after the C.P.R.'s communication had been received, a special meeting had been held at which Mr. J.R. Booth had expressed his willingness that the C.P.R. should come in on the proposed extension, on reasonable compensatory conditions. The by-law authorizing the Mayor to enter into the necessary agreement with the Canada Atlantic company was read and passed. | Ottawa Citizen 1886-03-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1886-03-25 | Chaudiere Branch | Mr. Mountain and Mr. Linsley of the C.A.R. have been engaged to supervise the construction of the route of the C.A.R. extension. Both are efficient and experienced men. | Ottawa Journal 1886-03-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1886-03-25 | Chaudiere Branch | Work Commenced. Preparations for the Canada Atlantic extension at the Chaudiere are being pushed. The stone for the bridge across the aqueduct is now being hauled. It is calculated that 100 men will be employed in making the extension, which will be completed in about three months at an estimated cost of $125,000. | Ottawa Citizen 1886-03-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1886-03-29 | Chaudiere Depot | Burglars broke into the office of the Canada Atlantic Railway at the Chaudiere a few nights ago. They threw the contents of a trunk on the floor, and, as nothing was missing, it is expected they beat a hasty retreat. The police have been notified. | Ottawa Journal 1886-03-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1886-04-05 | Chaudiere Branch | The Canada Atlantic railway is engaged in drawing stone for the new piece of line, and have concluded several contracts for the construction of the work. The agreement between the corporation and the company will probably be signed today. | Ottawa Free Press 1886-04-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1886-04-07 | Chaudiere Branch | The agreement between the corporation of the city of Ottawa and the Canada Atlantic railway, for the construction of the Chaudiere extension railway, was signed, sealed and delivered on Monday afternoon. | Ottawa Free Press 1886-04-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1886-04-14 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | A RAILWAY PITCH-IN. One Engine Smashed, Three Cars Telescoped but Nobody Injured. A serious pitch in occurred on the Canada Atlantic this morning shortly after seven o'clock at a point about eight miles from the city. The out-going freight train, which was the first departure from Elgin Street station, was followed by another freight, which departed only five or ten minutes later and dashed into the rear cars of the forward train with tremendous force. A dense fog was prevailing at the time, preventing the engineer from whistling "down brakes" until too late. The driver and fireman had barely time to jump for their lives; they escaped unhurt. The engine was pretty badly smashed and lay overturned in the ditch. The three rear-most cars of the first train were partially telescoped and hurled from the track. The express for Montreal was brought to a standstill at the scene of the accident; the passengers were brought back to town and the train was cancelled. A wrecking train was despatched from the station about 8:30, and the track is now clear of the debris. The loss will probably exceed a couple of thousand dollars. | Ottawa Journal 1886-04-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1886-04-15 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | The early morning mixed train on the Canada Atlantic Railway yesterday was brought to a stop about four miles from the city owing to the engine breaking down. A freight train coming along five minutes later ran into the rear of the mixed, the fog being so dense the driver had not time to stop the train after perceiving the obstruction. The freight engine was derailed and pretty badly broken, as were also three cars of the mixed train. None of the men on the trains were hurt. | Ottawa Citizen 1886-04-15(A separate incident from the 1886-04-14 collision ...) |
| 1886-04-17 | Chaudiere Branch | Preliminaries having been completed, the construction of the proposed extension of the branch of the C.A.R. into the Chaudiere will be commenced in a few days. Mr. Geo. Mountain, engineer to the C.A.R. company, was out with his staff making a preliminary survey over the proposed route this morning. Starting from the terminus of the track, at Broad and Wellington streets, the new line will run across Broad street and through Dr. Hill's grounds, clearing his residence by about forty feet. The extension will then be continued across Bridge street, below the Victoria ward school, to the aqueduct, which it will strike close to the Lett street bridge. It is intended to cover over the whole length of the aqueduct between Lloyd street and the Lett street bridges, to prevent any possibility of dirt or refuse getting into the water from the railway. The line will then be continued across Lett street, through the corporation yard, to the pump house, then curving round by the fire station, will strike across Queen street through the press house yard, along Britannia terrace into the lumber yards, probably terminating near the Chaudiere iron bridge. As the rails will pass within ten feet of the entrance to the present fire station, that building will have to be rebuilt elsewhere. There will altogether be five level street crossings: Broad, Bridge, Lloyd, Lett and Queen streets. The construction of the proposed bridge across the aqueduct will probably be commenced next week. | Ottawa Free Press 1886-04-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1886-04-19 | Elgin Street | The cars wrecked on the recent smash-up on the C.A.R. are being repaired at the Company's shops on Elgin street. | Ottawa Journal 1886-04-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1886-05 | Canada Atlantic 0-6-6T #724 | Refitted with Westinghouse air brake | Ottawa Journal, 1886-05-17. Thanks to David Jeanes. |
| 1886-05-06 | Chaudiere Branch | The men employed on the C.A.R. extension were busily engaged this morning laying the foundation for the proposed tunnel over the aqueduct. This work is now being pushed on rapidly and Mr. Mountain's, the engineer, prediction that this would be completed this season seems to be in a fair way to be verified. | Ottawa Free Press 1886-05-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1886-05-17 | Canada Atlantic 0-6-6T #724 | The express locomotive "No. 4" of the Canada Atlantic Railway, which was being reconstructed for some time past at the Elgin Street shops, will be ready for its trial trip about the end of the present week Among other improvements made the the engine, which will run between Ottawa and St. Albans, VT., is the putting in of the Westinghouse air brake. | Ottawa Journal, May 17, 1886. Thanks to Colin Churcher. |
| 1886-05-17 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Loco #4 (later 724) refitted with Westinghouse Air Brake | Ottawa Journal, 1886-05-17. Thanks to David Jeanes |
| 1886-05-21 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Editorial. Supreme court has given judgment for the city against the Canada Atlantic. Question of subsidy. | Ottawa Citizen 1886-05-21(The item is a brief editorial note; no further det...) |
| 1886-05-22 | Chaudiere Branch | The viaduct being constructed over the water works to enable the Canada Atlantic Railway to reach the lumber yards at the Chaudiere is progressing rapidly. A large number of masons are at work and a section of the arch is approaching completion. The work is of much greater proportions than was at first anticipated and will furnish employment for a large staff of men for some months to come. | Ottawa Journal 1886-05-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1886-05-31 | Chaudiere Branch | Operations in connection with the C.A.R. extension into the Chaudiere are making rapid progress. About one half of the aqueduct, between the Lloyd and Lett street bridges, have been tunnelled and the supports are being got rapidly in position for the remainder. Mr. Mountain, the company's engineer, informed a reporter that the tunnel would in all probability be finished by the 1st of July, at a cost of about $15,000. The whole extension is expected to be finished and in working order before the middle of August. Considerable work will be necessary to perform the grading between Broad street and the tunnel, which will skirt the side of a rather steep incline; a high embankment will be necessary in some places. The line running along the back of Britannia Terrace will also require a heavy embankment. The terminus will be close to the first iron bridge. There will be no gates for the crossing on Lett and Lloyd streets, but on Queen street automatic bars will be applied. The total cost of the extension will probably be over $125,000. | Ottawa Free Press 1886-05-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1886-06-16 | Chaudiere Branch | Work on the C.A.R. extension into the Chaudiere is being rapidly pushed forward. The tunnel over the aqueduct between the Lloyd and the Lett street bridges is almost finished and so far presents a most solid and substantial appearance. There seems to be a fair prospect of the tunnel being finished by July 1st, as predicted. | Ottawa Free Press 1886-06-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1886-07-20 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | The Canada Atlantic, with considerable enterprise, yesterday instituted a buffet dining service on the train between the city and Montreal. | Ottawa Journal 1886-07-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1886-09-04 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | For some time past the Canada Atlantic trains have been annoyed by stones thrown at the cars while in motion. Last night County Constable McKenzie succeeded in tracing the nuisance to three small boys in Rochesterville. Owing to the tender age of the offenders he did not arrest the culprits, judging that a vigorous use of the sole of the paternal slipper would be as good a preventative to a repetition of the offence as any punishment the magistrate could inflict. | Ottawa Free Press 1886-09-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1886-09-11 | Chamberlain | Messrs. D.C. Linsley and Chamberlain, the latter the new general manager of the Canada Atlantic, were engaged at work today in the company's office, Elgin street. It is understood that Mr. Linsley, who is deemed one of the best railroad men in the country, will retain his connection with the road until spring, when his successor will be thoroughly acquainted with his duties. The new manager of the Canada Atlantic is a protege of Governor Smith of Vermont; his career with the Central Vermont railway has been a most successful one. | Ottawa Journal 1886-09-11(No person entities exist on the site yet for D.C. ...) |
| 1886-09-13 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Messrs. Linsley and Chamberlain, with a view to testing the roadbed of the Canada Atlantic, had a quick run over the road on Saturday, leaving the station at Ottawa and accomplishing the distance to Coteau, including stoppages, at the rate of a mile a minute -- a run of eighty-one miles made in eighty-two minutes, including stops, the actual running time being seventy-eight minutes, said to be the fastest time ever made on this continent. Below Casselman the train, which consisted of a locomotive and one car, struck two cows, hurling them from the track and killing them instantly; the occupants of the car experienced only a slight shock. Mr. W.G. Cole was conductor of the train and Mr. Wm. Christie engineer. | Ottawa Journal 1886-09-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1886-09-14(Same Saturday test run to Coteau, reported a day l...) |
| 1886-09-21 | Chaudiere Branch | The tunnel over the aqueduct between the Lloyd and Lett street bridges in connection with the C.A.R. extension into the Chaudiere has been finished for some time past, and the residents of the Chaudiere are wondering when operations in connection with the road are to be commenced. Three months ago it was predicted that the extension would be completed this fall, but so far nothing has been done beyond the tunnel. | Ottawa Free Press 1886-09-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1886-09-26 | Chaudiere Branch | Work has been suspended on the construction of the Chaudiere extension of the Canada Atlantic railway for some time. It is probable that it will be resumed in the course of the next month. | Ottawa Free Press 1886-09-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1886-09-29 | Chaudiere Branch | Work on the extension of the Canada Atlantic at the Chaudiere is not being rushed at the moment, as the track cannot be extended past the waterworks property until the new fire station is completed and the old building is abandoned. Good progress is being made with the station. | Ottawa Citizen 1886-09-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1886-09-29 | Alexandria | A number of navvies hired to work on the CPR short line railway, and had been paid to Alexandria, refused to leave the Canada Atlantic train at that station Monday night, and it was only after a delay of several minutes that they were forced off the train. | Ottawa Citizen 1886-09-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1886-1 | Canada Atlantic 2-6-0s 651-653 | Built by Rhode Island as CA 9-12 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1886-1 | Canada Atlantic 2-6-0 #651 | Built by Rhode Island as CA 9 C/N 1609 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1886-1 | Canada Atlantic 2-6-0 #652 | Built by Rhode Island as CA 10 C/N 1610 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1886-1 | Canada Atlantic 2-6-0 #653 | Built by Rhode Island as CA 11 C/N 1611 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1886-10-02 | Unidentified Locomotives 0 | The Canada Atlantic Railway company are adding to their rolling stock. They will have three locomotives running on and after December 1. | Ottawa Free Press 1886-10-02(No road numbers given, so filed against the uniden...) |
| 1886-10-28 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | One of the largest excursions that ever left Ottawa by the Canada Atlantic Railway, left here Tuesday for New York to witness the unveiling of the Bartholdi monument of liberty enlightening the world. | Ottawa Journal 1886-10-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1886-11-09 | D.C.Linsley | Canada Atlantic builder. Presented with a Farewell Address from Employees of the Road. A large number of employees of the Canada Atlantic Railway assembled in the parlour of the Russell to take part in a presentation of a farewell address to Mr. D.C. Linsley, the contractor for the road who handed it over to the company on the 1st September last. The address, presented by Mr. W.R. Hibbard, general agent, read in part: 'We feel it is to your experience, ability and sound judgment that this important line is indebted for its present standing as a first class railway, fitted by its location, construction and gradients to maintain a leading position among the railways of America, both as to the speed of its trains and excellent character of its road bed.' It was signed on behalf of the employees by W. R. Hibbard, general agent; M. Donaldson [Meek?], superintendent; Geo. A. Mountain, resident engineer; G.W. Lampman, resident engineer; James King, agent of construction; Geo. J. Root, assistant engineer; J. E. Duval, superintendent telegraph; T.D.R.K. Claire, agent; J. McMullen, manager's secretary; A.A. Dion, cashier; Alf. T. Gow, chief clerk audit offices; and B.C. Waite, fuel agent, dated Sept. 1st, 1886. In reply, Linsley noted it was 40 years since he first swung an axe with an engineering party, and congratulated the company on the appointment of his successor, M. E. J. Chamberlain. | Ottawa Citizen 1886-11-10(The 1886-11-10 issue reports the presentation took...) |
| 1886-11-12 | Chaudiere Branch | It is reported that one reason why the Chaudiere extension of the C.A.R. has not been pushed this year is the enormous prices demanded by certain land owners on the Flats, for the privilege of running through their property. The owner of one lot, it is said, has asked $1,700. | Ottawa Free Press 1886-11-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1886-11-17 | Vars | Mr. J.F. Wilson of Bearbrook was in town yesterday. Some one thousand dollars have been raised by the residents and property owners of that locality towards the erection of a railway station shed, and it is understood that the Canada Atlantic authorities have consented to make it a stopping place. | Ottawa Citizen 1886-11-17(Operator directed this Bearbrook item be filed on ...) |
| 1886-12 | Canada Atlantic 4-4-0 #608 | Built by Baldwin as CA 13 C/N 8285 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1886-12 | Canada Atlantic 4-4-0 #609 | Built by Baldwin as CA 14 C/N 8287 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1886-12 | Canada Atlantic 2-6-0 #665 | Built by Baldwin as CA 12 C/N 8313 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1886-12-01 | Roxboro | A new station has been built by the Canada Atlantic Railway at Roxboro. The station is now in charge of Mr. A.B. Taylor of the C.A.R. freight sheds of this city. | Ottawa Journal 1886-12-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1886-12-11 | Unidentified Locomotives 0 | The new engines ordered specially for freight purposes by the C.A.Ry. are expected to arrive very shortly. They are to be of very powerful construction. | Ottawa Free Press 1886-12-11(No road numbers given, so filed against the uniden...) |
| 1886-88 | Canada Atlantic 4-4-0s #608-611 | Built by Baldwin as CA 13-16 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1886≥ | Billy Gall | Billy Gall, described as one of the early Canada Atlantic firemen, was the first man to fire a coal-burning freight engine out of Ottawa on the C.A.R. He was already a freight fireman with the railway by 1886, when Harry Brown joined. | Ottawa Citizen 1931-01-10(https://sites.google.com/site/canadaatlanticry/peo...) |
| 1887 | Canada Atlantic 4-4-0 #1 Glengarry | Scrapped | Railroad History #147 |
| 1887 | F.Ferguson | In 1887 the engineers of the Canada Atlantic's fast trains were F. Ferguson, Isaac Johnson, Robert Orr and Phil Roy. Writing in January 1931, the source noted that all four were still alive but superannuated. | Ottawa Citizen 1931-01-10(https://sites.google.com/site/canadaatlanticry/peo...) |
| 1887 | George Alonzo Mountain | When Walter Shanley retired in 1887, Mountain became chief engineer of the Canada Atlantic Railway. | Engineering and Contract Record 1911-01 p57(cited on https://sites.google.com/site/canadaatlan...) |
| 1887 | Ottawa & Boston Lumber Line Box 2000-2699 | The cars numbered 2000-2699 were originally built as Ottawa & Boston Lumber Line 2000-2699 in 1887. | ORER 1887-06 |
| 1887 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | "When the C.A.R. started in 1882, the passenger service was supplied by the Grand Trunk Railway. In 1887 the C.A.R. began to handle its own passenger service, and put on fast trains to Montreal over the G.T.R." The engineers of these fast trains were F. Ferguson, Isaac Johnson, Robert Orr and Phil Roy; the conductors were John Roberts, Ned Martin, Dan Brown and J. Whitman. | Ottawa Citizen 1931-01-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1887 to 1889 | Canada Atlantic 0-6-0s #1-2 | Built by Baldwin as CA 1-2 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1887-03-04 | Elgin Street | Extension of the new piling grounds at Stewarton and the construction of a dock there. Railway connection, it is expected, will be established between this yard and the Canada Atlantic railway within the course of a few weeks. | Ottawa Free Press 1887-03-04(The yard belongs to Bronson and Weston, per the re...) |
| 1887-03-31 | Chaudiere Branch | It is highly probable that operations in connection with the C.A.R. extension into the Chaudiere will be commenced early in May. In that case the old fire station will probably have to come down. There is a general desire among the lumbermen to have the road completed as soon as possible and under this stimulus it will probably be finished by September. | Ottawa Free Press 1887-03-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1887-04-05 | Chaudiere Branch | It is expected that operations in connection with the C.A.R. extension into the Chaudiere will be commenced about the middle of May. | Ottawa Free Press 1887-04-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1887-04-22 | Chaudiere Branch | Operations in connection with the laying of the track on the C.A.R. extension into the Chaudiere will be commenced next week. It is thought the rails will be down by the beginning of August. | Ottawa Free Press 1887-04-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1887-04-27 | Chaudiere Branch | An old frame house near the aqueduct was pulled down this morning. It is said this is only the beginning of similar operations in connection with the extension of the Canada Atlantic railroad into the Chaudiere. | Ottawa Free Press 1887-04-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1887-05-02 | Chaudiere Branch | Matters in connection with the proposed extension of the C.A.R. into the Chaudiere are not encouraging. Last year it was the old fire station which prevented the work from being pushed forward. Since then several fresh obstacles have arisen, chiefly on the part of those holding land through which the proposed route lies. These obstacles are so complicated and have multiplied so rapidly, that the work promises to be postponed indefinitely. | Ottawa Free Press 1887-05-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |