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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1899-03 (sic) | Canada Atlantic Parlour Car 201 | Delivered from Pullman | Lepkey p301 |
| 1899-03 (sic) | Canada Atlantic Parlour Car 202 | Delivered from Pullman | Lepkey p301 |
| 1899-03-03 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | A BIG SCHEME. C.A.R. Workshops to be Operated by Electricity. ... Mr. J.R. Booth signed and closed a contract with the Canadian General Electric company, of Toronto, by the fulfillment of which the C. A. R. machine shops and new car works at Elgin street will be supplied with electrical power generated from the Chaudiere at Mr. Booth's mill. The work will be completed in two months time. ... The company will install two three-phase generators, each of 200 horse-power capacity, at the Chaudiere mill. These combined will give 4,000 volts electromotive force. The power will be transmitted to the works, three and a half miles distant, by an overhead line. ... the total outlay will be $30,000. (Renfrew Mercury, 10 March: 'About 300 horsepower will be generated at present.') | Ottawa Citizen 1899-03-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Mercury 1899-03-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-03-08 | Ottawa East Coal Chute | The residents of Ottawa East want the Canada Atlantic coal chute at the Deep Cut removed. They claim that the affair is a nuisance, from the fact that dust and smoke from it ruins everything in the vicinity, and that it is impossible to draw a loaded sleigh over the roadway there on account of the coating of coal dust on the snow. ... it is said, ruin clothing hung on the lines and property of all kinds. | Ottawa Citizen 1899-03-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-03-10 | Elgin Street | Shops to be operated by electricity generated at Chaudiere. | Fleming Renfrew Mercury |
| 1899-03-10 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | A bear got loose in an express car between Ottawa and Eastman's. The messenger left the car at Rouse's Point. Bear continued on to New York. | Fleming Renfrew Mercury |
| 1899-03-10 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | The Canada Atlantic Railway has decided to install the Pintsch system of gas lights in all their first class cars. This light has been in all Wagner and Pullman cars, but not in the first class cars heretofore. The light is strong and the gas burns without odor. Each car has a gas cylinder of its own. There is no danger from fire or suffocation. | Mercury 1899-03-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-03-11 | Ottawa East Roundhouse | During the past week the new Canada Atlantic work shops at the Deep Cut have been the scene of some extensive work. ... The staff of men has been increased in the new buildings and the erection of four lines of shafting for the purpose of operating the great machines in the shops has begun. ... The Big Steam Hammer. The foundation of the immense steam hammer is being built ... The machine will be 16 feet high, and the hammer, which will weigh 12,000 lbs., will have a striking capacity of 50 tons. ... In the Rideau Round house everything presents a very busy appearance. ... Mr. Booth has decided to equip the buildings at the Elgin street depot with a similar apparatus at a cost of $3,000. A new floor has been placed in the round house ... Mr. Booth has announced his intention of placing five new stalls in the round house when spring opens. | Ottawa Free Press 1899-03-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-03-11 | Elgin Street Depot | At the Elgin street depot the car shops are nearly completed and in a week or so everything will be in readiness for the turning out of first class cars. The men in the mechanical workshops are erecting first and second class passenger coaches, fixing engines and doing general repair work in order to meet the demand for cars. | Ottawa Free Press 1899-03-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-03-14 | Workshops | The first run which the fire brigade have had in thirteen days took place yesterday afternoon to the Canada Atlantic workshops, caused by the ringing of box 134. On arriving there it was found there was a small fire in the blacksmithing part of the shops, which was put out before very much damage was done. The blaze was caused by sparks from the forge setting fire to the woodwork surrounding. | Ottawa Citizen 1899-03-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-03-15 | The Pembroke Southern Railway Company | Pembroke March 15. The Pembroke Southern had another accident Monday morning, but happily there were no serious results. The morning express had got about two miles out of town when the engine jumped the track and carried the passenger and baggage coach with it. The rolling stock was somewhat damaged, but no lives were lost, in fact no one was at all hurt. The wrecking train was soon on the spot and the work of getting the engine and cars back on the track has been occupying the attention of the crew all day. | Colin Churcher, quoting the Ottawa Journal |
| 1899-03-17 | The Pembroke Southern Railway Company | Derailment at Regg's farm, caused by spreading rails. Train was engine, car of brick, way car and passenger car. Noone was hurt. | Fleming Renfrew Mercury |
| 1899-03-17 | Arnprior | According to present indications Arnprior is to have further railway facilities. Mr. W.J. McKeown, of that town, now in the city, states that a line is being projected to Mile Lake a distance of thirty miles. ... The O.A. & P.S. has already given the town a considerable impetus. | Ottawa Citizen 1899-03-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-03-20 | The Pembroke Southern Railway Company | Special General Meeting. Major present shareholders: Wm.Russell Jr (200), F.E.Fortin (310), R.W.Gordon (310), J.A.Thibodeau (310) (Total 1320). Total first mortgage was $300,000. | PSMinutes |
| 1899-03-20 | Elgin Street | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company will build a gas reservoir at the Elgin street depot. It will be used for storing the gas for burning in the new Pintsch light. At present a portable reservoir is being used for bringing the gas from Montreal where it is manufactured. | Ottawa Free Press 1899-03-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-03-20 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company's new vestibule train has not yet made a run, as some additional improvements will be made to the coaches. The wheels on the trucks will be removed and steel tired wheels placed in their stead. The original wheels for the train were ordered from the Krupp Steel Manufacturing Co. of Germany, but were lost on the steamship Labrador. | Ottawa Free Press 1899-03-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-03-21 | Ottawa East | Mr. Booth wrote asking permission to erect poles on Sherwood street, from Oregon street south to the aqueduct on the Canada Atlantic railway track. He is building an electric line on the C.A.R. and O.A. & P.S. railways, from the Chaudiere to the workshops of the company. | Ottawa Free Press 1899-03-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-03-22 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | The O.A. & P.S. Railway company issues a writ in the High court of Justice against the St. Anthony Lumber company, claiming an injunction to restrain the defendants from carrying on their works or operating on Rock Creek or from raising the water thereon by driving timber, thus endangering the bridge and line of railway constructed by the O.A. & P.S. Co. | Ottawa Citizen 1899-03-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-03-24 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | OAPS issues writ to restrain St.Anthony Lumber company from damaging the line. | Fleming Renfrew Mercury |
| 1899-03-31 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | Mail contract for year ended 1898-06-30 gave OA&PS $6999.92. | Fleming Renfrew Mercury |
| 1899-03-31 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | Trestle two miles east of Canoe Lake collapsed. Trestles are being filled night and day. Passenger trains are slowing for all trestles; in some cases, passengers are on foot. | Fleming Renfrew Mercury |
| 1899-03-31 | Ottawa Central Station | The Central Depot at Ottawa on Monday morning last presented a busy scene. There were three trains for Montreal all standing side by side. The C.A.R. left at 8.25 a.m.; the Capital Flyer on the C.P.R. at 8.30 and the C.P.R. local at 8.35. The Flyer had a sign board stating 'This train stops at Vankleek Hill, Vaudreuil and Montreal.' Many of the officials of both roads were on hand to look after their respective interests. | Eastern Ontario Review 1899-03-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-04 | Canada Atlantic Stock 1200-1236 | First listed in ORER | ORER 1899-03, ORER 1899-04 |
| 1899-04 | Canada Atlantic Refrigerator 1500-1524 | First listed in ORER | ORER 1899-03, ORER 1899-04 |
| 1899-04-01 | Ottawa Central Station | The Railway Terminal Company scheme proposed by Ald. Scott some time ago, will not be carried out just yet. ... All with the exception of Sir William Van Horne of the C. P. R. expressed a willingness to meet and discuss the matter. The C. P. R. magnate however wrote that in his opinion such companies were unworkable. Ald. Scott ... wrote that as he had had a conference with Mr. Booth and found that it was Mr. Booth's intention to give all the facilities which could be given by the terminal company, it would for the present at least be as well to let the matter drop. | Ottawa Journal 1899-04-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-04-02 | The Pembroke Southern Railway Company | Special General Meeting. Major shareholders: R.W.Gordon (310), Thobodeau (310), F.E.Fortin (310), W.B.Russell(310). | PSMinutes |
| 1899-04-14 | Depot Harbor | Coal moving plant installed. Tower 20 feet high, coal handled by 1 ton clam buckets. 1000 tons per day capacity. | Fleming Renfrew Mercury |
| 1899-04-21 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | Derailment at Brule Lake caused by washout. Fireman W.McLean of Lanark killed. Brakeman J.McDonald of Canoe Lake and engineer J.Campbell of Chicago injured. | Fleming Renfrew Mercury |
| 1899-04-28 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | OAPS to run 14 trains per day through Pembroke (?). Summer traffic to be 48 trains per day. | Fleming Renfrew Mercury |
| 1899-04-28 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | Spur to Parry Sound under discussion. | Fleming Renfrew Mercury |
| 1899-04-28 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | Discussion regarding freight boats year round. | Fleming Renfrew Mercury |
| 1899-04-29 | Car Shops | Work in the car shops at the Rideau round house is going forward at a brisk pace. The shafting for the machinery is now all set up, and sheeting the exterior of the great building will soon be commenced. On Thursday the first engine for repairs was placed in the building. The hydraulic hoist has arrived and during the past two days the foundation and steel girders for the support of this machine have been set up. ... Yesterday the men were employed setting up an 'eye bolt' cutter. This is a most modern machine, having been patented in 1897. It is the only one of its kind in Canada. | Ottawa Free Press 1899-04-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-04-29 | Elgin Car Shops | At the Stewarton depot the machinery in the new car building shop is in full operation. The demand on the line for freight cars is increasing, and pretty extensive work is contemplated. The construction and repair of a number of fine passenger coaches is under way. | Ottawa Free Press 1899-04-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-05-04 | Unidentified Locomotives 0 | The Canada Atlantic railway has added to its rolling stock two expensive locomotives to be used on its fast express service between Ottawa and Montreal. The engines, which cost $15,000 each, arrived this morning and will be put into service immediately. They were constructed at the Baldwin locomotive works in Philadelphia, and are of the most modern kind and of the Atlantic type. ... The company is having eight large consolidated engines built at the Baldwin works for use in the freight department of the road. | Ottawa Citizen 1899-05-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-05-09 | Unidentified Locomotives 0 | The new locomotives purchased by the Canada Atlantic railway were put into service yesterday morning between Ottawa and Montreal. | Ottawa Citizen 1899-05-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-05-09 | Unidentified Freight Cars | There is great activity at present at the car shops of the Canada Atlantic railway, and the industry, which is becoming one of the foremost in Ottawa is being constantly developed. Twenty-five stock cars have been completed and work has just commenced on the construction of twenty-five refrigerator cars. Each of these will be 35 feet in length and will have a weight of 60,000 pounds. Material is also being prepared for the immediate commencement of work on 500 box cars to be used in the grain and general freight traffic of the road. | Ottawa Citizen 1899-05-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-05-12 | Hawkesbury Branch | A bill respecting the Central Counties Railway was put through. It makes the point at which the railway may begin an extension westward along the Ottawa to Hawkesbury, instead of Vankleek Hill, and also authorises the construction of a line from Vankleek Hill to the Quebec boundary. ... power is given to lease, purchase, sell to or amalgamate with the C.P.R., C.A.R. and Great Northern. | Ottawa Journal 1899-05-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-05-12 | 219 | In the Rideau round house the new engines numbers 219 and 220 which were placed on the line about a week ago, are giving good satisfaction and have made several fine trips on the road. | Ottawa Free Press 1899-05-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-05-12 | Workshops | Part of the machinery of the Canada Atlantic workshops at the Rideau round house was set in operation Friday. A gasoline engine of 75 horse power has been placed in the building. It will, for the present, be used to operate the tappers, drillers and other small machines. The electric wires and other apparatus will be in place by the end of next week and by that time the power house at the Chaudiere will also be finished. ... The foundations for the electrical apparatus which will be used to operate the machinery has been built and everything is ready for the introduction of the motor. | Ottawa Free Press 1899-05-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-05-12 | Chaudiere | It is understood the location of the extension from Stewarton to the Chaudiere has been decided upon and will cross the Richmond Road at a point previously mentioned in the Citizen in close proximity to the branch of the St. Lawrence and Ottawa Railway, thus making one crossing serve for both lines, thereby reducing the danger for accidents from the existence of such necessary evils as railway crossings. | Ottawa Citizen 1899-05-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-05-12 | Unidentified Freight Cars | At the Elgin street depot about 30 new cattle cars have been built recently in the car works. ... Next week the building of 26 refrigerator cars will be commenced. The company have introduced into the building portable machines such as saws, bitts, augurs and other contrivances for the building of rolling stock. ... About 1,000 cars are daily coming and going to and from the yards and the scene presented is a busy one. | Ottawa Free Press 1899-05-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-05-20 | Unidentified Passenger Cars | At the Elgin street depot several handsome passenger coaches were turned out last week and the erection of several more is under way. At the new car works about 200 stock cars have been built and these are giving excellent satisfaction on the road. The building of the refrigerator cars is going ahead rapidly, and about 25 will be sent out of the works at once. | Ottawa Free Press 1899-05-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-05-20 | Workshops | At the Rideau round house the shafting for the new buildings has been set up and several heavy pieces of machinery have been added to the works. The blacksmiths' forges have all been erected and in another week will be in running order. ... Next week two extra tracks will be built into the works. The drainage system for the buildings has been laid and a gang is employed filling in the ground at the foot of the works. In the round house business is dull at present on account of the precautions taken to have the engines well repaired for the spring work. No break downs have occurred so far this season. | Ottawa Free Press 1899-05-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-05-29 | Workshops | It is understood an extension of no little proportion is shortly to be made to the new C.A.R. workshops. It will consist of about three hundred feet of additional building to the southern end of the shops. ... The erection of a building for the making of boilers is also under consideration. ... There are now five large locomotives in the shops undergoing repairs. They are taken almost wholly to pieces and the work parts being replaced by new ones. | Ottawa Free Press 1899-05-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-06 | Ottawa, Arnprior & Parry Sound Flat 300-399 | First listed in ORER as CA {600-699} | ORER 1899-05, ORER 1899-06 |
| 1899-06 | Canada Atlantic Box 6000-6999 | First listed in ORER | ORER 1899-05, ORER 1899-06 |
| 1899-06 | Canada Atlantic Flat 84-98 even numbers | First listed in ORER | ORER 1899-05, ORER 1899-06 |
| 1899-06-06 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Eight Intercolonial railway coaches are on exhibition at the Central depot. These coaches will compose a train to be run between Montreal and Halifax and with which the Canada Atlantic will connect from Ottawa. The coaches are two first class, two sleepers, a dining car, a postal and express car, a baggage car, and a colonist car. | Ottawa Journal 1899-06-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-06-09 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | Mountain says much land-clearing under way, resulting in fencing. | Fleming Renfrew Mercury |
| 1899-06-12 | Golden Lake | Nearly one hundred senators and members of the house of commons enjoyed a day's outing Saturday at Golden Lake on the Parry Sound division of the Canada Atlantic system. The trip was made on the magnificent train of the Intercolonial railway ... A new Baldwin locomotive was loaned by Mr. Booth to haul the train. ... The train made a fast run to Golden Lake, a distance of 85 miles from the capital, where a stay of about one hour was made. ... The station on the lake is at the junction of the Parry Sound road with the Pembroke Southern railway, a line just completed to Pembroke, 20 miles distant, which gives that town a competing line with the C.P.R. | Ottawa Citizen 1899-06-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1899-06-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-06-13 | Unidentified Locomotives 0 | Six heavy consolidated locomotives are under construction at the Baldwin locomotive works in Philadelphia. The engines will be used on the O.A. & P.S. division of the Canada Atlantic railway. They will be of the latest modern type, and it is expected, will arrive in Ottawa in the course of a month. | Ottawa Free Press 1899-06-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-06-16 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | The Canada Atlantic issues pamphlet, "The Algonquin Park Route," promoting the Green Mountains, St.Lawrence River and Georgian Bay. It is 36 pages, published by Mortimer Press. | Fleming Renfrew Mercury |
| 1899-06-16 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | Bill introduced by Mr.Belcourt to amalgamate CA and OA&PS. | Fleming Renfrew Mercury |
| 1899-06-23 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | OAPS starting weekly reefer shipments from Renfrew to Montreal. | Fleming Renfrew Mercury |
| 1899-06-23 | The Pembroke Southern Railway Company | Rumours that PS has been bought by Quebec Bank. | Fleming Renfrew Mercury |
| 1899-06-23 | The Pembroke Southern Railway Company | Freight is currently brought down PS to Renfrew to transfer to CPR. Cost is $3 per car. Booth is anxious to have a connection at Pembroke. | Fleming Renfrew Mercury |
| 1899-06-26 | Ottawa East | The Canada Atlantic Railway Co. has completed the spur line into the new sand pit purchased lately near Hawthorne and will soon commence to haul sand to the city to grade up the grounds surrounding the shops in Ottawa East to give more yard room there. The pit is about eight miles from the city. | Ottawa Citizen 1899-06-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-06-30 | Chadiere Junction | Booth is to build a calcium carbide plant on site of old mill. It will consume 250 tons of sawdust per day. | Fleming Renfrew Mercury |
| 1899-07 | Valleyfield | In reference to complain of G.M.Loy of Valleyfield that the CA crossing on Grand Ile road, Valleyfield was in dangerous condition, Messrs Bethune and Mountain on behalf of the railway stated that the cause of the complaint would be removed. | CRSW p207 |
| 1899-07-03 | Unidentified Locomotives 0 | Six new consolidated locomotives for use on the C.A.R. freight service will arrive from the Baldwin works in a few weeks. | Ottawa Citizen 1899-07-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-07-05 | Car Shops | The Canada Atlantic railway company, owing to its increasing traffic, will this fall commence the erection of large car shops in addition to those already put up. The new shops will be located near the Rideau roundhouse, where the machine shops and repair works of the company are now situated. The new buildings which have been put up this spring at the foot of Elgin street ... will be discarded after the proposed new structure at Ottawa East is up. ... Work on this will commence in the near future in time for the erection of the shops to start in November and be completed early in the spring. | Ottawa Citizen 1899-07-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-07-07 | Eganville | Superintendent H.B. Spencer of the C.P.R. says that the new Arnprior station will be put up with all possible haste - so says the Ottawa Citizen. He told us the same story five weeks ago - that the new station at Eganville would be pushed ahead at once. Still no work has been commenced. | Mercury 1899-07-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-07-15 | Ottawa East Roundhouse | One of the most extensive schemes which has ever been announced in Ottawa by the Canada Atlantic railway company was started last week. ... the big steam shovel ... was brought down and placed in the company's pit at Hawthorne, where it will be used to take out gravel for the filling in of the piece of property known as the 'Gully,' situated at the Rideau round house. Work will be carried on night and day until completed. It is the intention of Mr. Booth, as soon as the gully is filled, to move the car shops which have been erected at the Elgin street depot over to the new property and there permanently situate them. Each building will be taken across the canal in sections. ... A new building of large dimensions is to be used for the finishing and polishing of fine railway coaches, will be built at the Rideau round house. | Ottawa Free Press 1899-07-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-07-15 | Elgin Car Shops | Everybody at the car works on Elgin street is busy and about seven new refrigerator and cattle cars were turned out last week. Master Mechanic James Tremble and his gang of men are erecting a new derrick near the site of the old station, and the boiler house for heating of a large lumber drying kiln, has been built. Several new pieces of track for the accommodation of freight cars are being put down, and some heavy consignments of iron for car building have been received. | Ottawa Free Press 1899-07-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-07-15 | Ottawa Central Station | Mr. Donaldson, general superintendent of the company, and his staff of train despatchers are now comfortably situated in the Central depot, having moved from Elgin street early last week. | Ottawa Free Press 1899-07-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-07-22 | Whitney | While Mr. Bull was standing on the tender of his engine shortly after six o'clock Saturday night, filling the boiler of the locomotive with water, a shunting engine jolted against the rear end of the train to which the locomotive attended by Mr. Bull was attached. The collision caused the man to lose his balance and fall to the ground. The train, set in motion by the jolt, passed over him, cutting off his right arm and crushing his right leg. He was pulled out and taken to Ottawa in a special car. In spite of all that could be done for him, however, he passed away yesterday morning. | Ottawa Journal 1899-07-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Almonte Gazette 1899-07-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Kingston Whig Standard 1899-07-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-07-27 | Whitney | 'That Arthur Thomas Granger, on the 22nd day of July, 1899, at Whitney, Ont, did feloniously and unlawfully kill and slay one James Arthur Bull.' This was the verdict returned by the jury empanelled to inquire into the circumstances surrounding the death of James Arthur Bull, fireman on the Canada Atlantic, who was run over on Saturday afternoon last. ... The circumstances of the case are: Two special freight trains were proceeding from Depot Harbor to Ottawa ... The first, in charge of conductor Campbell, stopped at Whitney to take water. Granger's train ran into it knocking fireman Bull off the tender. | Ottawa Journal 1899-07-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Kingston Whig Standard 1899-07-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-08 | Canada Atlantic First Class Coach 300 | Almost certainly destroyed in the St. Polycarpe derailment of August 1899. In the photo, the the entire side has been ripped apart by the stack and boiler of locomotive 624. The Ottawa Journal reported that the steam which burst into the inside of the car killed seven passengers. This was the first passenger accident on the CAR. | Ottawa Journal and photo --. Many thanks to David Jeanes |
| 1899-08 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | The Canada Atlantic is carrying about 200 cars of grain a day from Depot Harbor. Up to the end of July over 5,000,000 bushells of grain had been received at Depot Harbor since spring. | CRSW p229 |
| 1899-08-02 | Whitney | Arthur Thomas Granger, of Depot Harbor, was honorably acquitted in the police court to-day on the charge of killing Fireman Jas. A. Bull through alleged carelessness which caused an accident at Whitney station on the Parry Sound. ... Magistrate O'Keefe in summing up the evidence, stated he could not hold Granger guilty. There was negligence all around, not on Granger's part alone and he was not justified in holding him responsible. | Ottawa Journal 1899-08-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1899-08-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Brantford Expositor 1899-08-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Hamilton Spectator 1899-08-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Toronto Evening Star 1899-08-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-08-04 | Elgin Street | The old CAR roundhouse, latterly used as a work and repair shop, situated on Argyle Avenue between the canal and Elgin Street was completely gutted by fire between three and four o'clock yesterday afternoon. Several freight cars nearby were destroyed and some iron railway appliances and implements damaged. The loss which amounts to between $7,000 and $8,000 is fully covered by insurance. The blaze originated in the engine house at the west end of the building. (Ottawa Citizen: 'An old landmark and a relic of the days when the Canada Atlantic railway first gained access to the city ... The building was the old wooden roundhouse of the company, lately used as a workshop, just across from the old depot.') | Ottawa Journal 1899-08-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1899-08-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-08-04 | Madawaska | Renfrew, Aug 4. - The O.A. & P.S. car shops at Madawaska were burnt down yesterday. (Almonte Gazette, 11 August: 'The O.A. & P.S. car shops at Madawaska were burned on Thursday.') | Ottawa Journal 1899-08-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Almonte Gazette 1899-08-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-08-05 | Elgin Street | The damage by fire at the C.A.R. yards by Thursday's blaze in the old roundhouse will be much larger than at first estimated. The iron work which was contained in the building was very much damaged and it is thought the loss will amount to between $15,000 and $20,000. | Ottawa Citizen 1899-08-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-08-05 | Unidentified Freight Cars | Twenty-two new box cars for grain are now being built for the western division, and as soon as completed will be immediately used, while the shops will continue building others. A number of 70,000 pound box cars will also be built. | Ottawa Free Press 1899-08-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-08-05 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Heavy steel will soon be laid on the C.A.R. from Bearbrook to Ottawa which will complete the heavy rails to Coteau and will of course permit of faster running time. | Ottawa Citizen 1899-08-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-08-05 | Ottawa East Roundhouse | The work of filling in the gully at the Rideau yards is progressing favorably and quite an embankment of earth has been made along the eastern side of the curved Parry Sound tracks which bound the gulch on one side. According as the embankment is extended tracks will be laid along its outer edge and on these the loaded ballast trains will run and the earth will be continually dumped on the outer side extending the embankment till the whole gully has been filled. | Ottawa Citizen 1899-08-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1899-08-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-08-05 | Workshops | On Tuesday last the hydraulic lifting machinery at the C.A.R. Rideau workshops underwent a severe test when one of the largest compound engines was raised off the rails to repair the trucks. The monster locomotive, No. 693, which weighs 120 tons, was raised about four feet and the wheels removed for repairs. ... There are in the Rideau round-house ten of the most modern type of locomotives turned out by the Baldwin works. ... These engines are valued at about $11,500 each. They are too high to pass under what is called the St. Anne's bridges, but this structure is being rebuilt to accommodate the passage of the new locomotives. | Ottawa Citizen 1899-08-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-08-05 | Canada Atlantic 2-8-0 #693 | On Tuesday last the hydraulic lifting machinery at the C.A.R. Rideau workshops underwent a severe test when one of the largest compound engines was raised off the rails to repair the trucks. The monster locomotive, No. 693, which weighs 120 tons, was raised about four feet and the wheels removed for repairs. | Ottawa Citizen 1899-08-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-08-05 | Workshops | The company are filling around the new shops. At the lower end of Ottawa East the ground is being levelled and filled in, and new lines of tracks laid. This will greatly relieve the pressure in the city yards. The mechanical shops are also very busy preparing the iron work for the new cars. | Ottawa Free Press 1899-08-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-08-08 | The Pembroke Southern Railway Company | Thos.Murray becomes president; R.W.Kerning becomes Vice-president; J.A.Thibodeau becomes secretary-treasurer. | PSMinutes |
| 1899-08-09 | Saint Polycarpe Junction | The express train leaving Montreal at 9.40 and due in Ottawa at 12.10, jumped the track at St. Polycarpe, near Coteau. ... George McCuaig, of Canal road, Ottawa East, locomotive fireman, was crushed to death beneath his engine, and one of the passengers killed outright. Three other passengers died shortly after the accident. The train was composed of an engine, baggage car, second class car, one first class car, two parlor cars and an I.C.R. coach and a sleeper. Only the last two cars remained on the track. ... The part of the road where the accident happened is perfectly level, without ditches, and covered with 72 pound rails. | Ottawa Citizen 1899-08-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1899-08-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-08-10 | Saint Polycarpe Junction | At 4.30 in the afternoon a jury was empaneled by Coroner Edward McMahon of Montreal. The remains of the seven victims of the wreck having been viewed, and the evidence of the train hands and others taken, after thirty minutes' deliberation, the jury brought in a verdict censuring the company for running trains at a high rate of speed over a roadbed not suitable for such purposes. The cause of death of the seven victims was given as scalding. ... Mr. Thomas Stapledon, the station agent at Coteau ... thought the accident was due to the presence of some obstacle in the frog, which caused the engine to jump the rails. | Ottawa Citizen 1899-08-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-08-11 | Elgin Street | Roundhouse destroyed by fire with 6 freight cars inside. | Fleming Renfrew Mercury |
| 1899-08-11 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | CA fast express wrecked at Ste Polycarpe. Seven killed, five injured. Engine, baggage, 2nd class, 1st class left tracks. Fireman George McCuaig of Ottawa killed.. | Fleming Renfrew Mercury |
| 1899-08-11 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | Amalgamated with Canada Atlantic Railway Company, by deed of amalgamation, dated 1899-06-06.. | Bell p158 |
| 1899-08-11 | The Pembroke Southern Railway Company | PS ratepayers to be asked for bonus of $12,000 for spur, with no tax for 20 years and all town-owned waterfront. | Fleming Renfrew Mercury |
| 1899-08-18 | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company | Jury for Ste.Polycarpe disaster find CA at fault for high speed, poor tie maintenance. Three more dead.. | Fleming Renfrew Mercury |
| 1899-08-18 | Vankleek Hill | Agent Tomkins of the C.A.R. has been hiring men and sending them to Parry Sound this week to assist in handling grain. | Eastern Ontario Review 1899-08-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-08-21 | Ottawa Central Station | To facilitate the movement of freight between the Union depot and the Sussex street station the C.P. Railway Co. has decided to build a short line across the country on the east side of the Rideau River. ... It will then skirt away from the river till it reaches a point on the Montreal and Ottawa railway near the junction of that road and the Ottawa and New York railway. | Ottawa Citizen 1899-08-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-08-22 | Elgin Street | The C.A.R. company has commenced to clear away the debris of the old roundhouse on Elgin street which was partially burnt in the recent fire. The ten box cars which were also caught in the flames have been shunted on to a siding in Bronson's old lumber yard. ... It is not likely the site of the roundhouse will be built on, but will probably be used as a storage ground for trucks, rails etc. | Ottawa Citizen 1899-08-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-08-23 | Saint Polycarpe Junction | The tenth victim of the railway disaster at St. Polycarpe dies at the Water street hospital, Ottawa on Wednesday evening last, in the person of Miss Ellen McDougall, of Maniwaki. | Lanark Era 1899-08-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-08-24 | The Pembroke Southern Railway Company | Inspection trip for subsidy purposes. | PAC RG 12 vol. 1881 file 3268-77 |
| 1899-08-25 | Ottawa East Roundhouse | The men in the C.A.R. railway company's Ottawa East car shops and round house in Ottawa East, are very busy at present. Work has commenced on the addition to the round house, made necessary by the increased traffic. This building when completed will provide accommodation for eleven engines: the present building houses nineteen. ... Workmen are also busy installing a system of incandescent lighting in the round house. ... About three hundred men are employed in the roundhouse and shops. | Ottawa Citizen 1899-08-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-08-25 | Unidentified Freight Cars | At the car works, fifty refrigerator cars, the same number of stock cars and about one hundred and twenty grain cars have been turned out this season, beside several baggage and high class passenger coaches. The freight cars are turned out at the rate of four cars per day. ... About 500 will be built altogether. | Ottawa Citizen 1899-08-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-08-25 | Unidentified Locomotives 0 | The first two of the eight large, modern locomotives ordered from the Baldwin works Philadelphia, for the grain traffic, arrived at the local headquarters today. They are veritable iron giants, weighing 130 tons each, and standing 14 feet in height. ... They have a hauling capacity of 1,400 tons, whereas the present engines on the Madawaska division, are only capable of taking a 1,100 ton load. On account of their great weight, the bridges have, where necessary, been strengthened. To provide for their accommodation a 75 foot turn-table was also brought along. ... The locomotives were built at a cost of $11,500 each. | Ottawa Citizen 1899-08-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-08-26 | Ottawa East | The work of extending the yards in Ottawa East is progressing rapidly. The steam shovel is now at work levelling and filling at the east of the village, and as soon as this work is finished a couple of new tracks will be laid. | Ottawa Free Press 1899-08-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-08-26 | Elgin Car Shops | The Canada Atlantic railway will not rebuild the car shops at the foot of Elgin street which were destroyed by fire a few weeks ago. The new shops erected this summer at Ottawa East and Stewarton will provide adequate accommodation and facilities for manufacturing purposes for the present. It is proposed to commence the construction of another large building at Ottawa East adjoining the round house and when the structure is completed the one at Stewarton will be rented for a manufactory or used for general storage purposes. | Ottawa Citizen 1899-08-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-08-28 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | Yesterday a trial was made on a train over the O.A. & P.S. railway of the new Westinghouse quick action brake, for use on passenger trains. The test was made on a special train which at times attained a speed of 65 miles per hour, while at no time was it less than 57 miles. In every instance where the brake was applied it worked satisfactorily. ... At present it is not in operation in Canada, but on the New York Central and other leading railways of the United States the brake is giving great satisfaction. | Ottawa Citizen 1899-08-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-08-30 | Unidentified Locomotives 0 | The Canada Atlantic yesterday received four more of the large Mogul engines from the Baldwin locomotive company of Philadelphia. The first two locomotives Nos. 696 and 697, which were received last week, made their trial trips yesterday to Madawaska. The trials were satisfactory and as soon as the bridges and trestles are put in proper condition the engines will be used. | Ottawa Free Press 1899-08-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-08-30 | Canada Atlantic 2-8-0 #696 | The first two locomotives Nos. 696 and 697, which were received last week, made their trial trips yesterday to Madawaska. The trials were satisfactory. | Ottawa Free Press 1899-08-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |